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November 2011

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This Month’s Tutorials

Jan Walker has done it again with a tutorial that is probably going to be addicting for you. Watch how she takes a photograph and turns it into an amazing work of art!

Veronica Spriggs has a cool layer style and overlay you can use to create a grungy torn and curled “peeking through the page” effect.

Susie Roberts continues the torn paper theme with her take on how to create realistic torn paper. Then she takes it step further and shows you how to apply the torn effect to a frame. Fun!

And finally, Jen shares a “holey” page design technique that is sure to bring a smile to your face!

I hope you enjoy this month’s tutorials, kit, and templates!

Love and scrapbooking success,

Are you experiencing the change of seasons where you live? For most of us, it’s getting colder and the days are shorter. (For some of you down under, it’s the opposite — sigh.)

There are seasons in everything we do, including scrapbooking. Some seasons are fruitful and full of activity and productivity. You get lots of pages done, or even finish an album. For those of us finishing up the Get Organized NOW! class, it means we aren’t getting many pages done, but we’re getting our digital files in hand so we can scrap faster and more efficiently later on.

Then there are seasons where you may do well just to download the month’s Premier goodies. Life happens and other people and events demand our attention, and that is a natural part of the rhythm of life.

When that happens, you can be like a squirrel gathering food for winter. After checking your kit to make sure the download went through and you have everything you’re supposed to have, store the kit and templates and tutorials in a safe place on your computer, knowing you can always come back to it later, when you’re ready. (And, like a wise squirrel, be sure to store a backup copy somewhere – just in case!)

I hope this will be a productive month for you!

Welcome to the November 2011 Digital Scrapper Premier!

What delightful pages you all made last month! This page by fulltimer especially caught my eye. First of all, the photos are fabulous and fit wonderfully with the Center Stage tutorial by Susie Roberts. I also loved the creamy color theme and combination of papers fulltimer used. And finally, I thought the journaling was very well done and fun for even a total stranger, like me, to read. Nice job on your page fulltimer! And thank you to everyone else who created a page featured here or in our gallery. You are inspiring!

Top Pick Layout by fulltimer

I absolutely loved Susie’s layout, but wanted to use a photo that was vertical rather than horizontal.

Journaling reads: “It comes as no surprise that Jentri would share in the love of horses with her Mommy. It equally should come as no surprise when she started asking for her own horse. Living in the city might present a bit of a problem for boarding, but such big grown-up thoughts are not concerns of a little cowgirl.”

Me Personally - October 2011

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Top Picks

Congratulations to the other top picks, pictured here in alphabetical order. Click on each of the thumbnails to see the gallery pages for these great layouts and images.

by Manuela Zimmermann

This kit contains:

14 Papers (1 add. paper in a modified version)1 Baseball Cap

1 Bicycle (Stamp)1 Binocular

1 Car and 1 Compass1 Fishing Boat

1 Football1 Fastener

4 Frames (old metal, negative, paper, wood)2 Gears

1 Hat and 1 Helmet1 Ice Hockey Stick (with and without labeling)

1 Ivy1 Knife

1 Flashlight (with and without light flair)1 Messy Stitch

2 Overlays1 Pair Of Soccer Shoes1 Piece Of Old Metal

2 Pieces Of Chicken Wire1 Pocket Watch (Stamp)

1 Puck2 Screws

1 Skateboard1 Soccer Ball

1 Star Overlay1 Tag and 2 pieces of tape

It’s a Man’s World

Isn’t it about time to scrap the men and boys in your life? You’ll be inspired to create some amazing layouts when you see our It’s a Man’s World kit by talented digi-designer Manuela Zimmermann of Studio Manu. This kit is overflowing with wonderfully realistic elements and richly textured papers that will make those masculine layouts really stand out!

My name is Manuela Zimmermann. I am also known by my designer names: Studio Manu or manudesigns. I live in Germany with my lovely husband Birger, and we have three children - Juliane (15), Paul (12), and Nick (6).

I discovered digital scrapbooking in 2005 after our third child was born.I was looking for a way to capture all those precious baby memories and photos. I arranged the photos of him and his siblings on a layout on the computer and then I embellished them. I didn’t even realize that I was digital scrapbooking.

From the very beginning, I created everything I needed for a layout by myself, because I didn’t know that you could purchase digital kits!

One day I was asked what kit I had used on a special page and where I had purchased it. I was really surprised by the question and that was how I got started giving away freebies.

In addition to digital scrapbooking, I LOVE reading. If I have a thrilling book in my hands, I can read all night long!

Getting to know our designer...

Manuela Zimmermann

Click here to find more beautiful kits by Manuela, available at Scrapbook Graphics.

Read about Manuela here on her blog.

November 2011

This month’s inspiring collection

of 18 QuickPages (8 double-page

spreads plus a front and back

cover) can be downloaded along

with the coordinating It’s a Man’s

World Premier Kit, and will allow

you to complete a beautiful album

of your own in no time at all!

It’s a Man’s World

Watch a video on how to use

templates.

