Monday’s freebies

Birthday party #1 – check :-) one down, two to go.
So Damien turned 4 today and all the family was over to celebrate. He was very excited and loved all the attention and presents he got. Chris and I had planned on taking him to the zoo in the morning, but it was raining cats and dogs today, so we stayed home and played with the Lego dinosaur set we got him. That was fine with Damien, he was happy to play with his new toys. In the afternoon all the family was over for tea (we don’t even have a coffee machine) and cake. Damien was the life of the party and was laughing all the time. And he didn’t stop letting everybody know that he was now 4 years old.

I still owe some answers to questions that came up, so here goes:
How did I do Damien’s birthday party invitations? (see yesterday’s P365 layout for a photo) I used the Frugal Crafters template, get it here. It was super easy and done in a flash (well, maybe everything except cutting out the fire at the bottom of the rocket). I would have liked to embellish it more and add an alpha, but I haven’t found my scrapbook supplies yet (T minus 9 months and we still have more than half of our belongings packed in moving boxes in the basement…arrgghhh)

How do I do 2-page layouts? I open a new file (7200x3600 @ 300dpi) and then I open the two 12x12 templates I want to use. In the first template I click on the top layer so that its highlighted. I then hold down the shift key and click on the bottom layer. Now I have all layers selected, I grab the template, hold down shift, and simply drag it in to my new 7200x3600 file. The template will be centered (thanks to the shift key). I then drag it to the left till it fits in the corners. This can be a bit tricky to get it right, but haven’t found a better way yet. I then do the same for the second template, except it goes on the right of my new 2-page file. When putting the background papers in place, I find it hard to place them perfectly so they fit in all corners. In order to avoid unwanted white space, I simply resize just a little bit. No one will notice and it saves a bunch of time and sanity ;-) The border I used was actually for a 12x12 layout, so I just erased the two borders in the middle that I didn’t need, and copied parts from the border and inserted to make two long borders on the top and bottom. If you are looking for a PSE tutorial on how to use templates, check out this post from the W&W forum.
And now for some freebies:

Templates:

http://www.elementalscraps.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18405
http://lauriesscraps.blogspot.com/ P365
http://littledreamerdesigns.typepad.com/little_dreamer_designs/
http://moon7x4.blogspot.com/
http://camillaskitchen.blogspot.com/
http://thescrappinggarden.blogspot.com/ P365




http://www.withlovebymushy.com/blog/
http://robynpalidesigns.blogspot.com/




Quickpages:

http://bnpdesigns.dolphinzanddreamz.com/
http://grahamlikethecracker.blogspot.com/
http://jenniferbarrettedesigns.blogspot.com/
http://digiscrapmanue.blogspot.com/
http://letiscrap.blogspot.com/
http://meredithcardall.blogspot.com/




http://raspberryroaddesigns.blogspot.com/
http://www.simplescrapper.com/
http://digital-scrapbooking-japan.blogspot.com/
http://sabdesbois.blogspot.com/




Alphas & Wordart:

http://chantalsblog.bastelscrapmamas.com/
http://passionfraisinette.blogspot.com/
http://apasova.blogspot.com/




Kits & more:

http://bonscrapatitdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://www.digiscrapbook.net/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=80
http://digi-designs.blogspot.com/
http://digitreats.typepad.com/creativeteam/
http://tracireed.com/teamblog/
http://jannylynn.blogspot.com/




http://kimbsdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://chouk77.blogspot.com/
http://melslightbulbmoments.blogspot.com/
http://petaboardman.blogspot.com/
http://sjtowers.blogspot.com/
http://scrappingmagic.blogspot.com/




http://simplysweetdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/wordpress/
http://sunflowers-scrapblog.blogspot.com/
http://vicki20.blogspot.com/
http://www.pimpyourscrapbook.com/