Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Free date marking system available



I came up with the idea for this dating system last night while I was looking through some magazines. I may end up reworking it, though, since I want to change the days to words to differentiate it from the years. BTW, I used two digits for the years, so "00" can mean either 1900 or 2000. I figure the look of the picture will give some clue as to which date it's supposed to represent. :) The file is a .png in black. I can think of several ways to mark out the date you want. In this layout, I changed the blend mode to Soft Light and then selected out the date numbers I needed and gave them each their own layer. Then, the blend mode was changed back to normal and I inversed the color to white. (Ctrl-I is the inverse shortcut.) I finally added an exaggerated height to the shadow to make them look like they were floating off the page. The paper is from my Dotty Doodle Paper Pack (recolored), the font is Two Peas Wedding Day, and the tear is from Atomic Cupcake. You can download the Page Edge Date Marker here: LINK RETURNING SOON

21 comments:

Rebecca said...

This is so very original! Thanks! :D

Unknown said...

That's very cool, Chris - thanks for sharing it!

Melberry said...

Terrific! Thanks for sharing.

Kimberly said...

This is so neat---very unique!! Thank you so much for sharing :)

Unknown said...

Thanks!!! If you want I've got a little freebie for you on my blog...

Lisa Joy said...

That is so neat! Thank you

JillSF said...

This looks great in your layout - I hope I can use it (not really PS& literate). The idea is great and it looks so cool. Thank you

Rona said...

this is ingenious! thanks for sharing!

Joy said...

Very cool... thank you for sharing.

Anonymous said...

WOW! I love these!! So different. Thanks so much!!

Sarebear said...

thank you for such an awesome, different freebie!

momto4boys said...

Thanks so much for this, it is REALLY COOL!!!!!

LVMommy22 said...

great-looking and super useful, too! i love the way this borders the page! tfs!
:) M

Becky said...

What a cool idea! And your layout looks great! Can't wait to try it out. Thanks!

Règ... said...

Thanks a lot ♥

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much :)

R said...

Absolute genious! Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

wow fantastic

Anonymous said...

wow fantastic

Sharon Kay said...

Very cool.....will have to try this out...I've copied your instructions...thank you!

Anonymous said...

I wish i have this... I need it!!