Here’s my new gem for the week: “Tenderness” by kokotte I love how this page whispers “tenderness” everywhere: the soft shadowing, the choice of photo, the composition and clustering. And don’t you agree that it’s a great idea to let the ribbon/bow connect both clusters via the wordart?
Saturday again, and I’m excited about the new releases this week:
Ha! I did it again! I managed to get you a new free template on time! Yay for that! This one is based on a page, using Libby’s new release this week “Andria.” It’s a little different than my usual templates, but those of you who know my scrap designs, also know that I have no set style, really, since I like lots of different types of layouts. Anyways, I hope, you’ll like it, and as always, I’d love to see what you come up with, using this template. Have fun playing, and: Happy Friday! Note: Please do not re-distribute this template in any way (you may share the link to this post), and when you use this template, please make sure to credit it to Misty Hilltops Designs. Eta: FYI – Any links to freebies older than 03/11 have been removed. Sorry, if that means you can’t download them any longer!
You might have guessed it already: I’m quite a fan of Amanda Taylor’s. However, she doesn’t only design some unique digiscrap goodies, she also creates some very gorgeous layouts, in a very unique style as well. If you haven’t checked out her gallery, yet, you should do so, for you could draw lots of inspiration form her pages.
Have you ever heard about tracking and kerning? If not, today you will, for it is “Time for Type!” Yes, you got it right: today, we are talking about fonts again. Fonts and journaling. If you know anything about typography (or graphic design for that matter), you might have heard about tracking and kerning already. For those of you who are clueless, however, let me explain … Tracking – according to one of the many photoshop tutorials – is “the process of loosening or tightening the spacing between characters” in a text. Kerning is “the process of adding or subtracting space between specific pairs of characters.” If you go “Ah???” now, hold on! I’m still not done explaining. Tracking Basically, when we talk about tracking, it means to add or take away space between the characters of your text. It applies to the whole text and can make your text look wider or more dense. Condensed text will appear heavy, while loosened text will appear lighter. Kerning Kerning, on the other hand, deals with …
Have you scrapped any spring pages, yet? At least for those of us in the northern hemisphere, spring is definitely upon us. So, with all the digiscrap goodies, it should be easy to capture some of the season’s beauties on a layout. I’m not going to showcase any spring themed scrapkits today, though, since there are so many out there … where should I even begin? And if you are like me, you have a few favorite stores that you keep an eye on their new releases, which means, you already know what they have to offer. I will, however, give you some inspiration today, that maybe – hopefully – will get you inspired to scrap your own spring pages. Here is a double page spread using some pictures I took exactly one year ago (on Easter Sunday, which was April 4th, 2010). For these layouts, I combined two kits – “Sunday Best” by Lauren Grier (unfortunately retired) and Felicity, a collab by Libby Pritchett, Misty Cato & Krystal Hartley (still available at SSD). I …
I found my perfect gem again: “Gardener” by Jasy1983 I love the water (color) stain which pulls all the elements of this composition together. The photo, of course, is super cute, the clustering around it is stunning, and isn’t the painted title behind the journaling so much fun? (And note the tiny flower near the date component – too adorable!)
I’ve got lots of new products to feature this weekend, but in order to keep things short, I’m just going to provide the information for each new release in the captions of the respective layouts.
For those of you who love to go digi-shopping, I thought I’d throw it out there that Scrap Orchard as well as The Lily Pad both have sales going on this weekend/week. Just click on the links in my blog roll “Favorite Digi-scrap Stores” (see left column) to get to those stores, and you’ll surely get great products for a great deal!
Can you tell that I have been really busy this past week? I’m just catching up. But here it finally is, my latest freebie for you: Happy Spring, based on a layout using “Lulubelle” by Allison Pennington, currently available at OTS. And of course, I’d still love to see what you’ve done so far with my other freebie templates, so don’t forget to leave a comment and hook me up. Happy scrapping with this one. I hope, you enjoy it! Note: Please do not re-distribute this template in any way (you may share the link to this post), and when you use this template, please make sure to credit it to Misty Hilltops Designs.
