Hello everyone!
Warm days…cool evenings. Savoring the remnants of summer…coming soon: Indian Summer
Remember we have NEW RULES!!!
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Deadline: 11:59 PM EST Wednesday.
Hello Friends!
I wanted to highlight this digital scrapbooking tutorial from Chelle’s website. It works for alphas that are nearly black and white, like Jump Zone or Movie Night or even Fire Alpha. If you use the tip at the bottom of this tutorial will work with the alphas in Boho Summer or Liberty. Start with one of the letters in the alpha. You can do all the letters at once if you flatten them to one layer (but not if they overlap…then just repeat this for every letter)
Add your favorite paper on the layer above and group the two together. (Ctrl-G or alt click when you mouse over the crack between them in your layers palette)
Now change the blending mode to lighten. (This won’t work for papers darker than the black of the letter, nor papers lighter than the white of the border…but stay tuned I have a tip for those borderline papers)
TA DA!
Here’s another twist to make it even more versatile…what if you don’t want white around the edge, what if black would suit your needs better. Go back to just the letter, but this time the first step is to invert the letter. Invert is found under Image or just use Ctrl-I. Now the alpha is white (kinda grey) with a black edge.
Add your favorite paper and clip, this time choosing darken as the blending mode:
If you look closely, some of the grey of the alpha is showing through. So here’s the extra tip (it works for those borderline papers too.) Use the levels command (ctrl-L with the alpha layer chosen) to adjust the original alpha. If you are working with the black version, move the far left slider (the black one) to the right. If you are working with the white version — like we are here–then move the far right slider to the left.
It’ll take out the light grey leaving our alpha perfectly aqua.
Here are some ideas from the Creative Team. Jenn J (jmljensen) provided this layout and instructions of what she did. She used Aviator, Liberty {alpha} and Teacher’s Pet. She recolored the alpha and Teacher’s Pet wordstrips by clipping a dark gray paper from the Aviator kit to each letter/wordstrip then changed the blend mode of the paper to lighten. Cool huh?
Go ahead. Try it. You’ll be surprised how easy it is.
I’m always surprised at what a “pick me up” scrapping is for me. Not sure why I’m surprised…I have been doing this for 25+ years. Obviously I enjoy it. LOL! I’m plugging away on my 2010 album, about 1/3 of the way finished. My goal is to have the books printed for Christmas. Better get going. My current rate of 1 layout/week is not going to make that. Here’s one of the layouts I did this week. These photos had been waiting for the perfect “fire” kit…and Cheri & I created one in July.
Credits: Heros {fire} Hey! It’s on sale right now!
Next summer will be our 14th year of making a family float. Now THAT would make a fun album…all of those layouts together. Hmmmm……
Hello everyone!
Sisters, Friends, Grandmas…a sweet kit for your sweet relationships…coming soon:
Remember we have NEW RULES!!!
You can enter to win by sharing the sneak peek. You can…
1. share it on your blog
2. share it on Facebook
3. share it via twitter
4. share it on Pinterest
Remember, since the winner is chosen using a random number generator, be sure to come back and know in a new comment when you’ve done each way.
Deadline: 11:59 PM EST Wednesday.
Quickpage albums make great gifts. They don’t take as long as regular scrapping. You can work out an entire album in a few hours. Here’s a couple of sampler Quickpages for you to try:
Want more?
Want to see how quickly you can make a gift album?
Do it now. Get an album going and cross some of those hard-to-shop-for peeps off your list. Adorama has a 50% off 14 page 8×8 album through 8.28″ Code: PXSEEIT
Jingle Bells…Jingle Bells. I’m crossing gifts off my list. Join me!
I don’t know about your house, but things have been pretty crazy around here this summer. I’m hoping that things will settle down as the kids start school this week and we get back into our school-year routines. The annual change to summer activities & schedules provides some rejuvenation, but to be honest, I could use a re-charge.
I’ve been a scrapbooker for many years. My first scrapbooks were typing paper, construction paper mats, held together by rubber cement. I really have done this for a LONG time. LOL! I’ve tried lots of techniques and scrapped through tons of trends. This week I was reminded of a few reasons why I LOVE digi.
