If you have any advice for a poor warped Scrapbook Evangalist, please post a comment. I like my scrapbooks a little shabby, a little junky, a little bit rock and roll. I've been told that I have a tendency to pile it on a little thick... but never in reference to a scrapbook!
Today I started a K & Company Mini Book. I combined it with a set of Brenda Walton 3 dimensional flower stickers, and various alpha packs. You know I can't resist mixing it up. While I was out shopping today for a dinner party, I wound up wandering down the craft aisle at Target. Luckily, Target's craft aisle leaves a lot to be desired, so I was not tempted to empty the entire contents of the aisle into my shopping cart. But I did manage to walk out with a couple of 25 cent glitter glue pens.
I've never experimented with the glitter glue pen. Tonight all of that changed. The K & Company mini scrapbook kit comes with a variety of lovely papers, alphabets, tags, stickers, and other scrapbook goodness. It's turned out to be a perfect marriage with my 25 cent glitter glue pen.
I started out using the glitter glue pen to create simple curved lines off of the Brenda Walton flower stickers. Behold the glitter glue pen madness that soon took over my pages. I think I have found a new signature scrapbook supply that screams Beth Berry, Scrapbook Evangalist!
Enjoy. You've been warned. Glitter glue at your own risk.
How to Do It:
1. Visit www.panosfx.com, and click Free Downloads.
2. Download The Big Picture Action, and save it to your computer.
3. Extract the ZIP file, and make a note of where the Action file is on your computer.
4. Open Photoshop. Click Window, and open your Actions Window.
5. Click the small right arrow on the far upper right corner of the Actions Window, and click Load Actions.
6. Browse your computer and install The Big Picture Action you just downloaded.
7. Open the photo you want to apply the action to in Photoshop. From the Actions window, run the action by clicking The Big Picture action directly underneath the PanosFX copyright information.
8. Once you have clicked The Big Picture action, click the RUN button to execute the action. The run button looks like the play button on your DVD player or remote control. It is circled in orange in this example.
The Big Picture action will automatically take your picture and create a 25 photo collage, and create individual layers that you can manipulate to futher customize the effect. The layout I created used the action straight out of the box with no alteration.
Once you have run the action, you can drag the Layer Group onto your digital scrapbook layout. I added a black layer underneath to make the photos pop. I then added some inked edges to my paper, a nice fat Circus Ornate type treated title, and a simple pair of angel wings (another Photoshop brush I downloaded from the Internet somewhere along the way!), and the year 2005.
With the metric ton of new digital products being released weekly at digital scrapbook sites around the web, the task of weeding through and finding the hottest new kits out there can be a full time job. Here a few shining stars...
Designer Digitals artist Katie Pertiet has done it again with her new Little Indians Kit. The kit reminds me of books I used to flip through over and over in the big downtown library when I was a kid. It has a wonderfully nostalgic feel, without being outdated.
Could I love designer Lie Fhung's work any MORE?
The September 2006 edition of Memory Makers Magazine was a dog ears delight. In fact, I didn't get past the Chatterbox ad inside the front cover without making my first dog ear.
Page 1- Chatterbox has introduced Chatterbox Fonts Volume 3: Fonts, Dingbats, & Doodles. The ad cleverly displays the fonts included on the CD, and I think this one is going to be a must have for my growing font collection.
There are a handful of nice handwritten journaling fonts, as well as a couple of nice fat title style fonts, with both grungy and elegant varieties. The doodles and dingbats included on the CD are creative and fresh, and I can see myself using them not only to embellish pages, but also to potentially create patterns for papers and tags for my personal stash of homemade digitals.
The ad says look for it in your favorite scrapbooking/craft store today, so I complied. As soon as I had finished the magazine, I drove to my local Michael's to try to find the collection. But of course they didn't have it. Neither did my Hobby Lobby. The craft stores in this town need to get with it, and PRONTO!
But never fear, that's why the Internet is here, right? Well, actually, I looked all over the Internet too, and could not find this CD volume in any online stores yet. Oh, Chatterbox, why do you tease us so? The collection is not even available on the Chatterbox site as far as I could tell.
The font CD is now available on the Chatterbox site: Click here to go to the product page.
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Page 13- Deja Views Plum, Blue, and Blue Raspberry and Chocolate Brown Fresh Print (R) grouping is an irresistable scrapbook layout color combination. I love it! They have complete instructions for creating this scrapbook page, and a list of all of the scrapbook materials you'll need on their Projects Page.
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She said it took her over 6 months to be able to even create scrapbook layouts again after the loss, and the page she created is just simple and precious. You'll just have to flip to page 18 to see it. So sweet. And again, I'm verklempt.
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Page 22: Dog earred to remind me to check out the Penelope's Potpourri scrapbook collection from s-e-i. The collection uses large tulips in combinations of hot pink, blues, and greens to create a very feminine and playful aesthetic.
I think this would be perfect for my niece's birthday party scrapbook.
I'm also on the hunt for a digital kit that has similar tones. So, if you know of one, please comment on this post! Or design one, pretty please.
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Page 26: Michelle Minken's layout honoring her parent's 35th wedding anniversary, and inspired by a vintage handkerchief is just lovely lovely. It is a great little article about finding inspiration in your immediate surroundings.
I think we should all challenge ourselves as artists to create beautiful surroundings that inspire us daily.
I think I have figured out what my New Year's Resolution is going to be this year!
The first layout in my new Country Hits album.
I created a necklace and pair of earrings using K & Company's Frippery Kit. I didn't quite use the kit right out of the box. I cannibalized an older piece of jewelry, and added a little more of my own touch. Just another reminder to myself that I am extremely lucky.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, but I think this might be my last necklace. Me and the beadwork? Not so much best friends. I now have a great appreciation for all of you jewelry makers out there. This was a KIT, and almost drove me nuts.
New kit in the works...
Evita's 40th Birthday Party Book is coming along slowly but surely. Three layouts finished, one in progress, 11 more to go!
