DD: MAR 19

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Post expires at 10:00am on Monday March 25th, 2024

DD: MAR 18

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DD: MAR 17

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DD: MAR 16

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March 15, 2024: Fresh Baked and NEW Guest Designer

Happy (almost) St. Patrick’s Day. Do you have plans for all things green on Sunday?

Remember, if you spend $10 in the store, you will get this great collab for free.

Let’s see the fun new items in the store this week.

We have a new Guest Designer starting this week!

Buzzbee Scraps

BIO:
I am so very happy to be guesting at GingerScraps. Here’s a little about me:

My name is Karen and I live in the UK on the South Coast. I have been scrap booking for around 20 years. Both traditional and digital. Then a couple of years ago, I ventured into designing. I absolutely loved it and so here I am today. I live with my husband Paul, and my rescue dog Tilly. Most days see me hiking around the countryside or walking on the beach. Plus gardening, crafting of all kinds, listening to lots of music and, of course, scrapbooking. I work 2 days a week as a children’s nanny. Which leaves lots of time for designing. I also have 3 grown kids all living away from home and I love visiting them.
Scrap wise, I enjoy simple designs with lots of white space. And I love to focus on family, everyday life, gratitude and nature.
I am really looking forward to getting to know everyone here!

Today also starts the March Bake Sale.

Remember we also have the Spring Scrap-a-thon going on.

How are your challenges going? Complete any 10 challenges and get this great collab as a reward.

DD: MAR 15

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Post expires at 10:00am on Thursday March 21st, 2024

DD: MAR 14

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DD: MAR 13

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Post expires at 10:00am on Tuesday March 19th, 2024

Tutorial Tuesday (Photoshop Elements)

Tucked Photo Frames Made Easy

PDF Version : https://bit.ly/3VmV2R8

Anyone who has spent any time touring the GingerScraps Gallery knows that we have some inordinately talented and creative scrappers in our midst. And some equally superlative Designers. If you’re ever needing a healthy dose of inspiration, you won’t have to look far. Karen found a layout using one of these fabulous tucked frames in the Gallery and had to try it for herself. Turns out Sheri (Jumpstart Designs) has already done ALL the work and all we have to do is customize. Here’s a link to the product in her Shop.

So how easy is it to use these gems? I’ll show you! While I’m at it I’m going to add my tucked photo to a template from this month’s Spotlight Designer, Connie Prince. (Alas, it’s discontinued, but this will work regardless.) As you can see in the screenshot below, I’m using a layered file, in this case a PSD.

The only difference with using PNG files for this is that you’ll have to add them to the template’s photo spot manually, one at a time, aligning them as needed. I dropped this photo of my grandson Aaron onto the Photo Mat layer of the PSD.

When I Resized my photo, I found it still wasn’t a great fit; there were important details I didn’t want to crop out.

But… I CAN Resize the rest of the layers to fit to the photo. I Activated all those layers EXCEPT the photo and made my adjustments. The nice thing about the Photo Mat layer being black is that it’s easy to see if the Resized frame still isn’t right.

Did you notice the tab is partially covered by the photo – which isn’t the look I want? To solve that problem I just Clipped the photo to the Photo Mat layer. There are always multiple ways of doing these types of things in Elements, and I usually will show you two of them. Right-click>Create Clipping Mat is one way. The keyboard shortcut for Elements 14 and earlier versions is CTRL/CMD>G. For Elements 15 and more recent it’s CTRL/CMD>ALT/OPT>G.

Simply by Clipping the photo to the Mat, the tab now looks like it’s part of the paper the photo/frame combo is tucked into!

Now to move it all to the template. I just moved the whole stack as one object onto the photo spot on my template. Will it still work like a PSD though? One way to find out!

Brilliant! All I did was turn visibility for the template’s photo spot off and the tab looks like it’s the same paper that’s under the photo.

As you can see on the finished layout, Clipping a paper to the template did exactly what I wanted it to do, and my photo is neatly tucked under some brown cardstock.

Now I can’t wait to try the others in the package!!

Next Tuesday, it’s YOUR turns to shine! Which Challenge will be in the Spotlight?

 

 

 

March 8, 2024: Fresh Baked

Happy Friday everyone. Has spring “sprung” in your area yet. We’ve had some great temperatures this week. I’m sure it will get cold again before spring hits for good. Don’t forget we have the Gingerscraps {Spring} Scrap-a-thon going on.

Gingerscraps {Spring} Scrap-a-thon!

Remember, if you spend $10 in the store, you will get this great collab for free. I just these bright colors.

Let’s see some of the new items in the shop this week.

How are your challenges going? Are you participating in the Scrap-a-thon? If you complete any 10 challenges, you will get this kit as a reward.