Thursday, June 11, 2009
Speed Scrap Tonight at Stuff to Scrap
Just another reminder that tonight at 9 EST I will be hosting a Speed Scrap at STS and below is the participation prize you will get. Hope to see you tonight!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Family Memories QP Freebie
Today I have a QP freebie that I made using Family Memories by Gettin' Scrappy With Britt and Digi-Designs by Nicole. Hope you like it and please take time to leave me some love! Click on the preview to go to 4-shared to download.
Password for QP: home
The Great Outdoors Elements Part 2
It is the last day for The Great Outdoors kit freebie downloads. Hope you were able to snag all four parts. If you missed one of them the kit will be available in my STS store next week. You will be able to buy the papers and elements separately. Tomorrow I will have a QP for you and my CT members came up with some great QP's and BB's too, so make sure to come back for those! Thanks and hope you like the kit.
~Kat
Here is a layout that I created with my new kit!.jpg)
Layouts by Jenn
Brag Book Pages by Tammy
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SORRY THIS FREEBIE HAS EXPIRED. YOU CAN FIND THIS KIT AT MY STS STORE.Speed Scrap Tomorrow at STS
It's almost here! The next Speed Scrap at STS is tomorrow and it is being hosted by little ol' me! Look at the cool participation prize I put together for you. All you have to do is come, have fun, and submit a layout and you will get this little mini-kit for free. Hope to see you tomorrow.
~Katina
~Katina
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The Great Outdoors Elements Part 1
It is already day 3 of The Great Outdoors downloads. Today you will get part 1 of the elements and tomorrow you will get part 2. Friday I will have a QP for you and so will my Creative Team members, so you don't want to miss that either. Remember, the download links are only available for 24 hours, so if you miss one you will have to buy the kit in my STS store next week. :-) Here is a preview of the elements and more layouts created by my CT.
Have a good day!
~The Scrappy Kat
Layout by Tara
Layouts by Tammy
**Sorry This Freebie Has Expired***
Monday, June 8, 2009
Speed Scrap Tomorrow Night
There is a Speed Scrap tomorrow night at STS. It is being hosted by Digi-designs by Nicole and there is a neat word art participation prize too! Hope to see you there!
The Great Outdoors Kit Download 2
It is Day 2 for The Great Outdoors freebie kit. Today you will be snagging the second part of the papers. Come back tomorrow for part one of the elements!
Layout by Amber
Layout by Beth
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Layout by Tara
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***SORRY THIS DOWNLOAD HAS EXPIRED***
These are wonderful layouts created by members of my Creative Team!
Layout by Amber
Layout by Beth
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Layout by Tara
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***SORRY THIS DOWNLOAD HAS EXPIRED***
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Family Memories Free Collab Kit
Gettin' Scrappy With Britt & Digi-Designs by Nicole have this awesome new collab kit out called Family Memories. Not only is it awesome, but they are offering it for free on their blogs this week. So hurry on over by clicking on their kit previews and snag these goodies before they are gone.
The Great Outdoors Kit Download 1
It's here...the kit you have all been looking for. The Great Outdoors is perfect for scrapping all those photos you have of your clan camping, fishing, hiking, or anything else outdoors. It is also great for scrapping masculine photos of the men in your life.
Here is how it is going to go. Today you download part 1, tomorrow part 2, and so on. By the end of the week you will have the entire kit and on Friday my CT will have an added bonus, QP & BB freebies! There is one catch though, you have to come back each day, as the download links will only be active for 24 hours.
Hope you like this kit and have as much fun scrapping with it as I did designing it. See you all again tomorrow!
~The Scrappy Kat
Check out a couple of pages that my CT created with the kit (I will post more great layouts each day this week). 
Layout by Tammy
Here is how it is going to go. Today you download part 1, tomorrow part 2, and so on. By the end of the week you will have the entire kit and on Friday my CT will have an added bonus, QP & BB freebies! There is one catch though, you have to come back each day, as the download links will only be active for 24 hours.
Hope you like this kit and have as much fun scrapping with it as I did designing it. See you all again tomorrow!
~The Scrappy Kat
Check out a couple of pages that my CT created with the kit (I will post more great layouts each day this week). 
Layout by Tammy
***SORRY THIS PART OF THE FREEBIE IS EXPIRED***
Meet Tammy My Newest CT Member
I would like to introduce a new addition to The Scrappy Kat Creative Team. Her name is Tammy and she is going to be a fun & talented asset to our team. Welcome Tammy!
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You can visit Tammy's Blog Here.
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You can visit Tammy's Blog Here. The Great Outdoors Kit Freebie
Good Morning Blog Readers!
I wanted to give you a preview of a kit I will have up for free on my blog this week. It is called The Great Outdoors. Starting this evening you will have the chance to download the first part of the kit. Each day this week you will have 24 hours to download a different part of the kit, ending on Friday when you will get some quick page and brag book freebies from my Creative Team members. See you back tonight with the link for download 1!
