Hello again, it’s Wednesday and time for a review of the New February RAKScraps Digital Scrapbooking Newsletter.  If you haven’t had a chance to check it out I’m going to go over the highlights.  There are some great Challenges this month, a tutorial on Warping text to go around photos and elements and some great RAKS from our Designer Sponsors!  So, without further delay, let’s get to it!

Challenges:

Before I give you a quick run down on the challenges, let me say that I love challenges.  It gives me a chance to jump out of the box and look at things from different angles.  It helps to bring a bit of freshness into my scrapping, and it can do the same for you too.  It is a fun way to get in on the action and get some great RAKS from the hosts of the challenges!  I have to tell you that Bunchie’s RAK prize for the posting challenge last month was AWESOME!  Thank you Bunchie!

Now, on to the good Stuff!

This month brings us Valentines Day and yes, you guessed it, we have some challenges with the theme of Love, Love, Love.   Heather (SparklyDuck75)  has a great challenge, Love, Love, Love,for us, using lyrics and scripture to get us started.  “Two for the Road” by Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse has wonderful passages that will inspire you!  And the lovely scriptures that are posted are also very inspiring and beautiful.  As always, the prize for participating in the challenge is lovely as well!  Just take a look!

Thank you Angela for such a lovely Prize!  There are several entries into this challenge, and it is very interesting to see everyone’s interpretation.  Check out the thread in the forum to view the lovely layouts.

Quote Challenge with Heather

Heather is one busy lady!   She is also hosting the Quote Challenge and it is filled with CHOCOLATE!  There goes my diet!  Well, virtual Chocolate anyway!  AND to assist us in this challenge, Heather and Joanne have put together some really “sweet” word art for us to download.    Check out the Quote Gallery to see the fantastic layouts!  (I’ll not count any calories doing this challenge! )

Look at this “Sweet” WordArt for the Quote Challenge

Fantastic Job Joanne and Heather, and thank you!

February Avatar Challenge with Enableem

Continuing with the theme of Love, Enableem has posted her challenge for dressing up your Avatar for February.  Its all about the things we love!  Dress up your avatar in what you love best and post in the forum for all of us to check out your new “clothes”! 

Posting Challenge with Bunchie

Jump into the posting challenge with Bunchie!  This challenge is a great way to stay or be more active in our fun community!  Just drop a post in the forum with your post count and post away!  Hit the Games area of the forum!  It is a great way to get to know each other and have loads of fun!  Im a great fan of Bernadette1’s impromptu challenges (Challenge #10) with guessing what is in each picture  (this one has got me totally stumped!).   Besides having a lot of fun trying to guess what the pictures are, I learn a little something each day!  And it is a great way to build that post count without even realizing it!    And lets remember the Gallery as well.  Even though those posts do not count in our totals, the Gallery is a big part of RAKScraps!  We all get to show off our work and if you are anything like me, love to see that someone has commented on a layout that you have posted! 

There are many other challenges this month at RAKScraps, with prizes to be had by all!  Check out the Digital Scrapbooking Challenges Forum on the Messageboard and jump on in!  Its fun, and its a great way to give your creativity a giant boost!

Digital Scrapbooking Tutorials

Text and Journaling are a very important part of any layout.  Whether it be one word or an entire story, text and journaling help to make our layouts more memorable!  And what better way to jazz up text in a layout than to bend and warp it around a photograph or element.  Check out the Featured Tutorial in this months Newsletter on Warping Text.  The tutorial explores the Warp Text tool in PSE and how it can be used to bend and shape text around photographs!  Give it a try in your next layout!

 Again, if you have not had the opportunity to check out the latest Newsletter, click on over!  It is packed with information on the happenings at RAKScraps!

 Reminders:

The January Mega Add on Kit is available at ScrapWow.com and also available to RAKStar members in the RakCenter!

The January QuickPages Exchange is also still available!  These are fabulous quick pages created by our members from the January Mega Kit and Add on Kit.  A fast way to finish a layout!  Be sure to grab yours before the 14th!

The February Mega Kit will be released on February 15th!!!!  It is, as always, sure to be a fantastic kit.  Make sure that you are registered so that you will be able to download the wonderful offerings! I personally can’t wait!  I know it will be just as wonderful as the January MegaKit! 

As always, I will see you next Wednesday with more updates on RAKScraps!  And you  just might see me before then if I find something new for you….Im always on the lookout!

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