danielle young designs http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog my designs and ramblings Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:35:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Sweet Tweets Digital Page Kit & a LOVEly chance to win! http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2012/01/sweet-tweets-digital-page-kit-a-lovely-chance-to-win/ http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2012/01/sweet-tweets-digital-page-kit-a-lovely-chance-to-win/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:33:54 +0000 danielle http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/?p=2220 [...]]]> I have a sweet new kit at Oscraps & ACOT this weekend! Sweet Tweets is on sale for 20% off, plus you can get a free set of LoveBug Titles with purchase at Oscraps. Use the LoveBug Titles on your layouts AND your homemade valentines! ♥

If you’re looking for a little Valentine’s Day inspiration, Martha Stewart (of course!) has some incredible ideas!

from delicate Heart Seals:

 

to these more playful Hand-Shaped Valentines:

 

What will your Valentine’s Day cards look like this year? Share your idea with me & you could win a $14 coupon to my store at Oscraps!  Just leave a comment here or on my Facebook page.  Happy crafting!!

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Happy New Year!! ♥

Psssttt!  Don’t miss this great sale for scrapping your holiday memories… Midnight Tuxedo is 30% off at Oscraps this weekend and my Christmas kits are up to 50% off!  Enjoy!

]]> http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2011/12/best-wishes-for-the-coming-year/feed/ 0 Photo Fun | Tip No. 4: Snow Globe Technique http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2011/12/photo-fun-tip-no-4-snow-globe-technique/ http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2011/12/photo-fun-tip-no-4-snow-globe-technique/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:39:38 +0000 askings http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/?p=2182 [...]]]> Hi there everybody!  It’s Amy here with another Photo Fun technique–just in time for those holiday pages!  In the tutorial below I’m going to show you how you can create a beautiful digital snow globe effect on your holiday pages to showcase your photos in–like I’ve done in my page below, “It’s What Christmas Is All About”.

In this layout I’ve used Danielle’s Kiwi Christmas Quick Page No. 2 and added this fun technique to each of the circular photos on my layout–making for a quick yet fun page for the holidays!

To encapsulate your memories inside of their very own digital snow globe use the following steps:

 

First open a document in Photoshop and create a circular clipping mask (that is relative to the size you want your finished snow globe photo to be) with your Eliptical Shape Tool and rastersize/simplify the layer.

Then select your Eraser Tool and choose a large soft brush (I’ve used a soft 80px brush at 100% opacity) and run the edge of your eraser along the OUTSIDE edge of your clipping mask so that it softens up the hard edge of the mask and gives it a nice soft glow around the edge.

Now take that same large soft brush and change the opacity to 10% and blend the inside of your clipping mask using a spiral motion as you work your way into the center of your circle.

Now clip your photo to your clipping mask–if you are happy with the effect then you can move onto the next step

If not then you can try adjusting the opacity and/or fill of your clipping masks layer to add or take away from the frosty look of your of photo’s snow globe.

You could also try adding a fill layer of white (clipped over top of your photo) paired with your Dissolve blending mode for a fun snowy effect.  Just use your opacity and fill sliders to make the effect more subtle.

Now with your photo’s layer selected in your layer palette, choose Distort and then Spherize from your Filters Menu.  Choose a percentage somewhere between 50 and 100 using the preview to judge what percentage will work best with your photo.   You may want to readjust the placement or size of your photo after you’ve applied this effect.

Once you’ve completed your snow globe you may decide to add a drop shadow to it to finish it off.  And now your snow globe is ready to take the spotlight on your next holiday page!

 

Amy Kingsford is a happy wife and blessed mother from Northern Utah who has been scrapbooking for 12 years. She teaches at Get It Scrapped and Masterful Scrapbook Design and is a creative team member for Danielle Young Designs and fellow Oscraps Designer Biograffiti.  To see more of her work visit her new site at AmyKingsford.com. And for more “Photo Fun” join us next month to see what other tricks she has in store for you!

]]> http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2011/12/photo-fun-tip-no-4-snow-globe-technique/feed/ 7 Free Digital Christmas Trees! http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2011/12/free-digital-christmas-trees/ http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2011/12/free-digital-christmas-trees/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:44:28 +0000 danielle http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/?p=2172 [...]]]> Christmas season is finally here, and I have a new special offer in the Oscraps store!  This Holiday Twinkle Page Kit is FREE with $10 purchase of my designs.  Click here for all the details ~

Last week, I had the opportunity to design another set of custom illustrations for my friend Carol’s Christmas card designs.  One of the elements I created for her was a Christmas tree, which I’ve turned into a set of digital stickers for you!  Click here to download & enjoy! :)

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Thank you for your incredible support, for using my designs in your life art, and for sharing a bit of your story with me. ♥

Happy Thanksgiving!!

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These coordinating layered Photoshop templates (available as quick pages too) are also 20% off right now!  Fully customizable, pre-made pages!!

For another look at what this kit can do, check out these original pages from my creative team!

 

~THE GIVEAWAY WINNER~

To everyone who entered to win Discovery – thank you!!  And thank you for your sweet comments!

Our lucky winner has been randomly selected as #4 aka Julie!

Congratulations Julie!  Please email me at danielle at danielleyoungdesigns dot com to claim your prize! :)

 

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Leave a comment here on this blog post before Thursday, October 6th at 8 pm EDT, and you could be selected to win a Discovery Page Kit! Share the blog post on Facebook and Twitter for more chances to win. Come back and add a new comment with a link to your FB post and/or tweet to make sure it counts!

Good luck! Psst ~ don’t forget to swing by my blog on Friday to see if you’re the lucky winner. :)

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Here are a few sample pages from my CT & the Oscraps girls:

]]> http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2011/09/new-pumpkin-muffin-digital-page-kit/feed/ 0 CanvasWorld.com Giveaway Winner http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2011/09/canvasworld-com-giveaway-winner/ http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/2011/09/canvasworld-com-giveaway-winner/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:09:05 +0000 danielle http://www.danielleyoungdesigns.com/blog/?p=2086 [...]]]> Thanks to everyone who entered my CanvasWorld.com canvas print giveaway!  I loved reading through your comments and checking out your favorite layouts… your enthusiasm is contagious!  I wish I could give each of you a canvas print, but there can only be ONE winner so let’s find out who she is!  Every entry has been gathered, and the winning number has been randomly selected.

Our lucky winner is… #13

Congratulations, Nathalie!  Please email me at danielle at danielleyoungdesigns dot com to claim your prize – a superior quality 12″ x 12″ gallery wrap canvas print!

There’s good news for everyone else, too… for today only – Sunday, Sept 25th – you can get 30% off your CanvasWorld.com order AND free shipping!  Just enter coupon code: SPECIAL at checkout. http://www.canvasworld.com/

Thanks again for all of your support & excitement for this giveaway!!

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