Hi everyone, Simona here again for this week’s Grand Theft Layout Challenge!
Today’s choice is sugirox. Her gallery is not very big but it’s really gorgeous so I decided to introduce you to her 
As usual your challenge this week is to browse sugirox’s gallery, find a layout you like and come back here with both the page you picked and the page you scrapped! I really hope you’ll like my pick 

This is the page I lifted:

And this is the result:

Credits: For the love of the boys by Stolen Moments Designs & Jady Day Studio, branch from kit Capture a Memory by Stolen Moments Designs

And more from the uber talented CT ladies:

Ophelia picked:

and made:

September Hullabaloo by Amy Stoffel

Wendy choose:

Credits: Journey of the Heart and Journey of the Heart Add-on by KimB Designs and Elise’s Pieces, Shadow Like Tanya by Crossbone Cuts

Isabel went for:

and created:

Credits: School Memories 4 Big Kiddos by Jady day Studio by Yari, SMD Niki font by Stolen Moments Designs

Manda lifted:

and her version:

Credits: Falling for You by Sugary Fancy Designs

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-You will receive TWO points for posting in this thread & in the Grand Theft Layout Challenge gallery. You can receive TWO additional points 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 September to complete this challenge to earn 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.

Happy Saturday! I hope everyone’s had a great week! Day from Inspirations here and today I’m going to share with you one of my favorite tricks for making a quick title to coordinate with any page or kit you are working with!
I’ve worked this in PS CS4 but you should be able to do similar with other programs

1. Choose a chunky font and type out your title in the size you want. Don’t worry about color as that’ll be changing! Once you’ve got it, right click the layer in the layers palette and choose “Rasterize Type” (This is called “Simplify Layer” in PSE)

2. Pick a paper to fill your alphabet with and drag it onto a layer above your title. Right click the paper layer in the layers palette and choose “Create Clipping Mask”. (In PSE group the layers by pressing CTRL+G with the paper layer selected)

3. You should now see your paper in the shape of your title. You can move around the paper layer to get whichever part of the pattern showing that you like. When it looks the way you want it, right click the paper in the layers palette and choose “Merge Down” to make your title all one layer.

4. Now you can use your title as is if you like, but you can also play around with some effects to make it pop a bit more. In the effects menu (the little round f button at the bottom of the layers palette) inner or outer glow or shadow, bevel and emboss and stroke would be my main choices.

5. For this I’m using a stroke to give the alphabet a sticker-like look. Adjust the size of the stroke, the placement (in the letters, out or straddling the border) and the color.

6. Now add your title to your page, give it a drop shadow and finish your LO!

Here’s mine, I used the colab kit Vintage Surf Shop, a few elements from my kit Catchin’ A Break and my Tiny Alphabet

and here’s some inspiration from the SM creative team!

Kayla

Tamara

Ophelia

Hi everyone and welcome to a brand new Grand Theft Layout Challenge!
Today I picked a gallery that has never been scraplifted here at ScrapMatters and I hope you’ll love it! The lucky lady is josette31. I love her work because she clusters a whole lot and her clusters are amazing to say the least! I know some of you are not fans of clustering, or you are not really familiar with it, but let’s look at it this way: double challenge for you!
So your challenge this week is to browse josette31′s gallery, find a layout you like and come back here in this forum thread with both the page you picked and the page you scrapped!

I picked:

and turned it into:

Credits: First Flight by Down This Road Designs, Beautiful Life: Alpha by True Blue Studio

Want more eye candies by our fantastic CT? Here you go!

Becca236 picked (holy gorgeous cluster!):

and created this equal fantastic clustered page:

Credits: Today Is by Captivated Visions

Chel had a hard time picking just one but in the end she choose:

and did this super cute page:

Credits: A Boy’s World by Jady Day Studio & Kay Millers

Cara (colson) picked this amazing layout:

and this is her gorgeous lift:

Credits: September Grass by Elise’s Pieces, button and two flowers from Bluebird by Erica Zane, and two strings from G is for Giraffe by The Design Girl

Jennifer (iScrap) picked this:

and put together this much happier page:

Credits: A Walk in the Woods by Plum Dumpling Designs

Enough inspiration to join the fun? I hope so!

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Challenge reminders:

-You will receive one point for posting in this thread & in the Grand Theft Layout Challenge 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 to earn 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.

Hello Scrappers–Andrea here. Today is a super special day–it’s my youngest’s birthday! We’re on our way out to celebrate so I’ll have to make this short. We’re starting our new quick page exchange with a great kit and I made these little, square buttons to coordinate with it.  More about the quick page exchange soon. I will update this post to let you know who’s kit we’re using for the quick page exchange. ENJOY and hope your Saturday is something special

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