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Name of designer: Jennifer Kouyoumjian (JKK) Name of layout: Joy Type of layout (paper or digital): Digital Name of challenge (if there is one): - Slanted Scrap Girls Ingredients: Intuition Paper Earthen Vessel Paper Special: Punkey Green Art Journal Paper Biggie Redwork Quilt – Alpha Biggie ScrapSimple Embellishment Template: Freestyle Say it with Brads Embellishments Sew Simple Stitching Edging Brushes 1 – Grunge Well Worn Brush Set Other Ingredients: My photo taken with Nikkon D200 SLR Directions for Making Layout LO done on a MAC G5 with PS CS. I started with a large photo from my SLR camera. You can change the resolution to the highest mega pixel on a digital camera to obtain larger photos. Also if you print out 6x6 or 8x8 you can scale your scrap layout down (after you have saved with a new name to protect your original product files) while maintaining 300 dpi, then add the photo. First I placed photo then selected photo by control clicking on it’s layer I expanded marching ants selection by around 75 pixels I opened a paper from Intuition collection and dragged into my LO, my rectangle was still selected and I masked paper layer. I created a layer set of the two elements above and rotated both elements. I made a show all layer mask around photo and used Lori Cooks Grunge brush to quickly roughen up edges. I pulled in more paper and Thao’s Freestyle templates and masked out heart I used my all time favorite brush Brandie’s Well Worn Brush to roughen up the green heart. Placed other embellishments (say it with brads, ribbon, rickrack, and alpha, stitching) and tried to have a nice balance. Added my secret weapon. The white sheet from the Art Journal Paper Biggie. This paper will fix any layout problem.
Name of designer: Syndee Nuckles Name of layout: Learn How Type of layout:digital Name of challenge: Slanted Challenge Scrap Girls Ingredients: Bloom Paper Bloom Embellishments Oodles of Doodles Brush Set: Flowers Life Quotes 1 Brush Set Directions for making layout: I cropped to strips of Bloom paper and used the move tool to rotate until they went diagonally across the page. I used the extraction tool to extract my daughter out of a photo and added to my layout. I added the torn blue border to the bottom of the page and the trailing leaves, ric rac and some flowers from the Quilted embellishments. I used a brush from Life Quotes Brush Set. I added flowers from the Oodles of Doodles Flowers Brush Set to the white background.
Name of designer: Jennifer Okonek Name of layout: Cheerful Type of layout (paper or digital): Digital Name of challenge (if there is one): Slanted Layout Challenge Scrap Girls Ingredients: Frolic Collection Biggie ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates – Layered: Trendy 5 Heart in Hand Embellishment Mini (Flowers) Bookworm Collection Biggie (J Tag) Other Products: Font: Scogin Directions for making layout: Using a template from the Trendy 5 Layered Templates, open pieces in a new document. Using papers from the Frolic Collection, add to document. Select template pieces, click on paper layers, inverse selection and delete to have the papers take on the new shapes. Add photo and adjust angle. Add cheerful title element. Add J Tag from Bookworm collection, flowers from the Heart in Hand embellishments kit and Brad from Frolic. Add date and drop shadows throughout.
Name of designer: Jennifer O'Leske Name of layout: Relax Type of layout (paper or digital): digital Name of challenge (if there is one): Slanted Layout Challenge Scrap Girls Ingredients: Bookworm – papers and embellishments Frolic Collection – paper, alpha, and embellishment Decorative Swirls - Grunged Brush Set ScrapSimple Tools – Styles: Neutral Shadows Super Biggie Other ingredients: Font – P22 Typewriter Directions for making layout: I began by placing the background paper and photo. Then I cropped two papers to the same size as the photo and placed them behind it. Next I added the embellishments and title. I used the brushes on the background paper. I added journaling and then used the ScrapSimple Tools Shadow Style to complete the look.
Name of designer: Mary Kozak Name of layout: Fishing Type of layout (paper or digital): digital Name of challenge (if there is one): Slanted Layout Challenge Scrap Girls Ingredients: Fields Collection Photos that Pop Action Acrylic Style Other Ingredients: Fonts: Desryl, Arial Narrow Inspiration: Becky Fleck sketch Directions for making layout: I used the Photos that Pop action on my pictures to lighten the backgrounds. I also used it on the Ivy paper for the background to lighten it to better match the photos. I used the Moss paper to create the photo mat. I made a side border with the SteppingStones paper, with the opacity reduced to 35 percent, and the striped ribbon. I used the AlphaCutouts1 with the Acrylic action on it, and Desryl font to make the title. For my journaling I used the Journal with the top removed to make it look more like a tablet, and used the ButtonabGreen for the date and location. I then scattered some dragonflies around the layout with the Acrylic action used on the large one.
Name of designer: Liliana Ferrer Name of layout: Coco-Nuts! Type of layout (paper or digital): Digital Name of challenge (if there is one): Slanted Layout Challenge. Scrap Girls Ingredients: Art Journal Collection Biggie Paper & Embellishments Gypsy Boots Collection Biggie Other Ingredients: Tool Box: Lori Cook's Grunge Brush Set. Font: Baskerville. Directions for making layout: Use two different patterned papers with the same color scheme as my photo. I slanted the photo and paper slightly, then added a grunge brush on the image to make it look a little grungy like how I actually saw it when I was at the island. Plus the barks of the palm trees and under the coco give it that grunge feel as well so I wanted to match that feeling. Then I took all my embellishments and slanted them as well to go along with my photo. Use backdrop shades to make it pop. Then I added gypsy boots notebook paper to add my journaling, changed the opacity and lightened it a bit to match my layout.
Name of designer: Ursula Schneider Name of layout: Leap Type of layout (paper or digital):Digital Name of challenge (if there is one):Diagonal Scrap Girls Ingredients: New Zealand Paper Collection Chelsea Claire Collection Biggie Passion Embellishment Collection SS Tools: Shapes-Round Tags SS Tools: Styles-Chipboard Earthen Vessel Embellishment Biggie Art Journal Embellishment Biggie Other Ingredients: Font: Pea Jordan Font: Poster Directions for making layout: Start with Background number 9 from New Zealand Paper Biggie. Add wide strip of zig zag from Chelsea Claire papers and angle, enlarge to fit. Add photo. Add Corrugated Cardboard from Art Journal Emb Biggie as border across bottom. Layer journaling paper from New Zealand Papers. Cut out round tag using SS Tools Shapes: Round Tags from Soft paper in Chelsea Claire Paper Biggie collection. Using brush, write name of deer. Add brad from Passion Embellishment Collection and brown photo corner, slightly recolored, from Earthen Vessel Embellishment Biggie. Layer brackets from Chelsea Claire Embellishment Biggie over journaling card and set an an angle to match angle of photo and papers. Anchor with stapled String trim from Chelsea Claire Embellishments. Cut out Title from Embossed Pumpkin from Chelsea Claire and add SS Tools Styles: Chipboard.
Name of designer: Angie Briggs Name of layout: Grants Farm Type of layout (paper or digital): Digital Name of challenge (if there is one): Slanted Layout Scrap Girls Ingredients: ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates: Stacked 2 Just The Basics Paper ScrapSimple Paper Template: Urban Two ScrapSimple Paper Template: Sachiko ScrapSimple Tools: Stitch 1801 ScrapSimple Tools: Natural Shadows 2801 Other Ingredients: Font Billboard and Arial Directions for making layout: First I laid out the photos under the template, then I added the cream paper. Using the ScrapSimple Paper Template Sachiko and Urban Two I created the red paper. First I filled the pattern with a darker red then added a light red under. I put the Urban Two template between and changed the layer mode, finally I merged them all together. After I laid out the paper I wrote out the title and used the Tools: Stitches 1801 on it. Finally I added drop shadows.

