Gallery Standouts for Oct 18th - 24th

SparkysGirl sure know how to win me over... great LO's and great food!!! I have no idea what Monkey Bread is but I'd eat it!! Yummy!! She used Autumn Bounty by Simply Susan Godfrey Designs.

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Here is a wonderful Lo by Twimomma2... she did a great job on the LO but it's the message that I find inspiring.... a few life lessons we all need to practice....

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A great example of a well balanced LO.... great layering, placement, title and photo!! Everything is just awesome!! Blessedby3qtz (Steph) used Day Dreamer and Date Me-First Date by ModernJune Creations at DSM.... I think this kit rocks!!!

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Here's a beautiful Lo done by mom2twoangels.....I just love the clean layering!!

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Here is another by blessedby3qtz (Steph) This is a great example of a B/W lo... I also love her photo treatment and the touch of color in the title... she sure is creative!

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Here is a pretty LO by Kissofsugar... I just love the color... great word art and her photos really cracked me up!!!! A great LO is one that makes you smile!!!

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Here is a very pretty Lo done by Delia... notice her great title, poem and ribbon work.... just beautiful!!! She used Scrapznbitz´s Treasured Memories.

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Here is another from twimomma2... I fell in love with the photos... she completed this one for the Scrap This Way Challenge at DSM..... sooo pretty!!!

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OK so this last one was done by me... a shameful plug for our party.... that's right PARTY!!! DSM is having a Hallow Scream Party next weekend... where you can win all kinds of free kits... mini kits.... and coupons!!! The paper was a PP I made for last weeks SS... and the ellies are from Make It Funky... just one of the free kits you can win this weekend! Alrighty my coffee is done so I'm off to scrap... have a good day!

Sunday Night Speed Scrap 8pm CST

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Nightmare On DSM Street Schedule

Here's what's happening on October 30th and 31st!! Be sure to come join us for a Spooky Good time!!

Friday Freebie A Day Late!!

This weeks Friday Freebie is brought you to by ScrapManiac. It comes with a coupon

good toward "Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun"!

Speed Scrap WE ALL HOST 8pm CST

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Friday Night Speed Scrap with MandyMade 8pm CST

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Thursday Night Speed Scrap 9pm CST

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Wednesday Afternoon Speed Scrap 1pm CST

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Tuesday Night Speed Scrap with ModernJune Creations 8pm CST

Tuesdays Tips and Tuts

Good Morning everyone! Welcome again to this weeks Tuesday Tut, brought to you by Designs By Ashlee!

Today I want to tell you about matting photos in your layouts. What exactly is a photo matte? Well it is just another way to make your photos pop right off of those layouts. It just adds another element that can be stunning and just what your layouts need to stand out. I am going to tell you about 2 ways to matte on your LO's.

1st technique: Adding a Stroke

1. On your picture layer go to blending options
2. Add a Stroke whatever color you want your matte to be (white
works for an old fashioned photo style)
3. Adjust the size that fits your desired effect.
4. Add a drop shadow, not too drastic, but enough that it will
give depth to your layout and appear the photo is coming off
of the page



2nd technique: Paper Matte

1. Place your photo layer above your paper layer.
2. CTRL+click on the thumbnail of your photo layer to select it
3. Select-Modify-Expand approx. 150 pixels or you desired amount
of paper you would like showing on the matte.
4. Select-Inverse and choose your paper layer hit delete.
5. you may add a drop shadow to your photo above the paper matte
for extra depth if you'd like, otherwise merge visible.

My bad... I'm a day late!! I was on a road trip this past weekend... driving my daughters volleyball team to a tournament where they placed 4th out of 10 teams!!! Yay Lakers!!! So here I am trying to catch up.... I cant believe how many great LO's there are this week... if you want to check them out sign up for our gallery and have a peek!!!

Here is a blog background Blueberries made with my new Roots kit... FAB!!

A wonderful LO from Katenoz!!
This one is by tomosia .... using the kit Plucked Perfection!!
And here is one made by our very own ModernJune, she used her new kit Day Dreamer...

Here is a fab LO from Steph again using Mandymades Roots!!

The next fab LO was done by MissDamsel with her new kit Magical Safari!

Another fab Lo by Mammak using her new kit Plucked Perfection!!

And the last for today is by Sparkysgirl! Love the vine weave!!!
Ok I'm off to finish up some Party planning... Psssst if you haven't already heard big things are happening at DSM!!!! Maybe you should check it out!!!!

Monday Night Speed Scrap with Damsel Designs 9pm CST

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Monday Mania

Hey all, ModernJune here with your weekly dose of Monthly Mania. We have some really great stuff for you this week!

First up is MandyMade's new Halloween kit "Hallow". I love the rich colors and fun shapes!

Mandy is also bringing you this really great set of CU brushes from her Hallow kit!

Up Next Riley Creations and Designs by Ashlee has this adorable colab kit coming out today called "Pumpkin Harvest"

Scrap N Bitz Has a few things for you this week! First up are these really awesome templates! 2 templates in each pack!

I myself have a new kit coming out today as well. Its called Day Dreamer and I really love it!

That's all for this week. Head over to our store and pick them up today!!!

http://scrapbookingmania.com/