It’s here: iNSD 2013!! Lotsa products and a freebie!

Happy iNSD!

I’ve got a few goodies to celebrate this hobby of ours, isn’t it addictive? :-)

First up, I’m guesting at ScrapMatters this month!
So you will have double the fun.
Both my stores are

30 % OFF for iNSD.

(btw, newsletter subscribers will save even more)

Now for the goods….

I’ve got some SUPER deals for you, but you will have to act fast,
as they will only be available for a few days.

3 NEW products for only $3

so only $1 for each product!

at Oscraps | at ScrapMatters

These are included

Mirjam of pink reptile designs and I have teamed up again and have this brandnew collab out

For those horror blind dates or that special one where you met him ;-)
Also versatile enough to scrap any other page!

at Oscraps | at ScrapMatters

inspiration by Natascha and Ellen

But….

What’s even better is that Mirjam and I have bundled both our grab bags with this collab,
and it is on SALE for just a few days!

SAVE 60% OFF

with this

iNSD MEGA Collab Bundle

at Oscraps | at ScrapMatters

For my guest gig at ScrapMatters, all made to coordinate with the May Mix-A-Kit.

And since it is a special day, the Coupon Offers are back!
(For the specifics, see the product pages and sample images in the store)

And it wouldn’t be a celebration without a free gift, right?

Here you go

For my part in the DSA blog train.

*FREE, only during this iNSD weekend*

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You should’ve arrived from Jen C Designs and you’re next stop is at bzb designs.
Should you get lost, see the whole list of participating designers at DSA.
Remember, designers are in different parts of the world.
If a part is not up yet, please check back at a later time.

Enjoy,
happy shopping and scrapping!

xx

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summer bright

After such a long winter, I’m sure lots of you are looking forward to warmer weather! Until the temperature actually rises in some places, bask in the re-release of summer bright, a mini kit of bright pink, green, and aqua papers and fun elements – literally!

Here is a little inspiration using summer bright from our creative artists…

by chocochoco

by marnel

Add a little warmth to your creations - summer bright is on sale for 20% off through Sunday!

Layering Stamps to Create a Background

I hope you all had a great weekend! Last week, I noticed I have a lot of stamps in my digiscrap stash that I’ve never used. I finally decided to pull some out and use them for a background. In this case, I grabbed the stamped mess {hexagon} stamps.

I already had a photo in mind, but I wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to scrap it. So, I just pulled up a blank page and decided to have fun with the stamp. I started by putting one of the hexagon stamps on a gray background.

Next, I wanted to fill in the hexagons with one of the dominant colors from my photo. I found a paper from here. there that I really liked and used that to clip to the hexagon layer. (Clipping a paper to a .png is one of my quick tricks. I’ll be doing that for the next several layers.)

I decided to layer another hexagon stamp on top and resize it a bit. Then I moved it over the first hexagon layer.

I selected another color I wanted to highlight in the photo and clipped another paper – from today - to the second hexagon layer.

I decided one more hexagon layer would be perfect for the background.

And this time, I chose a pink paper – from watercolor canvas – to clip to the third hexagon layer.

With all the hexagons, the photo just didn’t seem right as a rectangle. So I decided to frame the photo with another stamp – this oval frame stamp is from stamped mess {today}. I resized the stamp so that it framed the photo just how I wanted.

Since I didn’t want the excess portion of the photo (i.e. the corners), I decided to create an oval mask. With the ellipse tool, I created an oval to fit inside the frame.

With the oval the correct size, I moved the photo layer above the oval and clipped it.

Perfect! The last part to this layout was to go ahead and add a title, journaling, and some elements. Here are the final results:

CREDITS
Papers: today, watercolor canvas, here.there. (Studio 68)
Elements: border madness {cozy fall}, stamped mess {hexagons}, stamped mess {today}, amici, the list and paint your story challenge 1 freebie (Studio 68)
Fonts: Wish I Were Taller (title); Traveling Typewriter (journaling, date)

You might have noticed I had a different border in the screenshots. I wasn’t happy with the way it looked, so I changed it. I also swapped out the background to white since the colors popped a bit more. And, I also reduced the opacity of the frame so it was softer.

I hope this inspires you to try using stamps a bit more on your layouts!