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I really like how Kate The Amazing One used my Another Day Kit to create this wonderful reminder:

For those in the path of storms – literally or metaphorically, be still in the center; stay safe and come out stronger another day!

I’ve been sooo… behind schedule in the Art Journal Caravan but I have every intention to catch up…

So here is my 3rd page – done late last night:

Credits and description could be found here:
@ Studio Ztampf! Gallery
@ Ztampfest Gallery

The verb for next one is Travel! So many possibilities to ponder with it! But at least I know that I have just the perfect kit to work with it ;).

My stay as an Artist in Residence at Vermont Studio Center back in 2008 is still one of the most exciting, most memorable time in my life so far. Here are two photographs that always make me smile and transport me back to the unforgettable Open Studio Night… My new Fly Rebel Fly is just perfect to scrap them with!

VSC is situated in a charming small town on Johnson in Vermont. It was such an elating experience, so different from my life in metropolis Hong Kong…

Have an especially lovely one! Enjoy 20% Off Discount @ StudioZtampf! from now thru Wed, May 12th with this coupon code: happymommaz. Have fun with it!

Share your ztampfilicious mother-related layouts with us at Ztampf! on Facebook to win a $15 StudioZtampf! Coupon! The layout could be about anything related to motherhood: about your mother, about being a mother, thoughts about motherhood, a mother’s wishes, anything at all that has anything to do with mother as long as they are created mostly with Ztampf! products. Post them here to the Fans Photos Section before Sat, May 15th 2010. Good luck!

Some layouts I did about my own mother:

I look forward to see yours :)

Blowin’ Baubbles has just arrived at Studio Ztampf! in SBG:

I’ve made a layout with it! The AlphaSet used in the layout comes from the GelloGlass AlphaSet, which has also just been made available at Studio Ztampf!!

Now the layout:

There are two things to point out in the layout:
1. How to make the bubbles look more realistic on the photo itself
2. How to make the bubble spray appear so seamlessly floating out from the photo

Now, the keyword to question No.1 is ‘blending mode’. I use Photoshop, but I am sure that many other software have similar feature. For the bubbles that I placed on the photo, I just set the blending mode of the bubble spray layer to ‘Pin Light’: voila! The bubbles now look like an original part of the photo!

Next, but then the part of the bubbles spray outside the photo now looks funny! There is a very easy trick to fix this:
- Copy the bubbles spray layer
- Change the blending mode to ‘Normal’
- Crop the part that is overlaid on the photo (use your Lasso Tool)
Now the bubbles spray pop up even more!
Easy peasy :)

Actually, I have another version of this layout done with a different background paper! Which one you like best? The peach one above or the aqua one below?

For complete credit list of other products used in the layouts above, just click on each of the layouts above.

Well, I hope you will find this little trick useful!