If you like the beaded stars, be sure to check out the beaded flowers and hearts as well.
FREE SAMPLE TO CELEBRATE
No longer available. Here is a tag I made with one of the beaded stars and some word art to go with it.
4.30.2007
I'm in the Spotlight
I received a little email the other day notifying me that my Beaded Stars element pack and one of the tutorials on the blog are being featured this week on Dishin' the Digi- Coast 2 Coast show on DiScTalkRadio. The show is a free download (you have to register to see the downloads) and features products from several designers, wonderful layouts, fonts and other digi-related topics.
If you like the beaded stars, be sure to check out the beaded flowers and hearts as well.
FREE SAMPLE TO CELEBRATE
No longer available. Here is a tag I made with one of the beaded stars and some word art to go with it.
If you like the beaded stars, be sure to check out the beaded flowers and hearts as well.
FREE SAMPLE TO CELEBRATE
No longer available. Here is a tag I made with one of the beaded stars and some word art to go with it.
4.29.2007
4.28.2007
Raincoats on the Beach
Thanks everyone for all the sweet comments on our family photos. I am definately a very blessed woman to be surrounded everyday by my husband and son. They keep me smiling inside and out.
Here is another page I made using the photos my parents took of Jamin when he stayed with themfor the weekend (his first weekend away from home without us). Pacific Northwest beaches are full of rocks and driftwood and if you wait for a clear sunny day, you may not make it to the beach very often. Still they are beautiful and when you are a little boy rocks and sticks are great fun and the threat of rain is no reason to stay inside.
Credits: Raincoats on the Beach by Misty Cato, Scrapbook-Elements.
NEW RELEASES
At Scrapbook-Elements this weekend I released two mini-kits, Raincoats on the Beach and View from the Trail. Both these kits work really well for various types of of outdoor photos. Each set comes with three background papers, a frame/photo cluster, a handful of coordinating elements and an alpha. If you tend to use a kit once or twice, these are perfect for a one or two page spread and priced so that you don't feel bad you only used it once.
Here is another page I made using the photos my parents took of Jamin when he stayed with themfor the weekend (his first weekend away from home without us). Pacific Northwest beaches are full of rocks and driftwood and if you wait for a clear sunny day, you may not make it to the beach very often. Still they are beautiful and when you are a little boy rocks and sticks are great fun and the threat of rain is no reason to stay inside.
Credits: Raincoats on the Beach by Misty Cato, Scrapbook-Elements.
NEW RELEASES
At Scrapbook-Elements this weekend I released two mini-kits, Raincoats on the Beach and View from the Trail. Both these kits work really well for various types of of outdoor photos. Each set comes with three background papers, a frame/photo cluster, a handful of coordinating elements and an alpha. If you tend to use a kit once or twice, these are perfect for a one or two page spread and priced so that you don't feel bad you only used it once.
4.27.2007
Family Photos
I didn't get anything scrapping related accomplished today so I thought I'd share some of my favorite photos from our family photoshoot at Holli Dunn Photography.
My favorite family shot - I like it because it is just a touch on the goofy side.
Me and my handsome man
Everyday I see the excitement in Jamin's face as he waits for his Daddy to come home from work. It's great to see Jamin's fondness for his Dad captured in a photograph.
Me and my handsome little man.
This is a series of photos Holli took while Jamin was refusing to cooperate. I don't do them justice here. She stitched them together into a seamless storyboard, but I don't have that electronically to show you. I just laugh everytime I see this because this is what he is like at home ... all day long.
My favorite family shot - I like it because it is just a touch on the goofy side.
Me and my handsome man
Everyday I see the excitement in Jamin's face as he waits for his Daddy to come home from work. It's great to see Jamin's fondness for his Dad captured in a photograph.
Me and my handsome little man.
This is a series of photos Holli took while Jamin was refusing to cooperate. I don't do them justice here. She stitched them together into a seamless storyboard, but I don't have that electronically to show you. I just laugh everytime I see this because this is what he is like at home ... all day long.
4.26.2007
More Glitter
No longer available. One more glitter item and then I'm done playing with it for awhile. Here are some painted stars. For anyone who is wondering how these glitter items have been made, I used a program called ArtRage which is a fairly straightforword paint program. Enjoy!
4.25.2007
Creating a Template from a Layout
Before I get into today's tutorial I wanted to mention that April is Autism Awareness Month. I have to confess I know very little about Autism. However, over the past year I've had the pleasure of getting to know Rina Kroes and her beautiful family, including her precious son Conlon. While Rina is usually a very private person (her blog is appropriately titled the Reluctant Recluse), she has recently taken the time to share on her blog many of her experiences with her son. To all of those out there who's lives have been touched by Autism and related conditions, I send prayers and blessings to you all.
While at the retreat Holli Dunn shared a few tips on black and white conversions and ways to achieve various color effects in photos. The photo in the layout below is one of the results of experimenting with her tips. The layout is loosely based on Laura K's, "Dream with your Heart".
Credits: Everything from Starting in Style except black notebook paper which is from Intensity both by Misty Cato, Scrapbook-Bytes
CREATING LAYERED TEMPLATES
There are two basic approaches to creating a layered template. One is to start from scratch and use various shapes and tools within your program to create each piece of the template. The other approach is to work backward from a layout to create a template for future use. This tutorial addresses the second approach.
Start with your finished but unflattened layout. Each item must still be in its own layer for this to work. Delete any items that won't translate well into a template shape; items like stitching, journaling, etc. I'll be working with the I Wish You Joy layout I shared above. You can see I've eliminated the journaling, journaling strips, stitching, staples and fiber as they won't translate well into a template shape, or won't be applicable to future layouts. I've also gotten rid of all layer styles, such as drop shadows.
Set your top layer as the active layer by clicking on it once in the layers palette. In PS go to Image->Adjustments->Brightness/Contrast. In PSE go to Enhance->Adjust Lighting->Brightness/Contrast.
Slide the Contrast slider all the way to the left. Click 'OK'.
Click once on the second layer in the layers palette and repeat the above step. After you have moved the contrast slider to the left you can vary the shade of gray using the brightness slider.
Repeat this process for each layer until you have a grayscale version of every layer.
One important note - if you plan to use your template for anything other than personal use (such as selling it or sharing it with others), you will need to remove any shapes that are derived from custom elements created by someone else. For example the swirls and notebook paper in this template were created from items contained in the Starting in Style and Intensity kits. If I were to share this template I would delete the swirls and replace the notebook paper with a rectangle of similar shape and size.
