Don’t forget to share your creations into our March sketch gallery – you can win a $25 collection pack!

At the end of March we will be selecting a winner from the March sketch gallery to win a $25 collection pack of their choice (6 patterned papers, die cut elements, alpha stickers and rubon pack)!

And now for our weekly FREE digital template – and digital sketch competition!

This week CT member, Christine Sneddon created this simple sketch (to download yours to use in Photoshop just click on the image):

And here’s Chrissy’s layout:

And here’s Sandra’s take on the sketch:

“This time I mixed the Grunge kit and one pink paper of the Candyshop kit. I made the pink paper a little more ‘grungy’ with a transparency. The letters from the title came from the Tag This kit. I clipped the Candyshop paper to them to make them pink and added another transparency for the grungy look”.

Here’s Leah’s take on the sketch:

“This was my first time working with the Saturday Night Jive kit, and I have to say, I really loved it! The color combos are fabulous and the kit is so versatile, I could use it for just about anything!”

And last but, certainly not least, Katharyn’s take on the sketch using our Camp Stoneybrook mega kit:

For any of our digital kits, head to our digital site to grab one today!!

Show us how you’ve used Christine’s digital template for your chance to win two digi mega kits of your choice, valued at $19.98. Before the end of the month, upload your creation here to be in the draw!

For $5.50 (AUD), the basic kit it’s a fun and funky digital kit that is the perfect way to try digital!!

Here’s what our digital Creative Team member, Leah had to say,

“Loved using this digi kit!I also used the distressing tip from the flower tutorial on the Kaisercraft blog.I’ve made the flowers before, but totally *love* that touch! ”

Materials: Friday Night Jive mega kit.

Are you unsure about scrapping digitally, or even using digital elements in your traditional layouts?

Here Leah show’s us just how easy it can be to incorporate digital elements into a simple card!

Here’s she’s used the Flutterby Meda Kit. At only $9.99AUD – it’s a great way to try out digital!

To make this gorgeous card, Leah has simply printed off the flutterby papers, cut them into rectangles and arranged them with other Kaisercraft traditional scrapbooking products (rubons, chipboard, paper flowers etc).

Cute Leah!!

Materials: Kaisercraft Flutterby digital mega kit, RB813 Take Flight (butterfly) rub on, RB814 Rustic (doilie) rub on, F606 Pumpkin paper flower, SB101 small lowercase alphabet, Grosgrain Ribbon (R1603 Candy).

If you would rather make this card using our traditional (paper) Flutterby range! Pop into your local Kaisercraft stockist, or a Kaisercraft Outlet to pick up the Flutterby collection today!

Check out this gorgeous Freestyle album – download the project today!

Every Friday we’ll be highlighting some of our Digital Creative Team member’s digital layouts, tips, technqiues and ideas!

This Friday we’ve got a couple of layouts and a quick page tutorial.

“Morning Wake-up” layout by Leah, using Grunge Mega Kit.

Quick Page Tutorial by Carol House

Now that we have all of these FREE neat quick pages, I thought it would be a great idea to share a tutorial on how to use one.

Using a quick page is very simple.   First you begin by downloading the page you want to use.  I am choosing the Grunge Quick Page.  Then you will need to click on “save” and decide where you want to save your quick page and click “save” again.  Sometimes I choose to save it on my desktop so it is easy to find.

After downloading your file, you will need to click on it to extract the compressed files.  I use a free program called jzip to open my files.  There are plenty of zip file programs to choose from on the internet.   Next you will need to click on open.  You will see a window that shows the file you downloaded.  Highlight it and then click on “extract file.”

Now you decide where you want to open your compressed file.  You can save it to your desktop or you can choose to save it in a place that is convenient for you.  I usually save my quick pages with the digital kit they go with.

Now you are ready to use your quick page.    I use Photoshop Elements 8.0 when working with quick pages.  So you will need to open Photoshop Elements or your photo editing software.  Then click on “ file” and open your quick page.

Now you are ready to choose a photo to place in your quick page.  Once you have opened your photo you will need to make the window smaller so you can drag it to your quick page.

Now it is time to change the size of your photo to fit the space on your quick page.   The next step is to highlight the photo layer and click on “send backward.”  This will place your photo behind the frame.  You can continue to resize the photo and move it around until you are pleased with the placement.

Now you are ready to save your layout.  Click on “save as” and give your layout a new name so that you don’t make changes to your original quick page file.  Then change your file type to jpeg as seen below and click on “save.”  You will be asked how large you want your file to be.  I always choose maximum.  Then you can resize the layout later if needed.   Your layout is now complete!

