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Hi Friends!

I have 3 digital scrapbooking layouts to share with you today. This LO is by Cindi.

Cindi used & Curled Frames & Fleur De Violette. Click on these images for more information.

Amber N. created this LO.

Amber used Down on the Farm. Click on the image for more details.

This 3rd LO is by tlcd1961.

She used Toil N Trouble & Lay It On There Doubles 4 Ttemplate was a FREEBIE Tuesday Template. Click on the images for more details.

Have a wonderful day!

Hey Scrappers,

This is my CU newsletter.  But I didn’t want ya’ll to miss out on those coordinating freebies!

RUN!  Do not walk.  There is not enough time!  This sale lasts just 24 hours!

NOTE:  This sale is for my commercial use items and classes only. These sale prices only available for 24 hours.Want a peek at some of my new CU stuff on the 50% off sale? All (Seriously, EVERYTHING) in my CU STORE, including CU Products & Classes are 50% off.

I have two NEW classes also 50% off:  Drawing in Adobe Illustrator & Introduction to Adobe Illustrator.

And a couple of new CU products:

CU Twigs & CU Sweater Flowers.

FREEBIES:

Make sure you download the FREEBIES Immediately, unzip & check your downloads. The 12 Days of Winter FREEBIES are only up for 24 hours.

I have an extra FREEBIE for you that will be available in the Scrap Orchard Newsletter.. It is part of the Winter Sparkleland 12 Days of Winter Advent Sale. Make sure you pick it up.

First here in my Newsletteris my 1st FREEBIE CU Damask Part 1.  You can sign up for my newsletter & you will receive download links within 2 hours.

Click on image to download.  CU Damask FREEBIE links expire 12.13.2014 11:59 pm.

Then head on over to My Blog and pick-up my 2nd FREEBIE CU Damask Part 2.

Click on image to download.  CU Damask FREEBIE links expire 12.13.2014 11:59 pm.

Are you in my Facebook Fan Group Page. It contains special deals & offers. It’s where you’ll find CU Damask Part 3. Request permission to join the group, then give me a few hours to approve your request.

Click on image to download.  CU Damask FREEBIE links expire 12.13.2014 11:59 pm.

 

Hey Friends!

I finally got a few minutes to play with the goodies I bought at Farmer’s Market.  Eeeeek!  They are SO FUN!  Here’s a few of my favorite recipes…with the links below.  ALL ingredients are just $1 through Dec 1st.  Grab them quick and start mixing it up!

CU Flower Centers {Bling} & CU Paper Flowers by Chelle’s Creations & CU Holly {Happy Scrap Girl}

CU Flower Centers {Cluster Pips} by Chelle’s Creations, CU Velvet 3 Flowers by Dream Big Designs, & CU Foliage 15 by Kristin Aagard Designs

CU Flower Centers {Bling} by Chelle’s Creations, CU Christmas Gold by Dream Big Designs & CU Foliage 17 by Kristin Aagard Designs

(If you are looking for Recipes #1-9, try here, here, & here.)

Hi! Hi! Hi! I’m so excited to share today’s Tutorial: Unmasked Mask! It’s so much fun! This is Jenn, jk703, here to share this cool technique with you! I’ve seen it around occasionally, and had this on my list of things to do, so now we can start a new trend, right!? Ok everyone… lets get going and Unmask that Mask! 😛

For my example images, I’m using Chelle’s At The Beach kit.

On the background paper, open up some paint splatters and cover a nice big area. Here, I’ve got two layers of paint from the At The Beach kit. 

Next, I’ve brought in an element on to my page, the starfish. I’ve left 4 flat and shadowed one:

Before I completed the next step, I combined the 4 flat starfish onto one layer. All you have to do is highlight a star, press the shift key, and click on the other layers. Right click and choose merge layers. You don’t have to do this, it’s just an option that makes it a little easier later.

Double click on the element thumbnail in the Layers Palette. You should get marching ants around the shapes of the layer.

Here is my Layer Palette.

Here’s the tricky part. Choose your paint layer in the Layers Palette. Now, press the delete button. Do this for all paint layers. This will remove the paint from inside the marching ants. Here is what mine looks like. So simple, and so easy! Press Command + D to deselect and stop the marching ants.