While at the retreat Holli Dunn shared a few tips on black and white conversions and ways to achieve various color effects in photos. The photo in the layout below is one of the results of experimenting with her tips. The layout is loosely based on Laura K's, "Dream with your Heart".
Credits: Everything from Starting in Style except black notebook paper which is from Intensity both by Misty Cato, Scrapbook-Bytes
CREATING LAYERED TEMPLATES
There are two basic approaches to creating a layered template. One is to start from scratch and use various shapes and tools within your program to create each piece of the template. The other approach is to work backward from a layout to create a template for future use. This tutorial addresses the second approach.
Start with your finished but unflattened layout. Each item must still be in its own layer for this to work. Delete any items that won't translate well into a template shape; items like stitching, journaling, etc. I'll be working with the I Wish You Joy layout I shared above. You can see I've eliminated the journaling, journaling strips, stitching, staples and fiber as they won't translate well into a template shape, or won't be applicable to future layouts. I've also gotten rid of all layer styles, such as drop shadows.
Set your top layer as the active layer by clicking on it once in the layers palette. In PS go to Image->Adjustments->Brightness/Contrast. In PSE go to Enhance->Adjust Lighting->Brightness/Contrast.
Slide the Contrast slider all the way to the left. Click 'OK'.
Click once on the second layer in the layers palette and repeat the above step. After you have moved the contrast slider to the left you can vary the shade of gray using the brightness slider.
Repeat this process for each layer until you have a grayscale version of every layer.
One important note - if you plan to use your template for anything other than personal use (such as selling it or sharing it with others), you will need to remove any shapes that are derived from custom elements created by someone else. For example the swirls and notebook paper in this template were created from items contained in the Starting in Style and Intensity kits. If I were to share this template I would delete the swirls and replace the notebook paper with a rectangle of similar shape and size.
4.24.2007
Tractors, Templates and Glitter
Two weekend's ago when Barron and I went to Pullman, Jamin stayed with my parents for the weekend. I think his first weekend away from home without us was harder on me than it was on him. My mom gave me a DVD of photos she took during his visit with them in Oak Harbor. I had to smile when I saw this photo of him and my dad watching the tractor. We have construction going on just across the street from our condo and he has been fascinated by the 'trators'. I'm sure he was delighted to find this one at work in the field.
Credits: View from the Trail by Misty Cato contribution to the 2007 PNW Retreat kit and available at Scrapbook-Elements on 4/30; Journaling font - typist
NEW RELEASE
My most recent set of templates were released at SBE on Sunday. These are a set of 6 double matted story board templates that work great for creating quick, classy pages.
A second preview with sample layouts:
FREE SAMPLE
No longer available. I don't work with glitter much, but occasionally it is fun to play with glitzy stuff. Here is an alpha I made during my experiments with glitter.
Credits: View from the Trail by Misty Cato contribution to the 2007 PNW Retreat kit and available at Scrapbook-Elements on 4/30; Journaling font - typist
NEW RELEASE
My most recent set of templates were released at SBE on Sunday. These are a set of 6 double matted story board templates that work great for creating quick, classy pages.
A second preview with sample layouts:
FREE SAMPLE
No longer available. I don't work with glitter much, but occasionally it is fun to play with glitzy stuff. Here is an alpha I made during my experiments with glitter.
4.23.2007
Back from the Retreat
I'm back from the retreat and we all had a wonderful time. It was so nice to meet fellow digiscrappers face-to-face. Here is our group photo.
ROW 1 (L to R): Barbara M (logicgrandma), Lisa May, Catriona, Lynn Colwell, Debbie Salter, Lisa Campbell (scoobie81), Shawna Clingerman, Jennifer C.
ROW 2 (over on right, kind of stuck between rows 1 and 3): Julie B, Amy Cheeseman, Lisa B (lisabranka)
ROW 3: Alissa (tsajones), Priss, Tracey Monette, Amy P (Fannie), Jeri Ingallsm Deb Dunbar, Misty Cato, Monica (Tommy's Mommy), Gina (CraftTeaLady), Dani Mogstedt, Brittany
ROW 4:
Trina L, Rina Kroes, Joy Gross, Holli Dunn, Sandra T (ScrappySandi), Kimmi S (hrhkimmi), Sharon P, Dawnee Phay
NOT PICTURED BUT ALSO PRESENT: Barbara Glenn, Colleen Paton, Deb Kooy, Irene O'Neill, Joanne Snow, Phyllis Collins
There is already talk of planning for next year and several of us will be getting together in Sequim near the end of July to tour the lavendar fields and other related activities. For anyone who lives in the Pacific Northwest area (Washington, Oregon, British Columbia) and is interested in joining us, you can sign up for the PNWdigiscrappers Yahoo Group. One word of warning - right now this is a fairly high-traffic email group as many members are sharing photos, layouts, etc. from the retreat.
I'm still working on getting caught up and reading all my emails. I hope to have some inspirations and goodies posted tomorrow.
ROW 1 (L to R): Barbara M (logicgrandma), Lisa May, Catriona, Lynn Colwell, Debbie Salter, Lisa Campbell (scoobie81), Shawna Clingerman, Jennifer C.
ROW 2 (over on right, kind of stuck between rows 1 and 3): Julie B, Amy Cheeseman, Lisa B (lisabranka)
ROW 3: Alissa (tsajones), Priss, Tracey Monette, Amy P (Fannie), Jeri Ingallsm Deb Dunbar, Misty Cato, Monica (Tommy's Mommy), Gina (CraftTeaLady), Dani Mogstedt, Brittany
ROW 4:
Trina L, Rina Kroes, Joy Gross, Holli Dunn, Sandra T (ScrappySandi), Kimmi S (hrhkimmi), Sharon P, Dawnee Phay
NOT PICTURED BUT ALSO PRESENT: Barbara Glenn, Colleen Paton, Deb Kooy, Irene O'Neill, Joanne Snow, Phyllis Collins
There is already talk of planning for next year and several of us will be getting together in Sequim near the end of July to tour the lavendar fields and other related activities. For anyone who lives in the Pacific Northwest area (Washington, Oregon, British Columbia) and is interested in joining us, you can sign up for the PNWdigiscrappers Yahoo Group. One word of warning - right now this is a fairly high-traffic email group as many members are sharing photos, layouts, etc. from the retreat.
I'm still working on getting caught up and reading all my emails. I hope to have some inspirations and goodies posted tomorrow.
