Hi, this is Steph, it’s my turn to present you today’s ScrapMatters Bingo Challenge:

#4. An SM favorite – download this template and make it your own:

My layout using my kit ”I do” and Simply {Kat} designs’s ”Tin Metal Alpha“

Cinna’s layout using Kim B´s “Another Ordinary day“

Join the ScrapMatters Bingo Challenge to play along and win prizes – details are here.  Here’s the list of challenges for January.

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays To You

All of us at ScrapMatters wish all of you a joyous holiday season filled with love and hope. We all seem to appreciate the giving and getting of gifts too. The SM Design Team worked on a beautiful kit to welcome all of you who are new to SM and to thank those of you who have been around a while. To earn the kit you must register in the forum/gallery, introduce yourself in the welcome thread and upload five layouts to the SM gallery, following the gallery rules. Those of you who have been here for a while can earn this kit just by posting 100 comments in the forum and/or the gallery. For the complete rules check out this post in the forum. Click the picture to see more images of this kit, made from the hearts of the SM Design Team.

Now for the goodies of the week:

Thanks for reading all the way to the end of this newsletter. As another gift to you, use the coupon code: hollyivy11 to receive 50% off one SM Team Mega collab. Hurry–code expires Dec 28, 2011
We appreciate you our readers and wish you the best now and in the coming year.

Here is a large preview of today’s portion and some of the other daily offerings are still up, at least for a little while longer.  Go check out the forum here for more info.  This kit is a little vintage, a little traditional with a dose of kitsch thrown in for fun.  As you scrap with it you will indeed realize that this is A Christmas to Remember.

And don’t forget to check out the previous post  for today’s challenge–part of the new ScrapMatters’ Bingo Challenges.  A fun, easy way to both earn and win prizes.

All kinds of exciting things are happening at ScrapMatters starting December 1st..  Our new challenge system is so much fun, we’ve been super excited planning it.  There will be a wide variety of challenge–something for everyone.  And you will not believe the prizes. Come check it out December 1st after 6 am PT.

Hello, It’s Cathy here to host the It’s In The Cards Challenge for 09/22/2011. I’ve got a fairly simple card template that you can dress up to your liking! I took this template and created a gatefold card as my sample. Here’s a preview of the template and sample:

Download the template here or on the linked image above.

And here’s a close up look at my sample:

My sample card was made using Chocolate Frosted Snowflakes by Stolen Moments.  Here are some great samples made up by our awesome creative team.

Tracy made this adorable daisy card using Denim and Daisies - Papers and Elements by Jenn Labre.

Sarah used My Magical Place Add-On Kit and My Magical Place: Add On Alpha by Haynay Designs to make this magical birthday card.  The Mickey silhouettes were a participation prize that she got at another site.

Tamara used  Funky Lane by Sugary Fancy and the all over bracket punch by Martha Stewart to create her cute card.

OK here’s a review of the challenge rules:

Remember that September is double points month!!

-You will receive two points for posting in the “It’s in the Cards Challenge 9/22/2011″ thread and in the “It’s in the Cards” gallery
-You can receive an additional 2 points for using new Scrap Matters products; please make a note of new products in your post. So I can give you the correct credits!
-You have until the end of September to complete this challenge for MOS points.
-Remember no double dipping – your layout must be unique to this challenge.
-You don’t have to use Scrap Matters products, but we love it when you do!

I hope you’ll join us for this challenge! Happy creating!

~Cathy~

Hi this is Steph, I’m happy to host my first challenge at ScrapMatters!
Here is the template I propose you this tuesday, I hope you’ll have fun to play with it!

My page using my kit “Dis-moi un secret”

And the fabulous layouts of the amazing CT girls !

From Kayla (keepscrappin):

Credits: Jady Day Studios NEW 9.9.11 School Memories for Little Kiddos

From Ophelia (navaja77):

Credits: Jady Day Studio’s Backyard Play and Erica Zane’s Date Spots

From Chel:

Credits: Brown Eyed Girl from the SM Design Team

From Tamara (tsmspt):

Credits: Baseball Kids bundle by Wimpy Chompers

Come play with us at the forum HERE

Download here.

Here is my layout with this template using Andilynn Designs A Boy’s Treasures and Words Matter: A Boy’s Treasures.

And here are pages created by the wonderful CT.

Amy used Love This Boy by Amy Stoffel.

Here is one from Chel using Jady Day Studio’s Hitting the Waves, Band Geek Designs’ Under the Apple Tree Alpha & Dream Big Designs’ Cabin Critters – Graffiti.

Cami used First Flight by Dream Big Designs.

Carina used Country Time by Forever Joy.

Tamara used Imagine If by Erica Zane.

Challenge reminders:

-You will receive one point for posting in this thread & in 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 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 for August MOS points or wait to post in September for September 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.

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.

DOWNLOAD

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.

Welcome to this edition of It’s in the Cards.  I love rounded corners, so I thought I should add a couple to my template.  I hope you have fun creating!

DOWNLOAD FILES HERE

Thanks Melanie for creating this terrific.  She used Imagination Creation by Stolen Moments and Studio Flergs

Love Sharon’s stitching on her take of my template.  She used I Scream, You Scream by The Design Girl.

Here’s a closer look at my creation.  I used Rainbows and Butterflies by Graham like the Cracker and WM[squared] Designs.

Can’t wait to see what you all can do with it!!

Challenge Reminders:

- You will receive one point for posting in the It’s in the Cards thread as well as posting in the It’s in the Cards Gallery.  You can receive an additional point for using a NEW ScrapMatters product; please make note of new products in your post.  At the end of the month, you will be entered in a random drawing that could earn you some BONUS Points!

- You have until the end of August 2011 to complete this challenge to earn MOS Points

-Remember no double dipping – you creation must be unique to this challenge.

-You don’t have to use ScrapMatters products, but we love when you do; remember beginning July 8, 2011, you gallery must contain at least 50% of ScrapMatters products.

Hi everyone!! Welcome to this week’s edition of the Tuesday Template Challenge! There is no specific theme, just grab the template and have fun with it!

Here is the layout this week’s template is based on:

I used Play Ball! (papers, alpha and ellies) and Dotted Cardstock: August Mix by geniaBeana. Font is Delightfully Ordinary by Stolen Moments

And here is your template:

Download Here

Check out the gorgeous layouts the CT made with it:

From Becca236 using Girlfriends by wm[squared] and Eva Kipler –

From Cyndi146 using Red, White & Boom by Jennifer Labre and Liberty Alpha & Frosty Alpha by WM [squared] -

From cinna using parts from the August Mix-a-kit –

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.

I can’t wait to see those pages!!