Brandy Murry from ScrapGirls has created an elegant "Quickpage" that coordinates perfectly with the card freebie from last week. It has a wonderful touch of spring in it and could be perfect for all the Mother's Day pictures you took today. Enjoy and please remember that all freebies are for personal use only!
Don't forget that your square page layouts can be easily uploaded and printed at Shutterfly!
Download SGfreebie_BMU_NaturalBeauty_EasyPage
Brandy Murry from ScrapGirls has created an elegant "thank you" card for all of us to download for free. We hope you enjoy creating a special card with the graphic. The card is set up in perfect size to be printed at Shutterfly.
Enjoy and please remember that all freebies are for personal use only.
Download SGfreebie_BMU_NaturalBeauty_Card
Thank you Amanda McGee from Scrapgirls for all the great info and now for one final freebie. Enjoy this "Spring" themed mini-kit to create layouts with all your newest photos. Enjoy and please remember that all freebies are for personal use only.
Download AMC_Jif6_SpringWings_1of2
Amanda McGee from Scrapgirls gives us some "techno talk!" Enjoy.
What is your favorite piece of technology and why?
"It's difficult to choose my favorite piece of technology. It's impossible, it's like choosing a favorite child. They are all my favorites, each unique and special, and needed in their own special way. So if I have to pick, I'll just pick technology itself, and how it's enhanced my creativity and ability to work at home. I am very fond of my camera and how it enables me to capture special moments in our lives. I love my wacom tablet, and how it helps me create whimsical illustrations. I love the Adobe software for the design capabilities. I can't do any of that without my laptop computer, which allows me to bring it with me whether it's to the room where my kids are playing or to my studio office for some quiet concentration."
Share a bit about your photography background.
"I do not consider myself a photographer. I'm a picture taker and a mommarazzi. However, I have been taking photographs since my I got my first Barbie pink 110 camera. I've upgraded since third grade, going through several 35mm cameras and digital cameras over the years, including an early version of the Sony Mavica that stored the images on floppies. That was a nuisance! Photography bliss happened to me when I bought my first DSLR in 2008 and have enjoyed the challenge of learning how to get out of auto mode. I would say my style of photography is "taking lots of pictures," mostly candids with a few home staged photo shoots in between. Some of my favorite shots are those of my children where I've used a fixed 50mm lens with the aperature setting wide open, and making use of the natural light of the north facing windows in our house."
What digital software do you use?
"I use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop CS5. In Illustrator, my favorite tool is the paintbrush pen. I love to adjust the pressure sensitivity when I use my wacom tablet to draw over my scanned pencil sketches. In Photoshop, my favorite technique is layering textured papers with the blending modes options. You can create so many different looks by simply changing those blending modes. I use multiply, linear burn, overlay and soft light the most often."
Amanda McGee from Scrapgirls has an adorable freebie " Quick Page" for all of us to download for free. Enjoy and please remember that all freebies are for personal use only.
Download AMC_SpringWings_EasyPage
Amanda McGee from Scrap Girls has created an adorable "Spring" greeting card for us to download. The card has been made in perfect Shutterfly format so that you can upload it there and have it printed. We hope you enjoy it and use it on a great spring memory!
Amanda Sok designer at ScrapGirls has really done it up for us. She has created the perfect mini-kit for all of our springtime creations. You can download it here for free.
We would like to encourage you and challenge you to create a square layout with her mini-kit and share it with me at [email protected] . I am going to choose a few of the layouts to be showcased right here on our blog and will be giving out some 8 x8 and /or 12 x 12 free square prints to be printed at Shutterfly to the first 5 people to send me a layout using the mini-kit. We look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Enjoy and please remember that all freebies are for personal use only.
Download ASO_Jif6_SpringRite_Emb_Lace_b
Download ASO_Jif6_SpringRite_Word_Springs_b
Amanda Sok designer at ScrapGirls has created an adorable quickpage freebie that has a colorful spring theme for all of us. Enjoy and please remember that all freebies are for personal use only!
Download ASO_SpringRite_EasyPage
Amanda Sok designer at ScrapGirls shares some awesome "hybrid scrapbooking" and other creative inspiration with us.
"I love making hybrid mini albums, wall art and other crafts. These are some mini canvases I made featuring word art from my Watercolor Whimsy Collection"
Amanda has created a beautiful premade card perfect for the spring for each of us to download as a freebie. The card is made in perfect Shutterflysize so if you want it can be uploaded and printed at Shutterfly. Enjoy and please remember that all freebies are for personal use only!
Welcome Amanda Sok designer at ScrapGirls to the Celebrations Blog! We are so thrilled to have another wonderful designer from the group share about herself and share some of talents and art. Lets get to know her a bit!
"I'm a mom to three kiddos. I began to dabble in graphic design at the age of 18 when I was gifted Photoshop. I taught myself and progressed from here. My background in webdesign and love of scrapbooking eventually led me into digital scrapbooking.
I currently reside at ScrapGirls. We always have chats/classes going on, check the board for schedules and weekly challenges. The board is also a great place to go if you have any questions. We have a huge gallery and a daily newsletter with freebies and tutorials."
Here are some beautiful digi-layouts that Amanada created. Enjoy!