4.19.2007
Have a Great Weekend
Tomorrow morning I am heading out for a digital scrapping retreat on the Oregon Coast with fellow PNW digiscrappers. I've really been looking forward to it. As far as I know I won't have access to the internet while I'm there, so no blog updates until late Monday night (Tuesday for most of the world).
No longer available. Meanwhile here is a little something for you. Have a great weekend everyone!
No longer available. Meanwhile here is a little something for you. Have a great weekend everyone!
4.18.2007
Quick Note
Today was filled with unexpected minor crisises (everything is fine though) so I don't have anything new to post. Thank-you to everyone who left nice notes about my son. That's always music to my ears. You all do know he isn't a complete angel right? Perhaps I need to do a page of one of his fits or sitting in time out just for the sake of balance.
korib wrote, "I was so very excited to see that you had visited Pullman. My husband graduated from WSU and I graduated from U of I (which is 8 miles from Pullman in Moscow, ID). I didn't realize how much I had missed the gorgeous palouse until I read that you had been there. I hope you had a wonderful trip!"
Barron and I are both WSU alum and have several friends who graduated from U of I. Barron is still trying to teach Jamin to say "Touchdown Washington State!" He's got the touch down part, but the rest needs a little work.
korib wrote, "I was so very excited to see that you had visited Pullman. My husband graduated from WSU and I graduated from U of I (which is 8 miles from Pullman in Moscow, ID). I didn't realize how much I had missed the gorgeous palouse until I read that you had been there. I hope you had a wonderful trip!"
Barron and I are both WSU alum and have several friends who graduated from U of I. Barron is still trying to teach Jamin to say "Touchdown Washington State!" He's got the touch down part, but the rest needs a little work.
4.17.2007
New Release - About A Boy 18 Months to 3 Years
I have the second set of About a Boy (18 months to 3 years) ready to go at Scrapbook-Bytes. Jamin helped pick the colors for this one.
I asked him, "What color do you want your kit to be?"
He replied, "fire truck".
I said, "Fire truck isn't a color."
He looked at me as if I was the one with the communication problem and said emphatically "fire truck - RED!". I stand corrected. Apparently fire truck is a color. The more I thought of it, I decided fire engine red was the perfect color for enthusiastic, always-on-the-go toddlers. Of course I added a few more colors but the fire truck and bright red both appear in this set.
FREE SAMPLE
No longer available. Here is a free sampler from the new set.
I asked him, "What color do you want your kit to be?"
He replied, "fire truck".
I said, "Fire truck isn't a color."
He looked at me as if I was the one with the communication problem and said emphatically "fire truck - RED!". I stand corrected. Apparently fire truck is a color. The more I thought of it, I decided fire engine red was the perfect color for enthusiastic, always-on-the-go toddlers. Of course I added a few more colors but the fire truck and bright red both appear in this set.
FREE SAMPLE
No longer available. Here is a free sampler from the new set.
4.16.2007
Colorizing Grayscale Items
Whenever someone is sad Jamin wants to give them a hug. Usually this is a great guideline for life, but Jamin takes it to extremes. If a character on TV is crying, he hugs the TV. If there is a crying baby in the supermarket, he wants to go 'hug sad baby'. I have to explain to him that it isn't a good idea to hug a stranger's baby. This afternoon I turned on the TV to find a press conference related to the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech. I hadn't had the TV on all day, so this was the first I'd heard of the events. Jamin was playing with his trains on the floor and oblivious (or so I thought) to me and the TV. I sighed and whispered under my breath, "It's a dangerous world out there little man." He sighed too, looked up and me and said "yeah". Then he got up, wrapped his arms around me and said "hug sad Mama" then returned to playing with his trains. I hadn't even been crying but he sensed my sadness. Kids can be so perceptive. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by the tragedy.
Easter Layout
Here is a two-page spread of my Easter photos. The first page is from the egg hunt on Saturday. The journaling is about how I saw other moms coaching their kids on how to be aggressive and get as many egg as possible (this particular hunt was for 1 and 2 year olds). I worried that my sometimes passive, happy-go-lucky little guy might end up with an empty basket. I shouldn't have worried. He did just fine and was even willing to share his eggs with another little boy who didn't get any.
The second page are photos of Jamin heading into church and during the service and finally a couple of him enjoying his Easter treats.
Credits: Misty's Templates - Paired, Spring Delights both by Misty Cato, Scrapbook-Elements
COLORIZING GRAYSCALE IMAGES
I received the following request from a blog reader, "I was wondering if [there is] a tutorial on colouring a brush or other png, things like barcodes, swirls, frames etc. most of these are black when unzipped, can these be coloured without turning them into a brush?"
There are several ways to colorize a black or grayscale image. Here are two techniques I use frequently.
This first technique is very similar to using a layered template. It works best on images that are black with varying opacities (as opposed to a grayscale images). The flourish found in my Starting in Style series is an example of the kind of graphic that works well with this approach.
Open your image and create a blank, empty layer above the graphic (Shift+Ctrl+N)
Use your color picker to select your color. Click on the fill bucket in the tools palette and click once on the canvas to flood the empty layer with your color.
Key Ctrl+G (Ctrl+Alt+G in PSCS2) to group the color with the element. If you don't like the color, you can still change it. Use your color picker to select a new color and select the fill tool (paint bucket) in the tool palette. Make sure the color layer is the active layer and then click once on the canvas with the fill tool. This should change the color to your new color. Continue until you are satisfied with your choice.
Right click on the color layer in the layers palette and select 'Merge Down' to combine the color and image layers and you are done.
This next technique works best with grayscale images like the bow shown below. If you want to practice with this image you can download it here. Duplicate the image layer by clicking on it in the layers palette and dragging it to the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette (top of the palette in PSE). The new layer icon looks like a piece of paper with the bottom left corner folded up.
Create a new, empty layer (Shift+Ctrl+N). In the layers palette click and drag your new layer so that it is between the two image layers.
Use your color picker to select your color. Click on the fill bucket in the tools palette and click once on the canvas to flood the empty layer with your color.
Key Ctrl+G (Ctrl+Alt+G in PSCS2) to group the color with the element. Right click on the color layer in the layers palette and select 'Merge Down' to combine the color and bottom image layer.
Click on the top image layer. Click on the small down arrow next to the word 'Normal' and select 'Linear Light' from the drop down menu.
In Photoshop go to Image -> Adjustments -> Brightness/Contrast
In PSE Enhance -> Adjust Lighting -> Brightness/Contrast
Adjust the Brightness and Contrast sliders as desired. When you are satisfied with the final result click 'OK'. Right click on the top layer in the layers palette, select 'Merge Down' from the drop down menu and you are done.
