Congratulations to deanie. Her layout Biker has been selected as the featured layout of the week where she won a $ 5 DesignerDigitals Gift Certificate for product of her choice!
I think amazing typography is eyecatching and essential in great design. I chose this example purely because it grabbed my eye the minute I saw it. It almost made my heart skip a beat. I really love the way the main typography flows and takes the place of the dress. This simply reiterates that it doesn’t matter what is filling the space for your eye to complete the picture. I also love sub-text. There are some clever touches in that as well.
My inspiration:
And here I have created a layout using a literal interpretation of this typography, but you can use any little piece you like. Please post your entry into the JUST MY TYPE gallery.
Credits :
Anna Aspnes - New in the shop today Artsy FlutterBys No 1
Til next time, take care
Sam
This week’s Adobe Photoshop or Elements tip of the week is now available on video. This weeks tip is on How to Use the Eyedropper Tool Outside of Photoshop and PSE.
Saturday Scraplift No.158
Someone whose layouts always make me smile is Bill (aka Dr Nike). Truth be told, the DD team are all a little jealous of his wife. He not only scrapbooks - he cooks as well, as this week’s inspiration page shows:
It’s a wonderful use of Anna’s ArtplayPaletteBBQ, combined with Katie’s MetalTypeCastAlpha. Notice how the grey of the alpha draws your attention to the focal photo and works perfectly with it, by echoing the color of Bill’s T-shirt. (Love the fun title words too). Two photo layout designs can sometimes be hard to pull off, but here Bill has filled the space between the photos with the paint and the title - effectly joining the two photos in one cohesive unit and avoiding the “floating photo” phenomena! Best of all, Bill scrapbooks from the heart and focuses on everyday family pleasures and that is why we always smile when we see a new page of his in the gallery.
Aino, Sarah and Amy had lots of fun lifting this lovely page:
Credits: layout by Amy, Naturally Krafty No.4 paperpack, Fa La La paperpack, and Stacked Vintage Photo Frames No.03 by Katie Pertiet, Distressed Edge Overlays No.03, RockIT brushes No.02, Avant Garde Hipster Plumes Collection 1, ArtPlay Palette Obsession no.01, and stitching by Anna Aspnes, Midnight alphabet and Flitter kit (winged heart) by Lynn Grieveson, Journaling Labels no.06, Tonals: Charcoal paperpack and Lost at Sea Solids paperpack by Jesse Edwards.
Credits: Layout by Aino, “Maskros Kit” and Chiseled Alpha by Michelle Martin, “Summer Quote Strips” by Ali Edwards, “Birthday Zoobilee kit” by Pattie Knox (all coming soon), Textured Overlays No.02, Sandscratched overlays no.01, Distressed Frames No.02’ and ArtPlay Palette Mermaids, and Dated Barcode by Anna Aspnes
Credits: layout by Sarah, ArtPlay Palette BBQ by Anna Aspnes, Maskros Solids (coming soon) by Michelle Martin, White and Grey tabbed alpha (coming soon) and Photobooth Framesby Katie Pertiet, Summer Quote strips by Ali Edwards.
We all love to travel. See new places, beautiful landscapes and architecture, try local food. But have you been to a place where you certainly do not want to go back to? Well, this week’s AJ challenge is to make a journal page about this. I call it an Anti-travel art journal page. Here is what earlofoxford/Linda created:
Amongst a bunch of new goodies, Linda made use of ArtPlay Palette Mermaids Minikit and Painted Edge Overlays No.2.
And here is my page…..
I decided to venture into a different direction and journal about a mental place where I don’t want to go back to. It’s a dark place - hence the dark background. I used the cage to represent my feelings of being trapped in a place where nasty things lived (the snakes and reptiles). The knife on the edge represents thoughts of selfmutilation. But to represent the way out, the optimistic, the colorful - I added the colorful edges, the butterflies and some magic flares.
To add that little bit of dimension, I added a tiny bit of Inner Bevel (Depth 32 and Size 5) to the colorful edges on the side and to the butterfly with the paint.
Amongst a bunch of other goodies, I made use of Schmeared Blocks No.01 (used with the Clone tool), SandScratched Toolset no.01, Postcard Journalers No.2, Border Basics No.01, Collageables No.01 and Mask the Mask Labelset no.01.
So, go forth and create some art - discover something new by journaling about a place where you don’t want to back to and why. 
And then share with us in our very own fantastic Art Journal Gallery. Until next time - happy creating! ~ Aino.
