[Scrapdragon]

I'm starting a scraplift challenge! I realise uptake may be a bit slow with the race starting, although if you do it now, you have a week to complete it before the race!
Here's how it will work, I will select a layout from the gallery which I feel is a good example of a different technique each month.

You should:

• Scraplift that layout
  
• Post your layout in the gallery
  
• Add a comment and link in this thread
  
• Comment on the persons layout you have lifted

You can use any kit, you can turn your layout sideways or upside down, other than the scraplift, there are no rules.

So for February, I have chosen this LO by MommysMemories
I think her blending is awesome and lifting this LO should give you chance to hone up on your blending skills


http://ndisb.com/for...gdom-of-heaven/

This post has been edited by Scrapdragon: 31 January 2010 - 07:51 PM

[Mom_of_5]

What a gorgeous page to lift! Thanks for the challenge!

[Fran]

OMG love this layout.....

[AmandaKelleher]

Stunning!

[Scrapdragon]

Is anybody playing?

[scrappyt]

this is a stunning lo.

[fortlady]

How'd I miss this? What a gorgeous layout, B, great choice! I'll try and get one done, can I have, oh, about 6 weeks to complete it, LOL!

Karen

[SlidingKat]

I know what you mean. I keep thinking about working on this layout. I even went and re-watched the Kelby Training video on blending and re-read the article...next on my list I'll look for a photo to use.

[Scrapdragon]

Hey I'm in the same boat,, it's time isn;t it ladies? Tell you what, why don't we extend this to March too and then go monthly?

I so want to dothis but haven't found the time myself,, I'll keep bumping this thread

[SlidingKat]

I don't know we have two more weeks to do it. And a couple of holidays in that time period.

[SlidingKat]

Okay I did mine. It was actually quite easy once I got started...although I changed mine more than a little...

[Digiheaven]

Here is my scraplift layout. I put the link to the page I lifted in the credits of my layout. I hope that is right.

http://ndisb.com/for...images&img=1898

[AmandaKelleher]

This was fun
my credits are with my layout

[Scrapdragon]

Wow, well done ladies, you are putting me to shame now,, still haven't dne mine

[SparkysGirl]

I created the following to submit for this scraplift challenge (I already had the blending of Abbey done for another layout ... I just added her already-blended photo to a new layout)

[Scrapdragon]

I finally got this done and I'm pretty pleased with it,,but I think I'm gonna look up a blending tute all the same, lol

http://ndisb.com/for...plift-so-proud/

Thanks to everyone who played along, watch for a new LO to lift in March!

[Neverland Scraps]

Oh wow!! What a beautiful layout to scraplift!!

Great challenge!

[hoodsmom]

I kept thinking about this challenge and did it for ADSR Challenge 9

http://http://ndisb....ry/image/3675-ihttp://ndisb.com/for...be-a-butterfly/

I followed a recipe I found for blending 4 bg's and the photo, but beats me if I could do it again with a different color bg.

[SlidingKat]

That is a GORGEOUS layout. WOW!

[hoodsmom]

hoodsmom, on 07 March 2010 - 10:16 PM, said:

...beats me if I could do it again with a different color bg.

I have done this 3 times now and I think I'm getting the hang of it. I found two tutorials - this one is not from another scrapping site and comes with a .psd file to play with: Autumn Portrait Photo Effect by Psdeluxe

What they seem to have in common in their layers stack is:
--more or less color-coordinated layers and ones that don't color clash with the photo. I did however handle some things that color clashed by doing something that neutralized the color effect, such as using the luminosity blend mode or decolorizing and recolorizing with something else.

and going from bottom to top (these are broad guidelines only)
--a base layer, does not need to be strongly patterned or textured to give the overall color to the layout. Blend mode = normal, of course.
--a strongly textured or patterned layer - a pattern you'd like to see in the final LO. Blend mode = luminosity or one of the "stronger" contrast modes such as overlay or hard light.
--your photo. Blend mode = one of the contrast modes. One tutorial used soft light and the other used two identical photo layers, one on soft light and the other on hard light - which I assume gives you more options because you have two sliders to play with
--one or two more layers. Blend modes = some combo of multiply and soft light. One layer should have a mild texture, like the knit fabric in the Psedeluxe tutorial. You should want to see a bit of this texture on your photo.

The Psdeluxe tutorial shows how to use a mask to reduce the effects of your blending on your photo, which I found very helpful (I wish I known about that when I did the ASDR LO.)