The June 2010 desktop scrapbooking calendar is now available in the freebies section including an iPhone wallpaper as well!

Congratulations to Adryane. Her layout a cookie story (PageKraft No.10) has been selected as the featured layout of the week where she won a $ 5 DesignerDigitals Gift Certificate for product of her choice!

This week’s Adobe Photoshop or Elements tip of the week is now available on video. This weeks tip is on How to choose Foreground and Background Colors.

Saturday Scraplift No. 155

This week’s inspiration page was actually done in half an hour, as part of last week’s 30min masterpiece chat challenge! Vicki (aka oldvwblues) certainly came up with a masterpiece in that short time:

I have a weakness for tall, cropped vertical photos. I love the way they hint at more than they show, like someone peeking out from behind a door. And I love how Vicki has pulled her color scheme from the photo, and the wonderful creative way she has used the buttons and brush.

Janet, Debi and Bailey got creative too. I hope you’ll be inspired. Anything goes in the Saturday Scraplift - you can flip the design, or just be inspired by one element of it like the scattered buttons. Just have fun and see where it takes you - and don’t forget to post in the Saturday Scraplift gallery for us all to see!

Credits: layout by Janet, Little Bits alphabet, MailRoom No.01 paperpack, File Folder labels element, Messy Stamped Alphabet no.04, Purely Happy paperpack, Red Stitching and Bubblegum stitchingby Anna, LoopdaLoop artstrokes No.01 , Stitched Scalloped Borders, Bead Scatterings No.01

Credits: layout by Bailey, g Park kit, Stitching Holes borders no.02 and Drop Shadow styles by Katie Pertiet, Heartstitched by Anna White and LoopdaLoop No.04 by Anna Aspnes.

Credits: layout by Debi, Sunday Garden solids paper by Katie Pertiet (coming soon), HeartLoopdaLoop artstrokes no.01 by Anna Aspnes, Lars paperpackby Michelle Martin, Absolutely Acrylic: pastel tinted buttons and tiesand Little Enamel Accents: Sports(some recolored) by Pattie Knox.

~ Lynn

With the school year winding down, its a great time to get creative and work on some teachers gifts.  Around here my kids know that means computer time, we love to pull our favorite summer elements and papers to create cards for the teachers (usually with a little gift card inside) or to go with a themed gift bucket the kids put together.  What better way to add that personal touch than creating a little something for that special teacher.

Here are 3 cards we made so far this year:

this card goes with a cute little gift tin with a beachy theme.  Here I used:
Katie’s Alandia Tropics Kit and
Anna’s Palm Tree Brushes

this card also goes with a gift tin the kids put together.. Here I used:
Jesse’s Beachyness Kit
Katie’s Alandia Tropics Kit
Yarn Swirls 3 Summer
Michelle’s Jelly Alpha 11

this card is possibly my favorite, and that is because of what the gift is that we are giving with the card… Here I used:
Katie’s Wooden Alpha
New Growth Brushes 5
Lifted Wings 2
Dog Park Kit
Here is a sneak peek at what the little gifts look like once the kids put them together…

and not to leave out the classmates, the younger kids selected to make these little gifts..

Using Katie’s Little Shores Kit
the kids helped make the covers for the bubbles and using Katie’s Pillow Box Templates] and Jesse’s Summertime Brushes
we created a cute little gift for the classmates in kindergarten.  We have done this before and it is such a hit on the last day of school.
Get creative and share your ideas, gifts and ways that you say thank you to those teacher in your life.