Julie Ann Shahin's Inspiration For Generation C

The Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine NSD Blog Party
Scrapbookdimensions.ning.com is a site hosted by Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine. We are the first and only magazine dedicated 100% to hybrid which is Scrapbooking with a Techno Twist (the best of digital and traditional methods combined). This is your destination for meeting like-minded scrappers for daily fellowship and inspiration. Join our community of over 800 scrappers. Get my freebie at the end of this post.


Visit these blogs to get your free card sketch/template
List of {Inter}National Blog Party Peeps:

• http://jshahin.blogspot.com/ You are here
• http://everydaydigitalscrapbooking.blogspot.com/
• http://mphoinix.blogspot.com/
  

• http://sarahpspdevotee.blogspot.com/
• http://angeltown.typepad.com/
• http://www.bitsofivory.com/wordpress
  

• http://www.scrapevangel.blogspot.com/
• http://karensdreamingbig.blogspot.com/
• http://www.michellesink.com
  

• http://www.digiscrapchat.com
• http://angiehinksman.typepad.com/time_on_my_hands/
• http://myfrogprince-and-i.blogspot.com/
  

• http://cactusmango.blogspot.com/
• http://www.thejulianablog.com/
• http://www.elementalscraps.com/blog/
  

• http://theshakerkitclub.blogspot.com/
• Sandy's blog
• http://www.flutterinbygirl.blogspot.com/
  

• http://www.just-jana.blogspot.com/
• http://www.scrapbook-trends.com/
• http://countrylivs.blogspot.com/
• http://bunnykissd.blogspot.com
  

The Creative Partners at Christina Renee Designs, including me, have a treat for you. Not only will you get the freebie packs we create but you’ll also get the instructions on how we created them so that you can try your own hand at designing. This edition we decided to do a feature on how to take a plain color swatch like this:

and turn it into six GORGEOUS background papers like these:

We’re even sharing our sources with you!! Many of us used brushes to jazz up our paper and we went on the hunt for some great commercial friendly FREE brushes and those links are all included in our “how-to’s” that you’ll find in with the freebie paper pack download.

Continue to Authentic Artistry for the freebie found here

Happy Easter all!
The Scrapbook Dimensions Planner has not only a writeable side for you to write in your activities and memories, but also inspirational weekly challenges. Now you can purchase it for a year's worth of inspiration from your purchase date, with refills available in 2009.

Here is this week's technique challenge - to add wings to your subject. You can get the information for the FREE wings download by logging in to our Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine Social Network and then clicking here.

Download Layout Template

Its time again! The original Prima Hybrid Flower Girls are welcoming the new blossoms with style! In honor of our new flowergirls: Laura Kannady; Patricia Komara; Teresa Victor and Monika Martinson we're holding another blog party!

Just incase you're not sure how blog party's work. All the girls listed at the end of this post have a freebie for you! Simply go blog hopping to get them all! My freebie is a 12x12 layout template, which you can download here



Make sure to visit the following flowergirls to get their blog party gifts!

Cindy www.AnAlteredState.blogspot.com
Melinda http://myscrapcorner.blogspot.com
Andrea www.andreagourley.blogspot.com
Jess http://scrapbookideas.wordpress.com/
Cathy http://paper-cat.blogspot.com
Teresa http://www.teresavictor.com/perspectives
Danielle www.danielleflanders.blogspot.com
Amy http://alb52.typepad.com
Indah http://inskidahv.wordpress.com
Julie Ann You are here now
Monika http://monma.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://twogirlsdesigned.blogspot.com
Kristin http://wyowoman.blogspot.com
Angel http://angeltown.typepad.com/
Patty D http://scrapbookdimensions.com/blog/?p=265#more-265
Patty K http://plkomara.blogspot.com/
Laura: Prima Hybrid post

Here is a teaser for a tutorial that is going to be in the E-scape and Scrap Newsletter this week! Be sure to sign up for it so you can get the downloadable PDF tutorial to save and print out! You will also get perosnal notifications when new freebies and kits arrive in the store by signing up for the GET INSPIRED newsletter.

WhooHoo!!!!!!! Today is the official grand opening of Prima Hybrid and those fantastic people, the PrimaHybrid FlowerGirls are hosting a blog party.

Each of the FlowerGirls taking part has a freebie on their blog. Visit their blogs, collect the freebies (templates or quickpages) and use them to make a whole album in the wink of an eye and of course if you need new digital, hybrid or traditional items to play with then hop over to the PrimaHybrid shop and take advantage of the fabulous grand opening offers - 25% off EVERYTHING in the shop. You can't ask for more than that can you! Whilst you are over there why not take a look in the gallery for inspiration overload!!!

