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Scrapper’s Guide
Digital Scrapper
February 2010
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Welcome to the February 2010
Digital Scrapper Premier!
Do you feel the love molecules in the air?
It’s February, and I so enjoy the fact that I have a special day to
appreciate my loved ones even more than usual. That’s good!
I’ve found that the lengthiest
part of scrapbooking is getting
my photos to look their best. Once
I’m done with that, everything
else generally falls into place. Watch
Lesson 1 for some of my favorite
Healing Brush tips to make this process
faster, because every little bit helps!
Popular Technique
• Say “I love you” out loud to someone every day.
Amanda Rockwell, our kit designer, is also
a Photoshop instructor, so she created
the two scrapbooking lessons on making
beautiful overlays for your scrapbook pages. The
tips she shares will extend the usefulness of any
kit and will help you create your own papers. Not
only that -- it’s the rage right now in scrapbooking!
• Leave a note of encouragement and love in an unexpected place.
Shapes & More Shapes
• Hug someone you love at least once a day. (It’s good therapy, too!)
Susie Roberts takes a basic component of scrapbooking (shapes) and
teaches you some new tricks on how to use them effectively on your pages.
She also gives detailed instructions on how to create a custom shadow.
(Yes!) You know me -- I’m a HUGE fan of custom shadows!
It’s also the shortest month of the year. Not so good! It always feels like
February zips by before I know it.
So what can you and I do this month to show our appreciation for the
people we love, every day of this short month? Here are some ideas:
• Make a chocolate cake. (OK. I threw that one in hoping someone in my
family would see it.)
• Create a scrapbook page telling someone how much you adore them.
Those ideas are just to get you started. I have a thread in the Premier
Forum where you can share your own ideas and the things you actually
do throughout the month. In fact, the Digital Scrapper Premier Forum
is a great place to share a little love with your fellow Premier
members.
Here’s to giving and receiving lots of love this
month!
Enjoy this month’s issue, and don’t forget to share some love in the Forum!
Love and scrapbooking success,
Linda Sattgast
Top Picks - January 2010
Waiting for the Sun by Stephanie Ogren
What a wonderful collection of layouts were posted in the Premier Gallery last month! I love the way
Stephanie’s beautiful kit was used to scrap modern styled pages as well as heritage ones.
My top pick for January is this eye-catching tribute created by connieg to celebrate her puppy’s first
year. What an adorable little dog! Connieg’s circle of stitches really draws my eye to the sweet photo of
her pup and she did a great job creating the shiny metal dog tags to embellish the picture. The cluster
of elements at the bottom helps to anchor the photo and provides beautiful balance for this layout.
Wonderful job, Connieg -- and thanks to those who created these other top layouts!
Top Pick Page by connieg
Connieg says: “My sweet pup Secret has been with us for a year now. She
is such a joy to have. Credits: SG January 2010 Premier Kit Waiting for the
Sun by Stephanie Ogren ( TY, Beautiful Kit )
I used Linda’s tutorials for the dog tags and embossed metal and Jenny’s
instructions on the template. The stitched circle is mine and I used an
PSE5 brush to create the edging mask...TFL”
barb_b
dpsbdennis2
coppercurls
jschardt
Other featured pages are in
alphabetical order. Click on the pages
to see a larger size in the gallery.
ZhanInd
Love You
Always
by Amanda Rockwell
This month’s kit contains:
Vibrant, energetic, and exciting -- that’s how you’ll find our beautiful February Premier kit,
Love You Always, created by talented digi-artist, Amanda Rockwell.
Whether you’re capturing memories of loved ones in a layout or designing that perfect
Valentine for someone special, you’re sure to enjoy the bright stickers, silky flowers, puffy
swirls and wonderfully shabby papers that make this kit so much fun to play with.
Find the perfect way to say “I Love You,” this month and throughout the year, with pages
and cards created with the Love You Always Premier Kit!
12 shabby papers
3 pink ice heart elements
1 cream vintage button
1 red vintage square button
1 red vintage round button
1 heart sticker/frame
1 swirl sticker
1 double heart sticker
1 doodle tag
1 love doodle word art
1 love heart arrow element
1 black flower frame
1 b&w heart frame
4 glitter hearts
1 red glitter stroke
1 black glitter stroke
2 I love you glitter word art pieces
1 jeweled heart
1 pearl hat pin
1 creamy jeweled flower
1 red & pink metal button flower
1 pink jeweled flower
1 red & black jeweled flower
3 puffy elements
1 red vine
Meet our February 2010 Premier Designer:
Amanda Rockwell
I am a mother of three and have been married to my husband for over ten
years. We are a military family currently relocating across the country from
dry desert land to the ocean!
My family is everything to me. Of course I fell into the world of scrapbooking to archive our memories. When I found digital I had been making
blinkies and signatures on women’s boards and thought, “I can so do that!”.