Sometimes the linear light setting is too much of a contrast or too intense. You can lower the opacity of the top layer to reduce the effect. You can also use the Overlay, Soft Light or Luminosity blend modes in place of the Linear Light mode for other effects. Sometimes it takes some experimenting to get the color and contrast right.
FREE SAMPLE
No longer available. Here is an alphabet for you. Enjoy!
Easter Layout
Here is a two-page spread of my Easter photos. The first page is from the egg hunt on Saturday. The journaling is about how I saw other moms coaching their kids on how to be aggressive and get as many egg as possible (this particular hunt was for 1 and 2 year olds). I worried that my sometimes passive, happy-go-lucky little guy might end up with an empty basket. I shouldn't have worried. He did just fine and was even willing to share his eggs with another little boy who didn't get any.
The second page are photos of Jamin heading into church and during the service and finally a couple of him enjoying his Easter treats.
Credits: Misty's Templates - Paired, Spring Delights both by Misty Cato, Scrapbook-Elements
COLORIZING GRAYSCALE IMAGES
I received the following request from a blog reader, "I was wondering if [there is] a tutorial on colouring a brush or other png, things like barcodes, swirls, frames etc. most of these are black when unzipped, can these be coloured without turning them into a brush?"
There are several ways to colorize a black or grayscale image. Here are two techniques I use frequently.
This first technique is very similar to using a layered template. It works best on images that are black with varying opacities (as opposed to a grayscale images). The flourish found in my Starting in Style series is an example of the kind of graphic that works well with this approach.
Open your image and create a blank, empty layer above the graphic (Shift+Ctrl+N)
Use your color picker to select your color. Click on the fill bucket in the tools palette and click once on the canvas to flood the empty layer with your color.
Key Ctrl+G (Ctrl+Alt+G in PSCS2) to group the color with the element. If you don't like the color, you can still change it. Use your color picker to select a new color and select the fill tool (paint bucket) in the tool palette. Make sure the color layer is the active layer and then click once on the canvas with the fill tool. This should change the color to your new color. Continue until you are satisfied with your choice.
Right click on the color layer in the layers palette and select 'Merge Down' to combine the color and image layers and you are done.
This next technique works best with grayscale images like the bow shown below. If you want to practice with this image you can download it here. Duplicate the image layer by clicking on it in the layers palette and dragging it to the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette (top of the palette in PSE). The new layer icon looks like a piece of paper with the bottom left corner folded up.
Create a new, empty layer (Shift+Ctrl+N). In the layers palette click and drag your new layer so that it is between the two image layers.
Use your color picker to select your color. Click on the fill bucket in the tools palette and click once on the canvas to flood the empty layer with your color.
Key Ctrl+G (Ctrl+Alt+G in PSCS2) to group the color with the element. Right click on the color layer in the layers palette and select 'Merge Down' to combine the color and bottom image layer.
Click on the top image layer. Click on the small down arrow next to the word 'Normal' and select 'Linear Light' from the drop down menu.
In Photoshop go to Image -> Adjustments -> Brightness/Contrast
In PSE Enhance -> Adjust Lighting -> Brightness/Contrast
Adjust the Brightness and Contrast sliders as desired. When you are satisfied with the final result click 'OK'. Right click on the top layer in the layers palette, select 'Merge Down' from the drop down menu and you are done.
Sometimes the linear light setting is too much of a contrast or too intense. You can lower the opacity of the top layer to reduce the effect. You can also use the Overlay, Soft Light or Luminosity blend modes in place of the Linear Light mode for other effects. Sometimes it takes some experimenting to get the color and contrast right.
FREE SAMPLE
No longer available. Here is an alphabet for you. Enjoy!
4.15.2007
Layouts and New Templates
We are back in town and still getting caught up from a weekend trip to Pullman, WA. I hope to have a new tutorial and goodies for tomorrow.
Some of you may remember the Waiting for Spring page I shared a couple of weeks ago. Here is the follow-up. The photos were taken during the first really sunny day of spring.
Credits: Misty's Templates - Paired, Garden Spot by Jan Hosford, Garden Blends, That's My Boy and Warmest Regards by Misty Cato
NEW RELEASE
This weekend I released a new template set at Scrapbook-Elements. This set of 4 12x12 templates can be used individually or pair any two for a coordinating two-page spread.
Some of you may remember the Waiting for Spring page I shared a couple of weeks ago. Here is the follow-up. The photos were taken during the first really sunny day of spring.
Credits: Misty's Templates - Paired, Garden Spot by Jan Hosford, Garden Blends, That's My Boy and Warmest Regards by Misty Cato
NEW RELEASE
This weekend I released a new template set at Scrapbook-Elements. This set of 4 12x12 templates can be used individually or pair any two for a coordinating two-page spread.
4.11.2007
New Release - About A Boy Birth to 18 Months
I'm heading out of town for a couple of days and won't be posting again until Sunday. It's a crazy month - I'll be gone again next weekend too, so posting may be a bit sporadic over the next two weeks.
I've just released the first group in a set of products that is very close to my heart. It is inspired by the the various stages of a boy's journey through life. This first set starts at the beginning and contains lots of goodies for scrapping the first year or two of a boy's journey. The page set, alphabet and quick pages are all available at Scrapbook-Bytes.
I've just released the first group in a set of products that is very close to my heart. It is inspired by the the various stages of a boy's journey through life. This first set starts at the beginning and contains lots of goodies for scrapping the first year or two of a boy's journey. The page set, alphabet and quick pages are all available at Scrapbook-Bytes.
4.10.2007
Rectangle Resources
Several people left comments yesterday asking about inspiration and resources for rectangle scrappers. I'll cover those below, but I have something to show you first.
I received the link to the online gallery from our family photos shoot. There are some really wonderful shoots. Hopefully next week I'll be able to meet with Holli to go over the proofs. Holli's house is set up wonderfully for photographing kids. There is a playroom just off to the side of the studio for kids to take break. Of course why would Jamin stay on a plain white backdrop when there are is a room full of toys next door? Holli just followed Jamin around while he played. His favorite plaything was this little shopping cart he would fill with various things and push around. Of course he has a thing for mom and dad's shoes, so here is the resulting photo-
Credits: Holli Dunn Photography
Is that cute or what!
Okay onto the rectangular stuff. I tried scrapping rectangular for awhile, but my brain is square. I really like the look of rectangle pages though, so for all you non-square scrappers out there ...
