Magazine #1 - October 2010

Featured
This month Featured Store is
Inspired by Dominic. Tiffany, the
owner is happy to appear in the
first publication of Scrapbook
Designing Magazine, and she has
created a freebie just for us!

Quality Checked
We’ve checked the quality of her
stuff... Do you want to know the
result?
Read more>>

Sponsor Newbie tips Ask us!

Learn how to recolor a multi-
colored element in Photoshop
in a easy way, using basics
tools. Great result promise!
PS Tips and Tricks>>
Do you want to know any spe-
cific technique? Are you hav-
ing problems while designing?
Do you want to join our team?
We will reply to all your ques-
tions in a future section called
“Ask us“. To know the e-mail
where you’ve to send your
questions, turn this page over!
But please, after sending us an
e-mail, read this amazing first
number of the magazine. How
knows if you will find your re-
ply right now?
 The font used in the logo is “My Own Topher”,
from Kevin and Amanda.
Scrapbook kit used to make the pages’ layout is
“Boutique”, by Scrapbookizate.

Index
Presentation 4
Featured Store 6
Photoshop Tip 1 10
Confusing words 16
Secret Pals 16
Listing 18

Editorial staff:
Aida Garmo
Jenn White
FrenchGirl

Designing:
Aida Garmo

Contact:
This is a free magazine. If you have paid for this publi- scrapbookdesigning.info@gmail.com
cation please contact us and ask for a refund of your www.scrapbookdesigning.net
money where you purchased it.
 Presentation Artful Amanda
HI! I am “Artful Amanda”, owner of Circle Of Life Scraps. I am a for-
We have done this magazine for designers, both experts and new designers, to share and
mer educator, having taught all grade levels and in
learn. The expert designers can share their tips and tricks and the new designers can learn.
three nations. I have been married to my DH for 29
The idea comes from Aida Garmo, but this magazine would be impossible to create without
years as of this month( August)! We have two grown
the help of Jenn White and FrenchGirl. We hope you find this magazine helpful.
kids, and have just inherited my Mom’s cat, Rascali.
Let’s share some info about us...
I am a lifetime artist, and a paper scrapper for
10+years. I began digiscrap 3 years ago, was on 13
Aida Garmo
CT’s last year and began designing in June of 2009.
I’m Spanish. I have boyfriend but not yet married. I’ve
I have to give a ton of credit to so many helpful design-
been scrapping and designing for almost one year and
ers, store owners and fellow scrappers for my progress.
a half. I design both CU and PU items. My kits was in-
It is one of the great parts of this art- the kind people we
spired by almost stupid things... One day I was walk-
meet and work with!
ing and I see a vintage, white mannequin in a store.
My design style is artful, colorful and unique. I especially
One week after, I released my kit Boutique. Another
like to design kits that can be used in many ways, such as
day, I start to think about having children... I imagine
hybrid, Journaling books, Faithbooking, and ATC kits.
my self pregnant and I make a question to my self:
Blog: http://circleoflifescraps.blogspot.com/
“What color I would use to paint the child room?”
Some days after that I released my kit Waiting for
you... Green if it’s a boy, pink it it’s a girl!
I love designing... For me, it’s more than a hobby,
it’s like a life style! I spend most of my free time in
design. Now I also spend my free time in making this maga-
zine. I love to do it because I want to help with tips and tricks newbie designers that
have a lot of potential but they don’t know how to develop it. I am happy if those people are
happy and, in the future, they participate in this wonderful magazine. I hope everyone love
this mag.
Blog: http://scrapbookizate.wordpress.com

FrenchGirl
Hello, I’m French Canadian, married, 3 children, a cat, kois,
and a frog collection... I discovered scrapbooking by acci-
dent. In fact, when my youngest born (now 11 year past !)
I tried to communicate with other adults during the day
and I discovered the MIRC chat room. From there, I’m
passionate about programming and web design. To work
the designs, I found yahoo groups for Paint Shop Pro and
I became a moderator and a professor. Quite by chance, I
discovered a site about digital scrapbooking, after having
tasted a bit of paper scrapbook and I FALL IN LOVE. So I
started by being a CT member while a time and I create
CU and some PU kit for over 2 years .. I even quit some
leisure side.
Blog: http://imagesdoigts.canalblog.com/
 Featured Store
Inspired by Dominic. This is the
personal store of Tiffany. Smart, clear
design which make us happy if we
want to visit her blog, read her TOU
or find the special sales because in the
header there are different links.
The colors are nice and it’s so easy to
find what you’re looking for because
the categories are straighten up.

