Welcome to CREATIVE ADDICTIONS

We are a copyright conscious group constantly seeking permissions to give our members
a wide variety of Artists to choose from in working with PSP.

Below is just a simple introduction of the many things we have to offer you here

Guests please note that the links in this post will only open correctly for registered members, however we hope the information given here will encourage you to become a member of our group.

As a Guest you are able to view a small portion of our group, but we hope that a small 'taster' will be enough to whet your appetite and you will decide to join us.
You can read our rules and register for an account with us Here.

After registering and your account has been validated, please pop over to the Introductions board and introduce yourself

Dont forget to add your birthday/anniversary to the forum Birthday Board, add your name to the relevant months thread
This is where members can leave each other birthday presents on their special day.

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In our General section you can tell us about your day, play games, share jokes, and post photos of you and yours.

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UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT
This is a good place to start if you are confused about copyright issues.
Please read this as we are a copyright compliant forum and we work hard to gain permission from artists for your use.

PERMISSIONS
is where you will find our Artists permission lists, latest artist news and information about licensed artists. You can also request an artist in this section or ask for an image/tube to be identified if you're not sure whose it is.

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PSP ADDICTIONS
Here you will find all our challenges, we have 5 Tutorial challenges on a 2 weekly rota Mask challenge, Scrap challenge, Celebrity challenge, Wordart/quote challenge, Animated tutorial challenge, Members Choice challenge, Artist Tut challenge, Mystery challenge and Frame/Template challenge

CREATIVE CORNER
In here we have the Siggy Swap; PSP Piggy of the Week; Members mailboxes where other members will leave you messages and s; Members creations where you can show off your creations and have a look at what some of the other members have created; WWO where you can either offer up a tag you've made or request one offered by another member; and PSP competitions where you can challenge your fellow members to a PSP duel in our Battledome, or enter the frequently run banner competition.


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PSP GAMES
As the name suggest, this is where you will find all our psp games, Tut Tag, Tagathon, Tag whose Tut? and Mystery Tag It & Last One Standing.
Last One Standing is the only game that we run where the winner will win a prize, could be a ptu gift certificate, a choice of ptu scrapkits or some other goodie ~ so its well worth having a go.
Check it out ~ its great fun !

PSP RESOURCES
In here you will find almost everything you need: Members tutorials, written by Creative Addictions members, Tut testing if you write a tutorial and want members to test it out for you - this is the place to post it, a list of Recommended tutorial sites of non-members, PSP Questions, PSP Pitstop - if you're new to psp take a look there for tips, Animation Shop How To - tips & tuts on how to use Animation Shop

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Next is our members shares area
Here you can share/snag some great psp resources such as tubes, fonts, filters, brushes and much more.

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Support Forum
This is where you can post if you have a sensitive issue, for which you would like support from your fellow members. Remember, a problem shared is a problem halved, and whilst we may not know all the answers, we will do our very best to support you in your difficult times.
This particular forum is password protected, so you be assured that only members will be able to view it.
In order to post or support in here, you will need to pm Les or Kim for the password.
Please remember members only post in this section about sensitive issues, so please treat each other with respect.

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To do anything with your profile, click on “My Controls” at the top of your screen.
This is where you can choose an avatar to appear with your name when posting.
This is also where you will add the signature you want to use with your posts.


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Administration Staff should you need to contact one are:
LESLEY
KIM
FAITH

To contact a member of staff, just click on their name at the top left of the board, then click on personal message, alternatively you can email us at creative.addictions@hotmail.co.uk

Finally, If at any time you wish to return to home just click on the banner and it will take you to the main forum page.

Click on the word Portal at the very top left of the board, below the banner to be taken to our front page. From there you can see the last 5 postings, todays active topics etc

Until you are used to navigating around it may be best to always start from the main portal page. From here you can click on either Todays Active Posts so you dont miss anything that happened that day or if you click on Forums you will see exactly where everything is

Well thats it for now, except to say looking forward to seeing you around the boards