A warm Summer night in the Lagoon of Venice. A full moon, it’s silvery light mirrored in the midnight blue waters. A gentle breeze, whispering of love, romance and mystery… This is the mood of “Venice Nights” by Deli Scraps by Min, an opulent kit with beautiful rich colors, with lace, diamonds, pearls and velvet you will want to touch. All that was created to help you scrap a variety of layouts – travel, love, wedding, mardi gras, heritage and vintage pictures will be perfect to adorn your pages made with this kit.

Een warme zomeravond in de Lagoon van Venetië. De volle maan, zijn zilverachtig licht weerspiegeld in de nachtelijke blauwe wateren. Een zacht briesje, een liefdevolle en romantische fluistering, een vleugje mysterie … Dat is “Venice Nights” van Deli Scraps van Min, een weelderige, luxeuze kit met prachtige en warme kleuren, kant, diamanten, parels en fluweel. Alles gemaakt om jullie te helpen al die huwelijks, vakantie, liefde, feestelijke, oude en klassieke foto’s te scrappen.

This beautiful kit contains lots of unique elements, an alpha and a lot of gorgeous papers including 10 velvet damask papers which you just want to touch! Now I made a quickpage for you to give you a feel of what you will get when you buy this kit and believe me you will not be dissapointed!

Deze prachtige kit bevat veel unieke elementen, een alfabet en veel mooie papers waaronder 10 fluwelen damask papers die je het liefst aan zou raken! Ik heb een quickpage voor jullie gemaakt om je een idee te geven wat je krijgt als je deze kit koopt en geloof me, je zult niet teleurgesteld worden!

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It’s the little things that make life great isn’t it? For me it’s  chapstick, diet coke, flip flops, automatic flushing toilets in public restrooms. Just to name a few. The same idea applies to scrapbooking. When I first started digital scrapbooking, it seemed to take me ages to complete a page. You can cut some serious time if you use a few little “tricks”. Lots of seasoned scrappers may know these already, but if you are just starting out, chances are these will be new for you.

Here is a short list of my favorite little time savers when scrapping.

Please note- I work in CS4 on a Mac. The control key on a PC is the equivalent of the command key on a Mac. For ease, I will simply refer to this key as C.

• Resizing the size of a brush or eraser- the  ” [ " key resizes smaller and the " ] ” resizes the brush or eraser larger. I love this function & use it ALL the time.
• Resize your image to fit to page Hold C {as in command or control} and press zero.
• Make a duplicate {great for when you are make clusters and need multiple flowers or leaves} hover over your image hold the alt key and click and drag. You will drag a new image with it’s own layer.
• Resizing from the middle: Hold shift/alt while dragging the transform control. This will resize your image from the center – in.
• Resizing with the vertical skew: Hold Shift/C while dragging the transform control.
• Merge all layers: C/Shift E
• Undo: C/ Z
• Outline an element: hold C and click on the image in your layers pallet.

These are just a few of my favorite little tricks. I use all of these when scrapping or designing. If there is something you have never tried before, give it ago! You may be surprised at how easy it is to incorporate these little tricks into your scrapping and before you know it they will be second nature!

Happy Scrapping!

PamR with her beautiful layout All You Need

I love how my eye is drawn to the beautiful photo, the layering of the papers and all the little flowers on the frame. All you need is love and that is just what this page is showing!

Congrats Pam on winning this week’s LOTW!

This page was made with the beautiful kit Tweet Love by Deli Scraps by Min.

Live your life and dream dreams that are big enough to fill it! Scrap your dreams, your goals, your purpose or your passion in bright beautiful colors. The kit is packed with solid and patterned, textured papers and elements including flowers, frames, flourishes, buttons, hearts, brackets, ribbons, inspiring word tags and more.  Your dreams are unique. Share them in your own way with this fabulous kit “Dream Big” by Amber Shaw!

Leef je leven en droom je dromen die groot genoeg zijn om je leven te vullen. Scrap je dromen, je doelen, je plannen, ideeën en passies in mooie, levendige  kleuren. Deze kit zit vol met allerlei papers en elementen waaronder bloemen, lijsten, knopen, hartjes, linten, inspirerende woordstrips en nog veel meer. Jouw dromen zijn uniek. Deel ze op jouw unieke manier met deze prachtige kit “Dream Big” van Amber Shaw!

Besides the kit which includes a beautiful alpha,  Amber Shaw also created the most beautiful cluster- and border set for you, along with a solid cardstock and a seamless glitter set. Of course you can buy all this at once when you purchase the “Dream Big Collection”!

Naast de kit, waar ook een prachtige alpha inzit, heeft Amber Shaw ook een fantastiche cluster- en border set voor jullie gemaakt, samen met een solid cardstock en een naadloze glitter set. Natuurlijk kun je dit alles in één keer kopen als je gaat voor de “Dream Big Collection”!

I made a quickpage for you with this awesome kit, I hope you will enjoy it!

Ik heb een quickpage voor jullie gemaakt met deze prachtige kit. Ik hoop dat jullie hem leuk vinden!

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Quality Time means family time – and what better way to scrap your loved ones than with these stunning rich colors in Jen C Designs’ new kit.  What a great kit for scrapping all those family memories, from heritage to present day.

And you can get some big savings by buying the bundle.

Grab this quick page freebie and try it out!!!  You’ll just have to come back and buy it..

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Hi all! My dear friend Boo, Booland Designs, has some fantabulous Page Sprays she has been adding to her collections for almost a year. They are breath-taking and make creating a page a snap. Each Page Spray comes with three elements, a photo mask, a cluster and the two combined & ready to go. I’ve had a lot of questions from our scrapbookers over the last couple of months on how to use the photo masks.

