This weekend is {inter} National Scrapbook Day, and to help you with your digital stash the Design House Digital designers are giving away this amazing collaboration kit, called Retrospect:
You can get this kit for free! We have made it easier than getting it download by download...just collect the coupon code letters as you hop from blog to blog starting at the beginning.
Now for a quick tip:
MAKING A PATTERN BRUSH IN ILLUSTRATOR
Just for stopping by, I would like to share one of my most used tools in Illustrator...making dotted and scalloped shapes! I am a "self-taught-project-by-project-Illustrator user", so when Carina Gardner shared this quick tip, I decided I had to pay it forward! I did some crazy time consuming work to get a dotted or scalloped shape for many years, I can't let you do it too!
First make a circle and keep it selected.
Make a new brush by selecting the "new brush" button, and selecting "new pattern brush". Click OK.
The pattern brush options will come up. Change your scale to what you would like. I set this brush to scale - 25%, spacing - 100%. Click ok.
Your brush will appear in the brush pallette. Draw a circle without a fill.
With the new circle selected, click on the new circle brush in the brush palette.
(You can change the spacing and size by double-clicking it in the brush palette, and even see a
preview if the preview box is checked.)
I also made a half circle and did the same steps as before to make a scallop brush.
I wanted my scallops closer together, so my spacing came down to 15%.
Make another non-filled circle and keep it selected.
Select your half circle brush for a scallop edge.
I made another circle and changed the size and spacing for the look I was going for.
This is how my decorative circle turned out. I hope this helps you in your creativity. The possibilities are pretty endless with this little tip! I know it makes my work so much more fun!
Now for something to WIN!:
STARS AND STRIPES FABRIC GIVEAWAY
I know it isn't paper, but wouldn't you love to win some of my Stars and Stripes fabric? Perfect for a picnic quilt to spread out and make some memories to scrap about!
Enter to win your pick of 5 different fat quarters from the Stars and Stripes Fabric Collection by commenting here and telling me the song that reminds you most of SUMMER!!!
You can enter again by becoming a liking the Deena Rutter facebook page and commenting that you did!
Entries must be in by May 7th, 11am MST.
Don't forget to grab your letter, you will need it to get the RETROSPECT kit for FREE!
If you are doing the DHD Layout Challenge, my challenge is to use the font league gothic in your layout.
Now, head over to Carey Bridges blog to get some great info from her as well:
