January 29, 2012
I have a sweet tip for you today! Just a quick way to zoom into your page. If you don’t have a mouse with a scroll wheel, or if you use a tablet, the keyboard shortcut helps you zoom in and out with ease.
To zoom in press Ctrl = (Mac: Cmd =)
To zoom out press Ctrl – (Mac: Cmd -)
Next week I will show you how to set up your configuration so you can zoom in and out with your scroll wheel on the mouse.
January 22, 2012
We are back for another quick shortcut. This one is about brushes. Do you use brushes? I love using different brushes. I do not like taking the time to change the size of the brush. That is easily resolved with a quick keyboard shortcut.
I have a super cute layout I was working on. I used ScrapDZines new kit, Programmed to Play. I wanted to add some emphasis behind the photo.
I brought up the Brush tool, by pressing B on the keyboard. (Do you now see the Brush tool selected?)
I loaded a new brush set, Northern Stars Design Acrylic Brushes 1 and 2.
After I selected the brush I wanted, I saw it was too big. By pressing the [ key, on the keyboard, I was able to make my brush smaller.
If I wanted to increase the size of the brush, I would press the ] key.
Using these two keys, I was quickly able to size the brushes and add a quick splash of color to the background.
Credit: layout and tutorial by Lisa Hanks
Kit: Programmed to Play by ScrapDZines,
Brush: Acrylic Brushes 1 and 2 by Northern Star Designs
January 14, 2012
Did you know that you could speed up your scrapping process? Really. Yes, really. I am not joking with you. I used to think I needed to make the selection of my photo’s go quicker. Yes, that would help. I also used to think that picking my items could go faster. Well, it could. Things really started picking up when I started learning how to use my keyboard shortcuts. Yes, your keyboard has some shortcuts to help you pick up your tools faster. SO, this year, we are going to cover them. At first it will seem like it isn’t making anything go faster, but as time progresses it will flow naturally and you will be surprised at what time savers these are.
Today’s shortcut is one that we use often as scrapbookers. The transform tool, Ctrl T (Mac: Cmd T)
Why we use this? To quickly rotate objects on your layout.
Make sure you are on the layer you want to rotate.
Press Ctrl T (Mac: Cmd T) to bring up the transform squares on the object
Rotate your object to the desired angle.
Hit enter to accept the changes.
By rotating items such as flowers and buttons it will make your layout look more natural.
Try this shortcut and see if it speeds things up for you.
credits: picture, layout, tutorial by Lisa Hanks
Kit: Dawn is Breaking by Southern Creek Designs
Cluster: freebie clusters by Southern Creek Designs
October 25, 2011
I know I am late getting this up. The site had a little power outage yesterday, and I ended up doing some emailling to find out what was wrong.
SO for today’s final assignment, I want you to scraplift your costumes through the years. This has two requirements:
1. Pictures of the costumes for you or your kids throughout the years.
2. Scraplift the layout below using those photos:
layout by modgee using Kimeric Kreations – Witching Hour, October Word – freebie – So Candy, Decca Designs – Thats Me Template
October 17, 2011
Well it is another Hauntingly Beautiful Week. The third one to be exact. This week it is all about fonts. Scary looking fonts, distressed fonts, fonts that convey the whole mood of your layout. Sound pretty simple. Today, to showcase the font challenge I have created a spooky looking layout. Come play with us and have a chance to win a $5.00 GC to Persnickety Prints.
So where can you get some cool fonts? Check out dafont.com. I looked under the category Destroy, and chose a font called Cocaine Sans.
Your assignment this week: