Thursday, June 5, 2008
Inspire Me Thursday
Thursday....almost the end of the week! I had a busy day shopping in London, but came across this layout and fell in love with it! So, it is our inspiration piece for today! She has managed to include a lot of items, but the layout is still so clean!!
Monday, June 2, 2008
School's Out for Summer!
At my house it's the official start of summer vacation! I am excited, but pray for my sanity!
With a new month at The Shaker Box it means a new digital sponsor for our Creative Team! This month we are creating for Rikkiscraps. Our team is quite efficient and the layouts are already rolling in! Here is one of mine:
Rikkiscraps, Left of Center. (I love this paper and frame)! The color swatch was so cute I had to use it too - I just added a little bevel to the circles. Fonts are Dirty Ego and DC Recess. Actions used were Atomic Cupcake Rubon and Traci Murphy's drop shadows.
With a new month at The Shaker Box it means a new digital sponsor for our Creative Team! This month we are creating for Rikkiscraps. Our team is quite efficient and the layouts are already rolling in! Here is one of mine:
Rikkiscraps, Left of Center. (I love this paper and frame)! The color swatch was so cute I had to use it too - I just added a little bevel to the circles. Fonts are Dirty Ego and DC Recess. Actions used were Atomic Cupcake Rubon and Traci Murphy's drop shadows.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
DECK OF ME CHALLENGE, WEEK FIFTEEN
This week's prompt is: YOUR PARENT/PARENTS.
Take one thing about your parents that pops into your head and scrap that on your card this week. My parents divorced when I was young, and I spent some time with my mother and some time with my father. I'm sure there are lots of varied circumstances out there . . . you might be adopted or spent your time in foster care or had to be raised by family members other than your biological parents. So it's who dedicated and spent time investing themselves in your life . . .
You can see Emily Falconbridge's card here.
Remember to post your cards in the Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery with a link back to this forum.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
Take one thing about your parents that pops into your head and scrap that on your card this week. My parents divorced when I was young, and I spent some time with my mother and some time with my father. I'm sure there are lots of varied circumstances out there . . . you might be adopted or spent your time in foster care or had to be raised by family members other than your biological parents. So it's who dedicated and spent time investing themselves in your life . . .
You can see Emily Falconbridge's card here.
Remember to post your cards in the Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery with a link back to this forum.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
What Inspires YOU?
Normally I would post something that I hope inspires us all, but with my impending move back to the U.S. and a quick holiday...I have come up a bit short this week! So, I was wondering...
WHAT INSPIRES YOU? Post your answers in our forum here:
http://www.theshakerbox.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=156215#156215
WHAT INSPIRES YOU? Post your answers in our forum here:
http://www.theshakerbox.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=156215#156215
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
CROPPING PHOTOS AT ANGLES - DO IT DIGI WED 5/28/08
This week we are going to focus on our photos. The beauty of digi scrapping is that we can do all kinds of photo editing and enhancements. Everyday photos can take on the attributes of extraordinary photography with different techniques, and a really cool way to do that is to crop your photo at an angle.
Here is a great tutorial for taking a regular photo and making it into a cropped photo at an angle: http://spraguelab.squarespace.com/blog/2007/3/11/photoshop-fridayish.html
Here is my original photo that I started with:
And here is my layout with the cropped photo at an angle (which I did by following the above tutorial):
I really feel like the focus of the photo completely changed when I first cropped the photo, but when I cropped it with the angle . . . it just added an additional element of fun.
Let's see what you can do this week with this technique. Traditional paper scrappers could find that this method would be effective with manual turning and cutting of photos as well - so join with us!
Make sure to post your layouts in the Shakin' Challenges Gallery HERE with a link back to the thread in the forum.
Have fun!
Here is a great tutorial for taking a regular photo and making it into a cropped photo at an angle: http://spraguelab.squarespace.com/blog/2007/3/11/photoshop-fridayish.html
Here is my original photo that I started with:
And here is my layout with the cropped photo at an angle (which I did by following the above tutorial):
I really feel like the focus of the photo completely changed when I first cropped the photo, but when I cropped it with the angle . . . it just added an additional element of fun.Let's see what you can do this week with this technique. Traditional paper scrappers could find that this method would be effective with manual turning and cutting of photos as well - so join with us!
Make sure to post your layouts in the Shakin' Challenges Gallery HERE with a link back to the thread in the forum.
Have fun!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Celebrate!
Happy Memorial Day to all of my American friends!
I want to shout out that my co-coordinator for The Shaker Box Creative Team, Chris Greiser has moved on to the final round in So You Think You Can Design over at Scrap Orchard! We are celebrating at The Shaker Box and cheering her on! I can't wait to check out all of the free kit designs on Friday! Don't forget that digital kits are available at The Shaker Box (including designs by Chris).
I want to shout out that my co-coordinator for The Shaker Box Creative Team, Chris Greiser has moved on to the final round in So You Think You Can Design over at Scrap Orchard! We are celebrating at The Shaker Box and cheering her on! I can't wait to check out all of the free kit designs on Friday! Don't forget that digital kits are available at The Shaker Box (including designs by Chris).
Saturday, May 24, 2008
DECK OF ME CHALLENGE, WEEK FOURTEEN
This week's prompt is: BIRDS.
Birds are showing up in a big way in digital designs . . . let 'em show up on your Deck of Me card for this week. What do the images of birds inspire in you? Do you see the magic of the freedom of flight or the fragileness of a broken wing?
Remember, you can join in at any time . . . if you fall behind (like me), you can do the cards you can and play catch-up later. ALSO, these prompts could very well serve as inspiration for a bigger layout instead of card. So come on, show me whatcha got!
You can check out Emily Falconbridge's card for this week HERE.
Remember to post your cards in the Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery with a link back to this forum.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
Birds are showing up in a big way in digital designs . . . let 'em show up on your Deck of Me card for this week. What do the images of birds inspire in you? Do you see the magic of the freedom of flight or the fragileness of a broken wing?
Remember, you can join in at any time . . . if you fall behind (like me), you can do the cards you can and play catch-up later. ALSO, these prompts could very well serve as inspiration for a bigger layout instead of card. So come on, show me whatcha got!
You can check out Emily Falconbridge's card for this week HERE.
Remember to post your cards in the Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery with a link back to this forum.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
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