Eye Spy with my Little Eye

I haven't been scrapping as much as usual lately and sure miss doing it! It felt good to be in the zone and create a page. I did this page as part of Designer Digitals' Saturday Scraplift challenge. When I was thinking about which picture to use, I came across this photo of DD#3 and immediately knew that I wanted to do some sort of extraction with it. I usually don't do fancy stuff like that because it takes forever with PSE 4.0, but for once I actually had an idea of what to do before I started (Usually I'm a go-with-the-flow type of scrapper---never plan ahead and never know what my page is going to look like in the end). I even had to stretch the paper towel tube a little---boy I love Photoshop! :)

I'm always afraid to explain how I do certain digital techniques because quite frankly, I'm usually just winging it and find that I was doing it the hard way--lol. That's the thing about Photoshop---so many ways to do the same thing :) Also, I'm working w/ an older version which doesn't have the same functionality as the newer PSE versions. But if you are interested in learning how to do an extraction, check out this tutorial kit:

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Here are the supplies I used to create the Eye Spy layout:

All www.designerdigitals.com
Hinged Frames No. 2 by Katie Pertiet
Naturally Krafty No.7 by Katie Pertiet
OuterSpace Page Set by Anna Aspnes
12x12 Page fotoblendz No. 3 by Anna Aspnes
Distressed Toolset No. 1 by Anna Aspnes
Skribbles Arrows brush set by Anna Aspnes
12x12 Scratched Overlays No. 1 by Anna Aspnes
Felt Friends in the Woods by Pattie Knox
Staple Its by Pattie Knox
Recolor Stitches Vol.1 by Pattie Knox