Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category

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Scrap With Templates

August 5, 2008

Scrap With Templates is a shop where you will find products to help you make fabulous digital scrapbook pages. Most of the products are templates, such as layered templates for making scrapbook layouts or clipping masks that you just clip your own photos into. If you are new to layered templates they provide a tutorial that inlcudes screen shots on how to use them.

Right now the site is celebrating its Grand Opening and all products are 50% off!  And if you sign up for their newsletter you will receive a free bragbook template set.  All templates are Scrap-for-hire friendly and commercial use is also permitted.

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Pencil Lines

July 25, 2008

Pencil Lines is an international blog “all about using sketches to expand your artistic horizons, get you outside your box, and lift you out of scrappers block and to help you get more layouts done. It is about thinking outside your normal processes to create something wonderful.”  New sketches are released every Sunday evening.  Previous sketches are available as PDF downloads.

Sketches are not templates or quick pages, they are simply an inspirational starting point for you to add your own personal touch to.

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Blog Amuki

June 23, 2008

Blog Amuki is a non-english blog that is packed full of great resources, especially if you like grunge!   Lists of fonts, textures, images, brushes, tutorials etc can all be found here.  Most of the links are to English language sites so navigation is easy, and the wealth of info is well worth your time to check out!

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NBK Scrap

June 16, 2008

NBK is the blog of German designer Nicole K. who is a very inventive and eclectic digiscrap artist. I haven’t been able to glean much information about her, but her designs speak for themselves so stop by and take a look.

An example of just one of her many freebies:

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Father’s Day Gift Idea

May 28, 2008

Father’s day is only a couple of weeks away, but there is still time to create a personalized photo book for dad, grandpa or a favorite uncle. Here are a few themes to spark your creativity:

  • Children/grandchildren
  • Hobbies
  • Vacations
  • Family History

My father-in-law tells me that the 5×3.25 mini brag books from Viovio fit perfectly in a man’s shirt pocket which is “very handy for showing off grandchildren because men don’t carry purses.” These little books come in multi-packs and there are also square mini books available too!

If you are looking for something a little larger, Viovio offers over a dozen different book sizes, all at a very affordable price!

Here are a couple of pictures of the mini brag book I made for last Father’s day:

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“Take Flight”

May 9, 2008

Songbird Avenue, Inc. is a digital scrapbooking-based online boutique whose proceeds are donated to various charities each month in an effort to give compassionately to those in need.

The charity kit this month is a beautiful mega kit called “Take Flight”. Guest designers helping Songbird Avenue celebrate it’s first year with this kit include: Shabby Princess, Dianne Rigdon, Gina Miller, Robin Carlton, Carrie Stephens, Nancie Rowe-Janitz, Amy Wolff, Jenna Desai, Kate Hadfield, Jacque Larson, Michelle Coleman, Shabby Miss Jenn, Susan Bartolini, Kate Teague, Leora Sanford, Meredith Fenwick, Jan Crowley and Janet Phillips.

100% of this month’s profits will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

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Single page printing now available at Viovio!

May 2, 2008

Raleigh, NC (May 2008)- Viovio, an on-line community and creative photo book publishing service, in celebration of National Scrapbooking Day, introduced an unbound book option today, in conjunction with their new 12×12 photo book.

The latest addition to Viovio’s expanding menu of print-on-demand products is the direct result of customer input. “At Viovio we strive to accommodate to our customers’ needs,” commented Connie Fowler, Co-Founder of Viovio, “and customers have indicated they want the option to print loose pages in a 12×12” size for a variety of reasons, including for use in hybrid scrapping.”

The same digital silk quality pages available in the 12×12 bound books are now available loose at the low price of $.75 per page. The double-sided minimum page count is 24. For customers that prefer single-sided printing for their pages the fee is only an additional 15%. With single-sided printing the minimum page count is 12.

To order loose pages simply create a gallery, upload your pages, and click the “order photo book” icon engaging the bookmaker process. Check the box to have the cover image printed inside the book, accept the default cover info and move to the purchase page. “Unbound book” is the last selection from the drop down menu.

About Viovio (www.viovio.com):
Founded in 2004, Viovio offers a creative and easy-to-use photo publishing service that allows users to upload photos, completed pages or PDF books, create travel blogs, create photo books, and exchange information about their favorite places and memorable adventures. More than just a publishing Web site, Viovio is an on-line community designed for photographers (professional and novice), travel enthusiasts, and those who want to combine the two. Viovio’s goal is always to produce on-demand products of exceptional quality with record speed without ever compromising quality, customer service or price. The company offers 300 MB of free photo storage, a capacity that can be upgraded.

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Are you Affiliated?

April 29, 2008

Viovio is ready to launch an Affiliate program and they are looking for beta testers. Anyone can sign up, so if you have a website or you refer friends and family to Viovio this could put a little extra cash in your pocket! If you are interested in being a beta tester please send an email to marketing@viovio.com with “Affiliate Beta Tester” in your email subject line.

Check out the Affiliate program here.

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Free Graphics Centre

April 24, 2008

Free Graphics Centre is a new site that offers a wide variety of graphics for free. These include, frames, textures, fractals and backgrounds just to name a few. Vector images images are also available from the site at $0.50 each with a minimum purchase of 6 images required. These are supplied in zip format and contain AI, EPS8 and JPG versions of the images downloaded.

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Happy New Year!

January 1, 2008

Wishing you all a safe, happy and prosperous 2008!