Inspiration
Scrap-Maps - A sketch site or organized by layout size (8.5x11, 11x8.5 and 12x12 sketches) as well as by number of photos. Easy to browse and lots of great composition ideas.
Scrapper's Gallery: Fannie - Amy (aka fannie) is a talented scrapper who scraps both square and rectangle pages beautifully.
Scrapper's Gallery: novita - Another talented page artist who scraps rectangular.
Resources
ScrapQuick - ScrapQuick is a store focusing primarily on quick pages. Every quick page is available in three formats (8.5x11, 11x8.5 and 12x12). There are some great rectangle templates available as well.
Templates by DebF, PickleBerryPop - A nice selection of rectangle template options.
I received the link to the online gallery from our family photos shoot. There are some really wonderful shoots. Hopefully next week I'll be able to meet with Holli to go over the proofs. Holli's house is set up wonderfully for photographing kids. There is a playroom just off to the side of the studio for kids to take break. Of course why would Jamin stay on a plain white backdrop when there are is a room full of toys next door? Holli just followed Jamin around while he played. His favorite plaything was this little shopping cart he would fill with various things and push around. Of course he has a thing for mom and dad's shoes, so here is the resulting photo-
Credits: Holli Dunn Photography
Is that cute or what!
Okay onto the rectangular stuff. I tried scrapping rectangular for awhile, but my brain is square. I really like the look of rectangle pages though, so for all you non-square scrappers out there ...
Inspiration
Scrap-Maps - A sketch site or organized by layout size (8.5x11, 11x8.5 and 12x12 sketches) as well as by number of photos. Easy to browse and lots of great composition ideas.
Scrapper's Gallery: Fannie - Amy (aka fannie) is a talented scrapper who scraps both square and rectangle pages beautifully.
Scrapper's Gallery: novita - Another talented page artist who scraps rectangular.
Resources
ScrapQuick - ScrapQuick is a store focusing primarily on quick pages. Every quick page is available in three formats (8.5x11, 11x8.5 and 12x12). There are some great rectangle templates available as well.
Templates by DebF, PickleBerryPop - A nice selection of rectangle template options.
4.09.2007
Multi-Photo Resources and Inspiration
Thanks everyone for all your wonderful Easter blessings. I had a wonderful weekend with family and Jamin had a great time hunting eggs and eating 'chuck-lut' (chocolate)
One frequent comment I hear from scrappers transitioning from paper to digital is the seeming predominance of the single-photo page in digital scrapping. In part, I think the nature of digital supplies contributes to the tread. Paper supplies can only be used once, so using only one photo per page can add up fast if you have a lot of photos. With digital supplies are reusable so single photo pages seem more reasonable.
Digital online galleries are filled with single photo layouts, but I don't think online galleries are representative of the general preference of digital scrappers. Many people who post to public galleries are creative team member and/or designers who are showing off their pages, but also tasked with promoting a kit. Strikingly decorated layouts with a one fabulous photo will always draw the most attention in an online gallery.
More often than not we need more than one photo to tell a story. I love the 36 photos I took at my son's birthday party, but I don't really need 36 pages commemorating the event so I'm always looking for ways to create eye-catching pages using more than one photo.
With all this in mind I thought I'd put together some resources for multiphoto pages.
Inspiration
Digital Artist Magazine, January 2007 - Article full of multiphoto inspiration
Mulit-Photo Challenges with Tiff - Tiff Brady hosts a multi-photo challenge at My Digital Muse. Even if you aren't one to take part in challenges, browsing the challenge gallery is sure to provide inspiration.
Products
Misty's Templates - So Many Photos (details below)
Random Templates by Rachael Giallongo, ScrapQuick - Set of 3 templates with places for 5-7 photos. Photo all sit square on the page (as opposed the the scattered angles of the So Many Photos set).
Penny's Two-Pagers, by Penny Springmann - Two-page colorblock style templates with room for loads of photos.
Albums by Debbie Pearson, Classique Designs - It is really hard to find quick page albums that aren't primarily single-photo pages. Debbie's albums have a nice variety of number of photos per page with most pages having room for 2-3 photos.
Photo Clusters from Nancy Comelab, My Digital Muse - Photo clusters are a great way to show off multiple photos and Nancy has the best ones around. I was just in her store and noticed they are all 25% off (sorry I don't know how long the sale goes).
Framed and Framed 2, Misty Cato, Scrapbook-Bytes - A couple of little frame sets I put together to make photo arranging a little easier. By request, I also put together a little tutorial on how to use them (you'll need to scroll download a little as it is the second tutorial in the post).
NEW TEMPLATES
I just released my latest template set at Scrapbook-Elements. Each template has room for at least 9 photos and one has places for up to 15. If you are new to templates, I recommend going through the Layered Template tutorial to get an idea for how they work.
Remember those 36 birthday photos I mentioned above? I narrowed them down to 12.
Credits: Misty's Templates - So Many Photos, On the Go and Just for Fun all at Scrapbook-Elements
Free Sample
No longer available. Here is a set of envelope ties. Enjoy!
One frequent comment I hear from scrappers transitioning from paper to digital is the seeming predominance of the single-photo page in digital scrapping. In part, I think the nature of digital supplies contributes to the tread. Paper supplies can only be used once, so using only one photo per page can add up fast if you have a lot of photos. With digital supplies are reusable so single photo pages seem more reasonable.
Digital online galleries are filled with single photo layouts, but I don't think online galleries are representative of the general preference of digital scrappers. Many people who post to public galleries are creative team member and/or designers who are showing off their pages, but also tasked with promoting a kit. Strikingly decorated layouts with a one fabulous photo will always draw the most attention in an online gallery.
More often than not we need more than one photo to tell a story. I love the 36 photos I took at my son's birthday party, but I don't really need 36 pages commemorating the event so I'm always looking for ways to create eye-catching pages using more than one photo.
With all this in mind I thought I'd put together some resources for multiphoto pages.
Inspiration
Digital Artist Magazine, January 2007 - Article full of multiphoto inspiration
Mulit-Photo Challenges with Tiff - Tiff Brady hosts a multi-photo challenge at My Digital Muse. Even if you aren't one to take part in challenges, browsing the challenge gallery is sure to provide inspiration.
Products
Misty's Templates - So Many Photos (details below)
Random Templates by Rachael Giallongo, ScrapQuick - Set of 3 templates with places for 5-7 photos. Photo all sit square on the page (as opposed the the scattered angles of the So Many Photos set).
Penny's Two-Pagers, by Penny Springmann - Two-page colorblock style templates with room for loads of photos.
Albums by Debbie Pearson, Classique Designs - It is really hard to find quick page albums that aren't primarily single-photo pages. Debbie's albums have a nice variety of number of photos per page with most pages having room for 2-3 photos.
Photo Clusters from Nancy Comelab, My Digital Muse - Photo clusters are a great way to show off multiple photos and Nancy has the best ones around. I was just in her store and noticed they are all 25% off (sorry I don't know how long the sale goes).
Framed and Framed 2, Misty Cato, Scrapbook-Bytes - A couple of little frame sets I put together to make photo arranging a little easier. By request, I also put together a little tutorial on how to use them (you'll need to scroll download a little as it is the second tutorial in the post).
NEW TEMPLATES
I just released my latest template set at Scrapbook-Elements. Each template has room for at least 9 photos and one has places for up to 15. If you are new to templates, I recommend going through the Layered Template tutorial to get an idea for how they work.
Remember those 36 birthday photos I mentioned above? I narrowed them down to 12.
Credits: Misty's Templates - So Many Photos, On the Go and Just for Fun all at Scrapbook-Elements
Free Sample
No longer available. Here is a set of envelope ties. Enjoy!
4.06.2007
Happy Easter
Just a quick note to wish everyone a Happy Easter. I'll be taking the weekend away from the blog to celebrate the holiday and be back with you late Monday night (Tuesday in most parts of the world). Have a great weekend!
No longer available. Here is a little Easter something for my fellow sisters-in-Christ.
No longer available. Here is a little Easter something for my fellow sisters-in-Christ.
4.05.2007
Challenge Winners and New Release
Thanks to everyone who shared a layout for my treasured layouts challenge. I am still working on getting around to commenting on all of them, but I've been touched by all the wonderful pages submitted. Here are the winners of of $10 gift certificates to the store. As I mentioned in the original post, winners were chosen at random (there was no way I could have chosen 'best' of people's most treasured pages). Will the following posters email me at mistycato@mistycatodesigns.com to get your prize.
griest
digibrandi
tape
susan
antje
In response to the Story Time post kerry wrote, "Lovely LO. Being a mother with a small boy, I'm always on the lookout for new books to read. Please, can you tell us what books are in the "favourite books" list?"
Kerry, I wish I could say the list is full of classic children's literature, but Jamin picks his own books and they are pretty much full of his favorite characters and toys. Here is the list:
It's Great to Be an Engine - a Thomas the train songbook
Thomas and the Shooting Star
Elmo's First Babysitter
Elmo's Valentine
Baby Animals
Goodnight Moon (okay so we have one classic on the list)
Limu the Blue Turtle
Little One God Loves You
NEW RELEASE
Rather that do an entire Easter kit, I put together a few items that coordinate with my Young Beauty Set. I've also put Young Beauty and the Young Beauty Combo pack on sale until Easter in case you are interested in picking one up to use with the Easter Add-On.
FREE SAMPLE
No Longer Available. Here is a sampler of items from the Young Beauty Page Set.
griest
digibrandi
tape
susan
antje
In response to the Story Time post kerry wrote, "Lovely LO. Being a mother with a small boy, I'm always on the lookout for new books to read. Please, can you tell us what books are in the "favourite books" list?"
Kerry, I wish I could say the list is full of classic children's literature, but Jamin picks his own books and they are pretty much full of his favorite characters and toys. Here is the list:
It's Great to Be an Engine - a Thomas the train songbook
Thomas and the Shooting Star
Elmo's First Babysitter
Elmo's Valentine
Baby Animals
Goodnight Moon (okay so we have one classic on the list)
Limu the Blue Turtle
Little One God Loves You
NEW RELEASE
Rather that do an entire Easter kit, I put together a few items that coordinate with my Young Beauty Set. I've also put Young Beauty and the Young Beauty Combo pack on sale until Easter in case you are interested in picking one up to use with the Easter Add-On.
FREE SAMPLE
No Longer Available. Here is a sampler of items from the Young Beauty Page Set.
4.04.2007
Pin Tutorial
Today's tutorial is on how to create the illusion that a pin is going through paper or fabric. This tutorial features a ribbon and safety pin but the same technique can be used with any kind of pin and any fabric or paper type element.
Open your pin and ribbon. Drag your pin onto the same canvas as your bow and position it as desired.
If it is not already, set the the pin layer as your active layer by clicking on it once in the layers palette. Select your eraser tool and use a round brush to erase the portions of the pin that you want to be going 'through' the fabric.
Set your foreground color to black. Select your brush tool and choose a soft round brush of a diameter slightler larger than the diameter of your pin. I will be using a 9px soft round brush.
Create a new empty layer (Shift+Ctrl+N). In the layers palette, click and drag your new layer below the pin layer. Your layer order from top to bottom should be pin, empty layer, fabric layer. Set the empty layer as your active layer by clicking on it once in the layers palette.
On your canvas click once with your brush at each point where the pin 'goes through' the fabric to create subtle holes at the insertion points. Depending upon the lightness of your fabric you may want to lower the opacity of the holes layer. The opacity slider is located near the top of the layers palette.
Next select your burn tool from the layers palette. The burn tool is housed with the sponge and dodge tools and looks like hand in a loose fist position.
Select a soft brush tip of 10-25 px depending upon the size of your pin. I will be using a15 px soft round brush. In the options bar at the top of the work space set the Range to "Highlights" if your fabric is very light, "Shadows" if it is very dark and "Midtones" for anything in between. Set the Exposure to 10% (this is an approximation, feel free to adjust based on color of fabric and preference).
Set your fabric layer as the active layer by clicking on it once in the layers palette. Click and drag on your canvas to burn the fabric just below the erased portion of pin.
Select the dodge tool from the tools palette. The dodge tool is housed with the burn and sponge tools and looks like a puff ball on a stick.
Select a brush tip similar to the one you chose for the burn tool. In the options bar at the top of the work space set the Range to "Highlights" if your fabric is very light, "Shadows" if it is very dark and "Midtones" for anything in between. Set the Exposure to 10% (this is an approximation, feel free to adjust based on color of fabric and preference).
Click and drag on your canvas to draw a highlight on the fabric just above the erased portion of pin.
If desired, you can continue to add and refine shadows and highlights using the dodge and burn tools. Once you are done hold down the control key and click once on each of the pin, hole and fabric layers in the layers palette. Right click on any of the three layers in the layers palette and select 'merge down' to combine them all into one object and you are done.
