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Magazine #1 - October 2010

FeaturedThis month Featured Store is

Inspired by Dominic. Tiany, the

owner is happy to appear in the

rst publicaon of Scrapbook

Designing Magazine, and she has

created a freebie just for us!

Quality Checked

Weve checked the quality of her

stu... Do you want to know theresult?

Read more>>

Sponsor Newbie tipsLearn how to recolor a mul-

colored element in Photoshopin a easy way, using basics

tools. Great result promise!

PS Tips and Tricks>>

Ask us!Do you want to know any spe-

cic technique? Are you hav-ing problems while designing?

Do you want to join our team?

We will reply to all your ques-

ons in a future secon called

Ask us. To know the e-mail

where youve to send your

quesons, turn this page over!

But please, aer sending us an

e-mail, read this amazing rst

number of the magazine. How

knows if you will nd your re-

ply right now?


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The font used in the logo is My Own Topher,

from Kevin and Amanda.

Scrapbook kit used to make the pages layout is

Bouque, by Scrapbookizate.

IndexPresentaon 4Featured Store 6

Photoshop Tip 1 10

Confusing words 16

Secret Pals 16

Lisng 18

Editorial staff:Aida Garmo

Jenn White

FrenchGirl

Designing:Aida Garmo

Contact:[email protected]

www.scrapbookdesigning.net

This is a free magazine. If you have paid for this publi-

caon please contact us and ask for a refund of your

money where you purchased it.
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PresentationWe have done this magazine for designers, both experts and new designers, to share and

learn. The expert designers can share their ps and tricks and the new designers can learn.

The idea comes from Aida Garmo, but this magazine would be impossible to create without

the help of Jenn White and FrenchGirl. We hope you nd this magazine helpful.

Lets share some info about us...

Aida Garmo

Im Spanish. I have boyfriend but not yet married. Ive

been scrapping and designing for almost one year and

a half. I design both CU and PU items. My kits was in-

spired by almost stupid things... One day I was walk-

ing and I see a vintage, white mannequin in a store.

One week aer, I released my kit Bouque. Another

day, I start to think about having children... I imagine

my self pregnant and I make a queson to my self:

What color I would use to paint the child room?

Some days aer that I released my kit Waing for

you... Green if its a boy, pink it it s a girl!

I love designing... For me, its more than a hobby,

its like a life style! I spend most of my free me in

design. Now I also spend my free me in making this maga-

zine. I love to do it because I want to help with ps and tricks newbie designers that

have a lot of potenal but they dont know how to develop it. I am happy if those people are

happy and, in the future, they parcipate in this wonderful magazine. I hope everyone love

this mag.

Blog: hp://scrapbookizate.wordpress.com

FrenchGirl

Hello, Im French Canadian, married, 3 children, a cat, kois,

and a frog collecon... 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, Im

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, aer having

tasted a bit of paper scrapbook and I FALL IN LOVE. So I

started by being a CT member while a me and I create

CU and some PU kit for over 2 years .. I even quit some

leisure side.

Blog: hp://imagesdoigts.canalblog.com/

Arul Amanda

HI! I am Arul Amanda, owner of Circle Of Life Scraps. I am a for-

mer educator, having taught all grade levels and in

three naons. I have been married to my DH for 29

years as of this month( August)! We have two grown

kids, and have just inherited my Moms cat, Rascali.

I am a lifeme arst, and a paper scrapper for

10+years. I began digiscrap 3 years ago, was on 13

CTs last year and began designing in June of 2009.

I have to give a ton of credit to so many helpful design-

ers, store owners and fellow scrappers for my progress.

It is one of the great parts of this art- the kind people we

meet and work with!

My design style is arul, colorful and unique. I especially

like to design kits that can be used in many ways, such ashybrid, Journaling books, Faithbooking, and ATC kits.

Blog: hp://circleoifescraps.blogspot.com/


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Featured StoreInspired by Dominic. This is the

personal store of Tiany. Smart, clear

design which make us happy if we

want to visit her blog, read her TOU

or nd the special sales because in the

header there are dierent links.

