Update! We have a winner!!! Walking in the Rain by Arlene is the winner of the $2.00 gift certificate. They were ALL wonderful. I'm so excited to see the layouts you all made. You did a great job. I made Lori choose a winner because I loved them all. Congratulations, Arlene!
Please join me again next month for another guest blog and contest. Have a great Thanksgiving!
Hi, My name is
Andrea and I'm a digi-scrapping addict. I lurk in all kinds of galleries and find awesome layouts and then copy them adding my own flavor and flair. Here is an example of one I did recently.
I got a lot of fun feedback on it, so I decided to create a free template and do a little tutorial. If you are willing to play along and post your layout below, you could win a $2.00 gift certificate to the Scraps N' Pieces Store.
I'm going to write the steps detailed and simple enough for my mom to follow (Hi, Mom! No offence:-)
If you are already a pro, just do your thing.
Here we go:
1.
Download the free template here.
2. Open it up in your Photoshop program. (I use PSE so these instructions are for Elements.)
3. Open the perfect picture in Photoshop.
4. Drag and drop the photo onto the template.
5. Change the opacity of your photo to 40% - you are doing this so you can position your perfect picture in just the right spot.
6. Resize and move the photo around over the squares until it looks just right. Note: make sure faces aren't cut in half or have lines running through them. Unless, of course, that is the look you are going for.
7. Change the opacity of your photo back to 100%.
8. Duplicate that photo layer 5 times. (you need 6 photo layers total: your original and 5 copies.)
Don't give up, Mom...we're almost done!
9. In the layer area, click on one of the photo layers, and using your Ctrl and [ (left bracket) keys together move a photo layer down until it is directly above layer 2.
10. Hold down the control key and press G. The result should be the picture clipped to layer 2.
11. Select another photo layer and move it above layer 3 and clip it using Ctrl G.
12. Select another photo layer and move it above layer 4 and clip it.
13. Select another photo layer and move it above layer 5 and clip it.
14. Select another photo layer and move it above layer 6 and clip it.
15. The final photo layer should be above the red square, layer 7. Click on the photo layer and clip it to layer 7.
The result should be your picture sectioned into different squares and at different heights.
16. Glam up the rest of the layout. Get creative!
Post your layout on your blog and show off your skills and creativity. Then link it up to this post using the "click here to enter" link below. I'll take a look at all the cool layouts on Monday morning and pick a winner. Then, Lori will email said winner a $2.00 coupon to the Scraps N Pieces store. I'm excited to see what you come up with.
Leave a comment if you have a question, I'm happy to help.
