Monthly Archives: March 2012

Chelle Scraps…

I know. You were wondering if I really do know how to scrap. LOL!
Four years ago my timid 11 year old “tried out” for Dairy Ambassador.

(scrapped a long time ago)
Last year she tried out again and made it.

(scrapped this week — with Happily Ever After and my new Rainbow collection…did I tell you how HANDY it is?)

Yesterday she handed of her crown to a new set of Dairy Ambassadors.  I was so proud as I watched her conduct the program & teach dances to the “nominees” and her fellow ambassadors.  In fact, I’ve enjoyed watching her leadership skills grow and develop all through the year.  With the help of my fabulous CT (THANKS LADIES!) I presented her with a fun scrapbook of her year…and we gave one to each of the girls she served with.  They’d seen her book earlier in the day, but they were THRILLED to have their own copy.  (Isn’t DIGI great!)

Here’s the other layout I contributed:

Now if I can just remember that warm fuzzy feeling while I’m teaching her to drive this week.  LOL!

3.3 Rainbows of Color Playdate

Hi Scrappers, I was just thinking how colorful this week was. I was pondering what my favorite color would be. Interestingly enough, another of my neices, Mylie, has been telling me what “our” favorite color was since she could talk +9 years. It made me think to see what color I would have chosen for “my” LO.  Guess what? It would be all of them. I really don’t have a favorite color. Last week I said I was picking out my favorite LO of the week. It’s Mary! Don’t those CT layouts look great?  Good Job Ladies! Here’s Chelle’s new products for the week…

And the freebie…You Tube Classes…
p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGyPF97QRds&feature=channel”>

And the LOs…Whoot!

Shanell

Monica

Melissa N.

 

Lynett

Mary

Roxana

Fonetta #1

Carol

Fonetta #2

Karen S.

 

Jenn Schultz #2

Jenn Schultz #1

Heather

Jan #1

Jan #2

Kayla

Rule of Thirds for Photography | DIgital Scrapbooking Photo Tips

What is the Rule of Thirds?  The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts.

As you’re getting ready to take a photo, you would have imagined this grid in your mind through your viewfinder, or in the LCD display that you use to frame your shot.  Some cameras have settings to turn on this grid.  The ‘rule of thirds’ now identifies four important parts of the image that you should consider placing points of interest in as you frame your image–the four places the lines cross.
The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally. Studies have shown that when viewing images that people’s eyes usually go to one of the intersection points most naturally rather than the center of the shot – using the rule of thirds works with this natural way of viewing an image rather than working against it.
Read more: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds#ixzz1nqSrgSmf

BUT…I’m not always that good at framing my photos.  Sometimes my subject is moving.  Or I need to quickly capture a photo.  The Rule of Thirds can also be used when cropping your photos to scrap them.  The concept is the same.  Crop the photo so that the point of interest of your photo falls along one of the lines or at the cross-points.
I’ve made a .png “photo cropping guide” for you to use until you get accustomed to doing this.

Place the cropping guide on a layer above your photo.  Resize and move it around until the point of interest is in the cross-hairs OR along one of the lines.  Select the area OUTSIDE the cropping guide, select the inverse, and crop.

Here’s some samples from the CT:
From Roxana using Make a Splash.  See how her son is along the right hand 1/3 line?

From Carol using On the Water.  Check out how the space needle is right along the left hand 1/3 line.

Try using the rule of thirds next time you pick up your camera.  And the next time you are scrapping, be sure to crop your photos using this rule.  We’d love to see your layouts!  Link us up in the comments!