Happy Halloween!

Are you having a frighteningly fun Halloween?  Halloween is such a fun holiday and our neighborhood celebrated yesterday evening with trick-or-treat.  So much fun to see all the little kiddos out in costume having a fun time.  But unlike the saying goes "Trick-OR-Treat", today I have both a trick and a treat for you!

Trick: Removing unwanted shadow areas
For the most part applying shadows to your elements is pretty straight forward but at times you end up getting a shadow in places you really don't want.  I mostly see this happening in my layouts when I put a frame over my pictures and part of the shadow hangs into my beautiful picture.  However, there is a super easy way to resolve this issue while keeping the rest of the shadowing on that element that you love.  Simply hover your cursor over the layer style (in this case "drop shadow") and right click.  A menu will come up and you will want to select "create layer."  Now your shadow will be on it's own layer in your layer palette!  Simply grab your eraser tool and select the right brush, generally a small, hard, round brush, and remove the parts you don't like.
Treat: Free Mini from the collection Boho Chic, available here.  You will get everything I used to make this page:

To check out the rest of this collection or my other kits, please visit my store.

Are you having fun yet!?!

I hope you have found some time to enjoy the games and prizes at ndisb.com in honor of the 6th birthday celebration.  In case you need just a bit more incentive to get over there and celebrate I have a special coupon for you, my blog readers.  Simply enter "BLOG15" to enjoy an additional 15% off your purchase!  The coupon is good through 11/4/11 but don't forget my store is all 40% off through 10/31/11. 

So head on over there right now!!

Toot, toot! The train is rolling in....

I sure hope you've made a stop at ndisb.com to check out all the fun being had with our BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!!  For starters, EVERYTHING IN MY STORE IS 40% OFF!!!  I know many other designers are featuring great sales as well.  Plus there are plenty of games including a treasure hunt where you can find all the pieces of our birthday collaboration Color Me Beautiful!

On this stop of the train, I've included quick page using several papers and elements from Color Me Beautiful which is yours for free.  Grab it for your personal use by clicking on the image below.

You should have come here from scrapdragondesigns.co.uk and your next stop is snackpackgu.blogspot.com  Enjoy the rest of the blog train and the birthday celebration!

Ready for a treasure hunt to find some freebies??

See this cupcake?  Well, there are 22 of them hidden throughout the forums, store, and gallery at ndisb.com and each of them has a freebie to download when found.  If you search well, you will find all 22 gorgeous mini kits from our Color Me Beautiful Collaboration.

See head on over there now and celebrate with us!  And don't forget, my store is 40% off all week and the blog train full of fun freebies starts on Wednesday!

Birthday Celebration and Sale Coming Soon

Natural Designs in Scrapbooking is turning six and to celebrate we've teamed up to provide some fun games, prizes, and a blog train.  In addition to the celebration everything in my store will be 40% off from October 24th to October 31st!
Make sure to head on over to http://ndisb.com to check out the games, including a treasure hunt which will lead you to our birthday collaboration Color Me Beautiful!  And check back here to hop on the blog train as well which begins October 26th at 8am CST.  It's going to be fun so get ready.
It all starts October 24th!!  Here's a sneak peak at my contribution to Color Me Beautiful: