The Green Frog Studio

Hello, my name is...

...Céline Navarro.

I'm 30.

No kid yet.

Have a boyfriend/husband for over 10 years now, named Damien.

2 cats : Elvis & June.

I live in the South of France and I do have a strong southern french accent.

Like :travelling, photography, Photoshop (my best friend), Indian and Italian food, talk with people, Ricard & Mojitos, scrapbooking, Mixed Media, living by the sea (even though I don't go very often).

Hate : bananas, green peas, racists, intolerants, people who talk without even knowing what they are talking about, Marine Le Pen & her dad, feet (yuck), horror movies.

 

What about YOU, dearest readers? WHO ARE YOU? :)

Studio Calico GLEE CLUB September kit

You're right, you're going to say that I ALWAYS say it but it's not my fault : everytime I get a new Studio Calico kit in the mail, it quickly becomes my new favorite.

Not this time, ladies : September kit made me forget all about my August kit (I still love it though) and arrived among my TOP 7 Favorite Studio Calico kits.

My favorite Studio Calico kits of all time?

Boardwalk

Summer Camp

Partly Sunny

Whodunit

and my TWO MOST FAVORITE : Granny's Cupboard & Cotillon

:)

my supply list for these layouts...

Main kit

2 Addons : Addon #1 & Addon #2

American Crafts embossing powders Brown Sugar, Chestnut, Mustard, Apricot

Versamark

Mr Huey Classic Calico

Honey Bee Scissors

American Crafts Precision Pen

Now have a look at my layouts. I absolutely LOVEd the colors for these kits : reminds me of that Back to School time when I was a kid. I don't know why I have always loved that time of the year, when we were about to go back to school and in search for new school supplies :)

 

Mon chaaaaamiiiinouuuuuuu :)

Une de mes pages préférées ces derniers temps :)

Have a GREAT DAY!

Photoshop & me...

I never use, never print, never scrap a photo that I haven't edited on Photoshop first.

Photos coming out from a digital camera have like a thin grey overlay on top of them, which you can get rid of with the levels and curves on your favorite photo editing program :)

I personnally mainly work with actions now.

Photoshop actions automate repetitive tasks—they’re easy to create, easy to use, and, best of all, quite often you don’t even have to create them yourself because someone else has done the work already.

Here are a couple of exemples I'd like to show you : the first photo is always the Before shot.

(click on image to make it bigger)

 

 

Now you understand why I ALWAYS edit my photos! :)

Styles, contrast, colors can be changed and adapted depending on your own tastes, the great thing about working with actions is that you can edit them while loading them.

Here's a list of my favorite actions, without even counting RadLab that I get to use a lot now : 

MCP Photography

Totally Rad

Itty Bitty Actions

Maggie Holmes actions

Rustic Relics

Flora Bella Collection

Most of Photoshop actions work on Photoshop CS and above, not on Photoshop Elements. Ask the seller from which you want to purchase some actions in order to know.

Have a great day!

Heeeeeere weeeee goooooo...

Salvador de Bahia!

HUGS to you all!

 

Today we are in...

Foz do Iguaçu! :)

HUGS!

Studio Calico September kit Sneak Peeks

While I'm visiting and relaxing in Iguaçu at this minute :) I wanted to show you some sneak peeks of my layouts using the Studio Calico September kit :)

See you on the 28th for Reveal Night :)

My favorite song these days

 

Photoshoot with my cousin

hey there!

Last week, I drove down to Clermont and met with my cousin Jessica, 8-months-pregnant, to do a little photoshoot.

A very beautiful day, too windy, but sunny. Except that, the day after, I had a VERY bad allergy, the day was perfect!

On those few edited photos (we made at least 300), I could play with a brand new tool that I've been loving : RadLab. It totally rocks!

You need to install it on your Photoshop, it's like a Filter, it opens a new window where you can see the different effects several actions do to your photo without applying them to the photo.

It's really really cool! I love that you can see what it does to your photo right away, without applying the action to it. No more waste of time :)

And I used the CoffeeShopRoundedCorners action for my photos.

All of my photos were taken with my Canon 50mm 1.4.

More soon! :)

CRAFT ORIGINE GIVEAWAY

Two winners will be picked randomly and will win one of these gorgeous stamp sets each!

Leave a comment here and I'll draw a winner when I get back from Brazil (around the 30th).

Thanks to Craft Origine for the giveaway!

Good luck!

Inspiration Tuesday - layout & cards with Craft Origine

Hello!

STAMPING inspiration today with Craft Origine! A fresh and inspiring discovery lately : makes you wanna start making cards right away! I'm not a cardmaker : I don't have ideas, never inspired, no time to make cards. But these stamps make me wanna start making cute, design and "chic" cards for family and friends.

What I really like in those stamps is their quality. They are very thick clear stamps, stick to your acrylic block really well and any ink get stuck on the clear rubber for a perfection impression.

I wanted to show you that, even though these stamps look like they're perfect for cardmaking, they are really good on your layout projects!

On this layout, I stamped with Versamark & embossed with American Crafts Zing embossing powders (color : mustard, wave & rouge)

Some stamps are mounted with 3D foam tabs for more depth on my layout.

I used these sets for the layout :

Anniversaire

Enfance

Jour spécial

Supplies list for this layout

• Papers (Bazzill, We R Memory Keepers)
• Stamps (Craft Origine)
• Embossing powders (American Crafts)
• Stickers (October Afternoon)
• Alphas (Sassafras, MME)
• Flower (Studio Calico)

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Now let's try cardmaking!

I told you that these stamps make me want to make cards! So I gave it a try and made 3. You guys have to be nice with me : I'm not used to making cards at ALL! :)

For this one, I used my so beloved big Shot with an APPLE embossing folder then punched with an APPLE Fiskars punch into Kesiart papers (collection Bout d'Ficelle & Petits Pois Carottes)

I used 3 different stamps from the Recettes stamp set to make mthe little flag tag on my card, each stamped with a different ink.

Supplies list for this card

• Papers (Bazzill kraft)
• a big shot
• APPLE embossing folder (from Cuttlebug I think)
• Inks (versafine sepia, toffee, satin red)
• Stamps (Craft Origine)
• die cuts (Jilliebean Soup)
• Badge (October Afternoon)
• Ribbon (Stampin Up)

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A very easy and fast card to make : I embossed a stamp from the Quatre Saisons stamp set with Versamark ink and embossed it with Zing embossing powder Clear.

I stamped the Echantillon d'Amour stamp on Bazzill with grey versafine ink.

Supplies list for this card

• Papers (Bazzill, Sassafras)
• Stamps (Craft Origine)
• Flowers (Studio Calico - Notions Countryside & Notions State Fair)
• Inks (Versafine, Versamark)
• Embossing powders (American Crafts)

 

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For this last card, I embossed a white cardstock with my Big Shot and a Stampin Up for Sizzix embossing folder.

Then I added some splashes here and there with Mr Huey Piglet spray ink.

Used two stamps from the Invitation stamp set, each stamped with two different inks.

Supplies list for this card

• Papers (Cardstock American Crafts, Kesiart)
• Ribons (American Crafts)
• Inks (Stampin Up, Versafine)
• Stamps (Craft Origine)
• Spray ink (Studio Calico)

 

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Voilà! :)

I hope this Inspiration tuesday inspired you as much as I was inspired to create the projects for you :)

See you THURSDAY for a Craft Origine giveaway!

Take care!