But... Who is the owner of this wonderful place? Here is some info about her:

My name is Tiffany. I am a married, mother of two young boys from Ohio, U.S.A.
I am a part-time preschool teacher, a full-time student studying inclusive early
childhood education, and I stay at home with my boys part-time as well.
How many time do you spend in designing and/or extracting elements? I
design mostly in the evenings, between classes, and when the boys are napping
so I probably spend 10 to 15 hours a week working on digital scrapbooking.
Where do you find inspiration for doodles? Some doodles are requests from
customers, some are inspired by events, and others are inspired by things I see. I
like to go out places and looking around to see what inspires me. I carry a sketch
book and note pad with me so that I can quickly write or sketch ideas.
What program (or programs) do you use? I use Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe
Illustrator CS4, and Art Rage Studio Pro.
What your fab product of your store? Probably my overlays.
What is your best-seller? Current best sellers based upon sales in all of my From up-left to down-right (names linked):
stores are my Quality Check action set, Fading Away overlays, and Canvas Style 1.- Fold me Vol. 3 4.- Button Play Vol. 1
set. 2.- Canvas me Vol. 1 5.- Very Scribbly Vol. 1
3.- Write on me Vol. 1 6.- Quality Check Me Actions for PS
 Inspired by Dominic Quality Check Papers
Do you want to know if IBD is selling the best quality items? I’ve checking some of the items
and I will show you the results.
But... Do you want to check her items by yourself? She made a freebie for us! Click the link to
download:
Also, she set up a coupon code just for Scrapbook Designing readers. Coupon not valid on col-
laboration grab bags and during store sales. Good until August 2011.

Elements
Looking for stray pixels
Bla bla

Missing pixels
Bla bla

Real size (100%)

The firs circle is a closer view of the paper. The sec-
ond one is a recolor.
Please note: Probably you’ll se some blurriness,
Blurry that doesn’t appear in the original texture. It’s be-
Bla bla cause the PDF format and compression. You can
download a sampler from Inspired by Dominic store
and check the high quality.
Obviously, Inspired by Dominic passed our Qual-
ity Check. If you purchase something there, you´re
purchasing the best quality.
 Photoshop Tip 1
4.- Do the same with all the layers you want, but remember you can leave one part of the
element without copying, because the other layers will cover it. You’ll understand this with a
image. See that I’ve only copying the wire and the pin, because I have the ribbon in the first
The first tip will be a tutorial about how to recolor a item which uses more than one
layer.
color. It’s quite easy.

1- The element you see here is the element we will use for this tutorial. The
first step is open your element.

5.- Now, create a layer between the first layer and the second.

2.- Now, we have to create one layer for each color. We’ll create 3: one for the ribbon, another
for the pin and the last one for the wire. Choose the Lasso or the Magic Selection tool to se-
lect one of the parts. In this tutorial, we’ll start with the wire.

6.- Choose a color and use the Paint Bucket to fill this layer. Now, right click on this layer and
select “Clipping Mask”

3.- Now, right click on the selection and select “Layer via copy”. (The screen shoots show the
Spanish version of Photoshop).
7.- Now, you’ll se something like this: 8.- Now change the blend mode to “Color”. 11.- It appears grey because the item is quite dark. We are going to solve it. First, select the
item you´re recoloring, not the color.

12.- Now go to Image > Adjustment > Brightness and Contrast. Click.

9.- Now, you’ll see the ribbon with the color you chosen!

13.- You’ll se a window with two adjustments: one is Brightness and the other is Contrast.
Move the controls to the right (to add more brightness and contrast). Stop when you got the
result you want.

10.- Do the same with all the layers, using the colors you want. Hey!? What’s happening? I
can’t change it to white? I choose white, but it appears grey!

14.- I’ll do the same with the wire, because it was quite light. Do not move the controls to the
left, because the element will loose quality. If you want a element darker, just move only the
Contrast amount.
15.- Save your file as a *png. You can also save a *psd file if you will use this element again, so
you don‘t have to select the parts and such things again.

Practise a little bit this tip and you’ll see how easy it is! You can use di-
fferent colors, brightness, contrast... Just play!