Unmasked Mask! 😛

There are other options to this, but using shapes and text. Here’s how:

Choose the Custom Shape Tool, and find a fun shape.

Here are my shapes. I’ve chosen a border shape. Add one to your layout.

See the shape layer in the Layers Palette. You are going to double click on the actual shape mask (the right side) to get the marching ants.

My marching ants and shape. Next, turn off the visibility of the shape by clicking on the “eye” that sits on the left side of that particular layer.

Next, go to each of your paint layers and press delete. No paint where the shape was! Cool, right!?!

Next option!

Using your type tool, type a large letter or symbol. Double click on the Type Layer thumbnail to get your marching ants.

Choose the paint layers, and then delete. Viola!

The CT helped me out and created some awesome layouts to show off this Tutorial: Unmasked Mask! Here they are:

This one is made by Roxana (Roxanamdm) and used Traveler Bundle (retired), CU Spritzers (retired) and CU Bubble Wrap Stamps. She used the tutorial for the stitches around the edges.

Jan (QuiltyMom) created this layout, and check out the roller coaster in the background! Cool! Jan uses SBC+, and shared how she completes this in her software below. Here are the products she used: Roller Coasters & Cotton Candy, CTR Trek, Yeehaw Bundle, Give Thanks and Gimme Layers Vol. 52 by Cluster Queen Creations.

Here’s how she did it in SBC+:
Place the element you want to use on your page, and fill it with a color that is both different and a higher contrast from the mask you are using. Resize and place it over the mask, then flatten the two elements together. Using the wand tool, select the shape, making sure all of it has been selected and hasn’t spilled over onto the mask. Then cut away the selected area.

Kayla (keepscrappin) used the Snowlandia kit and word art. She said she duplicated the spritz on top of itself, so it would show up better and merged those layers together. Then, copied and arranged the spritzes where I wanted them and cut out the snowflakes.

What do you think? Going to try out the Tutorial: Unmasked Mask? I hope so. It really is a cool technique.

Have a great week, and thanks for stopping by!

Hi Everyone!

I was thinking this week about digital scrapbooking for teens. I’ve seen a lot of posts that fir the “All About” theme, but what about your teens? Or what about you as a teenager? Here are some I thought of.

1. Boys/Girls
2. Prom
3. Sports (girls or guys)
4. Music
5. Church
6. School or College
7. Cars
8. Learning to Drive
9. Color Cosmetics (makeup)
10. Taking my girl for a drive
11. Skin Care (zits, pimples)

You get the idea. Here’s a link to some ideas for teenagers. Let me show you a couple of ideas from Donna & Leslie.

Here’s Leslie’s. An informal approach to the All About idea. Can you image how interesting this will be for his future spouse to read about her “man?”

Donna used a picture of her friend and brother. A brother who was ALWAYS there. Did you have a tagalong sibling? I did. I was always telling him to go home and leave me alone. Funny though, 35 year’s later, his kids think the stories are hilarious.

How would you do a All About Teenagers layout?

(IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE BLOG TRAIN, SCROLL DOWN TO THE NEXT POST!

Hey Scrappers,

It’s Iron Scrapper Time again!!  This year is bigger and better than ever!!!

I would love to win either of those prizes!  The contest starts today!  You can read all the rules and information here!  This week our Iron Scrapper Samplers are featuring songs from the 40’s and 50’s.  I chose Mickey Mouse Club March.  As a second grader, I would race home from school to watch (re-runs) of the Mickey Mouse Club.  As soon as the show was over, my little sisters and I would re-create our own version, singing along to the familiar tunes as they played on my little red record player.  Definitely a treasured memory of my childhood.

And I created these alphas.  They work great with Mickey Mouse Club March or any of the Week 1 Iron Scrapper Samplers.

If you purchase 4 or more of the products in this week’s Iron Scrapper Collection, they will be discounted 50% OFF PLUS you will also get the amazing Iron Scrapper Week One add-on for FREE!

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL!!!!  Another way you can earn entries in the prize drawings is scrapping with Fresh Fruit = new stuff I release each week.  Here’s my fresh fruit for this first week:  (Note:  the Iron Scrapper Samplers are NOT fresh fruit)

AND if you buy Hard Hat Required before 7.11, you will automatically receive Hard Hat Required {alphas} FREE!

I’ll leave you with some layouts from our team.