~The Scrappy Kat
I wanted to give you a preview of a kit I will have up for free on my blog this week. It is called The Great Outdoors. Starting this evening you will have the chance to download the first part of the kit. Each day this week you will have 24 hours to download a different part of the kit, ending on Friday when you will get some quick page and brag book freebies from my Creative Team members. See you back tonight with the link for download 1!
~The Scrappy Kat
Saturday, June 6, 2009
How to Make a Quick Page Using GIMP 2.6
Today I have a freebie of a different kind for you...it is a tutorial. I love using GIMP, however, there are just not a lot of tutorials out there that help out us digi-scrappers. The tutorial I have for you is how to make a quick page using GIMP. Hope you like it!
How to Make a Quick Page using GIMP 2.6
Go to File and choose New.
For a 12 x 12 QP you will want it to be 3600 pixels wide by 3600 pixels tall. A 4 x 6 brag book page would be 1800 pixels wide by 1200 pixels tall.
Click on Advanced Options and change your x and y resolutions to 300 pixels/in.
Color space should be RGB Color and Fill With should be changed to Transparency (This is the most vital part of making a QP).
Click OK.
On your menu bar at the top click on Windows, Dockable Dialogs, Layers; this will open your Layers Dialog.
Now it is time to create your layout.
Each paper/element you add should have its own layer, this gives you the ability to move things around as you are creating your page.
Open the folder that has your papers/elements in them that you want to use. The easiest way to add papers/elements to your layout is to simply drag them from their folder into your GIMP workspace. Simply restore down your folder on top of your GIMP workspace, click on your paper/element, and drag the paper/element into the workspace.
When you do this GIMP will automatically give the paper/element its own layer.
(Note: I like to save as I go, as GIMP can be resource intensive which is not good if you have an older PC. You will want to save your document as a psd or xcf (GIMP file) while you are still working on your page, this will keep your layers from merging.)
When you have the layout how you want it, it is time to add drop shadows if you wish. Drop shadows give your page a more 3D look and make them look more realistic, as if they are actual layered papers and elements.
Click Filters, Light & Shadow, Drop Shadow.
In my experience it is best to uncheck the resize box in the Drop Shadow dialogue. You will find out why if you forget to uncheck it and have a paper or element too close to the edge. If you forget you can always go to Edit and click Undo.
Depending on the colors of your papers/elements the numbers and colors here can be adjusted to your liking. Just play around with them until you find what you like. Because my papers are dark, the default sizes and colors are fine for my QP. If your layout has mostly light colors, you will want to lighten your color for your drop shadow or they will look too harsh. You will want to repeat the drop shadow for each layer that you wish to add one to. For this layout I added a drop shadow to my frame, both elements, and to the plaid paper.
After you add your drop shadows, it is time to merge all the layers BELOW your frame, but not the frame itself, leave it in the layer above the rest of the merged layers.
In your Layers dialogue right click on each layer that you wish to merge and chose Merge Down. Do this until every layer below your frame is merged into one layer.
After you have merged those layers, click on the little eye that is beside your bottom layer. This will make that layer invisible.
Now click on your frame layer in your layers dialogue. After that layer is highlighted, click on your little magic wand in the Toolbox. This is in the top row of your Toolbox dialogue, the 4th over. Now, click inside your frame in the workspace.
This will give you little marching ants on the inside of your frame. On your menu go to Select - Grow and grow your selection a few pixels, 5-10 is usually good depending on the size of your frame. This will insure that none of your paper underneath sticks out from beneath the frame. Now you will want to go down to the bottom layer that you made invisible and click where the eye used to be, making it visible again. You will also want to click on this layer now to select it as the layer you now want to work with.
Notice you will still have the marching ants inside the frame. Now it is time for the cool part, hit control + x. Or go up to Edit and choose Cut.
You now have a hole for your photo and have made your first quick page. Good job!
Now to save your finished quick page…click on File, Save As. You want to save your finished page as a PNG file, that way the opening for your photo is preserved. I saved mine as tgolayout.png. Then click Save.
When you click save a screen will pop up and tell you that the image needs to be flattened before it can be saved. Just keep the default action which is Merge Visible Layers and click Export or hit your enter key.
The next screen that comes up asks you all the specific properties that you want to save your page at, make sure the compression level defaults to 9 and just leave everything else at the default settings and click Save or hit your enter key.
That is it! You have made and saved your quick page successfully. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and found it educational.
~The Scrappy Kat
How to Make a Quick Page using GIMP 2.6
Go to File and choose New.
For a 12 x 12 QP you will want it to be 3600 pixels wide by 3600 pixels tall. A 4 x 6 brag book page would be 1800 pixels wide by 1200 pixels tall.
