5 Digital Layouts, Featuring Blending Modes in Photoshop

I've been running around a lot this week and didn't get a chance to post! (My little brother got married, my girls were in a school play, I've been meeting up with old friends, and catching up on errands that were long overdue!) I've got a big pile of layouts to scan, but here are a few newer digital pages for you all!


Club Scrap: Sparkle 12/07 Digital Kit - CS08; Refresh 2/07 - CSDrkGreen, Tran03, Xtras18;
Photoshop Elements 5.0: Altered Hues & Levels, Drop Shadows, Orange Glass Button;
Font: AquilineTwo;

This layout was created for a "scraplift" challenge and borrows from Sue C's great layout on the ClubScrapChat forum!

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The following layouts were all created using the instructions from the Club Scrap Pro-Scrapping League's free ALSB instructions and by playing with blending modes in Photoshop Elements as described in the Body & Soul 4/08 DigiRap!


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB #6; Bridges 2/08 Digital Kit: CS2, CS3, CS4, CS13, CS15, Template DT3;
Font: Zero & Zero Is;
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0: Smart Fix; Alter Hues; Blend Mode - Multiple, Overlay;
Custom Template by me;


CS: PSL ALSB 19; Retreat 2007 Digital Kit;
Font: The King and Queen;
Blending Mode: Color Burn;
Public Domain Postcards (of my hometown);


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB #2; Sparkle 12/07 - CS13; Rhapsody 3/07 Digital Kit - CS06, Trans01, Trans05, Trans06, Trans11, Trans12, Trans15, Trans22; Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - CS05; Farmer's Market 10/06 Digital Kit - CSPBrown2, CSPPumpkin;
Homemade Template by me;
Font: Belisia Plumilla Manual;
Photoshop Elements 5.0: Layer Blending Modes - Lighten, Overlay; Layer Styles - Drop Shadows; Altered Hues & Levels;


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB #23; Generations 4/08 Digital Expansion Kit - Exp14; Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - CS01, CS12, CS14, CS15, Tran08;
Font: Dali;
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0: Blending Modes;

Happy Mother's Day! Happy Spring!

Here's a little something I made last night with Spring and Mother's Day in mind... Happy Mother's Day to all the moms who read my blog... and Happy Spring to the rest of you!

Lori D inspired me to get out my stampbord and play! Check out her gorgeous mini book featuring Color in Black & White stamps on the Stampbord covers!

Also, be sure to check out Tricia Morris's Stampbord Mini Album Webisode on TvWeekly.com!



To create my pins, first I began applying the paler inks onto the Stampbord after pressing the ink pad cover onto the pad, then the Stampbord onto the damp pad... The first layer was pink with an all-over application, then I began applying additional inks with a more random approach and smoothed the ink with a piece of Cut 'n' Dry Foam. Then I stamped the dragonflies with Archival Ink and began etching out areas where I wanted white to show through. On the Believe Pin, I also inked the edges then applied the silver leafing pen to the sides and overran it a little onto the front edges.

I haven't yet decided how to complete the bottom one :) I definitely want to cover the side edges, but not sure if I want to ink the front edges or add a work or whirls, or nothing!



Club Scrap: Ivory Elegance 12/07 - UM Stamps; Centennial 2007 - UM Stamps;
Ampersand Art Supply - Stampbord; Claybord Scratch Knife;
Ranger: Adirondack Ink Pads - Cloudy Blue, Cool Peri, Eggplant, Pink Sherbet, Wild Plum; Archival Ink Pad - Grape; Posh - Silver Accent Pen;

Korean Heritage Layouts

I raided my husband's old photo album recently and dug up a number of photos from his childhood in South Korea to scrap! Here are a few of them!


Club Scrap: Sparkle 12/07 - Brown Metallic; The Written Word 11/05 - Stenci;, Autumn Splendor 10/04 - Medium Brown, Dark Brown; To You With Love 2/04 - Halos Snap; Hearth and Home 10/03 - Door Print; Fibers;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Ginger; Ink Applicator Tool;

This layout actually opens up to show LOTS of room for hidden journaling or additional photos behind the barn doors! The photo is of my husband at his grandparent's tobacco farm where he was raised. When I finish scrapping all of his childhood photos this will be the cover page and he's got to fill the inside with memories!



Club Scrap: Generations 4/08 Digital Kit - Paper03, Paper12, Exp01, Exp03, Trans25, Trans33;
Font: UnGungseo;

One Korean tradition is that on a child's 1st birthday, all children are dressed in traditional Korean clothing and have their photos taken. This photo is from my husband's first birthday! I also made use of two of the brand new DigiExpansion elements that Club Scrap is now creating for each new kit!

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The next five layouts are digital layouts, all using the Classic half of the Centennial Kit, to see more, especially from the casual half, please click here! The digital kit is still available to order through me and, even though Club Scrap is sold out on the full original kits, I have a few that are still available for purchase or for a workshop! If you decide to ALSB the papers, you will get 26 gorgeous 12x12 layouts and have enough left over for an 8.5x11 layout or a few cards, plus embellishments and a large collage stamp for even more!