Make sure you stay tuned tomorrow for more digital love in our Sketch/template blog post!!

For those wondering what is happening with Kaisercraft Digital…

We’re on a breather at the moment to let you catch up on all the wonderful kits that are available in our online digital store!

If you haven’t seen it, go on, check it out!!

Our Creative Team has been busy creating gorgeous layouts with our fantastic mega kits.

First, Brittney created this layout using Friday Night Jive:

“I created a geometric pattern to feature multiple pattern papers with the Friday Night Jive mega kit. Using one of the brushes, I changed the opacity to make it an overlay for my photo”.

And using some Valentines Day photos Leah has created this clever page using the Loire Valley mega kit:

Make sure you stay tuned on Saturday for some more sketch fun from the Creative Team!!

Don’t forget to share your creations into our February sketch gallery – you can win a $25 collection pack!

At the end of the month we will be selecting a winner from each sketch gallery to win a $25 collection pack of their choice (6 patterned papers, die cut elements, alpha stickers and rubon pack)!

And here’s our digi sketch/template by Creative Team member, Donna!

And here’s Donna’s gorgeous layout using the Loire Valley Mega kit:

Here’s Sandra’s digital layout using the Elegance Mega kit:

“I clipped a part of the photo with the trees to the title to make it match the colors of the layout”.

And last, but not least, a layout from Brittney!

Show us how you’ve used Leah’s digital template for your chance to win two digi mega kits of your choice, valued at $19.98. Before the end of the month, upload your creation here to be in the draw!

Capture that feeling of love and romance with our new Amour collection!

This digital kit is filled with pretty roses, earthy linen textures, buttons, velvet flowers, raffia twine,  beautiful ‘rub on’ quotes, and stitching elements !

The Amout Mega kit is available for just $9.99 at our digital store! Check it out!

We know…… you’re just hanging to see what our Creative Team has come up with, right??

First up, a gorgeous page from Katharyn Brine – we adore her clean style!!

Here’s what she had to say about her layout,

“This layout showcases a storyboard using five successive photos of my daughter trying on a new goggles and snorkel set”.

“The edges of the photos are “grunged out” using a photo mask, with the focal photo in the middle of a love-heart frame. I then cut the papers using the rectangle marquee tool and Cntrl-C. After returning to your layout page, Cntrl-V pastes the marqueed section straight onto a new layer. I journalled a few phrases from Dana’s perspective, but felt it wasn’t enough to tell the story, so I used the textpath that came with a layered-template (from my stash) to write some more explanatory journalling. Because the second lot of text was partially upside-down, I used an easy-to-read san serif font”.

Brittney decided to skip the ‘flowery’ parts of this kit also and said,

“I chose to grab at the travel parts of this layout. I do girly all the time and was rather more inspired from our recent trip to Seoul as a chance to capture those memories and the experience of moving over seas”.

Next, Leah Farquharson said, “One of the great things about using digital products is their versatility”.

“The next time you open a kit, try looking at the elements again – don’t just view them for what they are, think outside of the box and try to visualize what they can become! In this particular layout, I took the very same raffia bow that I layered under the flowers, “cut” the loop off, shrunk it down and used it to “hang” my tag! This is a super simple thing to do. Just position your loop over the top  of your tag, and erase the portion that would naturally fall behind the tag! Add your drop-shadow, and you’re all set!”

Next up, a gorgeous layout from Kathleen!

And a super sweet layout from Donna! We love the shadowing and embellishment cluster here Donna!

An ultra cute layout from Christine!

A lovely layout from Leanne!

Two from Sandra,

And last, but not least, one from Carole,

Now….. I bet you’re inspired!! Why not have a go using a Quick Page created by Carole? We’ve got one quick page for you to try out!! Just click on the layout to download the Quick Page!

We’d love to see your creations in our gallery online too!

Happy Scrapping!

To celebrate the official launch they’re allowing us to give away a FREE MONTH of ScrapHD club membership!

So you know the prize… want to know how to win?

Go ahead and create a free account at ScrapHD and try it out for FREE! Create  a layout using the numourous freebies available and them post a link to your page in THIS blog post! We will pick a random winner on Tuesday next week at 4pm (ADST).

A Club Membership gives you- UNLIMITED access to the Kaisercraft designs in the builder, print from home, the ability to upload .png files, and other advanced features.

So go ahead and create a page and post a link in comments section of this blog post!

Happy Scrapping!