Premier Top Pick—May 2015

Welcome to our Premier Top Picks announcement for May 2015. I’m excited to share with you the Top Picks from our May 2015 Premier gallery, but first let’s take a look at the kit and videos that inspired the beautiful scrapbook pages.

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Featured Premier Kit—May 2015

[ Shop for Grandma’s Sewing Room by Susie Roberts ]

Photo Mask Brush by Syndee Rogers-Nuckles

Photo Mask Brush Video Tutorial
by Syndee Rogers-Nuckles

Photo mask brushes are one of my favorite things to create because they are so versatile! It’s no wonder they are a popular element in digital scrapbooking. By simply clipping a photo or paper to a brush and playing with the blending modes, you can change the look completely.

In this video we are going to become designers and create our own photo mask brush from scratch!

Page & Photos: Syndee Rogers-Nuckles, Gorilla
Kits: After Five by Susie Roberts, Family by Anna Aspnes, Me Personally by Amanda Taylor

Filtered Reflected Gradient by Jen White

Filtered Reflected Gradient Video Tutorial
by Jen White

Create a uniquely designed BIG picture scrapbook page with this filtered, reflected gradient technique. In just a matter of minutes you’ll add a custom, made-by-you photo mask, a beautiful reflected gradient, and a carefully chosen filter that will make your viewers “ooh” and “ahh” at your craftiness. Extras are included to get you started right away.

Page & Photo:Jen White
Kits: Stories: 365 by Kristin Cronin–Barrow, Me Personally by Taylor Made Designs
Extras: 1505-jen-reflected brush (included)
Fonts: DJB Helena Regular, Aphrodite Slim Pro Reg

Paper Quilting Video Tutorial
by Christina Rambo

Create a folded paper template to clip your favorite papers to. When this template is repeated on your page, it creates a beautiful quilt-like pattern.

Page & Photos: Christina Rambo
Kits: All About a Boy by Shawna Clingerman, Thankful by Karla Dudley, Recollection by Joanne Brisebois

Mason Jar Video Tutorial
by Jenifer Juris

Learn how to use shapes and layer styles to create a custom jar that you can use to document your love of all things Mason.

Page & Photos: Jenifer Juris
Kit: Stories: 365 by Kristin Cronin-Barrow
Fonts: Josefin, American Typewriter

May 2015 Premier Top Pick

It was lovely to see so many pages embracing the sewing/handcrafted theme, and many of you created stunning quilt backgrounds using Christina Rambo’s Paper Quilting tutorial. There were also many beautiful versions of Jenifer Juris’ Mason Jar and Syndee Rogers-Nuckles’ Photo Mask Brush. But the page that just blew us away was KFM’s Ocean Waves using Jen White’s Filtered Reflected Gradient tutorial. Congratulations, KFM!