The colors are nice and it s so easy to

nd what youre 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 Tiany. I am a married, mother of two young boys from Ohio, U.S.A.

I am a part-me preschool teacher, a full-me student studying inclusive early

childhood educaon, and I stay at home with my boys part-me as well.

How many me do you spend in designing and/or extracng 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 nd inspiraon for doodles? Some doodles are requests fromcustomers, 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

stores are my Quality Check acon set, Fading Away overlays, and Canvas Style

set.

From up-le to down-right (names linked):

1.- Fold me Vol. 3

2.- Canvas me Vol. 1

3.- Write on me Vol. 1

4.- Buon Play Vol. 1

5.- Very Scribbly Vol. 1

6.- Quality Check Me Acons for PS
http://www.inspiredbydominic.com/store/http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=22http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=103http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=69http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=90http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=104http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=104http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=90http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=69http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=103http://inspiredbydominic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=22http://www.inspiredbydominic.com/store/http://www.inspiredbydominic.com/store/


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Inspired by Dominic Quality CheckDo you want to know if IBD is selling the best quality items? Ive checking some of the items

and I will show you the results.

But... Do you want to check her i tems 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-

laboraon grab bags and during store sales. Good unl August 2011.

ElementsLooking for stray pixels

Bla bla

Missing pixels

Bla bla

Blurry

Bla bla

Papers

Real size (100%)The rs circle is a closer view of the paper. The sec-

ond one is a recolor.

Please note: Probably youll se some blurriness,

that doesnt appear in the original texture. Its be-

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, youre

purchasing the best quality.


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Photoshop Tip 1The rst p will be a tutorial about how to recolor a item which uses more than one

color. Its quite easy.

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

rst step is open your element.

2.- Now, we have to create one layer for each color. Well create 3: one for the ribbon, another

for the pin and the last one for the wire. Choose the Lasso or the Magic Selecon tool to se-

lect one of the parts. In this tutorial, well start with the wire.

3.- Now, right click on the selecon and select Layer via copy. (The screen shoots show the

Spanish version of Photoshop).

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. Youll understand this with a

image. See that Ive only copying the wire and the pin, because I have the ribbon in the rst

layer.

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

6.- Choose a color and use the Paint Bucket to ll this layer. Now, right click on this layer and

select Clipping Mask


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7.- Now, youll se something like this: 8.- Now change the blend mode to Color.

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

10.- Do the same with all the layers, using the colors you want. Hey!? Whats happening? I

cant change it to white? I choose white, but it appears grey!

11.- It appears grey because the item is quite dark. We are going to solve it. First, select the

item youre recoloring, not the color.

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

13.- Youll 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.

14.- Ill do the same with the wire, because it was quite light. Do not move the controls to the

le, because the element will loose quality. If you want a element darker, just move only the

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15.- Save your le as a *png. You can also save a *psd le if you will use this element again, so

you dont have to select the parts and such things again.

Pracse a lile bit this p and youll see how easy it is! You can use di-

erent colors, brightness, contrast... Just play!

Tutorial by Aida Garmo

Sponsor


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Confusing wordsI have found some designers that doesnt know the dierences between PU, S4H and S4O.

Also, I tried to Google it, but there are no explanaons of that. Maybe in any forum, page or

blog there is one, but I havent found it. For that, Ill try to explain what is the dierent.

PU: Personal Use

This mean that you can use the kit or the product to make layouts of yourself and relaves

with the kit.

S4O: Scrap For Others

This mean that you can make layout for other people, but you cant charge any amount for

this service and the result have to be a aered le (neither layers, nor separate elements).

The layout must be ready to print, not just a quick page or brag book.

S4H: Scrap For Hire

The same as S4O, but you can charge money for the layout. Also, the result must be a at-

tered image, neither quick pages nor brag books.

Remember to read the designer TOU before play with her kit and dont forget to give the

proper credit to the designer if required. If you have any queson, feel free to contact the

designer: I promise she (or he) would be grateful and youll receive a reply soon.