There are, as always, multiple ways to use Page Sprays and photo masks. My way is only one way. For this brief tutorial I used photoshop CS5, however, these steps should work in earlier versions as well as in photoshop elements. Ready?

My supplies:

my photo and Winters Dream Page Spray Pack 1

Step 1
As always when I create a new layout (LO), I start a New Document (Ctrl+N) at 3600px X 3600px, Resolution 300 pixels/inch.

Step 2
I open my picture and each of Boo’s files (bld_wintersdream_pagespray1 cluster.png and bld_wintersdream_pagespray1 mask.png) in photoshop.

Step 3
I drag all three open files into my New Document. I now have four layers.  I renamed my layers “Owl cluster”, “Tess” and “Mask” to make it easier for you to follow along.

Step 4
In the layers palette I drag my layers so that Boo’s Owl Cluster is on top, followed by Tess’ photo, followed by the photo mask and finally the background (aka bottom layer).

Step 5
It is time to “create a clipping mask” with Tess’ photo. Simply select your photo layer in the Layers Palette (number 1 below), my layer has been named “Tess”, by clicking on it. A blue highlight appears on the whole layer box (number 2 below). Right click while your pointer is over the words, in this case “Tess”, not the thumbnail, and select “create a clipping mask”. That’s it.

You may need to move your photo around, and/or resize the photo, or for that matter the mask itself.  Be sure to click once on your desktop so that you are no longer operating in the Layers palette.

Step 6
Select the owl cluster (number 3 below) by clicking on the Owl in the Layers Palette.  Then click on your desktop, select the “move tool” and slide the owl cluster around until you are happy with the look.

Step 7
It is time to finalize your LO. I simply added a background paper from Boo’s coordinating Winters Dream Paper Pack and some basic text.

Boo has very graciously allowed me to share Winters Dream Page Spray Pack 1 with all of you FREE!  Please use coupon code FREESPRAY1 at checkout.

kabrak1207 with her fabulous page Garden Girl

I just love that my eye is drawn right into the depth to see the picture of that adorable girl. And I also love the thought of a grandmom scrapping such a loving page of her granddaughter. Awesome composition and page, so congrats Kabrak on winning this week’s LOTW!

This page was created with the beautiful Artist In Me Collection by Snickerdoodle Designs.

Project 365 -by Digilicious Designs is an ongoing Collection of resources to help you document your everyday moments.

The good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly! Our lives are filled with joy and tragedy, defining moments, as well as mundane and necessary activities. It is all these put together that make us who we are, shape our family and create memories to last a lifetime.

By documenting all these, through photographs, words and creative expression, we can preserve the memories and give future generations the opportunity to share our life – not just the happy times, but an insight into what it is like to be ‘us’.

So whether you want to follow the Project 365 religiously and take daily photographs, or whether you want to complete weekly or monthly summaries, or just the odd page now and then, here is a Collection that has everything you need!

Here’s a closer look at the kit, what great colors it has and fun elements.

Take a look at all the cool alphas you get with the bundle, what fun these are going to be to use on all my different layouts!!!

Then there’s lots of papers, tags, dates, etc, everything you need to document your everyday life.  What an amazing album you will have to share your accomplishments, travel, relationships, etc. with your loved ones at the end of this year.  This totally makes me want to start taking those daily photos and start my 365 project.

Here’s a little freebie to get you going, enjoy!!!

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It’s the one thing we all share, the hope of finding, a true and everlasting love.  And this gorgeous megakit Everlsting by Snips & Snails, Skrapper Digitals and Aimee Harrison Designs celebrate that hope and all things lovely. Filled with beautiful and delicate elements, soft and warm colors and lots of gorgeous papers this megakit is a must have!

Het is het enige dat we allemaal delen, de hoop om een eeuwigdurende liefde te vinden. Deze prachtige megakit Everlasting van Snips & Snails, Skrapper Digitals en Aimee Harrison Designs vieren die hoop en alle liefdevolle dingen. Gevuld met mooie en passende elementen, zachte en warme kleuren en een heleboel prachtige papers is dit een megakit die je moet hebben!

Not only is there this megakit, these fabulous designers also created a beautiful Everlasting Alpha, a gorgeous set of stacked papers, quickpages, clusters and glitters! You can buy all of this together when you purchase the Everlasting Bundle and that way you save a lot of money!

Niet alleen is er deze megakit, deze geweldige designers hebben ook a prachtige Everlasting Alpha, een hele mooie set van stacked papers, quickpages, clusters en glitters gemaakt! Je kunt dit alles in één keer kopen als je kiest voor de Everlasting Bundle en op die manier bespaar je flink wat geld!

It’s been my pleasure to create this quickpage for you, just to give you a small taste of what’s inside. Please enjoy!

Het heeft me plezier gedaan om deze quickpage voor jullie te maken om jullie een klein beetje een idee te geven wat er in deze kit is. Geniet ervan!

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Hello everyone. Can not tell much about commercial products, most of what I have told you a million times, very, very good quality and of course, are for private use and share for hire friendly too. All products are chosen or designed to help you in your designs and save time. What you see is what you get! : D

No se puede contar mucho a cerca de los productos comerciales, más de lo que ya he contado un millón de veces, muy, muy buena calidad y que por supuesto, también son para uso particular y share for hire friendly. Todos son productos escogidos o diseñados para ayudar te en tus diseños y ahorrarte tiempo. Lo que ves es lo que hay!

Overlay Series, Vol.17

CU Diamond Patterns

CU Oak Leaves

CU Mother of Pearl Buttons

Now, Valentine’s sales 30% off in all my CU products. Ahora, rebajas del 30% por San Valentín.

Please enjoy my free CU Basket freebie.  Enjoy it and thank you for stopping by!

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