Newsletter Issue 10/28/08
New!  Weeds and Wildflowers Interview!
We appreciate you and your support of the magazine so much! Our focus and goal is to provide you with the best inspiration and education for hybrid scrapbooking - meaning, teaching you the many ways you can use the computer to aid you in your scrapbooking projects.

 
 
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f you haven't been over to website, come see the latest issue of our magazine (Vol 2 Issue 3).   It's loaded with hybrid projects, easy tutorials, photography tips, computer advice and more! We also squeezed in some last minute  'spook'tacular Halloween projects. 
 
And check out our interview with the Weeds and Wildflowers team.  Get the scoop on this dynamic trio, learn how their upbringing plays a part in their amazing talents, and get the inside secrets on what inspires them.  We've got an article of the interview along with photos and a video where you can see them in action.  Oh!  And don't forget to check out our "Behind the Scenes" video of them at our photo shoot.  They are all so cute!
 
Also - FREEBIES! - delightful digital kits and free graphics to complete your projects.
 
Remember, our magazine has gone "paperless". You can view everything online with your subscription. To read about the benefits of this new format, click HERE.
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Help Desk Feature
In order to help you more efficiently with customer support, we have set up a help desk ticket system.  Just click on the CUSTOMER SUPPORT link on the front page of the website.  From there you can open a new ticket or view an existing ticket.  That you for using this new feature.  
 
Desktop Wallpaper

Only a few more days to grab the October Computer Screen Desktop Wallpaper - compliments of Doris Castle of ScrapbookGraphics.com.  It comes with and without a calendar and also fits regular or widescreen monitors.  We also have a video on the website to show you had to add your own personal photos to it.  

Check out our current issue to see how one of our readers personalized hers!  We would love to see what you have done.  Send yours to us at submissions@scrapbookdimensions.com with "Wallpaper" in the subject line.  You may get published in our magazine.
 
 
 
 
New Columns
 
New to the magazine are "Corner on Humor", "Ask Bre" (a question and answer series for teens and tweens), "Computer Advice" by our contributing editor, a.k.a. computer genius, Martha Bagwell.  In addition, to the website and the magazine we have "Living Green" - tips for going green and spotlighting 'green' companies.
 
"Turn Your Fonts Into Stickers" - by Chere Nordstrand (Dream Team)
 
I LOVE doing this, probably one of my most favorite digital tricks and it's super simple! You can do this one of two ways. You can make each individual letter it's own sticker OR you can type the word you want and turn the entire thing into a sticker. I will show you both ways.

Here's how for each individual letter:

I'm using Photoshop Elements for this project.  Open a New Document the approximate size you want your letter sticker. Mine is 2.5"x2.5" at 300 dpi with a transparent background.

Type a letter in whatever color and font you desire. My font size is 150 pt. Now we need to make a new layer underneath this layer. Hold down Ctrl (PC) or Cmd (Mac) and then click on Create New Layer in your layer palette. This will create a new blank layer just beneath your letter font.

Now select the letter layer and select the Magic Tool wand and click the empty area AROUND your letter by clicking on the background.
 
 
Then Shift + Ctrl(PC) or CMD(Mac) + I and marching ants will appear ONLY around your Letter.
 
 
 
Go to Select > Modify > Expand > 15 Pixels > Ok. Now you will notice that the marching ants just got bigger around your letter.
 


Click on the blank layer beneath your letter. In your color palette you need to select the color that you want on the outside of your letter, preferably white if you want to make it look like a sticker but you can make it whatever you want. With the blank layer still selected in your layer palette type Alt + Delete to fill the layer. You will now have a border around your letter. Merge Visible and then you can drag and drop it onto your project.
 
 
 
For making and entire word into a sticker you would complete the exact same steps above except that you type out your entire word instead of the individual letters.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Note: I changed the background color so it would be easier to see that there is white around the letters.

So the next time you're in a crunch and don't have an alpha that fits, go through your fonts and make your own!