Welcome to our belated newsletter for this week!
It's the month of love and the DT girls have prepared some amazing stamping challenges and samples for all levels of expertise - from beginner to pro. Keep your eye out for Jen's Troubleshooting Manual full of great tips on how to make the most of your stamps and get some wonderful ideas from Rach on how to make this month special for you and your loved ones. As always there are lots of prizes to be won which are announced daily!
WHAT'S NEW
All the new product from CHA is starting to arrive. Yesterday we received lots of yummy new American Crafts, disappointingly a lot of the Dear Lizzy will not arrive until early March though.
The new Prima again does not disappoint - just beautiful and irresistable!
The winner of the $50 Scrapz.Biz shopping voucher was order #351. Congratulations, Jenny!
Please note that vouchers won in competitions are valid for a period of three months from the date they are issued unless otherwise stated. You can use only one voucher per order. If not used within this period, they are cleared from the system and can not be retrieved.
RELENTLESS RACHAEL'S RAMBLES
Rach has been giving us some great ideas on how to make Valentine's Day special this year. Check out her great ideas here.
FEBRUARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE
This month challenge comes from Melleny.
You'll find details on how to enter the challenge in the Designer Zonez.
Upload your entry into the Monthly Challenge Gallery (using MC006 in your title) before 11:59pm AEST Feb 28, 2010 for your chance to win a $15 SCRAPZ.BIZ shopping voucher.
The winner of last month's challenge set by Lydell was Mel Brewin who wins a $15 voucher.
FEBRUARY TICKLEZ
This month's Ticklez is full of Pink Paislee, Basic Grey, Prima and lots of other goodies from 12 different companies including Maya Road, Jenni Bowlin and more. Valued at $42.45 it is a steal for just $29.95.
All uploads into the appropriate TICKLEZ gallery by midnight March 31, 2010 will automatically go into a lucky draw for a $10 shopping voucher. Our favourite submission for that month will receive a $15 shopping voucher.
FEBRUARY GUEST DESIGNER
Our guest designer this month is Danielle Davis who was the runner-up of our The Scrapper Of Oz comp last year.
Here is a little about Danielle.
Scrap Style:
I don't know how to define my style but I tend to do a lot of fine cutting and love layering with foam.
Fav Colour:
Red at the moment but most of the time I'm a pink girl.
Can't Scrap Without:
My little gold fine cutting scissors and patterned paper. I am also a Thickers addict.
Inspiration:
Scrapping days with friends, magazines, children's books and the Scrapz gallery.
Perfect Day:
Having a clean & quiet house so I can hide away and scrap for a few house guilt free.
Perfect Holiday:
Paris is my all time favourite holiday destination but I haven't tried this with kids. These days we enjoy beach holidays as a family.
Fav Food:
Chocolate or anything with chilli.
Fav Drink:
Tea or water. Sounds boring but I have a great capacity to consume litres of both each day.
Can't Live Without:
My family and my sister
Here is Danielle first stunning creation "Made With Love" using the February Ticklez kit.
The winners of the November Ticklez kit were Fiona Johnstone who wins a $10 voucher for this beautiful submission.
and Angela who has won a $15 voucher for this innovative design.
WEEKLY CHALLENGEZ
There were two prizes this week.
The packet of 12 Sugar Blossoms goes to Clo.
And the 2 piece Slip Center Say It In Pearls is making its way to LindaV!
Second week in a row, Linda!
Maybe you should buy a Gold Lotto ticket.
Hope you enjoy your prizes, girls!
DOCUMENT WITH DEB
Hi Everyone.
Welcome to DWD Wk 06/52
This week I am showing you the results of a slow shutter speed and a fast shutter speed to create two very different looks when photographing moving objects.
You can control the shutter speed on your camera using the Tv or S mode on your camera dial.
Here is a link to a fairly simple explanation about SHUTTER PRIORITY MODE
Sometimes a slow shutter is fabulous for showing movement as shown in my sample page below.
Shutter speed was 1/3 second -( it needed to be slow to get this effect)
ISO 200 - I could have increased this to get a faster shutter - you could play around with ISO and take several shots to find one you like.
F5.6 - I tried to keep a fairly average depth of field
Flash set to fire - i needed as much light as I could get due to the night darkness.
Lots of times I am just experimenting, and when I get a shot I like, I just check out my camera settings and see what worked. I find I learn more about my camera this way.
In the image below, I knew I wanted to "freeze" the water and record the droplets and movement.
To do this, you can use the sport setting (usually the running man) on your camera, or you can use shutter priority and set the shutter speed to fast.
Shutter 1/400 sec - this needs to be fast to freeze the water movement and show droplets.
ISO 400 - still keeping things fast
No flash
F /5 - fairly deep depth of field and still keeps a fast shutter speed.
Controlling your shutter speed is a sure fire way to control the look you want in action photos.
Have a play with your camera settings and see what you can come up with - the best way to learn is to get out there and start snapping.
Have a great week,
Deb
SCRAPZ.AMOUR
Have you checked out the Scrapz.Amour comp we are running over 10 days?
There are lots of stamping challenges, prizes and tips for you. You have got until February 21, 2010 to upload for your chance to win one of ten fabulous stamp sets.
Have a look here!
Happy scrapping,
The SCRAPZ.BIZ TEAM