This week you are in for a real treat!  We were able to catch up with Lina of LDrag Designs to learn a little more about her and her designing style!!

I love, love, love this page from jennschultz: eating at the aquarium! The stacking is incredible and all the elements and clusters are perfect! It’s bright, funny and it has lots going on without it being overcrowded! Also, love the date and the title!

Please click the image above to leave her some well deserved LOVE!

Patty (nadauh)

I love this science binder cover from AbEllen! How cool are you if you go to school with this binder!!!! The title work is fantastic and those elements are perfectly placed on the page and are perfect for science! She made science soooo cool and fun!!

Click the image above to leave her some love on this fun project!

Patty (nadauh)

Hello everyone…. This is Cyndi, and I am hosting this next edition of your Saturday Special challenge.  Today we are going to try our hand at a Double Pager… but we’re not going to stop there.  We’ll follow it up by dividing the layout and displaying it in the gallery looking it’s very best!

Let me start by walking you through how I create my double pagers.  I’m using Adobe Photoshop CS3.

For me, it’s easiest to start with one big 12×24 canvas (or template).  You can turn on the Guide to show you the middle of the full layout, and help you not place any important faces or journaling right where the pages will divide.  If you’re using a template, hopefully your template designer already had this in mind with the creation of the template.  You can turn on the Guide feature if you want to be sure, or if you are in the habit of altering templates.

To add the guide, click View > Show Rulers to make the rulers appear.  Then, with the move tool on the left side ruler, click and drag your cursor onto the page.  You should be dragging a teal Guide line into position.  You can place this guide line anywhere on the page.  It’s an invisible line that will not show up on your actual page.  Click View > Show Guides to turn the guides off and on.  Let’s place the guide in the center of our 12×24 layout.

When I’m done scrapping my page, I flatten my image (some scrappers like to keep a layered version of their layout in their files.  For me, when I’m done, I’m done.  I flatten and move on.)  After flattening my full 12×24 layout, I open two separate 12×12 new documents.  I drag my flattened 12X24 into the first of the 12×12 documents so that only the left side is showing.  (This actually makes a copy of the image so that my 12×24 is still intact.)  I merge the layers and save to my Finished Layouts folder.  Then I repeat for the right side in the second of the new 12×12 documents.  Before closing these 12x 12 documents and after I’ve save the full size image, I reduce the images to 600×600 pixels and save for web.  I also make a 700-800 pixel wide version of my full 12×24 layout and “save for web” so that I can add the image to my credits (instructions to follow) and people can see what the two pages look like together.  Now I have 2 beautiful, high resolution images to print for my albums and 2 separate, clear, web images to display in the gallery.

Oh, and remember that 12×24 image we saved for web?  I upload that to an offsite photo hosting site (I use Photobucket) so that I can display the full layout in my credits.  This is what your link should look like in your credits…{IMG}http:// url of hosted photo{/IMG}  but change { to [ and } to ].

And to makes things even better…..   Jen Davey has created a double template just for us!  If you’re a little intimidated by double pagers, this might just be the help you need.

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So on with your challenge…  Your job is to create a double page layout, uploading each side individually into the gallery with your full layout preview in your credits.  Be sure to upload to the SATURDAY SPECIAL GALLERY and post back to this SATURDAY SPECIAL THREAD so I know you’re playing and you get your points!
Now check this fabulous Creative Team Inspiration

from Me

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from Ophelia

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from Kim

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from Ami

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from Kairyn

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from Heidi

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Okay!!! Now your turn!
Challenge reminders:
-You will receive one point for posting in this thread & in the Roadmap to Scrap gallery. You can receive an additional point for using new Scrap Matters products; please make a note of new products in your post. And at the end of the month (August) you’ll be entered into a random drawing that could earn you some bonus points!
- You have until the end of August to complete this challenge for August MOS points!
-Remember no double dipping…your photo and/or layout must be unique to this challenge.
-You don’t have to use Scrap Matters products, but remember your SM gallery must contain at least 50% SM products as of July 8, 2011.

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Jami went on an impromptu vacation with her dh, so I’m posting this challenge for her today. She will be back soon.

I am in awe of the gorgeous gallery of Roxxygerlie! I love how she can go cluster crazy and yet the photo on her page still remains a standout!  So she’s my pick for this edition of GTL!!!
You can find her galleries here: SM Gallery or DST Gallery

Here are some examples from our amazing CT to inspire you…
from jendavey, she lifted Daddy’s Sunshine:

and here’s her layout using Silly Silly Bo-Billy by Jady Day Studio:

prettypeaches lifted life is so sweet:

And her LO using May Stoffel’s Better Together:

camijo lifted a P365 LO:

and created this LO using Dream Big Designs:

TanyaH666 lifted this one:

and made this one with Hawaiin Escape by LDrag Designs:

shawnbear lifted this one:

and created this using Today is…Full Kit and overlays by Captivated Visions:

Challenge reminders:
-You will receive one point for posting in this thread & in the Grand Theft Layout gallery. You can receive an additional point for using new Scrap Matters products; please make a note of new products in your post. And at the end of August you’ll be entered into a random drawing that could earn you some bonus points!

-You have until the end of August to complete this challenge to earn August MOS points.

-Remember no double dipping your layout must be unique to this challenge.

-You don’t have to use Scrap Matters products, but remember your SM gallery must contain at least 50% SM product beginning July 8, 2011.

Welcome to this weeks Tuesday Template! Head on over to the challenge forum and grab the template! Show us what you got!

Here is my layout:

Credits: A La Mode – Stolen Moments Designs

The SM CT seriously rocked this template!

From Isabel:

Credits: You’re A Hoot Full Kit – Captivated Visions

From Heidi:

Credits: Sunday Best – Wimpychompers Creations

From Fran:

Credits: Love This Boy – Amy Stoffel

From Chel:

Credits: Country Time – Forever Joy Designs

From Manda:

Credit: Love This Boy – Amy Stoffel

From Aud:

Credits: Summer Sorbet – Ldrag DesignsCredits: The Open Road and Vintage Postcard Creator – Plum Dumpling Designs

From Cathy:

Credits: Peace, Love & Flip Flops – Crossbone Cuts and WM [squared] Designs

From Kairyn:

Credits: Country Time – Forever Joy Designs

Challenge reminders:

-You will receive one point for posting in both the challenge thread & the Tuesday Template Gallery. You can receive an additional point for using new Scrap Matters products; please make a note of new products in your thread post. And at the end of the month you’ll be entered into a random drawing that could earn you some bonus points!
-You have until the end of August to complete this challenge to earn MOS points.
-Remember no double dipping…your photo and/or layout must be unique to this challenge.
-You don’t have to use Scrap Matters products, but remember your SM gallery must contain at least 50% SM product beginning July 8, 2011.

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*Manic Monday sales go into the shop early Monday morning and will “disappear” around midnight! HURRY! What are you waiting for!?! *

Blast Off

Box of Crayons Printable Card by Simply J Studio

It’s My Party by WM squared Designs:

Summer in Hooville by Jady Day Studio

Queen for a Day by geniaBeana

Just look at Zoomobile by quietangelsb!
I just love the detail of all these darling animals. What a fun mobile to hang in a child’s room.

Click the image above to leave her some love on this fun project!

Michelle (msbrad)

I just love this page by Neverland Scraps.  “Macinac Island”
It brings the peace and serenity reminders from visits at the beach. Super work with this super kit. Love the scene, the photos, the journaling that will preserve the memory of this trip. It’s a total page package. Into my favorites…I feel a scraplift coming…

Please click the image above to leave her some well deserved LOVE!

Michelle (msbrad)