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Noël Chez Moi (Christmas at Home) is a big kit, with 24 papers and 74 quality and unique elements, I’m sure you’re going to absolutely love it.  It’s colour scheme is traditional Christmas, rich deep reds, green, gold and a gorgeous pale cream.

Noël Chez Moi also has a coordinating set of photo masks, just perfect for all your Christmas and Winter layouts.  The really, really good news is that the Photomask set is absolutely FREE when you buy the full Noël Chez Moi kit (but only for a limited time – so make sure you buy early!).   AND…here’s the icing on the cake…Noël Chez Moi will be on introductory offer of 20% discount, but also for a limited time at Digital Design Den.  So how’s that for an early Christmas present!

Isn't she adorable?  Take a look at Catherine's layouts in DDD to see more inspiring pages.

This Collection just radiates all the love, warmth and magic of Christmas.  With so many beautiful papers and exquisite elements to chose from, the kit could be used for anything.   Cards, tags wrappings, decorations for the tree and even delightful scrapbook pages to record those special memories.  I used a Photoshop style that I created on this layout.  I love a bit of twinkle and I bet you do too.  The Collection is already filled with sparkles but there's never too much for the holidays.  So I'm sharing my style with you.  Download HERE for your FREEBIE.

                                                                              

A New Product JIF 6

This LO was created using one of my favorite designer's new products called a JIF 6 Kit (just insert photo).  Brandy Murry has provided all of the pieces in a PSD and PNG formats ready for you to assemble.  The kit may be purchased HERE and you can view the beautiful pages that she has designed using the Kit as well.  Brandy has also made available six excellent tutorials on You Tube.  They include:  How to achieve a true color.  Different ways to use Styles.  Recoloring Digital Products.  Making Layered Scrapbook Layout Titles.  How to use Photoshop Groups.  Creating dimension with Photos and Brushes.   I'm certain that you will discover something that you did not already know.  Take a peek.

 

Mini Tutorial for Tree

I’m currently enrolled in another wonderful class given by Jessica Sprague called the Heritage Album.  It has motivated me to gather all those bits and pieces of family history and compile them into a keepsake album.  I posted a page in the class gallery that peeked some interest regarding a technique I used to give the “tree” a unique touch.  Although I can not use the actual tree that you see on my finished LO since it was in my class material, I have drawn a small "Charlie Brown" tree for you to use to practice the technique.  You may download the products needed HERE.
I am using a Mac and Photoshop CS3

• Open downloaded file.
• Open a new 12x12 document and place the tree on second layer and then the paper on third layer.
• Close originals.
• Press the Command key while highlighting the box with the tree.  Marching ants should appear.
• Press Command D to deselect the marching ants.
• Clip the paper to the tree.
• Apply the following blending options to the tree layer:

You may clip any textured or patterned paper to the tree.  However, depending on the paper that you are using and the look you want to achieve, you may want to play around with the layer style settings.  I also like to experiment with the adjustment settings (levels, curves, hue and saturation) but make sure you have your paper layer highlighted when you do this.  Move the paper around to bring out the darker contrasts through the trunk area.  Have fun experimenting and you’ll be amazed at what you can learn by trial and error.

Spotlight

This absolutely beautiful Fall Collection, "Autumn Song" may be purchased at Digital Design Den.   The designer, Catherine Wood, is a master of extractions and details.  Her kits are all exceptional.  The store is having a grand opening from Oct 1-8 with plenty of beautiful products on sale and a lovely FREEBIE.  Hop on over by clicking HERE.

                                                     
This is a layout that I created using the featured kit.  "No" is probably the first word that we learn with "Mine" being the second in our vocabulary!  By the way, their teacher won.

Autumn Song can also be utilized in a more elegant fashion as shown in the above image.  Catherine's choice of jewel tone colors are perfect for the season and her beautiful elements are a breeze to cluster.  The Alpha is from a FREEBIE  from Christy's site, Speedscraps.