Everybody loves a freebie! I have been working on a mini kit to give away as a freebie and it’s ready, Captured Moments – Mini Kit Parts 1 & 2.
You can pick up Part 1 by subscribing to my newsletter, where you can stay in the loop of all the goings on at Loops and Swirls Designs.
And you can pick up Part 2 under the Fan Freebie tab on my Facebook page.
I made this layout using the freebie kit.
I hope you enjoy creating with this kit as much as I enjoyed making it. I love to see my products in action, so please feel free to share the layouts you make (you can put a link in the comments section).
Number 6……DONE! I just finished my 6th layout for the Master of Scrap competition at Scrapaneers and I even have 9 hours and 14 minutes to spare. Phew!
Shape Shifter was the category for the 2nd layout for this week. Seamless blending of photos is the key aspect of this style. The requirements were to use three of your own photos and blend them together seamlessly, have a title using fonts (not Alphas), and must contain journaling. This is not a scrapbooking style that I gravitate toward and found it a definite challenge.
Here is my layout “Picking Pumpkins”.
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I used shapes and brushes in Photoshop to create photo masks and then used a variety of blend modes on the photos. Each of the photos actually have the photos layered six times with various blend modes applied to get the final look I was going for. There was a lot of fiddling around with the layers to get each photo looking just right.
We are coming into the home stretch of this competition, 1 week and 2 layouts to go and it will be all done. Win or lose, I can say that I have scrapped more pages in the last few weeks than I have done in a long time. It feels good to know I have some wonderful layouts done and memories documented. Don’t get me wrong, it would be REALLY nice to win.
I am taking the rest of the day off, from scrapbooking at least. Now to catch up on the bazillion things that I have neglected while I was working on these layouts.
Apparently I work well under pressure. Tomorrow is the deadline for the 3rd week of the Master of Scrap competition over at Scrapaneers, and I finished my first entry this morning and haven’t even started the second entry for this week. One step at a time.
This week the category is Traditionalist. Large photos that tell a story with realistic looking papers and embellishments, this one is all about the shadowing. Manipulating shadows can make or break a digital layout that you want to look like it was done with traditional paper scrapbooking supplies.
Some of the elements on my layout have two or three shadow layers applied. I further altered some using the Warp tool in Photoshop to make the elements look like they are raised up off the page. It is definitely about the little details.
Here is my layout, “The Extraction”,
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It seems like once that first tooth comes out it causes a chain reaction in their wee little mouths. This was the second tooth that Bodhi lost in the span of week. This time he was going to take matters into his own hands (literally) and pull that tooth out with the help of some dental floss. That tooth was so wiggly that it almost popped out when I tied the dental floss on. In the end he was able to give a tug and got the tooth out.
Now I am off to brainstorm for the next layout….32 hours and counting.
Here we are at the beginning of a wonderfully creative journey. I decided to take a chance and start my own digital scrapbook design business, and this is my very first blog post…ever! My hope is to share some of the tips and tricks I have learned along the way on documenting my family’s memories, and keep you up to date on everything happening at Loops & Swirls.
I am excited for this chapter of my story to begin. Hopefully my designs can help you document some of your stories.
