For my very first post {woohoo} I have put together a super basic tutorial for those of you who would like to give digital scrapbooking a go. For those of you who already have a grasp of the basics, you may want to scroll down to a little inspiration towards the end.

Create the base of your layout in Photoshop by opening a new document of 3600 x 3600px with the resolution at 300.

Locate paper 9 from the Honey Church kit and open this in Photoshop. With your move tool selected, hold down the shift key and drag the paper over to your new document.

TIP: By holding down the shift button whilst dragging any paper or element to another document, places the layer in the center.

Open your second paper which will be paper 7 from the same kit and resize the paper to 3480 x 3480px by right clicking on the top of the document and selecting image size. With your move tool still selected, hold down the shift key and drag the paper over to your new document.

Now open the Honey Church overlay from the kit and resize it to 3485 x 3485px as we did in the previous step. Holding down the shift key again, drag the overlay over to your new document. Now let’s zoom into your document at 100% so we can get a closer look.

As you can see in the above screen shot, the overlay needs to be moved over to the right to line up with the second paper. Use your arrow keys on your keyboard to nudge your overlay to the right of your document to align the overlay with the edge of the top paper.

Let’s add some dimension to the second paper by giving it a drop shadow. Go to your layers palette and double click on layer 3 to bring up the layer style dialog box. As you can see below in the screen shot, I have given you the sizes and color I have used for my drop shadow for the purpose of this tutorial but feel free to play with the settings to achieve a drop shadow to your liking.

This concludes the beginner tutorial on creating a basic digital background. Feel free to add some photos or more digital embellishments from the Honey Church kit to finsh a complete digital layout.

I am going to take this a step further by using more Kenner Road digital goodies such as the flash frames and the bingo cards to customize a frame for my photo to print out and turn this digital background into a hybrid layout. I simply printed out the digital background on a large format printer as well as my layered frame and other pieces I created in Photoshop. I added some Kenner Road paper kit products from Madeleine (February main kit) and Milk & Honey (February embellishment kit) to finish off my layout.

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Ready to see some more digital eye candy using Kenner Road goodies? Click on the hearts to take a closer look!

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Do you need one more reason why you should give digital scrapping a go? One of the best parts about digital scrapbooking is that if you make a mistake in Photoshop, all you have to do is hit the step backward (Alt+Ctrl+Z) button and the mistake is no more!  Don’t be afraid to play around with your goodies, you may surprise yourself with what you come up with. To show you how versatile the Kenner Road digital goodies can be, I want to share with you my blog banner I created for my blog make over. I simply extracted bits and pieces from all of the products and mixed them together in loads of layers. Seriously, you can’t go wrong!

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Click on the heart under my blog banner above to have a closer look at how I decorated my blog with all this divine digital vintage goodness. I hope I have tempted you to give digital scrapping a try, it really is so much fun {and without the mess} Don’t forget, if you have any questions or you want to share what you have created, please leave a comment and link us up we would love to see!

Have a creative day and try something new!

Diana

xo

Hi everyone! Today I want to share a little project I made that was inspired by a beautiful spring product.  This cute spring bathing suit from Anthro . Now I know what you’re thinking! Bathing suit?! Yikes! It’s probably snowing or raining outside in your neighborhood right now and none of us is thinking about wearing a cute bathing suit any time soon. But this isn’t any reason not to indulge in a little inspiration. ;)

When I first saw this colorful piece I immediately was inspired by the bright colorful flowers. They make me think of a vacation in Hawaii or Fiji  :)  Ahh… daydreaming. But I quickly snapped to it and made a pretty flower out of felt that is inspired by the flowers in this piece.

Here is a close up of my handmade flower in my project:

Just playing with the bright colors made me forget the grey clouds outside. I LOVED it!

Now I used left over items in the Skylark kit:

- 7 Gypsies Paper ( I gessoed a 9×9 piece to lighten the pattern)

- K&Co – handmade ephemera pack ( 2 tickets, 1 name plate held together by the cute mini wooden clip also included in the pack)

- May Arts - striped 1″ ribbon {1 yard} ( this is the same ribbon I wrapped my wedding bouquet so using it with a snapshot of my Mr. Handsome and me on our wedding day was perfect *xoxo*)

- K&Co - handmade adhesive gems ( I used 2 golden brown small gems for the title name plate )

And extra items from my studio:

- Handmade felt flower with crepe paper & felt leaves.

- White doily

- Shadow box ( 9×9 from IKEA )

This project is one I am taking on each month. I have this sitting in my little table in my living room and this is pretty much the room Mr. Handsome and I hang out a lot in watching TV :) I always have to change things around to keep things fresh and fun so this is the perfect solution and now there is a little spring in our home!

So maybe it all started with a cute bathing suit… but I ended up with a colorful bright spot in my home and a page that pushes the gloom far away. Take a little inspiration and lets see where it takes you!

-debee

 Ever get stuck in a rut?
Or how about you just don’t feel very creative?
It happens!
One of my favorite things to do to help get myself out of a rut is to scraplift myself!
{it’s easy and totally legal!}
I pull out an old album or 2 (which is always fun to look through anyway!) and start going through my old layouts.
I don’t go too far back because some of my old layouts are just plain hideous!
But I do go back a couple of years because I am trying to get myself out of the rut of the same ole layouts I have been doing recently.
I’ve got a couple of examples for you!
I made this layout for the February gallery
using the Skylark & Passerine kits.

I made that layout after finding this next one in an old album.
I used the same basic design and theme for my newer layout.

 I might need to do one of these “love” layouts once a year.
They would be fun to look back on after a while!
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Here is another example.
This funky layout is one of my favorites from a couple of years back.

I used it as a jumpstart to create this next layout using the Skylark kit.

I hope this tip helps you out the next time you get stuck in a rut or need a little boost of creativity!
Have a great day!
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I am a big fan of the handwritten letter, although to be honest i have been a bit horrible at sending thank you notes lately. So, last night i made a digi leatterhead with the new HoneyChurch kit {so i can send a few out this week} and decided I love it so much i’d share. simply click the image below and you can download an 8.5×11 version for yourself. use it for letters. notes. or you can even scrap a page or two.

please note this is a pdf file so you will need adobe in order to download and view.

happy wednesday!
xo

I am beyond thrilled to be welcoming Diana Martin & Cathy Pascual to the kR creative team. They are incredibly talented Digital designers who have been inspiring me for years so I am beyond happy to have them join us. Both Cathy & Diana will be creating projects with the kR digital kits that are available at Two Peas and we’ll be showcasing their projects and tutorials here on the blog so that even you ladies who have said you are a bit intimidated by using Digi kits can see how easy it can be.

Welcome to the team ladies! We are so excited and honored to have you join kR!
happy tuesday!
xo