How to Remove a White Background from Clip Art in PowerPoint Easily

Below is a scope by @brookebrowntpt that I thought was helpful. She just discovered another PowerPoint feature that is pretty awesome. You know how some clipart, ususally .jpgs, have a white box around the image? Well in this scope she shows you how to remove it. Most newer clip art images are .png's and don't have the white box but a lot of the older clip art does. Brooke has just saved a lot of older clip art from the dumper with her easy to do PowerPoint fix.

Oodles of Halloween Page Dividers

I can't believe it's almost October. I just looked out the window and noticed the leaves are starting to fall. Oh my! Speaking of October, I have been working on these two Halloween page divider sets and finally got them into my store. They're both 50% off for the first 48 hours, so if you like them why not get both. The bright Halloween colors coordinate perfectly. Click on either image to view in my TpTstore.

You've been Framed! New Creative Clip Art for Commercial/Personal Use

I've added lots of new frame and background paper collections to my TpT Store. In fact, I've added so many new clip art collections that I can't show them all here. So after checking these out head over to my store and see the rest. Most of my collections mix & and match pretty well so they are easy to use. In the graphic above I've used a frame from my "Funky Chunky" frame collection and a paper from my "Scratched White Line" paper collection. I think they look great together. Don't you? Oh and one more thing. Make sure you don't miss the fun freebie at the bottom of this post. Thanks for stopping by!

     

   

 

Freebie!

Cute Clip Art Frames!

 

Here are just a few of my recent clip art frame collections that I have added to my TpT store. Click on any image to view in my store.

 

Save ink and $ - New Clip Art Dollar Deals!

I've added a couple of new "Dollar Deals" to my store so I'm sharing those and a few other of my ink-saver frames. These frames are a nice option when you want to save ink but still want an eye-catching pop of color. All of this at an affordable price too. Most come with the line art (b/w). Click on any image to view in my store.

Square Version                      Rectangle Version

Flying High! 10+ Kite Making Resources for Kids

Did you know that April is National Kite Month? Here are some fun kite making resources to get you started. Math, science and reading can easily be taught while making/building kites. In fact, it's a great STEM activity. I also have created a cute and colorful kite clip art collection if you are looking to make some resources of  your own.

Websites

Easy Paper Kite Instructables

A Garbage Bag Kite Instructables

Faux Stained Glass Kites Make and Takes

Simple Paper Kites Pink Stripey Socks

How to make a Kite

Videos

Mad Stuff with Rob - Easy Paper Kite

Haitian Kid Kite Makers

How to Make a Homemade Kite with a Plastic Table cloth

How to Make an Animal Kite - Octopus and Bird

Paper Fish Kite

Fly Girlz PBS

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Crafts that Fly The Pleasantest Thing

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Valentine's Day Clip Art and Two Freebies!

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So long 2014...Hello 2015! End of the year sale!!!

Happy New Year to all! I’m celebrating with a huge sale! This has been a terrific year for me on TpT and I’m very thankful to all of my customers and followers. I have enjoyed all of the wonderful feedback, suggestions and requests I have received on my clip art and other products. Keep ‘em coming! Makes me feel good knowing that I am helping other teachers with their teaching products.

Wishing all of you the best and brightest 2015.

Karen (KB Konnected)

The Element Separator: A Clip Art Artist's Best Friend

I create most of my clip art with Photoshop Elements. When I'm creating clip art I usually work on all of the images at the same time. Sometimes I have a couple of collections going all at once. I love the creation process. I can easily lose myself for hours. What I always hated was separating all of the final images, especially if it was a letter/number collection. I like my images to be clipped at the edge so there is no extra space around it. Makes it so much easier to work with.

Well one day while surfing the web I came across what has to be my best purchase EVER! It's called the "Element Separator" by creation Cassell.  Best $6.00 I ever spent. It's an action that separates all of the images for you.
All you have to do is drag the .jsx file on top of the images you want to separate and in a short period of time they are all separated and in a folder on your computer. On a recent letter/number product it took less than 2 minutes to separate over 150 images. What a time saver!

From this

to this!

You do have to change the names after or you can use the ones the file creates. My customers like having the specific names of each image so I usually change mine.

If you have never used an action like this all of the directions are included. They also have a version for Paintshop Pro.

I know there are probably other actions like this out there but I'm using "Element Separator"  and I love it. 

Check out my "Crayon Letters and Numbers" by clicking on the image above.

Falling Into Autumn Watercolor Collection - Letters, Numbers and Papers

 

After I finished creating the letters and numbers I was so smitten with the look I created a "Dollar Deal" of coordinating papers. Click on any image to view.

2 Square Frame Collections - Polka-dots, Chevrons, and Glitter

I created the polka-dot version first and a wonderful customer suggested a chevron version. I was happy to create one.

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Back to School Clip Art Collections

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Whoo Loves Fall? Mix & Match Collection

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Color My World Circle and Rectangle Frame Collection

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