Open your pin and ribbon. Drag your pin onto the same canvas as your bow and position it as desired.
If it is not already, set the the pin layer as your active layer by clicking on it once in the layers palette. Select your eraser tool and use a round brush to erase the portions of the pin that you want to be going 'through' the fabric.
Set your foreground color to black. Select your brush tool and choose a soft round brush of a diameter slightler larger than the diameter of your pin. I will be using a 9px soft round brush.
Create a new empty layer (Shift+Ctrl+N). In the layers palette, click and drag your new layer below the pin layer. Your layer order from top to bottom should be pin, empty layer, fabric layer. Set the empty layer as your active layer by clicking on it once in the layers palette.
On your canvas click once with your brush at each point where the pin 'goes through' the fabric to create subtle holes at the insertion points. Depending upon the lightness of your fabric you may want to lower the opacity of the holes layer. The opacity slider is located near the top of the layers palette.
Next select your burn tool from the layers palette. The burn tool is housed with the sponge and dodge tools and looks like hand in a loose fist position.
Select a soft brush tip of 10-25 px depending upon the size of your pin. I will be using a15 px soft round brush. In the options bar at the top of the work space set the Range to "Highlights" if your fabric is very light, "Shadows" if it is very dark and "Midtones" for anything in between. Set the Exposure to 10% (this is an approximation, feel free to adjust based on color of fabric and preference).
Set your fabric layer as the active layer by clicking on it once in the layers palette. Click and drag on your canvas to burn the fabric just below the erased portion of pin.
Select the dodge tool from the tools palette. The dodge tool is housed with the burn and sponge tools and looks like a puff ball on a stick.
Select a brush tip similar to the one you chose for the burn tool. In the options bar at the top of the work space set the Range to "Highlights" if your fabric is very light, "Shadows" if it is very dark and "Midtones" for anything in between. Set the Exposure to 10% (this is an approximation, feel free to adjust based on color of fabric and preference).
Click and drag on your canvas to draw a highlight on the fabric just above the erased portion of pin.
If desired, you can continue to add and refine shadows and highlights using the dodge and burn tools. Once you are done hold down the control key and click once on each of the pin, hole and fabric layers in the layers palette. Right click on any of the three layers in the layers palette and select 'merge down' to combine them all into one object and you are done.
Story Time
Thanks so much to everyone who posted layout in response to my challenge yesterday. I'm working on getting round to visit all of them and have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the pages. I'll be posting a list of the 5 randomly chosen winners on Friday.
Yesterday I promised a commenter that I would post some advice on getting started in the designing business. I wish I had some magic formula for you, but I don't. First and foremost, you've got to love to design, love learning about your program, love constantly trying to come up with something new and fresh to offer customers. If someone goes into designing for any other reason, burn-out is likely the final result. I've seen burn-out happen to even those who love designing, but just get tired of constantly having to promote and advertise. It's a tough market and there are more and more people entering the business everyday. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from going for it. Quite the contrary, if designing is where you heart is and you have a passion for it - by all means go for it. I'm convinced passion and a willingness to learn will take you a long way.
As far a the practicals go of getting set up in a store. First of all you should have 2-3 kits or product samples ready to show a store owner if they request them. These should be your absolute best work. Have someone with an eye for detail that you know will be honest with you look over your designs. Be willing to take constructive criticism. Once you have your samples done, you are ready to start store shopping. Some stores only take designers by doing open, public calls, others will accept applications at any time and still other are by invitation. It's not easy to figure out the process at most sites, but you can always email the store owner, ask if s/he is accepting designer applications and, if so, what would like they like to see by way of an application.
You can also look for open calls in the following places. These listing are usually creative team calls, but there are some designer calls mixed in.
Calls section at DigiShopTalk
Just Digital Calls
Good luck to any aspiring designers out there. It may be a crowded market, but there is always room for a fresh face offering unique products.
LAYOUT: STORY TIME
The bedtime routine is a special part of the day in our house. It's probably much like any other house with a young child; bath, pj's, brush teeth, story, kisses and cuddles, prayers and off to bed. It's the story time and kisses and cuddles that I love the most and so does Jamin. Barron and I alternate nights reading to him and tucking him in. Quite often Jamin will pick out a book, race to his rocking chair with his blanket and wait for one of us to come read to him.
The journaling in the page just details our bedtime routine and the block of text above the photo is a list of his favorite bedtime stories.
Credits: That's My Boy, Sunny Disposition and Templates- Rough Up all by Misty Cato at Scrapbook-Elements
I didn't get a chance to get any freebies done today, but if anyone missed the two items shown below, they are now available in the free downloads section at Scrapbook-Bytes. You need to be a registered member of the forum to download, but it's free and only takes a minute.
Yesterday I promised a commenter that I would post some advice on getting started in the designing business. I wish I had some magic formula for you, but I don't. First and foremost, you've got to love to design, love learning about your program, love constantly trying to come up with something new and fresh to offer customers. If someone goes into designing for any other reason, burn-out is likely the final result. I've seen burn-out happen to even those who love designing, but just get tired of constantly having to promote and advertise. It's a tough market and there are more and more people entering the business everyday. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from going for it. Quite the contrary, if designing is where you heart is and you have a passion for it - by all means go for it. I'm convinced passion and a willingness to learn will take you a long way.
As far a the practicals go of getting set up in a store. First of all you should have 2-3 kits or product samples ready to show a store owner if they request them. These should be your absolute best work. Have someone with an eye for detail that you know will be honest with you look over your designs. Be willing to take constructive criticism. Once you have your samples done, you are ready to start store shopping. Some stores only take designers by doing open, public calls, others will accept applications at any time and still other are by invitation. It's not easy to figure out the process at most sites, but you can always email the store owner, ask if s/he is accepting designer applications and, if so, what would like they like to see by way of an application.
You can also look for open calls in the following places. These listing are usually creative team calls, but there are some designer calls mixed in.
Calls section at DigiShopTalk
Just Digital Calls
Good luck to any aspiring designers out there. It may be a crowded market, but there is always room for a fresh face offering unique products.
LAYOUT: STORY TIME
The bedtime routine is a special part of the day in our house. It's probably much like any other house with a young child; bath, pj's, brush teeth, story, kisses and cuddles, prayers and off to bed. It's the story time and kisses and cuddles that I love the most and so does Jamin. Barron and I alternate nights reading to him and tucking him in. Quite often Jamin will pick out a book, race to his rocking chair with his blanket and wait for one of us to come read to him.
