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1.03.2011

ScrapGirls Newsletter 01.03.11|Extra Chit Chat

Happy Monday! Today I'm sharing my latest layout to appear in the ScrapGirls newsletter. You can find the newsletter here. As always, I encourage you to check out the entire newsletter. The layout artist team does a great job and there's also a freebie!

"2011 Resolutions"|Supply List + Links below

Here's my blurb in the newsletter:
"When creating a holiday layout, don’t feel confined to using holiday themed collections. I associate New Year’s with feelings of happiness, excitement, and fun so I used Sheri Johnson’s Cabana Paper Solids and SummerTime Collection. Although these supplies are geared towards summer themed layouts, they allowed me to create a bright and fun layout perfect for New Year’s."
I had a lot of fun playing with Sheri Johnson's Brush Set: Halftone Circles and Brush Set: Distressed Halftone Circles to create the background here. I simply brushed a few different layers with different brushes from the set and then clipped various papers from the Cabana Paper Solids pack, added a few styles and some New Year's themed embellies. I spent a lot of time playing with different blending modes and I used a new trick (well, new to me). Some of the blended areas of the background weren't as smooth as I'd liked so I merged all of my background layers and then ran a Lens Blur on that layer. I retained the original layers of the background so after running the Blur filter, I lowered the opacity of the "blurred" layer and that really helped the blending seem more organic.

Until next time!!

"2011 Resolutions" Supply List
Brush Set: Distressed Halftone Circles by Sheri Johnson
Brush Set: Halftone Circles by Sheri Johnson
Cabana Paper Solids by Sheri Johnson
Digital Stickers: New Year's Embellishments by Valerie Randall
Lettering Delights Scrap Casual Font by Lettering Delights
ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Background Blenders II Biggie by Brandy Murry
ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Clarify 11301 Mini by Heidi Dillon
ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Corner Rounder 5001 Mini by Melissa Renfro
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Blended 8201 Super Biggie by Ariadna Wiczling
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Greyscale 6401 by Amanda Sok
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Shiny Silver 11001 by Doris Castle
SummerTime Collection by Sheri Johnson
Commercial Use versions of these products are available:
Brush Set: Distressed Halftone Circles by Sheri Johnson
Brush Set: Halftone Circles by Sheri Johnson
Lettering Delights Scrap Casual Font by Lettering Delights
ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Background Blenders II Biggie by Brandy Murry
ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Clarify 11301 Mini by Heidi Dillon
ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Corner Rounder 5001 Mini by Melissa Renfro
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Blended 8201 Super Biggie by Ariadna Wiczling
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Greyscale 6401 by Amanda Sok
ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Shiny Silver 11001 by Doris Castle

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