Sorry, I’m late today — I discovered a new, very cool web site and I spent the day working up an explanation of WHY it’s so cool for you guys.
Here’s the site: CSS Drive
Basically, you upload your picture or enter a URL, and the web site will pull the color scheme (complete with HEX codes) from your pictures. Think about this…. almost all of that patterned paper that we love is online at the manufacturer’s site…. I pulled my scrapbook picture over from Flickr! I’m completely color challenged — I never know what to put together, and this did it all for me! It’s also FREE!!!!
Here’s the layout I made using the Medium Color Palette.
Luckily, the Cosmo Cricket paper pack was all of these same colors — so a lot of the coordination was done for me, once I knew where to start.
I drew this little rocket embellishment in Photoshop! I’m NOT an artist and I was really happy without my little doodle turned out. I printed it and then colored it with Copics. (I just got them… I knew I’d eventually cave….) Yes, you can color printed stuff with your Copics — just heat set the line art first.
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I love that site. I use that one and the SU palette one a lot.
That site is so cool. Thanks for a really great Share!!
I don’t know how you fin the time to do all this!! You are an amazing resource! Thank you!
What a great site! I’ll have to remember this one. Thanks, Susanna.
I have just found your site and love it. I would love for you to check out my blog. I just started it and I am trying to get it up and running. I would love to know what you think.
Katy