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[BriarRose59]

You could always download the free trial of PSE for 30 days...just trying to help!! (just part of my role as queen of the enablers!)

Thanks, Queen! I am going to go to the Adobe site and see if I can download it from there again since I bought it from their website. The computer I am using now is what I plan on taking to GASC next month so I need it on here anyway. I don't want to take my notebook with all of my personal information on it.

The thought of a/c sounds funny, i have a sweater on. Weird weird weather! So sorry to hear about your computer Briar... major bummer. Hope you get it back quickly! And doing a trial on the other computer is a good idea, of course you'll have to go find some freebies to work with...

Ha! I would love for it to be sweater weather now. I don't need freebies because . . . all of my scrapbooking stuff (except PSE) is on an external hard drive which is working fine! Yeah for external hard drives! All of my photos are on the EHD too. All of my scrapbooking stuff takes up way too much room to have it on my computer's hard drive. Freebies are always good though. I wish I knew where you all seem to find the daily ones. Care to share?

Thanks for the good thoughts!

 

[DisneyCruiser2008]

That's awesome Christy. I had a friend make my handwriting into a font for me but its not the cutest. I don't even use it that much cuz there are other handwriting fonts I like way better! Hahahaha. But its nice to have!!

LOL. I don't really care for my handwriting either -- but I thought it would be nice to include some of it in my kids' albums.

 

[SUZI]

Briar Rose: do a search for "ikea goddess" She has daily freebies that others offer (I can't take credit for this site though; I picked-up this tip from the Queen herself, Labdogs!) Also, if you go to the sticky that is titled "digital scrapbooking FAQ" Fran has listed tons of places to get freebies.

OK, I have FINALLY finished this LO; I have been working on it all week (not going to be able to work on the challenge this week because of the LO) Anyway, I need some advice with it. I don't know if I like the Mickey-head-title. It kind of looks like it is just floating there. Any thoughts? Should I staple it to a frame? Or use a ribbon to hang it from the top of the LO? Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[SUZI]

By the way, just an FYI in case this hasn't been mentioned yet (sorry if it already has been): Shutterfly books are 20% off until June 5th. There's no way I'll be done by then.

 

[labdogs42]

By the way, just an FYI in case this hasn't been mentioned yet (sorry if it already has been): Shutterfly books are 20% off until June 5th. There's no way I'll be done by then.

I don't think that was mentioned, thanks for the scoop! (trying to steal my enabler crown, are you? )

 

[DisneyCruiser2008]

Freebies are always good though. I wish I knew where you all seem to find the daily ones. Care to share?

I try to check this database daily.... http://digifree.blogspot.com/ Supposedly it "grabs" new freebies that are out there each day. A lot of the stuff isn't great -- but sometimes I find some cute things. Did you guys see Tater's baseball freebie on her blog? http://taterscraps.blogspot.com/2008/05/its-finally-herea-freebie.html Cute!

 

[labdogs42]

Here is my page for the ScrapMatters Music & Lyrics challenge. I really had fun with this and I thought of so many songs I could do pages with, but this song is so special to me and I thought it would be cool to do this page for my DH for Father's Day. My son really does want to be just like his daddy and this song always makes me think of them.

credits here: http://scrapmatters.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=10626&pos=0

ETA, I just can't stop using Britt's kits. Even when I start with some other kit, I end up searching hers for that perfect element every time!

 

[DisneyCruiser2008]

Suzi -- That is SOOOO cute -- I love how you have the animals peeking out of the frames... that is awesome. And I love the big family pic in the background.

Jess -- WOW -- that is so beautiful -- I love the b/w and the tape measure embellishments -- it's just adorable -- what a perfect challenge entry. I didn't end up doing the Music challenge -- for some reason I couldn't get "inspired"..... I guess I still have a couple days -- maybe something will "come" to me

 

[Pooh46]

Here's my entry for the Speed Scrap tonight. It was the first time I'd done one and, whew, it can be stressful!

Jess, too bad yours didn't work out for the Speed Scrap, but it really works for the song challenge! It's great!

Suzi, what a great LO! I love the full size photo blended in the background and how the animals "pop" right out at you.

Credits: Everything from Britt-ish Design kits
Fonts: Karate, PenUltimate Light, Serif Medium Italic

 

[wenrob]

Briar Rose: do a search for "ikea goddess" She has daily freebies that others offer (I can't take credit for this site though; I picked-up this tip from the Queen herself, Labdogs!) Also, if you go to the sticky that is titled "digital scrapbooking FAQ" Fran has listed tons of places to get freebies.

OK, I have FINALLY finished this LO; I have been working on it all week (not going to be able to work on the challenge this week because of the LO) Anyway, I need some advice with it. I don't know if I like the Mickey-head-title. It kind of looks like it is just floating there. Any thoughts? Should I staple it to a frame? Or use a ribbon to hang it from the top of the LO? Thanks for any suggestions!

Suzi, I would make the shadow a lot smaller then it won't appear to be floating and maybe move it over to the right corner. This is a fabulous LO, great extraction work.

Jess and Pooh, left you love at SM.

