Thursday, April 28, 2016

Newborn!

My new boss for PickleBerryPop just had a new grand-baby, and for some reason my creative urge decided to participate. So here you go! Newborn is a new kit with over 75 elements (masks, flair, word art, frames, etc.) and 21 papers.

http://www.pickleberrypop.com/shop/product.php?productid=43838

(click on the images to see them larger)




Layout by Alanna

Layout by Dodie

Layout by Doralisa

Layout by me

Layout by Vera


And it's 20% off for a few days, of course. Hope you like it too!

Friday, April 15, 2016

New Element Pack: AlphaMasks 1

Check these out! These are some new AlphaMasks--12x12" reverse word art that you can use to slip pics under (like I did), or play with in different ways. Here are some suggestions:

1. Clip a paper to them, then slide some photos underneath, and add some elements on top. This is what I did for the "Party" layout. I actually clipped several papers to bring focus onto the word.
2. Set the layer mode to "overlay" (or color burn, or screen) over a paper, then add the word in a different font over top.
3. Clip a photograph to the mask, then slide something under to make the words pop out (or, duplicate the photo, slide it underneath, and put a color overlay or gradient on it, and let the color difference shine through).
4. Reduce the mask in size and cut most of the black out to make a sign or stencil word art--use it like any other embellishment.
5. Leave the mask black, and place it over-top of your layout so the only color is in the words (personally, I'd erase bits of the mask around the letters so some very 3D elements could show through, but you could still read the word). And there you go!


Just click on the layouts to see them full size...

https://www.pickleberrypop.com/shop/product.php?productid=43558&cat=0&featured=Y

Layout by Doralisa

Layout by Julie




Layout by Heather T. ;)


Also, I have a "Monthly Mojo" challenge up at PickleBerryPop, about some word that was important to your family. Here's Allen waving his big vocabulary around...

https://pickleberrypop.com/forum/forum/monthly-mojo/monthly-mojo-april-2016/178587-april-13-monthly-mojo-that-word

 And, I was feeling experimental, so I tried a tutorial by Jenny Le (2013) that was supposed to produce a watercolor effect. But I just played and played and produced a kinda dream-like effect, which I like just as much. Lots of layers, lots of masking, and lots of blending modes here!


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Friday, April 8, 2016

CU Patterns: Floral

Little post today--have to run to the Yachats Youth fundraiser dinner... but here are my newest commercial use patterns (on sale 20% for a limited time):

https://www.pickleberrypop.com/shop/product.php?productid=43363

I also scrapped another couple of pages:


(With my Happy Pack and the CU Scribblies 4)

And this one:


(With Middle School Muddle -- this was one of Allen's art projects at school, to make fruit/veggie art. Of course he chose something computer-related... *laugh*)

And tomorrow is Allen's 13th birthday -- the beginning of the teens! I admit to a bit of nervousness... =)

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Eek, I'm so excited!

I had a total scrapbooking attack the other day, and managed to complete three pages--one of which even got a Gallery Stand-Out! I'm really pleased, because I fiddled around with that page for the longest time, layering papers, masks, and blending modes like crazy. W00t!

http://pickleberrypop.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=140881&title=spring-is-also-a-moment&cat=1023