Here is my freebie - a quickpage featuring Doris Castle's kit at Primahybrid called Dreamsicle. Thanks to Atomic Cupcake for transparency and chipboard actions.

If you download, please leave me a comment- thanks!
Here is the PSD File Download
(If that link is dead try this- PSD Download)
or
the PNG File Download


Check out the other FlowerGirls' blogs for more freebies: (Note: Scheduled blogger outage at 4:30 PM PST)

Julie Ann

Danielle

Jess

Kristin

Amy

Melinda

Di

Have fun!!!

1. B & Big picture from panosfx.com (if link does not work go here and then click on B & Big Picture in left sidebar)
Photoshop 6 or higher


2. Infrared, Toned, and Softly Photo Actions from Gavin Phillips


3. Cutout action from Atomic Cupcake {page 1 bottom row}
PS and PSE



4. Distressed Chipboard Action from Atomic Cupcake (page 5 bottom row)
PS and PSE


5. Stamp Action from panosfx.com
PS 7.0 or higher

6. Double to Single Page Layout Action for Digital Scrapbooking
Use this action in Photoshop to quickly transform double-paged layouts into two single-paged layers in order to print, while preserving your original double-paged layouts. This is a time saver if you create your layouts in double-paged spreads.
For PSCS2, may not work with other versions

7. P2B Perfect Skies
Prompted by more than my fair share of photos with blown out skies plus a posting on the dpreview.com forums showing a clever quick fix technique for correcting skies using Filter>Render>Clouds, he decided to explore the possibilities for generating realistic looking replacement skies.



8. Vectorize Action
Easy and fast way to turn your images to vector looking graphics. ***p.s. Please note that this action only makes your images LOOKING like a vector. If you want a real vector, than ILLUSTRATOR babe! :) I made this action for people who are not very handy with Illustrator, but like vector graphics. ***Enjoy*** p.p.s. Please email me if you have some problem with the action!
Photoshop 6 or higher


9. xFrame
Blurs and enlarges a duplicate of the image. Adds a drop shadow and white stroke to help the image raise above the background.
Any version of Photoshop


10. Stamp Texture
Photoshop 7.x



I have more previews of the Scrapbook Dimensions Weekly Planner for Scrapbookers

We will start shipping the calendars very soon as they begin September 2007 - order yours now! Just $24.95 for 16 Months of Inspiration! Don't be left out - join our yahoo group today.

My second new album this month has also been released at Scrapquick.

Need a brag book for yourself, a grandparent, a favorite relative, or friend? This "Owl Love U Forever" album will easily do the trick - it has a built-in theme, a fabulous style and room for lots of pictures. You can print multiple copies after you simply drop in your photos and add the journaling.

This album is made from Michelle Underwood's Owl Love kit and it contains 10 pages (5 sets of facing pages) plus a title page. If you want your final album to have more pages, just use a set of facing pages more than one time!

Additional previews below show two of the pages from the album plus a close-up of one page.

40% off for a limited time!







Here's a sampling of the type of photo mats that are in my albums. Get your freebie by clicking here!
Please leave a comment if you download it.
Thanks!

Preview of the freebie:

This week at Everyday Digital we are offering free sketches and layered templates. Look at this layout I created using Cammy Plummer's Free Template featured today!

Credits:
Template: Cammy Plummer for Everyday Digital Scrapbooking
Kit: Jessica Sprague Beautiful You for CK
Date stamp: Ana Mara http://scrap-mix.blogspot.com
Font: SP Love Life scrapsupply.com

I'm giving away 10 issues of Scrapbook Dimensions....with a few extra random winners thrown in for good measure. Check it all out at my tutorial blog Everyday Digital Scrapbooking! Deadline is May 26 Midnight EST. Enter now!

Want to buy an issue? I hear that Scrapbooker Online will be selling them. Tell Maryfrances I sent you!

Click on layout to enlarge.

There is a new digital scrapbooking forum at Scrapbookeronline. You must go check it out. Plus I uploaded my first freebie. I have had these papers sitting in my files for about a month, so to celebrate the new forum I thought I'd share. Go here to download this mini-kit and enjoy!

Credits:
PSE 4.0
Background paper: Chill Out Kit, Julie Ann Shahin (me), SBO digi scrapping forum freebie
Scotch tape: Angela Spangler blog freebie, (thanks Angela!)
Orange, green and red circles: Jeri's Summertime Kit, Alpha backs, Designing with Digital CD
Quote: Brian Andreas, Story People