 

[Hypermommy]

Great LO!!! I see what you mean about the title. I'm not sure if I'd leave it in a Mickey head. Somehow that just doesn't seem to work. Maybe it's becuase it's the only solid thing on there or something. I dunno.

Did you use the PS action to have the animals pop out of their frames or manual extraction? That's a great effect!!!!!

 

[SUZI]

I don't think that was mentioned, thanks for the scoop! (trying to steal my enabler crown, are you? )

Actually, I went to the website after one of your posts regarding Shutterfly and saw the sale. This still makes you the enabler queen! I hope they run this sale again later when I am done with the trip.

Suzi, I would make the shadow a lot smaller then it won't appear to be floating and maybe move it over to the right corner. This is a fabulous LO, great extraction work.

Thanks Wen! I'll try that today after work.

Did you use the PS action to have the animals pop out of their frames or manual extraction? That's a great effect!!!!!

I didn't know there was an "action" available" That would have been easier. I basically made a copy of the photo. On the original photo I deleted everything but what goes inside the frame. On the copy I deleted everything but what peeks out of the frame (ie the lion's head) Then I fitted the copy back onto the body. The layer with the copy (lion's head) has to be on top of the frame layer. The layer with the original has to be under the frame layer.

Labdogs I always love your LOs! The lyrics are just perfect for those pictures!
Pooh46 I love how you have the black and white photos with the reds. I enjoyed that Miss Piggy quote too!!

 

[labdogs42]

SUZI -- I was going to say the same thing as Wen -- I'd move Mickey to the upper right corner. It looks weird that he is so close to your DH's face. I might also try lowering the opacity of the title or getting rid of Mickey altogether and doing the title another way. I really love how you made those animals pop out of their frames. That takes skill and patience! Something I'm a little short on sometimes when it comes to my LO's!

 

[Fran98765]

Suzi, you did a great job on the out of bounds pics! I might have to lift that idea for my safari page next time! Maybe instead of the big mickey head with hat, you could find a clip art or sticker of safari mickey and put him in the top right corner and then the lower right corner you can wrap the K.S. title around.

Great job ladies, last night's speed scrap was tons of fun! Much less stressful this time too! I'll come back and post mine in a couple mins... gotta upload them somewhere besides SM to do that.

 

[Fran98765]

Looking again at the LO Suzi, maybe not in the lower R corner, your son's head is there... perhaps shift the bg pic a bit and put it there... OR if you can move the animals to the right a tiny bit, you could do the title there vertically or sideways. I went and found an "African" type font for my KS page and it really looks nice with it, you may want to too!

Ok, I got mine uploaded. The top one is the LO I did for speed scrap and the other is one I did just prior to it... had to start my creative engines early... I haven't scrapped in days!! As always, click pic for credits, but it's all Britt's except for the template on the lower one and that's the bonus from last week's speed scrap! Both are also at SM if you prefer to look at them there.

 

[Yzerbear19]

Fran,

Those are both very nice.

I totally forgot about the Speed Scrap last night. I was online talking to my brother for a while then was helping my sister finish her layout for this week's challenge. It looks like it was a good challenge last night.

 

[wenrob]

Fran, I didn't notice that part of your wording was colored last night. Very cool! Did you layer the words and erase?

 

[labdogs42]

Fran -- I love your POP logo! It almost looks like a real paper piecing done with a Wishblade or something. How did you make it? I stayed at POp in January and I'd love to scraplift your logo!!

 

[Fran98765]

Fran, I didn't notice that part of your wording was colored last night. Very cool! Did you layer the words and erase?

Thanks! I basically made the whole thing in yellow, duplicated it. I used marching ants on the frame to erase half of each one and then colored each half different using the sculpture feature in PSPX.

Fran -- I love your POP logo! It almost looks like a real paper piecing done with a Wishblade or something. How did you make it? I stayed at POp in January and I'd love to scraplift your logo!!

Thank you! That big POP took me longer then the rest of it, due to trying to find and choose fonts! I didn't quite have the right font for the POP letters, but I like the funky letters I chose. Then I found the same font for the Century part. In PSPX I have premade shapes available, including several of those bursts, so I just made one and recolored it red to match the kit, I probably put a paper on it actually. I had a pic of the real Pop sign and it took me forever to decide on that font, but I took the orange and white colors on the POP from my picture, set the outline to thick and then typed POP. Then I skewed it at the bottom. Then I typed Century. And added shadows to each layer, with lots on the burst layer since it's thick, at least it was in my pic!

If you have trouble and can't make one, I can merge them and save them and send them to ya!

Fonts used: Airstream for Century: http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/curtis/pages/a.htm
Font Diner Huggable for PoP: http://www.fontdiner.com/main.html (scroll down) - not really like their font for it, but it was retro-y to me!

 

[labdogs42]

If you have trouble and can't make one, I can merge them and save them and send them to ya!

Hmmm...that seems like the easiest option! I'll probably try to make one myself, but if you want to send me yours, I'd love to have it!! labdogs42 AT gmail.com

I have the airstream font, so I'd just have to pick up the other one. I think I'll do that now!