Several years ago I wanted to scrap a photo of my teething toddler eating a popsicle. Hunted and hunted. The only “popsicle” things I could find was this popsicle background paper.
So I pulled out my markers & my shrinky-dinks and made myself some “acrylic” popsicles. It took me a few tries to get enough popsicles that laid flat. At the time I was pleased with the results, but this page took me several hours. AND that was only for the one copy to go in her album. I still need a copy for our family album (the book I’ll get to keep when everyone grows up, moves away, and takes their albums with them). I don’t even know what the page cost me. (Frankly it’s probably one of my “cheaper” pages…just popsicles, printable transparency, & all that clear shrink-dink material.)
This week as I was finishing up my newest kit…and needing a page to use for the video tutorial, I found my photo…the one I’d saved for our family album. In 15 minutes I completed this layout:
MUCH less time.
MUCH easier to make multiple copies.
Less money.
At one time my scrapbooking supplies took an entire wall of our family room. Now everything fits on my EHD = MUCH less space.
No toddlers getting into my supplies.
And we can eat on the kitchen table. LOL!
Hey Scrappers! I’m sponsoring a speed scrap as part of the Mousescrappers Minnie Marathon this weekend. Here’s the prize I’m giving away:
Join Melinda on Saturday at 1 pm EST.
I’ve heard it said that the best camera to use is the one you have with you. Sometimes that is the phone on my camera. I haven’t always taken photos with my phone. Probably because the quality on my old phone wasn’t great. But mostly because I didn’t know how to get the photos from my phone…to my computer. I hated trying to track down the right cord….or just remembering to do it.
Recently when listening to an episode of The Digi Show, I learned I could do it with dropbox.
I’ve been using dropbox for a while, but I didn’t realize how simple it was to get my photos onto my computer:
Now after I take a photo with my phone (as soon as I am in wifi range) my photos are uploaded to my dropbox account. With a quick click & drag I can move them to my Photos 2012 folder in the correct month…freeing up space in my dropbox for the next time I take photos.
It only takes a few minutes to set up the whole system. You’ll be glad you did when, for example, your husband finds your phone in the toilet courtesy of your 18 month old. Just saying’.
Hey Scrappers! I can FINALLY tell you about my exciting news. Take a peek (if you are a designer friend, see this post)
To watch the video, click here.
Can you believe it? ALL of that for $19.99 a month? Want to see it one more time?
If there had been Creative Club Digi in July, it would’ve looked like this:
Perks include:
• Access to the Creative Club Digi community: forum, chats, webinars (and recordings)
• Download links for all Chelle’s Creations products released during your membership period: kits, collections, alphas, elements, quickies, etc. Excludes: collabs (the portion not created by Chelle), services, classes, & e-books.
• Monthly Tips & Tuts webinars. Join us each month as Chelle & guest share new ideas to spark your creativity. (Webinar recordings will be available for the duration of the calendar month.)
• Monthly Q&A webinars. How did she do that? Bring your questions to our monthly Q&A where Chelle answers your questions. Follow along as Chelle shows you how. (Webinar recordings will be available for the duration of the calendar month.)
• Monthly Newsletter. All the news & events summed up in one place. Did you miss something? Quickly scan what’s been happening and make a note of future events you’d like to attend.
How do you sign up? Click here to subscribe to Creative Club Digi.
Remember you can sign up for 30 days or six months for the price of five — that’s one month FREE!
I’d love to see you there!
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You must be logged into the ScrapOrchard forum for the link to work. $14.99 per month OR $74.99 for six months = Six for the price of Five.
Hi! I'm Chelle: a 40 something mom of 7. My husband & I live in a rural community in the rocky mountains with our 4 children still at home. In the winters we enjoy sledding & snuggling by the fire. I the cool fall evenings we love relaxing around the campfire & meeting friends at the county fair. Admiring the stars 
on a clear summer night and splashing in spring mud puddles. We love making memories together. Me? I love blueberries, fresh salmon, creating, memory keeping, & above all my family & my faith.