Also, I used some of the digital transparencies as a stencil to create a more stippled and antiqued appearance. To do so, apply a transparency, or even text, onto a new layer, then select the area that the image takes up and in another new layer, use the paintbrush tool to fill the image in. Choose a soft or stippled brush, or really any that you prefer, and you'll get a great effect! Then simply hide or delete the layer with the original transparency to let the background show through your stenciled work!


Club Scrap: Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - ALSB #21, Tran08;

Another Korean tradition is to celebrate your child's 100th day! (Or round things off and celebrate at their 3rd month birthday.) In the past, infant mortality rates were higher and keeping visitors away for the first 100 days of a child's life was a very smart move that Korean families made. After the 100 days had passed, if your child was healthy it was likely that the baby would survive and, instead of having a baby shower before the child was born or a pile of visitors at the hospital, it was time to celebrate! Not only do you invite everyone to visit and feed them tons of traditional foods, but it's also time for some portraits! Traditionally, boys would be nude and girls would be dressed in traditional Korean clothing, but Jay's parents went for a little modesty here... And I think my husband might not forgive me if I posted his nude baby photos on my blog!


Club Scrap: Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - ALSB #15, Tran01;

This is another photo at the family farm, on a visit from Jay's parents. Like many Korean families of the time, Jay was raised as a young child by his grandparents while his parents sought a way to move to the United States. For part of this time, his mother lived in Hawaii while serving with the Red Cross and his father worked for Korean Air.


Club Scrap: Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - ALSB #23, Tran01, Xtra41;


Club Scrap: Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - ALSB #17, Tran03, Tran24;


Club Scrap: Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - ALSB #24; Farmer's Market 10/06 Digital Kit - Tran RemChild;

These photos are of a traditional Korean drum performance and then a shot with one of the drums!

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Here are a few previously posted layouts that deal with the family's Korean heritage... Please, click on each to go to the blog post with larger images and descriptions!

Digital Templates - 9 New Layouts & 1 Free Template

Starting in 2008, Club Scrap has begun offering Digital Templates to use for your layouts. These are layered images that you can add any digital papers, embellishments, and photos to while using the same layout structure completely, or partially. To help visualize the process, I've included a picture of each layout's components as well as the finished layout... and at the bottom of this post you can get a free template that I created!




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #1, CS01, CS02, CS07, Fbr01, Fbr06, Tag30;
Fonts: The King & Queen; Passions Conflict;

The photos are of an installation at our favorite local art museum from last year! I used the first template in the From the Heart kit on this one and warped a few sizes, rotated and resized the inked edges to add them to the photos, and altered the hues.




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #1's inked edges; Serengeti 11/07 Digital Kit- CS05,CS06, CS07, CS08; Refresh 2/07 - Trans04, Trans05, Trans16, Trans17, Trans18;
Font: Dali;

I used only the inked edges from From the Heart 2008 DigiTemplate #1, altered hues, and "die cut" the digital papers.

The Sentinel by Thomas Frederick Hoppin c. 1851, one of the first large scale bronze sculptures case in the United States and installed at Roger Williams Parks Zoo where it is a favorite of many children. 9/17/2006




Club Scrap: A Study In Red 1/08 Digital Kit - ALSB Layout 03, CS08, CS09, Fibr05, Tag19, Xtra14; From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template 10;
Font: Passions Conflict;

I combined an ALSB Layout with a different template and some additional elements to create a layout somewhere in between the two!




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #10; Be Still 9/07 Digital Kit - Trans05; Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - CS01, CS03, CS04, CS07, CS09, Fibers10, Fibers11, Trans08, Xtra47;
Aquiline Two Font;

From a Native American Festival that my mom took the kids and some Russian exchange students to... the kids & my mother made those corn husk dolls!





I borrowed the overlapping photos from the template, actually borrowing from my layered Corn Husk Doll layout, to create this insert for my coffee tumbler.




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - DigiTemplate #7; Rhapsody 3/07 Digital Kit - CS01, CS05, CS10, Trans05, Trans06, Trans11, Trans15, Trans22;
Font: Belisa Plumilla Manual;




Club Scrap: A Study in Red 1/08 Digital Kit - CS01, CS03, CS08, Tag24; From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #5, Fbr02, Fbr05;
Font: Concrete Shoes;
Lyrics from Oreo Candy Bites Commercial, sung by Melanie Horsnell of Forever Thursday;




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #3; Surf's Up! 7/06 Digital Kit - CSBlue, CSDkGreen, CSPSalmon2, Fiber09, Trans02, Trans15;
Font: Hobby;




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #2; Sparkle 12/07 Digital Kit - CS01, CS02, CS10, CS11, Fbr03, Fbr14, Tran20, Tran22, Xtra15;
Font: Passions Conflict;



These three layouts each used templates from their respective digital kits and the details can be found in their blog post by clicking on the thumbnails above! The two from Bridges 2/08 stay fairly true to the templates, but the Avant Garde 3/08 layout only uses the chrome ring from the template.


