Posted by karooch on
November 24, 2007
Five Freebies on Friday…errr, make that Saturday
Welcome to the Saturday edition Five Freebies on Friday. More free scrapbooking stuff for you to enjoy.
Remember to leave some love when you download your freebie. It costs you nothing and means a lot to the designer.
- In the spirit of shameless self-promotion, I have to kick off with my new Scrapbooking Edge Tutorials at Digital Arts Cafe which include FREE SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT ELEMENTS with each tutorial video. And Digital Arts Cafe has a Freebie section for you to explore too.
- Michelle @ Scrapability has a gorgeous Moody Quick Page for you.
- Sue Chastain has a great Fall Leaves Kit which includes a really cute quick page where the photo spaces are shaped like Autumn leaves.
- A very Funky Kit is up for grabs at A Little Scrap of Me.
- And finally, Color Blender is a free on-line tool to help you mix and match your colour schemes.
Other related posts:
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Posted by karooch on
November 23, 2007
Launching The Scrapbooking Edge Digital Scrapbooking Tutorials
I am so very very excited!!
A few weeks ago Melo from Digital Arts Cafe approached me with an idea to make some Digital Scrapbooking Tutorials for the boutique. I have to say, I really like where this on-line store is going. It’s a great looking site with a terrific vibe to it and Melo is a girl just bristling with great ideas.
So we started discussing what we would both like to see with these tutorials and we’ve come up with a concept that we’re both really thrilled about…and I hope you will be too.
Each Scrapbooking Edge Tutorial is an 18-25 minute video which takes you on a step by step journey to create a digital scrapbooking layout designed to add new skills to your digital scrapbooking creation. Each video demonstrates several techniques showing you how to use or modify your existing elements to achieve new and interesting looks. As well as many other tips which you can add to your digital scrapbooking skills as we create the layout. The aim is to teach you how to get more from the digital scrapbooking kits that you buy and keep your layouts looking fresh and interesting; even when using the same kit on different layouts.
And what makes the Scrapbooking Edge Tutorials even more special is that each tutorial comes with all the digital scrapbooking elements used to create the layout ALL INCLUDED!!
Melo and I wanted to make a great package for you so that you can jump in and start using your new techniques straight away.
The Scrapbooking Edge Tutorials are made using Photoshop Elements. And we wanted to do something really special to launch them…..so…..
As an opening special Digital Arts Cafe is offering a 30% discount on all Scrapbooking Edge tutorials sold until Christmas.
And for Scraps of Mind readers there’s an extra 10% discount valid until 30 November 2007.
Just quote this special coupon code when you get to the checkout.
For the frame cluster video: 753fr34h
For the cutout text video: 45n3ezMake sure you use lower case when you type in coupon codes.
You can hear how excited I am about this new venture in this podcast I made to introduce the Scrapbooking Edge Tutorials to Digital Arts Cafe members.
Click on the speaker to download the podcast.
So please hop over to Digital Arts Cafe and check them out. And if you think this sounds like a great idea please share it with your digital scrapbooking friends or those who would like to get into digital scrapbooking. And help me to spread the news by clicking on the StumbleUpon button below.
Posted by karooch on
November 23, 2007
Thanksgiving Wishes
I’d like to wish all of our
Scraps of Mind Readers
from the USA
a wonderful, fun filled
Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
Posted by karooch on
November 22, 2007
Share your Favourite Scrapbooking Ideas
One of the most popular categories on Scraps of Mind is the Scrapbooking Techniques and Tips category. No surprise really. We’re all mad keen (dare I say, addicted) scrapbookers and so we all have an avid interest in ideas and tips that we can use to incorporate in our scrapbooking and help us to improve.
A recent comment from Heather on my How to Make a Photo Collage Layout post:
“Nice tutorial but much easier to use the filter and extract tool with magic highlighter in CS2 Adobe Photoshop”
got me thinking.
We all have our own favourite tips or techniques which we’ve found work well for us. And each of us have different ways of doing things in our different software packages. I use Photoshop Elements and I know that the way I do things in PSE is different to the way they might be done in CS Photoshop or PSP or GIMP.
In fact there are many ways to be right in PSE alone. Often a similar result will be obtained by someone else using a different method. I just talk about the way I do things and the way I find easiest.
So what about the rest of you guys. Do you have some favourite tips and techniques you would like to share? Remember it doesn’t have to be the only way to do something or the ‘right’ way but just the way you do it and the way you find easiest.
I thought it would be really cool to share some of your favourite tips with all the Scraps of Mind readers. Particularly if you use software packages other than Photoshop Elements (although your PSE tips are warmly welcomed too), because a lot of readers don’t use PSE and it would be good to share some tips for other software packages.
What do you think? Let’s get a bit of community sharing happening here.
Put your fave scrapbook ideas (no matter how tiny) in a comment below and let’s share the scrapbooking knowledge around. Oh, and don’t forget to say which software you use as well.
And make sure you tune in tomorrow because I have a big announcement coming up that I’m very excited about.
Other related posts:
How to Make a Photo Collage Layout
Blending your own Scrapbook Backgrounds
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Posted by karooch on
November 21, 2007
Reminder about the pcLayers Blinkie offer
Just a reminder to all you digital scrapbookers out there about the offer from pcLayers to Scraps of Mind readers for two $10 certificates to spend on digital scrapbooking products at pcLayers.
All you have to do is add this blinkie to your blog and link it to pcLayers. Then let me know that you have done it so I can put you in the draw. So far no one has taken up the offer which I find a bit surprising. This means that the chances of you winning this are very high as there doesn’t look like there will be too many people in the draw.
That makes it an even better opportunity. So don’t miss out.
- Right click on the blinkie in this post or the one in my sidebar
- Select Copy Image (do not select Copy Image Location)
- Paste the blinkie image into your own blog’s sidebar.
- Link it to pcLayers.
- Let me know you’ve done that by leaving a comment here or by emailing me
How can you go wrong?
Well done to all of you who’ve entered a layout in the big competition over there. Good luck to all of you.
Remember, this offer (and the competition) closes at the end of November so you’d better get on board the train.
Other related posts:
Would you like $10 of Scrapbooking Product for NIX?
Scrapbook a Layout and Win a Canon Camera
Are you up for a Digital ATC Challenge
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