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2003 NEWSLETTER
Welcome! Have you ordered your December Tid-Bytes issue? It is JAM PACKED
full of goodies! You can view
details and order here. Don't miss out! The December issue will
be available for download after 5pm EST December 10th!
NEW DESIGN TEAM ADDITIONS!
We have a 5 new design team members joining Scrapbook-Bytes.
A special thank you to all that applied. There is tons of of talent
out there and trust us - the decision was difficult one to make
based on the talent and amount of entrants! Welcome to Anna,
Jenn,
Jeri,
Kari,
and Ronna!
Keep you eye out for many wonderful things to come at Scrapbook-Bytes
with the addition of these power house scrappers to our team!!!
Keep on the lookout for their bios on the site!
CONTEST!!!!
Scrapbook-bytes.com will be celebrating our 1-year anniversary on
January 25th. Wow! What an amazing year it has been. We are in awe
at the growth our site has seen this first year. We wanted to say
“Thank You” to everyone for your devotion and membership.
Scrapbook-bytes would not be what it is without our wonderful members. So, in celebration of our 1-year anniversary we are having a contest.
We would like to see a layout on the topic of “What
Scrapbook-bytes Means to Me.” (see guidelines
below) Design Team Members will vote on the winner and it will be
announced on January 25, 2004. Guidelines
• One entry per person
• Layouts can be 1 or 2 pages in whatever size and style you
are comfortable with
• All elements and fonts must be credited
• Please provide a 72dpi 6” tall .jpg of your layout
• All submissions must be received by December 31, 2003 to
why.sbb@scrapbook-bytes.com.
• Winners will be announced on January 25th on the home page.
• There will be one (1) grand-prize winner who will receive
a year subscription to Tid-Bytes, a copy of the SBB CD (winter or
upcoming spring CD), their handwriting made into a font, and a RAK
(Random Act of Kindness) from a DTM.
• There will be three (3) honorable mentions who will receive
a free month of Tid-Bytes and a free SBB CD.
• Do not publish this layout anywhere until after the winners
are announced on January 25, 2004.
Magazine Calls!
Ever wonder how in the world you can keep up with what sites are
requesting what themes and layout calls? Fret no more! You can find
all of this information in the Scrapbook-Bytes Forums on
this page only! Updated on a regular basis! Don't miss your
chance to be published! Don't miss that irresistible calling again!
Featured Font
by and © Tina Chambers 
The Featured Font this month is called Beautiful
ES and can be found by following this link to dafont.com,
a great source for freeware fonts! http://www.dafont.com/en/alpha.php?lettre=b&page=7 Beautiful ES also comes with a second file called Beautiful Caps
ES. Beautiful Caps is what I used here for my capital letters. I
created a second text box for the rest of the word and used just
Beautiful. The elegant caps are a gorgeous accent and are my favorite
thing about this font. Beautiful will make, well, a beautiful addition
to your pages this Christmas and throughout the year. I hope you enjoy it, and have a BEAUTIFUL and memorable Christmas.
Site Swap
Hosted by Amanda Have you signed up to join the Scrapbook-Bytes.com Swap yet? We
are having a lot of fun. Please, come join us!
What is the SBB Swap? Every other week one member is chosen at random
to have his or her photos swapped. I will send an email out to all
those who have signed up with a link to download the photos and
information. If you aren’t able to participate in that swap,
that is fine! This is just for fun! It’s a great way to have
photos other than your own to play with or to have those tough photos
that you don’t know what to do with scrapped by someone else. Our current swap is for Betty (Sarah’s_Mommy) Check out
the
swap gallery to see all the great layouts.
If you are interested in participating click here for more information
or email me your name, SBB ID and your email address at swap@scrapbook-bytes.com.
HOT BYTES
What’s HOT in computer scrapping!
By and © April Anderton Trends come and go so quickly it’s hard to keep up. Here
are just a few things that have been popping up on paper and computer
generated layouts alike. Using all the new Graphics CD’s is HOT, HOT, HOT!!
Remember the times when you had to scour the internet or all of
your clipart software for that one perfect clip? And even when you
found it, it was not-so-perfect. Just not quite ‘scrapbook’
material? Well, those days are gone! Now you can pick up one of
a number of computer scrapbooking elements CDs and find that perfect
element, background, or even layout. Marcee,
Maya,
and now the entire Design
Team have tons of timesavers and creativity boosters on various
CDs all sure to please! And this won’t be the end of the CD
craze! Look for more DTM CDs in the weeks and months to come including
one from Amy
and Kristie
and one from me!
Negative Strips
A fun easy way to fit a few more photos onto that layout is to use
a negative strip. They come in various sizes and are pretty versatile.
They are pretty easy to duplicate, or you can search out some of
the pre-made varieties. The layouts below use Photoshop brushes.