Club Scrap: Avant Garde 3/08 Digital Kit - Apricot JR Print 05, White JR Print 06;
Font Garden: FG Amelia Computer Font;
Scan of my own hand-drawn lines;
Photoshop Elements: Distort - Warp;

This is a layout that I created using the Avant Garde 3/08 Digital Kit along with scans of my own doodles, the Distort: Wave Filter, and some drop shadows. I've included a free template for you to make this layout! Please right-click to save this link. http://neithj.googlepages.com/TemplateScribbleStrips.psd

Bright Pages and Children Go Hand in Hand!

These layouts feature a variety of kits, some ASLB (Assembly Line ScrapBooking, complete cutting plans for layouts using particular kits, provided by Club Scrap each for each and every new kit) and some free-form! While I adore the variety of earthy and neutral colors that Club Scrap offers in some kits, the bright clothing and surroundings for my kids often call for bolder color schemes and Club Scrap has some great ones available!

The first five use the Special Edition Centennial 2007 Kit which features two kits in one! These are from the Casual half of the kit, as opposed to the browns and creams of the Classic half.


Club Scrap: A Study in Red 1/08 - Puffy Velvet Fabric Marker in Black; Centennial Kit 2007 - Casual ALSB LO#2;
Stewart Superior: Palette Noir Black Ink Pad;
Zig: Millennium Pen in Pure Black;

Journaling Reads: JOY Is there anything even half as fun, for a pair of 4 year olds, as flopping out in a ball pit? Millis Pride Day 2003


Club Scrap: Centennial Kit 2007 - Casual ALSB LO#7;
Scrapbook Takeout: Wonderful Whimsy 6/07 - Elsie Roxie Trinkets Stickers, Elsie Roxie Rubons;
Stewart Superior: Palette Noir Black Ink Pad;
Zig: Millennium Pen in Pure Black;
Marvy Uchida: Puffy Velvet Fabric Marker in Light Blue;

Journaling Reads: Treasure Seekers at Sebek's 6th Birthday Party 6/29/2003


Club Scrap - Centennial Kit 2007 - Casual ALSB LO#4; Serengeti 11/07 - Leaf Solid;
Stewart Superior - Palette Noir Black Ink Pad;
Zig - Millennium Pen in Pure Black;

Journaling Reads: Racing to the end of a Treasure Map... Resting on a deserted isle... Digging into a treasure-filled cake... What more could a 6 year old pirate want? 6/29/03


Club Scrap: Centennial Kit 2007 - Casual ALSB LO#8;
Mitsubishi: White Uniball Signo Pen;
Scrapbook Takeout: Wonderful Whimsy 6/07 - Elsie Roxie Trinkets Stickers;
Stewart Superior: Palette Noir Black Ink Pad;
Zig: Millennium Pen in Pure Black;

Journaling Reads: Making magical princess wants at your 5th Birthday Party! 7-19-03

Details about this layout can be found in my Got Bugs? blog entry from October! It features the ALSB #7 from the Centennial Kit.

Club Scrap: Fizz 1/07 - Sr ALSB #5, Dark Pink Plain, Light Pink 8.5x11 Print, White Translucent Plain; Christmas 2005 - Font UM;
Ranger: Distress Ink Pad in Worn Lipstick;
Stewart Superior: Palette Ink Pad in Noir Black;


Club Scrap: Serengeti 11/07 - Brads from Embellishment Pack; Fizz 1/07 - Stencil; Mosaic Twist 1/05 - Handmade Lime/Blue/Teal, Handmade Lime 8.5x11; Salsa 11/03 Turquoise 8.5x11 Print;
American Crafts: Pigment Pro Marker - Blue;
Scrapbook Takeout: Graffiti Artist 4/08 - American Crafts Photo Turns; Winter in the Tropics 1/07 - Hambly Screen Prints Rub-Ons Twig/Dandelions Lime Green; 2/07 - Fancy Pants Biggest Chipboard Flourishes; Clearly Speaking 7/07 - Kit Heidi Swapp Bordeaux Ghost Alphabet in Lime;
Ranger: Adirondack Paint Dabber - Clover;

The girls were helping my parents weed their sidewalk when Uatchet found this shock warning tag under some weeds!






Club Scrap: Avant Garde 3/08 - Green Plain; Wheel & Sprocket 8/06 - Family Ride Stencil; Mosaic Twist 1/05 - Lemon Print, Lime 8.5x11 Handmade; Salsa 11/03 - Lime 8.5x11 Print;
Ranger: Adirondack Ink Pad - Bottle; Adirondack Paint Dabber - Clover;
Zig: Writer - Hunter Green;

This is from Sebek's only trip to a car race... and he got to do laps in the lime green car that he loved (even though they were guests of another driver)!


Club Scrap: Avant Garde 3/08 CSDigital Kit - Paper 01, Paper 09, Paper 10, Tag 11, Tran 24;
tweed. Computer Font;

I created a digital stencil using both the transparency and the tag shapes, then "stippled" color within the boundaries of those shapes in a new layer with the paintbrush tool.