 

Creating Your Family Newsletter Using ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates - Layered: Newsletters

Open a Newsletter template background. Shown here is Newsletter Family Front. Insert a neutral paper of your choice.

Open up the next template layers: the bar and the title. Hold down the shift key and drag the bar into position onto your background. Repeat with the Title. At this point it's a good idea to do a Save As of your newsletter.

Change the colour of the bar by adjusting the variations or applying a colour overlay. It's also a good idea to name your layers as you work.

You can also recolour the headline, if desired. Next, open up the two photo template layers. Above, the main photo template has been dragged into position and the template layer for the small photo is active. Hold the shift key and drag this template into position. You can insert your photos now, cropping them to the template size, or you can add them later and move on to the text.

To add the text open up the text box templates, 1 and 2. Drag each into position, holding down the shift key. They simply show you how much space your text should take up.

Add your text over the block by selecting your type tool and typing. You can bring in guidelines, or add a text block if that is how your software works. You can also copy and paste type from a word processing program. The text block is a guide and represents a column of text. You can format your text to fit; adjusting the point size, width, space between the lines, space between the letters. It depends on how sophisticated your program is. The more sophisticated the software, the more control you will have over your type.

For text, a serif face, like the one above, is easier to read. The serifs, or "little feet" are designed to guide your eye along the line.

The type above is set in a style called flush left, ragged right. All the sentences line up on the left side. Your type size is measured in points. The type size above is 12 pt. Choose between 8 and 12 point for the best newsletter legibilty. I choose a larger size so it would be easier to read over the stars. Keep your type within the area shown by the text block template.

When you have finished setting your type, turn off the template by closing the eye. Just click on the eye, andthe layer becomes invisible.

Continue to add text. The main story is contained in these two columns. You can continue it on the back, if you want, or in the third column. The third column can also be used for anothr story, or more information about the main story. Its template is called a sidebar. There is a template layer for a verical rule to add a visual separtion between the main story and the sidebar. Finish adding your text, then add in your photos if you have not already done so.

Below the main photo, add a caption. Here, a sans serif font in a bold face is appropriate.

Just like with scrapbooking, you can add embellishments, photo corners, grunge it up, add a doodle. It's up to you! Just use the text blocks to position your type, the photo blocks for photos and then have fun.

Tutorial by Valerie Randall

 

 

 

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