Tutorial by Aida Garmo

Sponsor
 Confusing words
I have found some designers that doesn’t know the differences between PU, S4H and S4O.
Also, I tried to Google it, but there are no explanations of that. Maybe in any forum, page or
blog there is one, but I haven’t found it. For that, I’ll try to explain what is the different.
PU: Personal Use
This mean that you can use the kit or the product to make layouts of yourself and relatives
with the kit.
S4O: Scrap For Others
This mean that you can make layout for other people, but you can’t charge any amount for
this “service” and the result have to be a flattered file (neither layers, nor separate elements).
The layout must be ready to print, not just a quick page or brag book.
Paint Shop Pro Tip 1
Do you like to create alphabets coordinated with your kits or do you make CU alphabets but
you find it so long to make each letter one after another? ... This is because you have not dis-
covered the function of PSP Script... So here’s how to avoid many steps...
First, you save the file “Alpha X” with all separate letters png. Uppercase, lowercase, punctua-
tion... What you want to work with... This file may be used later.
Open your first letter and try what you want till the final result... When you’re letter is good,
we can begin.
1.- Open a new letter. Click File > Script > Start Recording... (Screen shoots are in French PSP).

S4H: Scrap For Hire

The same as S4O, but you can charge money for the layout. Also, the result must be a flat-
tered image, neither quick pages nor brag books.

Remember to read the designer TOU before play with her kit and don’t forget to give the
proper credit to the designer if required. If you have any question, feel free to contact the
designer: I promise she (or he) would be grateful and you’ll receive a reply soon.
Text by Aida Garmo

Secret Pals
Scrapbook Designing is bringing to you the opportunity of take part in
this crazy game. Each participant has to create a little package of her CU
items and will receive one package from other designer but... You wont
know who is the designer till the next magazine! I’ll say who is who, so you can
read the TOU, say thanks and such things ;) 2.- Then make your letter. Use the copy/paste filter or what you want but think it’ll be the
same for each letter... When you finish you letter click File > Script > Save recording.
To participate, put 3 elements and/or papers (called with generic names like “ribbon”, “pa-
per01”...) in a zip file. Do not add any other file, link, image, preview in the zip. Send it to TIP!
scrapbookdesigning.secretpals@gmail.com (Subject: “October Secret Pals”) before October If you use a paper
20th. In the message add your blog link and your designer name. All the items will be Quality to make the alpha, be
Checked and if there are any issue or the element doesn’t match with our basis, you’ll be con- sure you have opened
tacted. If It’s all ok you’ll receive your gift as soon as possible. Wait till the next edition of the the paper file in PSP dur-
magazine and discover who is your Secret Pal and who received your gift. All the gift ing the script (and dur-
will be showed in the magazine with a link to the ing all the letters).
designer blog so you can read her/
his TOU and use the stuff properly.
3.- Open a new blank letter and click File > Script > Run Script, select the name of your script
and now you’ll see all the effects on your letter. Maybe you have to click “Yes” to continue the
script.
After this, you can use the keyboard short cut! You just open a new letter and click Ctrl+Y

4.- Repeat this steps in all the letters, and you will have a full alpha in few minutes! You can
use the Scripts for repetitive actions to save your time.

If you use PSP filters, you wont need to change the settings, but if you use Eye Candy filters,
maybe you will need to.
 Listing
Store name Store description Link

Here you will find a lot of places where you can find cool stuff to design. They appear in al-
phabetically order. Happy CU shopping!

Store name Store description Link

It´s not a CU only store, but some
A Moment in Scrap designer are selling this kind of www.amomentinscrap.com
stuff here.
Commercial It is a very young store, but full
www.commercial-creations.com
Creations of commercial stuff.
Commercial Use Only CU stuff. www.commercial-use.ch
Commercial Use Only CU stuff. www.commercial-use.com
Creation Cassel Full of PSP scripts and tubes. www.creationcassel.com
A lot of CU templates, some ele-
Creative Mundi www.creativemundi.com.br
ments and textures.
Digital Designs by
Only PS actions. www.digital-designs-by-elena.com
Elena
Digital Scrapbook Not a CU only store, but it has
www.digiscrapobsession.com
Obsession great stuff.
It is not a CU only store, but you
HM Scrap Shop www.hmscrapshop.com
will find a lot of CU stuff
It is a personal store. Only CU
stuff. This store is Featured this
Inspired by Dominic www.inspiredbydominic.com
month! Go to Featured Store to
read more details.
A big amount of CU stuff, any
Scrap Artist www.scrapartist.com
kind of it.
It is not a CU only store, but full
Scrap with Friends www.scrapwithfriends.com
of different kinds of CU stuff
Great place to buy stuff, vectors
Sugar Hill Co www.sugarhillco.com
overlays...
The Designers
Only CU, S4H and S4O stuff. www.thedesignerstoolbox.com
Toolbox
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