Click on Advanced Options and change your x and y resolutions to 300 pixels/in.
Color space should be RGB Color and Fill With should be changed to Transparency (This is the most vital part of making a QP).
Click OK.On your menu bar at the top click on Windows, Dockable Dialogs, Layers; this will open your Layers Dialog.
Now it is time to create your layout.Each paper/element you add should have its own layer, this gives you the ability to move things around as you are creating your page.
Open the folder that has your papers/elements in them that you want to use. The easiest way to add papers/elements to your layout is to simply drag them from their folder into your GIMP workspace. Simply restore down your folder on top of your GIMP workspace, click on your paper/element, and drag the paper/element into the workspace.
When you do this GIMP will automatically give the paper/element its own layer.
(Note: I like to save as I go, as GIMP can be resource intensive which is not good if you have an older PC. You will want to save your document as a psd or xcf (GIMP file) while you are still working on your page, this will keep your layers from merging.)
When you have the layout how you want it, it is time to add drop shadows if you wish. Drop shadows give your page a more 3D look and make them look more realistic, as if they are actual layered papers and elements.
Click Filters, Light & Shadow, Drop Shadow.
In my experience it is best to uncheck the resize box in the Drop Shadow dialogue. You will find out why if you forget to uncheck it and have a paper or element too close to the edge. If you forget you can always go to Edit and click Undo.
Depending on the colors of your papers/elements the numbers and colors here can be adjusted to your liking. Just play around with them until you find what you like. Because my papers are dark, the default sizes and colors are fine for my QP. If your layout has mostly light colors, you will want to lighten your color for your drop shadow or they will look too harsh. You will want to repeat the drop shadow for each layer that you wish to add one to. For this layout I added a drop shadow to my frame, both elements, and to the plaid paper.
After you add your drop shadows, it is time to merge all the layers BELOW your frame, but not the frame itself, leave it in the layer above the rest of the merged layers.
In your Layers dialogue right click on each layer that you wish to merge and chose Merge Down. Do this until every layer below your frame is merged into one layer.
After you have merged those layers, click on the little eye that is beside your bottom layer. This will make that layer invisible.
Now click on your frame layer in your layers dialogue. After that layer is highlighted, click on your little magic wand in the Toolbox. This is in the top row of your Toolbox dialogue, the 4th over. Now, click inside your frame in the workspace.
This will give you little marching ants on the inside of your frame. On your menu go to Select - Grow and grow your selection a few pixels, 5-10 is usually good depending on the size of your frame. This will insure that none of your paper underneath sticks out from beneath the frame. Now you will want to go down to the bottom layer that you made invisible and click where the eye used to be, making it visible again. You will also want to click on this layer now to select it as the layer you now want to work with.
Notice you will still have the marching ants inside the frame. Now it is time for the cool part, hit control + x. Or go up to Edit and choose Cut.
You now have a hole for your photo and have made your first quick page. Good job!
Now to save your finished quick page…click on File, Save As. You want to save your finished page as a PNG file, that way the opening for your photo is preserved. I saved mine as tgolayout.png. Then click Save.
When you click save a screen will pop up and tell you that the image needs to be flattened before it can be saved. Just keep the default action which is Merge Visible Layers and click Export or hit your enter key.
The next screen that comes up asks you all the specific properties that you want to save your page at, make sure the compression level defaults to 9 and just leave everything else at the default settings and click Save or hit your enter key.
That is it! You have made and saved your quick page successfully. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and found it educational.~The Scrappy Kat
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Speed Scrap Next Week
Mark June 11th on your calendars, as I will be hosting my first speed scrap at Stuff To Scrap. I also put together a little mini-kit as a participation prize. Hope to see you next Thursday!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
"On The Go" Mega Kit
Here is the June STS Designer Collaboration Mega Kit. It is called On The Go. It is available at the Stuff to Scrap Store. We also put together a terrific QP album that is available too. Click on the previews to go to the store.
This kit is beyond HUGE! On The Go is packed full of great papers and embellishments by all of the designers here at Stuff To Scrap. This kit is perfect for scrapping all of those pictures you take when you're on the go! Vacations, road trips even your children's favorite activities!
The On the Go Quick Page Album features 20 12x12 Quick Pages at 300ppi. These pages are adorable, and will help you complete an entire album in minutes! Simply place your picture in the frames, add a title and journaling if you'd like and save!
This kit is beyond HUGE! On The Go is packed full of great papers and embellishments by all of the designers here at Stuff To Scrap. This kit is perfect for scrapping all of those pictures you take when you're on the go! Vacations, road trips even your children's favorite activities!The On the Go Quick Page Album features 20 12x12 Quick Pages at 300ppi. These pages are adorable, and will help you complete an entire album in minutes! Simply place your picture in the frames, add a title and journaling if you'd like and save!
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