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Cover Design by Anna Aspnes
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Have you ordered your March 2004 Tid-Bytes issue?
You will not be disappointed with our "What's Your
Inspiration" issue! Find many articles and tutorials
that will spark your creativity and inspiration.
As always - many kits and extras are avaialble from
this issue for download. You can purchase this issue
in our
new store here! |
OTHER NOTES
The Scrapbook-Bytes Design Team will be publishing another
CD, available for preview and pre-order beginning in April
and shipping on May 1, 2004. This CD will contain a multitude
of spring and summer kits!
We would also like to take a moment to send a special thanks
out to those past design team members that have moved on to
other projects or to change direction in their life. This
team and site would not be what it is without its team and
each team member provides a special quality to the site! Good
luck to all of you!
Scrapbook-Bytes will begin collecting user input to provide
better support and features for its users… a questionnaire
will be posted to the site within a few weeks and various
prizes and drawings will be made from all entrants…
Keep an eye out for this feature.
We have revamped the site – including upgrade of the
forum script, the gallery script and the handling of the site.
We plan to include many more changes over the next week as
well that we hope you like! Included in many of the changes
this last week was a new
shopping cart system. It will now send a download link
directly to your email account and does not require the need
to log back into your cart. One item of note is that the new
cart does require the re-establishment of your account.
We have become #6 in the Scrapbooking’s top 50 since
last month and are very excited that we have had such great
success! Thank you to the team and our many wonderful visitors
to the site!
ADVERTISING!
Scrapbook-Bytes will begin offering advertising space
in various packages, including advertising in: Ezine, Newsletter,
and exposure in the gallery and forums depending on the package
you choose.
Contact us at marketing@scrapbook-bytes.com
for more details or to request a media packet.
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 Download
This month's free download is submitted by Kristie Wickland...
© Kristie Wickland
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.
Ephemera
Ephemera means relating to the things of the day. This can
mean things of our day or things of the past. Commonly used
items in scrapbooking include old stamps, letters, illustrations,
movie tickets, note cards, shopping lists etc. The variations
are seemingly endless. The trend right now has been ephemera
of the past. The following layouts demonstrate this technique.
And as a bonus, you’ll
find a set of free ephemera Photoshop brushes
HERE!
by and © Jenny L. Wren |
 
by and © April Anderton |
Slide Mounts
Slide mounts have evolved! They now house sheer pieces of
decorative acetate or are wrapped in scrumptious fabrics or
coordinating papers. I recently saw a sneak preview of a BUNCH
of new slide mounts that will be hitting the paper scrapping
market soon! With digital scrapping we have the ability to
create them any way we want!! Let the samples below inspire
you to create some of your own!
by and © April Anderton
Speed Scraps!
How long does it usually take you to do a layout?? Three or
four hours? All day? Well, what if you only had one hour to
complete your whole layout? You might be surprised at how
great a layout can be in only minutes! Look at the results
of the speed scrap of Friday, February 6th.
by and © Sherikia Jones |
by and © Kristie Wickland
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by and © spottie |
WHAT’S NOT:
You all know it by now…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!
Byte-Ideas
HOSTED by Gina Cabrera
Note: the April's
2004 Sketch can be found here... submit entries to "ginacabrera@scrapbook-bytes.com"
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March's sketch
by Gina Cabrera |
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 Gina
Cabrera.
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
winners will receive a voucher to use at our
new online store worth the price of an EZine!
Congratulations!
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Title: Catch
Me
Name:: Teresa Corradini
SBB Screen Name :
gram46
Program: PSP8
Fonts:1942 report
and Mom's Typewriter
Credits: paintbrush
nocturna50 001, everything else
by me
Techniques:on background
I used plugin Redfield Jama3D, used
the marble
brush for dirtying up the ripped
cardboard. Used burn tool
for
grunging up the tags. Super
Blade Pro for the brads.
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Title of Layout:
On the road to thirteen
Your Name: Tonya
Doughty
SBB Screen Name:
gauchogirl
Program Used: Photoshop
CS
Fonts Used: (journaling)
Trajan Pro. (title) Texas Hero and
Trajan Pro
Techniques and Credits:
100% digitally created in Photoshop
CS and
including (virtual) stamped, torn
and crumpled papers, rusted spiral
clips, hand-stamping, rusted metal,
inking, painted/stained papers.
All
textures/items/objects created by
hand (mouse!) by me, with the papers
available at www.gauchogirl.com
Journaling reads: We're on the road
to thirteen, you and I. Well, you
obviously, and me, just along for
the ride. Tumultuous at every corner
with twists at every bend. I don't
know who is more frightened -- you
with your brave face and daring
youth or me, with my experience
of
having been there. We'll emerge
on the other side at that place
beyond
mother and daughter, which is also
being friends.
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Your Name: Lori North
Other Information:
Not Provided
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Third Byte’s a Charm
Hosted by Marcee Duggar
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.
New Photos and Design Team Scraps will continue
again in our April 2004 Edition.
SEND YOUR PHOTOS!
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 the higher
quality files later. Include your name, email, and a brief
description of the photos. Email your entries to photos@scrapbook-bytes.com.
Sorry, but entries that do not meet these requirements cannot
be considered. Please, only one entry per person per month.
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!
Featured Software - Review and Samples
A Review of the CB Digital Designs CD
Excerpt from Gina Cabrera's Review:
From the moment you open CB Digital Designs CD - The Vintage
Collection vol. 1 you will be impressed with the flawless
attention to detail and original designs. Available at www.CBDigitalDesigns.com.
Cheryl Barber has jam-packed her CD with a huge amount of
amazing background papers, elements, kits, and the newest
trend "overlays". Cheryl has created an incredible
collection of unique pre-made layout templates and mix and
match elements.
© Gina Cabrera
© Valerie Vaughn
© Jennifer Ditterich
Note: A more detailed review is available in
the March 2004 issue of Tid-Bytes. Make sure post layouts
create with CB
Digital CD in THIS
GALLERY. Can’t wait to see all the creations!
March SpeedScrap Challenge Dates!
We've had so much fun with this and we would love for you
to join us whenever it is convenient! Please take a look at
the list below and meet us in the ChatRoom
at the scheduled time.
Check out the SpeedScrap
Gallery to see past challenges!
Wednesday, March 3rd - 1:45PM EST
Thursday, March 4th 10PM EST
Friday, March 12th 10PM EST
Wednesday, March 17th - 1:45 PM EST
Thursday, March 18th - 10PM EST
Saturday, March 27th - 10PM EST
Wednesday, March 31st - 1:45 PM EST |