Text by Aida Garmo

Secret PalsScrapbook Designing is bringing to you the opportunity of take part in

this crazy game. Each parcipant has to create a lile package of her CU

items and will receive one package from other designer but... You wont

know who is the designer ll the next magazine! Ill say who is who, so you can

read the TOU, say thanks and such things ;)

To parcipate, put 3 elements and/or papers (called with generic names like ribbon, pa-

per01...) in a zip le. Do not add any other le , link, image, preview in the zip. Send it to

[email protected] (Subject: October Secret Pals) before October

20th. In the message add your blog link and your designer name. All the items will be Quality

Checked and if there are any issue or the element doesnt match with our basis, youll be con-

tacted. If Its all ok youll receive your gi as soon as possible . Wait ll the next edion of the

magazine and discover who is your Secret Pal and who received your gi. All the gi

will be showed in the magazine with a link to the

designer blog so you can read her/

his TOU and use the stu properly.

Paint Shop Pro Tip 1Do you like to create alphabets coordinated with your kits or do you make CU alphabets but

you nd it so long to make each leer one aer another? ... This is because you have not dis-

covered the funcon of PSP Script... So heres how to avoid many steps...

First, you save the le Alpha X with all separate leers png. Uppercase, lowercase, punctua-

on... What you want to work with... This le may be used later.

Open your rst leer and try what you want ll the nal result... When youre leer is good,

we can begin.

1.- Open a new leer. Click File > Script> Start Recording... (Screen shoots are in French PSP).

2.- Then make your leer. Use the copy/paste lter or what you want but think itll be thesame for each leer... When you nish you leer click File > Script> Save recording.

TIP!If you use a paper

to make the alpha, be

sure you have opened

the paper le in PSP dur-

ing the script (and dur-

ing all the leers).
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3.- Open a new blank leer and click File > Script> Run Script, select the name of your script

and now youll see all the eects on your leer. Maybe you have to click Yes to connue the

script.

Aer this, you can use the keyboard short cut! You just open a new leer and click Ctrl+Y

4.- Repeat this steps in all the leers, and you will have a full alpha in few minutes! You can

use the Scripts for repeve acons to save your me.

If you use PSP lters, you wont need to change the sengs, but if you use Eye Candy lters,

maybe you will need to.


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ListingHere you will nd a lot of places where you can nd cool stu to design. They appear in al-

phabecally order. Happy CU shopping!

Store name Store descripon Link

A Moment in Scrap

Its not a CU only store, but some

designer are selling this kind of

stu here.

www.amomennscrap.com

Commercial

Creaons

It is a very young store, but full

of commercial stu.www.commercial-creaons.com

Commercial Use Only CU stu. www.commercial-use.ch

Commercial Use Only CU stu. www.commercial-use.com

Creaon Cassel Full of PSP scr ipts and tubes. www.creaoncassel.com

Creave Mundi A lot of CU templates, some ele-ments and textures.

www.creavemundi.com.br

Digital Designs by

ElenaOnly PS acons. www.digital-designs-by-elena.com

Digital Scrapbook

Obsession

Not a CU only store, but it has

great stu.www.digiscrapobsession.com

HM Scrap ShopIt is not a CU only store, but you

will nd a lot of CU stuwww.hmscrapshop.com

Inspired by Dominic

It is a personal store. Only CU

stu. This store is Featured this

month! Go to Featured Store to

read more details.

www.inspiredbydominic.com

Scrap ArstA big amount of CU stu, any

kind of it.www.scraparst.com

Scrap with FriendsIt is not a CU only store, but full

of dierent kinds of CU stuwww.scrapwithfriends.com

Sugar Hill Co

Great place to buy stu, vectors

overlays... www.sugarhillco.com

The Designers

ToolboxOnly CU, S4H and S4O stu. www.thedesignerstoolbox.com

Store name Store descripon Link
http://www.amomentinscrap.com/http://www.commercial-use.ch/http://inspiredbydominic.com/http://www.scrapartist.com/http://www.scrapartist.com/http://inspiredbydominic.com/http://www.commercial-use.ch/http://www.amomentinscrap.com/


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