A great way for me to get inspiration for my scrapbooking is by looking at other people’s galleries. Dana (a Sweetshoppe Sugarbabe) is one of the scrappers whose gallery I check out repeatedly, because – sure enough – I can always rely on finding some fun new pages that serves as spring board to one of my own pages. If you’re curious about Dana’s scrap pages now, you can check out her gallery HERE.
Credits: I’ve Got Sunshine by Traci Reed Template from Cindy’s Layered Templates – Set 45 by Cindy Schneider (retired) Font: DJB Hugs & Kisses by Darcy Baldwin
Credits: Dreaming of a Pink Christmas by Libby Pritchett & Melissa Bennett Font: DJB Fancy Nancy
Credits: Christmas Countdown by Kristin Cronin-Barrow and Zoe Pearn Font: DJB Fancy Nancy
They’re rare, and they’re special to anyone who, like me, particularly enjoys this season of the year: autumn moments. I had one the other day after the storm. For once the leaf-cleaners/tree shakers/gardeners of our campus had not gotten to the leaves yet, and so I went out to enjoy the crisp air and the fresh breeze that had done a good job of scattering some of the leaves across the lawns. Of course, some trees haven’t even started to color their leaves (for that I’ll have to wait another week or two), but I’m patient. I’ll wait, and I’ll be prepared for more of those rare autumn moments – once they come …
To start out my Tuesday tutorials after the long break, I thought I’d share with you one nifty little tool that I use all the time. It’s the Alignment Tool, which you’ll probably find somewhere at the top of your photoshop screen (if your workspace is in any way similar to mine). The Alignment Tool comes in handy when you need to arrange things, and you want to make sure they’re placed correctly in relation to other elements on your layout. When working with alphas, I use the Alignment Tool all the time. But also when I want to make sure an element is exactly in the center of a specified space. Instead of playing the guessing game (and wasting a lot of time trying to align things manually), I refer to the Alignment Tool. Option 1 | Aligning Elements in Relation to Each Other When aligning elements, all you need to do is select the layers of all elements you want to be in line in the layers panel. As soon as you select …
Credits: Color Outside the Lines by Kristin Cronin-Barrow Font: I Love Me Some Brook by Darcy Baldwin
For many of us, fall is in full swing. It’s a great opportunity to think – and journal – about autumn – the fun aspects of it as well as those which cause us to struggle. Here’s the latest journal inspiration I have for you: And of course, I’ll share my own thoughts about autumn as well: The font used for the prompts is my own handwriting font DJB Squirrels In My Pants by Darcy Baldwin (available at the Sweetshoppe).
I’ve been out and about again. This time we went to share a fun afternoon with kids, playing with them, and doing arts and crafts. They had so much fun drawing their hands and tracing leaves – something they had never done before – that it was a great pleasure to watch them and be with them.
You can waste your life drawing the lines, or you can live your life crossing them. ~ From Grey’s Anatomy ~