Layout at right © Amy Edwards
 Fab Fibers
If you haven’t tried your hand at making fibers now is a great
time to start! With numerous tutorials, it’s never been easier.
Fibers have been a staple in paper layouts for a long time, but
re-creating a realistic fiber for a CG layout has been challenging.
The layouts below feature great CG fibers! Go try your own today! Layout left: © Kristie Wickland; right: © Shelleyrae
Cusbert (photo © Amy Edwards)
WHAT’S NOT: NOT SCRAPPING is NOT HOT!! GET BUSY! Remember that even elements that are HOT right now can quickly
become cliché if overused, so keep your own personal style
shining bright while applying these and other techniques. Of course, the real judge of what’s hot in scrapping is what’s
happening on YOUR layouts, so get to it!
Maya would like to announce the Grand
Opening of the Scrapbookgraphics.com
Shoppe where you can  now
purchase ScrapSets and elements packages by download. As a grand
opening special, every ten dollars spent in the store up until December
31, 2003 will enter your name in the draw to win the Shopping Spree
Contest. The Grand Prize is a copy of everything
you can see on the store shelves, with all of those zip files burned
to CD and shipped to your home. Also included is a copy of the Digital
Illusions CD. Make sure you visit the store soon.
New, fresh, digitally created 300 dpi scrapbooking graphics, will
be uploaded regularly and special requests are always considered.
www.scrapbookgraphics.com
Byte-Ideas
HOSTED by Scrapbook-Bytes DesignTeam Note: the January
2004 Sketch can be found here... submit entries to "byte.ideas@scrapbook-bytes.com"
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December's sketch
by Shelleyrae Cusbert |
Each month, the Design Team puts out a sketch and
the members at Scrapbook-Bytes create an original,
creative layout following the design of that sketch.
At the end of the month, the Design Team votes for
three winners to be featured here! This month's
sketch belongs to Design Team Member Shelleyrae.
The competition
was steep and votes were extremely close!
All the participants did a fantastic job and we'd
like to give all of you a huge pat on the back!!!
Thank you to all who submitted a layout!
The winner
will receive a voucher to use at our new online
store worth the price of an EZine! Congratuations!
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Title of Layout: Different
Time.... Same Soul
Name: Cindy Schrauben
SBB Screen Name: schraubencin
Program Used: Print
Shop Deluxe
Font: Fine Hand
Techniques and Credits:
This LO truly came easily to me because
it came straight from the heart. As a
Mom with two teenagers aged 13 and 16,
I am struggling with how quickly they
are growing up. I think that is why I
am getting so obsessed with my scrapping
- I am grabbing for bits of their childhood.
While sifting through photos tonight,
I realized that DD #2 has a similar look
in several photos - that sly, cocky look
out of the corner of her eye that I love
so much. I picked three of those photos
that represented a passage of time. My
original title was "Different time....
Same face", but after writing the
text, I realized that the face wasn't
what was the same, it was the soul - hence
the new title, "Different time...
same soul". Now for the technique:
I chose a photo entitled "shadows
on white" for the background and
applied a pixxelated effect. I then scanned
in the two older photos and imported the
newest one from my digital files. I applied
a blue border and a white box frame to
each photo. I staggered the size of each
one and layered them in a stairstep fashion.
I then, chose a pocket watch photo from
Print Shop and cropped it closely, adding
slight blur to the whole watch and a fade
to the edge. I added a blue shape strip
and a scanned ribbon across the width
of the LO. After doing the journaling,
I changed the title which was originally
placed on the shape strip and moved them
to the photos. I added my daughters name
as the focal title on the shape strip.
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Title of Layout: A Taste
Of Costa Rica
Your Name: Tricia Lyons
SBB Screen Name: Tlyons
Program Used:Microsoft
Photodraw
Fonts Used:CK Type (on
the beads) & CK Journal (date)
Techniques
and Credits:
Beads: Shannon
Wire & Hooks:
I drew the shapes, colored them a light
gray, added a shadow, and added embossing.
Map: Downloaded
from internet & added a boarder.
Eyelets: Margie
Ribbon: Drew
a rectangle and added a fossil texture
that is built into the computer program
Paper: Used
the dry rag & texture pre-set programs
built into the computer program.
This layout was perfect for the title
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Title of Layout: Pushups
Your Name: Meryl Bartho
SBB Screen Name: Meryl
Program Used: Photoshop
6
Fonts Used: Title: Stitch
& Bitch (lovely font, dreadful name!!)
Journaling: JanieHmk Regular
Techniques and Credits:
The background was from a photo of denim.
The element I made by copying the emblem
on his sweat shirt, bevel & emboss,
and stitching onto the background. Star
jeanstuds (in each corner) were from Maya.
Photos were taken by my son-in-law, Marc.
Stitching was downloaded a long time ago
with no file name, I’d love to know
who did it as I use it often!
