Scraplift Saturday – working with words
by Jenn on February 7, 2010
in Scraplift Saturday
I thought this layout by misserin at SBE would be a great layout to scraplift this week. I love how the photos are worked in with the elements, and especially how the words are blended into the background. This is similar to the technique we used to make word art paper in this tutorial.
Did you get a chance to try last week’s scraplift? I did – here’s my layout: 
If you did a layout for the challenge, post a link in the comments so we all can see! If not, why not give this one a try!
Happy Scrapping!
Jenn
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Scrapping Simply is having a sale
by Stan on February 5, 2010
in Announcements!, News, Sale
Our good friends at Scrapping Simply are having a fun sale:
We love their 12×12 prints for $1.99. They are true photographic prints -not ink-jets or thermal – so the quality and longevity is top notch! This is a very short sale so try to take advantage of it. Even if you can’t you still can’t beat their everyday low price for the 12×12 ( and 8×8 and 6×6’s too!)
(disclaimer: while we make no direct money for referrals, Simple Scrapper advertises at Scrappers Workshop. We would recommend them anyway because we like their product, services, and prices so much!)
Jenn in the hospital
Don’t want to alarm any of our readers and friends but Jenn had to be rushed to the hospital early Thursday morning. We won’t thrill you with the gory details but she had surgery yesterday and she came home today. Sorry she missed our usual Thursday night crop and our Foto Friday but we we kind of busy! We’ll try and post something tomorrow. Leave her a comment if you like!
Quick Tip Tuesday – More than just a Navigator
by Jenn on February 1, 2010
in Quick Tip Tuesday
One of my favorite tools in PS/PSE is the Navigator window. (Go to Window>Navigator to display).
It shows your entire document in a large thumbnail, and if you zoom in on it, the area that’s showing in your working window will have a red box around it. This is great for when you’re zoomed WAY in working on something, and need to move to a different part of your page. Just click inside the red box on the navigator and drag it to another part of the page! But here’s the best part – you can make the navigator as large as you wish!
Drag the navigator window onto your work space, and you can size it up as much as you like. This comes in handy when you are doing very close retouching or cloning – you can see how the overall image looks without zooming in and out all the time! The navigator window refreshes every time you let off the mouse button, so you can see if you like the changes as you go.
I love the Navigator, and keep it open most of the time in my palette bar, but it’s handy to size it up from time to time. Give it a whirl!
Happy Scrapping!
Jenn
Free Layered Templates – a digital scrapbooker’s dream!
Our friends over at Simple Scrapper have put together a wonderful collection of free layered templates that you simply must visit!
If you know of a free template, you can post a preview and link to the page where you can download the template, too. It’s a great way to discover fun new sites and designers you may enjoy, as well as browse for templates you can use!
I’ve added my recipe card templates (see them at the top left) and will go through my files and add more as I find them.
If you like the idea of ‘one-stop-shopping’ for template freebies like this, be sure to leave a comment for Jennifer letting her know!
Happy scrapping!
