Today I want to share with you a technique that is popular in scrapbooking called “distressing.” It’s an easy way to add texture and interest to your scrapblog pages.
You can take your pages from: To this:
To create this look, I chose to start with a theme - I’m using the QUEEN of EVERYTHING card template that Jen created for Mother’s day. I am only using page three of this template. When you select a theme, all the stickers and backgrounds used to create the theme are added to your tray. For this theme, three coordinating backgrounds are included:
Distressing and “grunge” are about messing up clean, crisp images. In the paperworld, you can use ink and other tools and in scrapblog, you can layer stickers to get the effect that you want. For this page, I chose to swap out the light cream color background with a darker brown one that came with the theme. Next, we want to find some stickers that will help to create the distressed look. Click the stickers tab and then click “get stickers.” On the left, you will see three links, click the “style” link.
Here you will find “distressed” and “grunge” labels. These are special tags we’ve added to stickers to help you better find what you are looking for. Choose “grunge” for this project. These are some of my all time favorite stickers.
You can choose one or several and just start adding them to your page. Don’t worry that you are going to mess up! Unlike ink, digital distressing can be undone easily, just by clicking on the “undo” arrow in the right hand corner of the Scrapblog builder canvas.
Another fun way to add texture and that distressed look to your pages is to add some metal stickers. In the Scrapblog Marketplace, under the “stores” tab, we have a new store that offers high quality, beautiful metal stickers. On page 3 of the stores tab, click “Vintaj” Here you will find unique brass, silver and copper sticker elements that will add texture and depth to your pages.
I added a couple of stickers and replaced the existing frame with one of the metal stickers from Vintaj. I spent 90 credits ($1.80) and I have a beautiful page as well as unique stickers that I can use again and again on other creations.
Was this technique helpful to you? Leave a comment! Share your distressed and grungy scrapblogs by tagging them distressed.
Hello Fellow Scrapbloggers! -
Today begins our week of SCRPABOOKING! I know not everyone making scrapblogs is a “scrapbooker” but we feel like whenever you share a story or events of your life, you’ve created a “scrapbook”.
According to Wikipedia.org: Scrapbooking is a method for preserving personal and family history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabilia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks. The idea of keeping printed materials of personal interest probably dates to shortly after the invention of printing. This trend is probably similar for photographs.
This Saturday, May 2, 2009 is International Scrapbook Day. On Saturday, we will be giving away special prizes and every scrapblog made on Saturday will be entered into a drawing for a super-special prize. You won’t want to miss all the fun!
To give you a bit of inspiration, we have a winner announcement, a few ongoing challenges in the community, and Scrapblog on TV.
Challenge 15 was one of my absolute FAVORITES. I encourage you to look through all the entries for this challenge. Their pages are inspiring and heartfelt.
Best Mother’s Day Card Challenge - have you made your FREE mother’s day card yet? Don’t forget to tag your creation MOM2009, this challenge runs until Mother’s Day, May 10, 2009
Scrapblog on TV. Set your DVRs to record the Lifetime Channel tomorrow at 7am. Scrapblog is going to be the show The Balancing Act. We are very excited, tune in an leave us a comment tomorrow to tell us what you thought of the segment.
Friday Five time is upon us once again!
I say we all get together for more Fridays in the week. My humble opinion is that we need at least 2. And maybe 2 Saturdays…what do you all think? That way we would have more time to get those last minute things done with 2 Fridays and then have an extra day to relax with the second Saturday. No longer would Sundays be dreaded, because you had an extra Saturday to do your chores!
What about it, are we writing a letter to congress or what?
In celebration of Fridays everywhere, here is this week’s Friday Five:
Title: Desert Museum
Author: rockerchick
This Scrapblog really brings the Arizona dessert alive! Interesting how a dessert can have so much green and so many beautiful flowers. The caves are really neat, and they’re surrounded by so much wildlife. Anyone up for a road trip?
Title: You make me smile
Author: bappi
This pretty little Scrapblog shows a mother’s appreciation for her daughter. It’s so nice to see all the mother-daughter love with Mother’s Day just around the corner.
Title: My Little Princess!
Author: naseem30
Here is more mother-daughter appreciation from Naseem30. Here super cute Scrapblog shows her daughter in different princess scenarios. I love how she creative she got with the settings and stickers!
Title: Mimi Comes to Visit
Author: MommyoftwoAngels
There is nothing like the love of family, especially when they are all together. Adorable photos and simple, clean, elegant layouts definitely set this Scrapblog apart from the rest!
Title: 60th Birthday Book
Author: jkk
Jkk created this gorgeous book for her mother for her 60th Birthday. What better way than to commemorate a special milestone like this one than with a book full of their most precious memories? I love to see photos of families growing up together, their vacations, their birthdays, their happy moments. Such a pleasure to share, thanks for sharing this one with us, JKK!
Today I wanted to tell you about some of the things you can do with Scrapblog if you are on Facebook or (like me) addicted to Twitter.
So, what can you do with Facebook & Scrapblog?
Get your photos directly from Facebook
Using your Facebook photos is as easy and dragging and dropping them into the page. No uploading required! *NEW* Now you can grab any photo that you are tagged in to use in your scrapblogs!
Post your scrapblog as a photo album
Want to display your scrapblog along side of your other photos in Facebook? You can post your scrapblog as a Facebook photo album directly from the Scrapblog Builder.
Post your scrapblog directly into your profile
For the full multimedia experience, you can drop your newly created scrapblog right into your profile with just a few simple steps.
You can also send your scrapblogs to Facebook directly from your Scrapblog page.
What can you do with Twitter & Scrapblog? Follow Scrapblog on Twitter!
Our Mother’s Day Card challenge is in full swing and I thought I’d share some inspiring, beautiful cards from our community. Don’t forget that we are giving away some prizes for the top Mom’s Scrapblogs. Just tag your creation Mom2009.
Now that you’ve seen some inspiration here, have you made your Mom a card for Mother’s Day yet? We’ve added two new card themes from Disney’s Baby Einstein. How cute, right? Thanks to everyone participating in the challenge, this week & next, we will share even more inspiration and design.
