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"Mischievous Smile" by Amy Lemaniak
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I took one of the ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Photo Brackets and opened the PSD file. All of the layers are named so that I knew where to place various papers I used as backgrounds and photos. To add one of my photos to the template, I moved it onto my layout and made sure that the photo was just above the photo template layer. I then applied a clipping mask (Ctrl+G) and this made my photo take on the shape of the layer below it!
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0
Name of challenge: Use tags in a unique way.
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"Smile" by Kara Swanson
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I loved the look of Erica Hite's ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Dirty Press 5401 Mini but wanted to change the color of the lettering. Because this particular style is in black only, I turned my title into a brush, chose the color I wanted and stamped it on my page.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Name of challenge: Use two or more actions.
"Bear Lake" by Jennifer Wight
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
For this layout, I used tags to add more focus to my photo. Making sure my foreground color was set on white, I used Valerie's ScrapSimple Tools - Shapes: Tags 2101 and positioned three tags on my photo, each on separate layers. I then clicked on each tag layer and added Shalae's ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Transparency 4901. Now my tags were transparent, and I was able to see my photo underneath. I added Cheryl's ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Inked Edges Basics 4101 to each tag layer to add more dimension.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Use tags in a unique way.
"You Are" by Christy VanderWall
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I loved how this collection included the paper tears as their own element. I decided to use them to make it look like layers of the same paper were torn and put on top of one another.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Use one collection.
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"Finally Renovated" by Jo Corne
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
The beauty of Marnie Adams' sketches from her Scrapbooking 911: 20 Sketches to Revitalize Your Digital Scrapbooking - Book 3 eBook is that you can take it at face value, and scrap the template OR you can play around with the sketches and create a completely new layout. Here I turned Sketch No. 19 around a number of times, moved the three smaller photos into different positions and then duplicated the layout, made a second page for my double page spread and rotated and moved the elements around once more to get my final product. So, the fundamental idea of the sketch is still visible, yet I have made it my own by just playing around with the positions of all the elements.
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS4
Name of challenge: Use Sketch No. 19 from Scrapbooking 911: 20 Sketches to Revitalize Your Digital Scrapbooking - Book 3 eBook
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Journaling: Six-and-a-half years after moving into our home we finally got to do the renovations we had been talking about for those same six-and-a-half years!
The kitchen, both bathrooms, the laundry, the floors and the front door are done, wahooo. Now we save for the next round, LOL, The carpets, the front steps, the guttering, the front courtyard, the back garden and maybe, if I'm really lucky, the pool. But I suspect that by the time we are ready to do that, we'll be ready to sell up and move into a smaller place as the kids would've moved out by then, LOL!!!
"Happy Summer" by Armi Custodio
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
To create the grungy background behind my son's framed photo, I layered brushes from Amanda Sok's Brush Set: Grungy Glitter, Melissa Renfro's Brush Set: Downtown, and Shalae Tippetts' Dynamic Brush Set: Splatter 4901, filling them with different colors and varying the opacities.
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Commercial license versions of Brush Set: Downtown, Dynamic Brush Set: Inky 5001, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Edge It PSE 5001, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Photo Basics PSE 5001, ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Threaded, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Water 6101, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Jelly 2101, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Glitter Edge 6301 Biggie, Brush Set: Grungy Glitter, Dynamic Brush Set: Seasons 8201, Dynamic Brush Set: Splatter 4901 and ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Pop Op are also available. |
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0
Name of challenge: Use two or more actions.
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"Unlikely Angels" by Michelle Torres
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
I wanted to create a row of dots near my title. First click on the "Create a new layer" icon on the bottom of the Layers Palette. Choose the Brush Tool from the tool bar on the left. Make sure the foreground color is set to black. Choose a hard round brush. Choose a larger brush for larger dots or a smaller brush for smaller dots. I have chosen a 18px size brush. Also make sure in the Options Bar, the Mode is set to Normal, and the Opacity and Flow are both 100%. Next, you will need to open the Brush Palette and change the spacing between the dots. I increased mine to around 200%. Now to create the row of dots, click and hold on one side of the page (Do NOT move the mouse while you are holding.) Press and hold Shift, then move the mouse horizontally (or vertically) across the page. Try experimenting with different colors, different size brushes, and different spacing. Just make sure that for each row of dots you create, you put them on their own layer. Have fun!
Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Name of challenge: Use two or more actions.
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"Dog-Gone Cute" by Janine Buckles
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Directions for one technique I did on this layout:
The layout designers were challenged to each use the same sketch, but to make it unique, so I chose to rotate and flip it before I started my layout. First I dragged the sketch image onto a blank 12x12 document. Then I clicked Image> Rotate> 90 Degrees R and then Image> Flip Horizontal. It's an easy and effective way to maximize the potential of Marnie's sketches! Marnie's Scrapbooking 911: 20 Sketches to Revitalize Your Digital Scrapbooking - Book 3 eBook includes 20 sketches and by flipping and/or rotating them you actually have many, many more than that at your disposal!
Software used: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Name of challenge: Use Sketch No. 19 from Scrapbooking 911: 20 Sketches to Revitalize Your Digital Scrapbooking - Book 3 eBook
Journaling: Lexi came to us with her little stuffed toy called "Tigger," which she keeps near her all the time. She takes it outside with her; she cleans it and even sleeps with it. We don't know what we'd do if it ever got lost!
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