Flutterby

Introducing our new range – Flutterby!

Bright, cheerful and full of girlie butterfly images and brushes, Flutterby is just as enjoyable as a facial before a big night…only a lot easier on the bank balance!

Gorgeous birds, swirls and a very summery mixture of pinks and orange give this collection a bubbly, lively feel – and we’re certainly not complaining about the adorable FREE quick page we’re giving away with every mega kit purchase either!

Flutterby is now selling for just $9.99, so head over to the digital page, place your order and get scrapping! Whether you’re looking for the perfect complement for baby pics, little girls or happy moments with close friends, Flutterby has everything you need to preserve that special moment.

We’ve been hanging out to share our digital creative team’s brand new Flutterby layouts with you all, so here we go…Brittney’s kicking us off today with a cute layout featuring her daughter Alicia’s cheeky little smile, called “In My Daughter’s Eyes”.

She said the name was inspired by a song by country singer Martina McBride to bring focus to Alicia’s beautiful eyes.

“Flutterby was a very girly and frilly kit, perfect for my daughter,” Brittney said. 

“I used an action to give it the burnt edges on the papers.  I also clipped some pattern paper to a shape to create a scallop trim. I went in and warped each butterflies shadow separately to give them more depth.  I added photo effects to all the photos to make them stand out more.

“And - my favorite - I added stitching in several places to anchor down my papers and pictures.”

We’re in awe of those amazing tattered edges and light flourishes down the bottom and side of the photo – love it!

Chrissy has also offered up a little girl layout, “Garden Play”, that melted our hearts straightaway – she said her love of butterflies meant Flutterby was her new favourite collection.

“I created the title using two different fonts, an ornate one and a chunky one for contrast,’ Chrissy said.

“I then erased a small amount of the corner of the ‘Y’, and added the white butterflies using one of the brushes.”

We think Amy is the sweetest little creature and we’re intrigued by the butterlies seemingly flying out of the “Y” in “play” – Chrissy, nice job!

And last (but certainly not least) we’d like to show you something of Katharyn’s that will resonate with anyone who shares a special bond with their grandfather.

“My Grandad Loves Me” used photos Katharyn took on Sunday and fixed up to remove rupples, shadows and discoloration.

“I also changed the background colour of some of the photographs by using the “magnetic lassoo” tool. Fiddly, but worth it! You need to zoom right in on your photo and apply the lassoo with a very steady hand,” she said.

“Then, when you’ve carefully made the selection around the person’s head, Select > Inverse to highlight the rest of the photo, and then Enhance >  Change to black and white.”

Katharyn also enlarged a journalling spot and reduced its opacity to softe the color for the background paper, then cut up part of the overlay and “clipped” her patterned paper to it, creating a warped shadow.

“I wanted to create the impression of “tucking” the storyboard of photos into the page’s pattern. I added a few more pieces of torn and stitched patterned paper, and inked around the outside of the layout.

“I added some random thoughts with a few text boxes along the shape of the journal spot.”

Thanks to all our girls for their enchanting family pics and layouts…if you’re not loving Flutterby yet, you must be harbouring a heart of stone!