The journaling in the page just details our bedtime routine and the block of text above the photo is a list of his favorite bedtime stories.
Credits: That's My Boy, Sunny Disposition and Templates- Rough Up all by Misty Cato at Scrapbook-Elements
I didn't get a chance to get any freebies done today, but if anyone missed the two items shown below, they are now available in the free downloads section at Scrapbook-Bytes. You need to be a registered member of the forum to download, but it's free and only takes a minute.
4.02.2007
Photo session, ScrapQuick and Contest
To those of you who asked how Jamin's photo session went - it was great! Holli has the patience of a saint. Jamin ran around like ... well... like a two year old. He assumed that big backdrop and all those light must be an obstacle course. He wouldn't take instructions from anyone. Holli just followed him around with her camera clicking away. I thought there was no way she could actually be getting any usuable shots, but then she'd show me some from her digital camera and they were adorable. The proofs should be ready in a week or two - I can't wait!
Leslie wrote, "How would you go about wanting to get set up in a store? I mean like what is your advice to those that want to start selling thier designs?"
I'll post some thoughts on this tomorrow, meanwhile you might want to download the February issue of Inspired to Scrap. I interviewed Tandika Star of DigiScrapDesigner and Sunni Rafuse of Scrapbook-Elements and they had some excellent perspective on the designing business.
As I mentioned last week, I am one of the designers at ScrapQuick. ScrapQuick has put together a really great team of designers and page artists in order to provide a wide variety of quality quick page products. There are 12x12, 8.5x11 and 11x8.5 options as well as 1 and 2 page spreads. You can also pick up alphas and extras for dressing up your quick pages.
Here is a layout I did with the quick page page artist Jenn Okonek put together. The journaling explains it all,
Suspecting a stinky diaper I asked Jamin, "Did you make a poopy?"
"Nope"
"Well then who made the poopy?"
"Ummm Elmo did." Then just to make the story more convincing, Jamin got out a diaper, took out the diaper pad and began changing Elmo's diaper."
Credits: Sheryl's Love Quick Page, designer Misty Cato, page artist Jenn Okonek, Sheryl's Love Alpha by Misty Cato, both available at ScrapQuick
CONTEST
Okay, its not really a contest, but I didn't know what else to call it. I've been thinking about all the wonderful comments many of you left on my art vs. preserving memories musing. The more I think about it, the more I am sure that in the long run pages the capture special moments and document our lives are going to be the most treasured.
I would like to see your most treasured layout. Maybe it's the first one you ever made? Or a scrap of a very special event? It may not be your most beautiful page or contain perfect photos, I don't care. I'd love it if you could share them with me. Post a link to your most treasured page as a comment to this post. If the link is to a public gallery that allows comment I'll leave you some comments. I'm going to do my best to get to all of them by the end of the week. I'll pick 5 people (at random) who post by midnight EST Thursday 4/5 to receive $10 gift certificates for my store at Scrapbook-Bytes.
Leslie wrote, "How would you go about wanting to get set up in a store? I mean like what is your advice to those that want to start selling thier designs?"
I'll post some thoughts on this tomorrow, meanwhile you might want to download the February issue of Inspired to Scrap. I interviewed Tandika Star of DigiScrapDesigner and Sunni Rafuse of Scrapbook-Elements and they had some excellent perspective on the designing business.
As I mentioned last week, I am one of the designers at ScrapQuick. ScrapQuick has put together a really great team of designers and page artists in order to provide a wide variety of quality quick page products. There are 12x12, 8.5x11 and 11x8.5 options as well as 1 and 2 page spreads. You can also pick up alphas and extras for dressing up your quick pages.
Here is a layout I did with the quick page page artist Jenn Okonek put together. The journaling explains it all,
Suspecting a stinky diaper I asked Jamin, "Did you make a poopy?"
"Nope"
"Well then who made the poopy?"
"Ummm Elmo did." Then just to make the story more convincing, Jamin got out a diaper, took out the diaper pad and began changing Elmo's diaper."
Credits: Sheryl's Love Quick Page, designer Misty Cato, page artist Jenn Okonek, Sheryl's Love Alpha by Misty Cato, both available at ScrapQuick
CONTEST
Okay, its not really a contest, but I didn't know what else to call it. I've been thinking about all the wonderful comments many of you left on my art vs. preserving memories musing. The more I think about it, the more I am sure that in the long run pages the capture special moments and document our lives are going to be the most treasured.
I would like to see your most treasured layout. Maybe it's the first one you ever made? Or a scrap of a very special event? It may not be your most beautiful page or contain perfect photos, I don't care. I'd love it if you could share them with me. Post a link to your most treasured page as a comment to this post. If the link is to a public gallery that allows comment I'll leave you some comments. I'm going to do my best to get to all of them by the end of the week. I'll pick 5 people (at random) who post by midnight EST Thursday 4/5 to receive $10 gift certificates for my store at Scrapbook-Bytes.
4.01.2007
New Release - Veranda Breeze, Templates and Painted Page Borders
I released lots of new things today at Scrapbook-Elements.
I love browns so Veranda Breeze is one of those products that just feels like 'me'. The Veranda Breeze sets contain lots of really versatile neutrals, but with enough detailing and texture that they are far from boring. There are papers, elements and quick pages, or you can pick them all up in the combo pack for additional savings.
Misty's Templates - Roughed Up is the second of several template packs I will be releasing. Each template has been slightly 'roughed-up' with a grunge component such as messy edges, dirty page border or grunge frame. If you like this set be sure to check out the Angled set I released last week.
In honor of SBE’s 3rd Birthday, I’m painting the town with my Paint the Town Page Borders.
FREE SAMPLE
No Longer Available. This Distressed White Alpha coordinates with the Veranda Breeze products.
I love browns so Veranda Breeze is one of those products that just feels like 'me'. The Veranda Breeze sets contain lots of really versatile neutrals, but with enough detailing and texture that they are far from boring. There are papers, elements and quick pages, or you can pick them all up in the combo pack for additional savings.
Misty's Templates - Roughed Up is the second of several template packs I will be releasing. Each template has been slightly 'roughed-up' with a grunge component such as messy edges, dirty page border or grunge frame. If you like this set be sure to check out the Angled set I released last week.
In honor of SBE’s 3rd Birthday, I’m painting the town with my Paint the Town Page Borders.
FREE SAMPLE
No Longer Available. This Distressed White Alpha coordinates with the Veranda Breeze products.
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