Chatting and laughing and inspiring! That's what today's been all about. If you read this email before midnight EST, stop in to the chatroom and join in the fun! If not, enjoy the rest of the sale weekend where everything in the store is marked down 30% and check out the fun new items in the store including 2 at just 25 cents. The 25 cent items and the sale end at 6am EST on Tuesday morning so don't miss out. This will be the last time the entire store is marked down 30% until our next quarterly event in late summer. And, of course, we have 2 NEW 25 cent items for today and tomorrow ONLY! Don't Miss them! Looking for a great Mother's Day Idea? My sister's website Five Daisies offers hand-made mother and grandmother bracelets. She is offering our customers a 10% discount on any item in the store. Enter 4153a9 for a 1 time 10% discount. This discount is only good through May 11th, 2009. Featured Layout of the Week Congratulations to MeEmMom. Her layout Spelling Bee has been selected as the featured layout of the week where she won a $ 5 DesignerDigitals Gift Certificate for product of her choice! Spelling Bee And here are just a few of the items that she used in her layout: Caron Paper Pack by Michelle Martin Matte Black Vintage Photo Frames by Katie Pertiet How'd They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows by Cassie Jones Don't forget about Thrifty Thursday where over 200 items from various designers are marked down 30%! You can check out the items here and mark your calendar for an email reminder here. And you only need to sign up once for weekly reminders! New Products at DesignerDigitals And three new challenges with freebies! You will need to sign into your Community account to get these. If you do not have an account yet you can create one here. Color Challenge by Katie Pertiet Everyday Inspiration Challenge by Lynn Grieveson Journaling Challenge by MaryAnn Wise Photoshop or Elements Tip of the Week: A Quick Fix for Overexposed Photos If you liked last week's tip for underexposed photos, you're sure to like this week's tip, too. Like last week's tip, you'll be able to complete the fix in just a few steps, but for this tip you'll need to start with an overexposed or faded photo. I find this tip especially helpful for old black and white or sepia photos that have been ravaged by light. It's also useful for dull, lifeless, underexposed images. You'll be amazed at the detail you can bring back to these photos. Open an overexposed or faded photo in Photoshop or PSE and select it. Press Ctrl + J (Mac: Cmd + J) to make a copy of the photo. The photo copy layer will populate directly above the original photo. Change the Blending Mode of the copy to Multiply. The Blending Modes Menu can be found at the top of the Layers Palette. The default blending mode is Normal. Clicking the down-facing arrow reveals the entire list of blending modes. Multiply is in the second box from the top. If the photo needs to be intensified even more, select the top layer (the photo copy layer) and make a copy of it by pressing Ctrl + J (Mac Cmd + J). This may be too intense for your liking. If so, adjust the Opacity of the top layer by moving the Opacity slider. Locate the Opacity slider by clicking the down-facing arrow in the 100% Opacity box. When you are satisfied with your quick fix, flatten the image by selecting Layer > Flatten Image. IdeaBooks4u is also having a sale at this time so check them out! Have a great week and we'll see you at DesignerDigitals! Katie and Randy DesignerDigitals DesignerDigitals Blog DesignerDigitals Print Services Keep DesignerDigitals e-newsletters coming! Please add designerdigitals@designer-digitals.com to your address book or safe sender list now! Copyright 2008 Click Creative Group, Inc. PO Box 375, Abingdon, MD 21009-0375