Journaling reads:
Marc loves his sport - running,
cycling, surfing, and is so excited for
the day that Josh can join him! To speed
things up, every morning starts off with
exercises, today its time for pushups!
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Third Byte’s a Charm
Hosted by Margie Lundy Because sometimes it’s better to receive than
to give! Would you like to be charmed? Then send us your photos and if they’re
chosen, three of our design team members will scrap them for you!
See the official rules below. Have you wondered what someone else
would do with your photos? Ever had the perfect photo, but no idea
to go along with it? Are you curious about how many options there
are for scrapping your favorite memory? How about having gifts for
your three aunts in the photos? Whatever your reason, we hope you’ll
enjoy Third Byte’s a Charm. This month’s charmed scrapper is Susan Steffens! Susan’s
photos are of her two-year-old grandson Michael wearing her hat.
Of course a grandmother would be biased, but we agree that he’s
quite a charmer. Scrapbook-Bytes Design Team Members Amanda, Margie,
and Shelleyrae scrapped Susan’s photos with their own individual
styles. 
by and © Amanda Behrmann
Created in Adobe Photoshop 7
Background by Maya - Digital Illusions CD - http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com
Slide & Bookplate by Marcee
Fonts: Balloon and CK Child's Play
by and © Margie Lundy
Created in Adobe Photoshop 7
Fonts: Amazone BT and Century Gothic 
by Shelleyrae Cusbert
Created in Microsoft Digital Image Pro 9 and EyeCandy 4000
Font: CK Extra
Dragonfly: scan
Beads by Niki - http://www.nikkisgallery.com/tubes/main.htm
Thanks to Susan for sharing these great photos! She’ll be
receiving the high-resolution print quality files as well. We’d
love to hear your feedback on this section at photos@scrapbook-bytes.com.
And if you’d like to submit your photos, we’d love to
see them. Just read the rules below and good luck! Official Rules:
Send us 1-3 photos of the same subject at 72 dpi and under 100k.
If yours are chosen, you will be asked to send higher quality files
later. Include your name, email, and a brief description of the
photos. Email your entries by December 15th, to photos@scrapbook-bytes.com.
Sorry, but entries that do not meet these requirements cannot be
considered. Please, only one entry per person. Photos will be chosen
based on quality, content, and meaning. If your photos are not chosen,
you may resubmit them the following month if you wish or submit
different ones. Good luck to all! And we hope you enjoy Third Byte’s a Charm!
We think all three bytes will be charms!
You Know You’ve Been Byten’
When
By and © Amy Edwards
Your old scrapbooking area of the
house is actually a useable space now!
You no longer sit in the front seat of the van with
your spouse when travelling so that you can scrapbook on your
laptop on the way.
You don't take offense to the term "Byte Me"
anymore.
The only reason you are interested in your husband's
hobby is so you can scrap it.
Your print your resume on photo paper. (submitted
by Kristie Wickland)
When you run to JoAnne's fabrics just to find the
coolest potential backgrounds to scan in later!
You stalk the mailman waiting for your Scrapbook-Bytes
team CD.
You don't get upset when a button falls off or a
zipper breaks - you think, "COOL!!" and head for the
scanner.
Thanks to all of you that submitted, please send future submissions
to Kristie@scrapbook-bytes.com
for consideration in future issues. Be sure to include "You
Knew You'd Been Byten When" in the subject line.. Thanks!
Featured Software - Review and Samples
A Review of the Scrapbook-Bytes Frost Bytes CD
By and © Maya Dye-Szucs  The
special treasure of this incredible compilation CD is that you dont
just get to play with the creations of one mere Design Team Member
here. Your taking home a whole team of designers, from the
very best Digital Scrapbooking website on the net. Since you will
be designing your own pages through the styles of 14 different team
members, expect to see richly eclectic results.
Focusing on the magic of a frosty winter, each kit comes with backgrounds
and complimentary embellishments that will perfectly with all of
those photos of skiing, skating, sleigh rides and snow angel making.
Im willing to bet that the kits themselves will inspire you to run
outside with your camera every time that white fluffy stuff starts
falling from the sky.
You cant miss having this CD in your collection scrappers! So if
you are not purchasing this today for yourself, make sure you put
it on your wish list and point your spouse, mother, child or Santa
towards our shopping cart. Note: A more detailed review is available in the December
2003 issue of Tid-Bytes. Visit
the gallery to view layouts created using this CD. SPECIAL PRICE OFFER EXPIRES WEEK
ENDING 12/13/03 DUE TO MANY MEMBER REQUESTS!!!!! $24.95 for a limited time only! Regular price $29.95.
You can view more previews from the CD and additional details here
in our store. BONUS! 5 CD's will contain an additional kit not
listed in the cart - if you obtain a CD with this special kit in
your CD - you will win a free copy of our Spring CD due out in 2004! Below are a view of some of the samples of hte kits included in
the Frost Bytes CD. To view more preview
images - visit
this link.
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