QuickAlbum

by Jen White

All layouts on these pages were completed with the

November 2011

QuickAlbum

See Premier Gallery for larger versions.

It’s a Man’s World

by Jen White

Turn your favorite photos into beautiful illustrations, and use them as a fabulous focal point for a scrapbook page, or a wonderful work of frameable art.

Page: Jan WalkerPaper: it’s a Man’s World by Manuela ZimmermannFonts: Palace Script, karabinE

by Jan Walker

An Elegant Illustration Curled Edge OverlayVideo Lesson 1 Video Lesson 2

by Veronica SpriggsTake your digital backgrounds to new dimensions with this eye-catching technique. These torn and curled edges add a bit of grungy texture you’ll want to reach out and touch.

Page: One For The Team by Veronica SpriggsPhoto: John R. AmeliaPapers & Embellishments: It’s a Man’s World by Manuela Zimmermann

Create a designer scrapbook page with circular scribbles and punched out holes for elements to peek through. It’s a design you can use with any scrapbook kit.

Page: Jen White Photo: Virginia Jade Paper & Elements: It’s a Man’s World by Manuela Zimmermann Font: Myriad Pro

Punched OutVideo Lesson 4Video Lesson 3

by Susie Roberts by Jen WhiteLearn how to extract a torn edge from real paper or cardboard and use it to create unique accents for your scrapbook pages.

Page and Photos: Susie RobertsPapers and Accents: It’s A Man’s World kit by Manuela ZimmermannFonts: Street Soul (Fontspace), A Dripping Marker (Fontspace), Pencil Pete (Dafont),

Tearing It Up

Extra TidbitWired Frame by Susie Roberts

Use the chicken wire from this month’s It’s a Man’s World kit to create a unique wire frame.

Step 1 – Open chickenwire1.png from the It’s a Man’s World kit and drag it onto your scrapbook page.

Step 2 - On the chicken wire layer, get the Rectangular Marquee tool and in the Options Bar choose New Selection. Click and drag out a selection of the area of chicken wire you want to use as a frame.

Step 3 – In the Menu Bar choose Select > Inverse and press the Backspace key (Mac: Delete key) to remove all the wire outside your original selection.

Step 4 – Press Ctrl D to Deselect.

Step 5 – Get the Eraser tool, and using a hard round brush, erase all the parts of the wire from inside the diamond shape and around the edges.

Step 6 – Get the Magic Wand tool and in the Options Bar choose New Selection, Tolerance 32, check Contiguous but don’t check Sample All Layers. Click inside the center of the chicken wire frame to create a selection.

Step 7 – In the Menu Bar choose Select > Modify > Expand. Choose 10 pixels and click OK.

Step 8 - Press the Ctrl key (Mac: Cmd key) and click on the New Layer icon in the Layers panel to create a new layer below the wire layer.

Step 9 – Choose a color you want for your clipping mask and press Alt Backspace (Mac: Opt Delete) to fill that layer with the Foreground color.

Step 10 – Press Ctrl D (Mac: Cmd D) to Deselect.

Step 11 – Drag a photo onto your page above the clipping mask, position your cursor between the two layers and press the Alt key (Mac: Opt key) and click to group them together.

Step 12 – Transform your photo down to size using the Transform tool.

Step 13 – Add a drop shadow to the wire frame and a fastener at the top.

(Note: You could leave your chicken wire in one piece and create multiple frames within the diamond shapes by just erasing the inside areas)

November 2011

Looking for an extra treat this month? Be sure to post a layout in the Premier gallery using the It’s a Man’s World kit or templates and you’ll receive these additional QuickPages as our thank-you for being a Premier member! For more information, check out the Posting Bonus thread in the Premier private forum. Don’t forget that your layout must be posted during the month of November.

Posting Bonus

Premier Gallery PagesWe’d love to see your pages using this month’s kit! The Premier Gallery is for pages created using the current Premier Designer Kit and to showcase the techniques taught in the current month. Please create all pages for the November Gallery exclusively with this month’s kit.

We love seeing what you create with other kits, but just make sure you put pages featuring other kits in the regular Member Gallery, not in the Premier Gallery.

Thanks in advance!

Coupon Code & Premier Forum PasswordYou can find the November password in the Premier Members’ area. Once you’ve registered and logged in to the Scrapper’s Guide forum, use this password to access the private Premier forum. You can also enter this password in the coupon code field of our shopping cart to receive an additional 10% off any purchase at Scrapper’s Guide, except Premier membership.

November DownloadsAll links to download the Video Tutorials, Designer Kit, andQuickAlbum are in the Premier Members’ area on the Scrapper’s Guide website.

Premier Log-InYou can log in to Premier from the top left corner of almost any page on our website, scrappersguide.com, and also from every Digital Scrapper Tip of the Week email by clicking on the Premier link in the header.

Additional InformationIn the Premier Members’ area, look at the left navigation bar for a

link to the Premier FAQ for information on the following:• Helpful hints for downloading• What to do if you go on vacation and can’t download your

files• What to do if you lose your Premier issues

You can also find links to additional videos and tutorials for Premier members.

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