Contests & Giveaways

Win a New Tamron Lens

December 9, 2011

Jodi at MCP Actions is giving away a Tamron lens this week! One lucky winner will receive a Tamron 18-270mm Di II Lens (may be substituted for the 28-300 if you have a full frame camera). Would you like to enter?  DO NOT LEAVE YOUR ENTRIES HERE! Head on over to MCP.  Jodi is giving you [...]

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Textures in Photoshop Elements for You: Win 1 of 5 $100 Gift Cards to Kaleidoscope

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Using textures in Photoshop Elements is a easy way to add flair to your images.  No installation required, unlike actions. For that reason, I am excited to announce a huge giveaway from Patti Brown’s Kaleidoscope.  Five Texas Chicks readers will receive $100 gift cards to purchase anything they want in the Kaleidoscope store.  That’s huge! [...]

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ColorInc Studio Mount Contest

June 1, 2011

I have a ColorInc Studio Mount up for grabs!   Who wants it? What, you might ask, is a Studio Mount? If you know, you’ve got me beat.  Because I didn’t know what to expect until I received my sample today.  And I don’t need to tell you what I chose to print on my sample, [...]

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Win a ColorInc Framed Gallery Wrapped Canvas

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ColorInc’s Gallery Wrapped Canvasses have long been my choice in the canvas world.  And I’ve tried others too – ColorInc.’s quality is the best that I’ve found.  So, when ColorInc. offered to send me a framed gallery wrap, well, it didn’t take me long to agree! ColorInc’s framed gallery wrapped canvasses “give you that same [...]

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Valentine’s Photo Ideas and a New Free Action from MCP

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Details on the brand new free action from MCP are at the end of this post. I think that photo Valentines are a new tradition in our house. This is the card we’re passing out today.  I saw a similar picture somewhere on the internet recently, but can’t for the life of me remember where.  [...]

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The Speedlight Workshop Discount Code

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The Speedlight Workshop contest winner is Abigail Kruger.  Abigail, I love your work and I just emailed you information on redeeming your prize! And for the rest of you, I have a discount code!  There was so much interest in this class, as evidenced by the comments in the contest!  I am thrilled that Zenia [...]

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Contest: Speedlight Workshop

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Speedlight owners, raise your hands.  And keep them up if you’re not 100% satisfied with the results you get firing that baby off-camera.  Would you like to win a seat in a 4 week online speedlight workshop?  Well then, your hand should be waving wildly in the air now! If you’ve ever wanted to add [...]

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Photoshop Textures Giveaway – Last Day to Enter

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Just a quick reminder that the Kaleidoscope contest ends on Tuesday, June 15, at noon CST.  You could win one of 5 sets of Patti Brown’s latest texture set, Supernatural. Don’t forget to enter!  Good luck!

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Photoshop Textures – Kaleidoscope Giveaway Time

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Textures can create beautiful effects in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.  The best textures make your images absolutely stunning.  Add incredible video tutorials to these textures, and you’ve become a texture master. Patti Brown’s Kaleidoscope textures are the cream of the texture crop and her video tutorials, as I’ve mentioned before, are absolutely amazing.  Even if [...]

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Photography and Scrapbooking eBooks

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Photography books have an obsessive grip on me.  I read everything I can get my hands on that relates to digital photography or Photoshop Elements.  Even if the books are geared towards beginners, I always learn something.  A phrase will stick with me in a memorable way that finally turns on the “use this idea” [...]

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Framed Photos, to Your Doorstep. ColorInc Giveaway.

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Digital Photographers, it seems to be giveaway city here at Texas Chicks lately! The latest treat for one of you to win is a 20×24 framed image from ColorInc, a sponsor of Texas Chicks Blogs and Pics.  Read my review, and then find instructions for entering the contest below.  Only if it’s something you really [...]

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Photoshop Elements Action Contest – And Fan Me. Please?

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Photoshop Elements Action up for grabs! Would you like to win? ColorInc, a sponsor of Texas Chicks Blogs and Pics, is hosting a giveaway this weekend. You could win MCP’s Finish It, which works in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Next week, ColorInc will giveaway a 20×24 framed print right here on Texas Chicks. Mine is [...]

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Photoshop Elements Texture Tutorial

March 17, 2010

Photoshop Elements texture tutorials are a dime a dozen these days.  I’m going to add my two cents worth below and detail the specific steps I used on a particular image.  And there is a free action alert at the bottom of this post! What is the best tutorial you’ve seen for using textures and [...]

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Photoshop Elements Textures and Overlays Giveaway – Patti Brown’s Kaleidoscope

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In Photoshop Elements, using textures and overlays is all the rage these days. But to call Patti Brown’s Kaleidoscope collection merely “textures and overlays” is a huge oversimplification. You will want these products after reading this post.  But enter the contest before you buy! Patti Brown will give 10 complete sets of her collection to [...]

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