Pre-K
Graduation by Tina Bateman |
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I recently caught my husband looking at a Father’s Day book that I made for him last year. The smile on his face grew with each turn of the page and it was at that moment I realized that his reaction is exactly why I scrapbook. This layout captures a milestone in my young daughter’s life – her graduation from Pre-K. Here I have taken the diploma and the program from the event and scanned them in. This allowed me to include each of these elements without (1) destroying the original, and (2) using them in the exact size that I wanted to within my layout.
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Supplies
 - Elements: pencil, ruler "School Days” kit (LilyBelle Scraps), stitched frame - "Back to School" (O’Scraps collab, Fei-fei’s Stuff), orange scribble - "Back to School" (O’Scraps collab, Create Wings Designs)
- Font: “PeaShirley” (kevinandamanda.com)
- Photo frames: various templates (simplyyin.blogspot.com)
- Label: Created using the label generator (BriAnna @ atomiccupcake.com)
- Papers: lined paper - " Back to School " (O’Scraps collab, Sue Cummings Designs), grunge / inked edge paper - " Back to School" (O’Scraps collab, Vicki Stegall Designs)
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Instructions
I created my layout using Adobe Photoshop CS4. Any program that supports layers will work.
1. First scan any documents or elements that you would like to use in your layout. In this case, I scanned the diploma and graduation program into my computer and saved them as .jpg files.
2. Open both of the paper files and drop them into a new file. The grunge effect paper should go in the layer above the lined paper. Adjust the opacity level of the grunge layer to create the look you want.
3. Copy over several frame groupings from templates by Simply Yin. (I like to use these because they already have a realistic dropshadow applied to them.) Drop the frames into the file and arrange each grouping as desired. You should have one frame grouping for each photo or scanned item you plan to use.
4. Open your photos and scanned items and copy them to your file. Position each item over a frame grouping and use the Ctrl-G command to create a clipping mask. Adjust the placement of the photo as desired. Repeat for each frame grouping.
5. Copy any additional decorative elements into your file. For this layout, that includes the stitched frame, crayon squiggle, label, ruler, and pencil. Position the stitched frame so that there is room to add journaling within it. Position the other elements as desired.
6. When everything is positioned to your liking, apply a drop shadow to each element layer. (Remember there is already a drop shadow applied to the frames.) Double-click each layer to bring up the Blending Modes. Select Drop Shadow and set blend mode to multiply, angle 120, opacity 40%, distance 22 px, spread 0 %, size 6 px. This drop shadow will closely mimic the shadow applied to the frames.
I started scrapbooking in 1999 and have progressed from paper scrapping to hybrid and in recent years, to digital scrapbooking. I’ve always considered myself to be a bit of a computer geek, so the progression to using the PC for documenting my memories was a natural one. When I find the time, I like to design digital elements and papers that others can use for free. Freebies by ba-da-Bina Designs can be found on my blog:
http://badabina.blogspot.com.
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Note: All of the images on
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happen. Either a detailed page about the layout will be displayed or a
more detailed version of the picture will appear |
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