The Groove April 2010 Monthly Freebie Challenge

[Karin]

Welcome to The Groove's Monthly Freebie Challenge!

Hello from The Groove, Scrapbook MAX!'s *free* monthly newsletter!

Each month, a featured designer offers a great freebie mini-kit and issues a challenge based on that kit.

All you need to do is download the freebie, save it, and double-click on it to import the elements into Scrapbook MAX!. Then, create a layout that steps up to the challenge, upload it to the Groove Newsletter Challenges gallery and post a link to your layout in a reply to this thread!

Details about this month's freebie and challenge are below!

This month, designer Deanne Gow-Smith has shared an elegant freebie that she is inviting you to have some "color fun" with!

Deanne’s Challenge:

• Take the items in this kit and change the colours of everything (double-click on your item in the Scrapbook MAX! design space, click on the Advanced tab and use the adjust colour / hue settings in Scrapbook MAX! 2.0)
• Make a color co-ordinated layout (with your new "colour scheme")

• Be sure to re-colour your background image. Here's how:

Import a background paper from this kit into the design space as a "Background". Double-click on the Background to call up its Settings. On the Settings dialog, keep Background Image selected, but at the same time choose a colour from the color selector. Then, use the transparency slider. Your chosen hue will shine through your background image! (click on the images attached to post #2 in this thread - the very next post - for a step-by-step tutorial)

• Add text, making sure to use the colour blend or image/pattern buttons.

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Be sure to check out the April 2010 issue of The Groove. You'll find heritage layouts made by Scrapbook MAX! community members, a discount coupon code on featured kits, **free Scrapbook MAX! banners and blinkies**, and learn all about the all-new Family Heritage Mega Expansion Pack for Scrapbook MAX! 2.0.

Happy Scrapping!
from The Groove

[Karin]

Colorize a Background Image - Tutorial

The always-creative Deanne Gow-Smith has discovered a super amazing way to colorize a background image and is challenging you to use it for this month's challenge!

Instructions are below. Plus, we've attached screenshots of the steps for a visual demo. Just click on the images in the order of 1, 2, 3 to follow along!

How to Colorize a Background Image:
Import a background paper from this kit into the design space as a "Background". Double-click on the Background to call up its Settings. On the Settings dialog, keep Background Image selected, but at the same time choose a colour from the color selector. Then, use the transparency slider. Your chosen hue will shine through your background image!



Have fun!
Karin

[Moonbeam]

Hi Guys! This feature of changing the background colour of a "Paper" I discovered just a couple of weeks ago... Maybe you already found it but for me it was NEW! and I think it will be very very handy to be able to do this ( as well as change colours of other elements) ... Let's see what you can do with it...

Even if it's new to you - ( you dont have to use the paper from my kit) try some of your OWN favourite Background Papers and post the before and after effect... we'd love to see it - Any questions on it , please just ask!
thanks Karin for the picture tutorial

[lindaathome]

Just Us Girls

This is my sweet Mother, my 2 older sisters and me, circa 1953.

Thanks for the wonderful kit Moonbeam. I really love it.

[memphisfran]

My layout

Here's my layout with new colors

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[Moonbeam]

Good work Girls, and can I ask you a question... I am just interested if you knew about the ability in SBM to change the bG paper colour? Have you learned something new ?

[omajo]

[omajo]

Here is my layout, as I read this challenge straight away I change the background of the above layout, just curious because I never tried it before. Thanks Deanne for the hint and challenge.
I haven't dl your kit, I will dl it and make some more layouts. thanks.
I changed the background color from white to red. for this one.

[ValerieElaine]

Here's mine I changed the background from the dark purple to s bige colour.

[Moonbeam]

VAL!!! that's an amazing transformation... very very classy look with the clours you have made

[Moonbeam]

[QUOTE=omajo;152256]Here is my layout, as I read this challenge straight away I change the background of the above layout, just curious because I never tried it before. Thanks Deanne for the hint and challenge.
I haven't dl your kit, I will dl it and make some more layouts. thanks.
I changed the background color from white to red. for this one.


Thanks Omajo, it looks so different... I'm glad you learned a new trick.. I did too......just think we will always be able to find a background paper to match now.

[Kimmyann]

Thanks Moonbeam, I never knew or even thought about trying this!!!! SBM2 is Awesome!!!!!

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[Kimmyann]

I do't know whats wrong, Maybe just my computer. Am I using the wrong link now?
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[Moonbeam]

I used the middle link... Is this what you were posting? Its lovely Kimmyann

[lindaathome]

Changing the Background color

Good work Girls, and can I ask you a question... I am just interested if you knew about the ability in SBM to change the bG paper colour? Have you learned something new ?

Moonbeam, I normally just use the sliders on the Advance Tab to change the colors. I did learn something new with this method. Thanks so much. I love to keep learning all of the things we can do in SBM.