I made my first kit and I was hooked.
I first started selling at digital freebies and made my way through many
wonderful stores and am now forever parked at scrapartist.com.
I have switched my focus from creating digital kits to mostly making commmercial use items for other designers,
graphic artists and photographers. I also teach many designing “secrets” and tricks in the studio forums, which
has made me realize I also love teaching.
I have always loved art from the time I was a little girl and actually come from a family full of artists who are extremely talented, especially in the drawing category. So not only do I want to pass down wonderful scrapbooks to
my kids, but I want to pass down a talent of drawing and a love for art.
Click here to find more of
Amanda’s beautiful kits at
scrapartist.com
February 2010
Love You
Always
This month’s
inspiring collection of
16 QuickPages
(7 double-page spreads
plus a front and back cover)
can be downloaded along
with the Premier Kit and
will allow you to complete a
beautiful album of your own
in no time at all!
Watch a video
on how to use
templates.
Amanda
All layouts on these
pages were completed
with the
February 2010
Love You
Always
Jen
QuickAlbum
See Premier Gallery
for larger versions.
Catherine
Susie
Lisa
Jenny
Amanda
Front & Back covers - Jen
Video Lesson 1
Healing Brush Tips
by Linda Sattgast
Fixing flaws in old photos or removing
unwanted elements from digital photos can
be tedious work that isn’t for the faint of
heart. Here are some fabulous tips on using
the Healing Brushes that will speed up the
process or simply help you do a better job.
Video Lesson 2
Painted Texture
by Amanda Rockwell
Don’t think you’re an artist? Think again! In this
lesson you’ll learn how to create Photoshop brushes
using real paint, even if your painting skills resemble
those of a kindergardner! Then use your new
brushes to create beautiful papers with realistic
textures.
Page and Photos: Amanda Rockwell
Kit: Love You Always by Amanda Rockwell
Video Lesson 3
Folded Overlay
Video Lesson 4
Framing with Hearts
by Amanda Rockwell
by Susie Roberts
Transform a scanned piece of cardboard into a
beautiful overlay you can use on a scrapbook
page, and then learn the popular edge overlay
technique, where your paper appears to have
roughed up edges and creases.
Use your imagination with Custom Shapes to
create unique frames for your photos! You’ll also
receive tips on how to texturize shapes to create an
interesting background for journaling, and you’ll
learn step-by-step how to create a custom drop
shadow.
Page and Photos: Amanda Rockwell
Kit: Love You Always by Amanda Rockwell
Page: Susie Roberts
Photo: Stephanie Phillips
Kit: Love You Always by Amanda Rockwell
Fonts: Champignon
Extra Tidbits
Put Some ‘Heart’ in Your Journaling
• Get the Type tool and click and drag out a
text box.
• Type a block of journaling in a contrasting
color to the background.
• Highlight all the type and press Ctrl Shift J
(Mac: Cmd Shift J) to justify the type. (This
shortcut works in Elements as well as PS).
• In the Menu bar choose Layer > Rasterize >
Type. (Elements: Layer > Simplify Layer).
• Get the Custom Shape tool and choose a
heart shape in the Shape Picker.
• Click and drag out a heart shape on the
layer above the text and position it with the
move tool until it covers the area of text you
want to recolor.
• In the Menu bar choose Layer > Rasterize >
Shape. (Elements: Layer > Simplify Layer).
• Ctrl Click (Mac: Cmd click) on the thumbnail
of the heart shape to get a selection outline.
• Click on the eye of the heart shape layer to
hide it.
• Click on the type layer to select it.
• Change the Foreground color to a darker or
contrasting color to the original type.
• Press Alt Shift Backspace (Mac: Opt Shift
Delete) to fill the selection with the Foreground color.
Potpourri
Introducing Premier Membership
Every month you’ll receive:
• A deluxe scrapbooking kit from one of the top names in digital
design. Each kit includes 12 high resolution coordinating 12 x 12
pages, a complete Alpha set, and a generous array of matching
elements
• A QuickAlbum, made from the same kit, with a set of
“QuickPage” templates, PLUS a front and back cover to help
you scrap an entire album in a flash We’d love to see your pages
using this month’s kit!
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•Four in-depth training videos for both Photoshop and Elements,
plus any associated files, such as layer styles, photos, brushes,
etc. used in the lessons. You’ll learn:
* How to fix or enhance your photos
* How to use Photoshop tools for scrapbooking
* Digital scrapbooking techniques used by the pros
* Design tips for making exceptional scrapbook pages!
• PDF manual for each video with all the step-by-step written
instructions, making it easy for you to follow along and try out
the techniques yourself.
• Access to exclusive members-only bonuses, archived Tips of
the Week and Bonus videos, and of course, the exclusive Premier
Forum.
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