Staying Upadated and New Freebies

Hey my friends! I hope this post finds you happy and well! I wanted to make you aware of something I discovered the other day. Maybe you are all way ahead of me and know this already, but thought I would share for those of us that are in the dark!!

I recently realized that pages I 'liked' on facebook have not been showing up in my news feed. I did some searching around and found out my account, by default, was set to only show 200 friends and 'likes' in my feed! This makes no sense to me? Why would I add a friend or page if I didn't want to see them in my feed? Guess it will be one of those facebook mysteries! The other thing it made me realize is that many of you following the SpeedScraps page may not be getting updates either.

To fix the problem, go to the bottom of your facebook page and click 'edit options' (lower right) and set the 'maximum friends allowed in feed' to a higher number. It appears that 9999 is the max. I think the critical thing is to make sure the number you choose exceeds your number of friends plus the number of pages you 'like'.

Another way for you to make sure you know when there are new blog posts here at SpeedScraps is to add your email address to my 'updates'. You can find this option on the right hand side, at the bottom of the information there. It says 'receive email updates' and has a spot for you to enter your email address. This adds you to a google group I created. As part of that grou you simply get an email each time I make a blog post - nothing more - no spam or anything!!

Before I get to the great freebies I have today, I want to say that this is the last time I will be posting my freebies at DigiScrapDepot. So, if that's how you arrived here, you may want to 'like' SpeedScraps on facebook or add your email address if you want to continue to be notified of what's going on around here. DigiScrapDepot is a wonderful site, I have not had any problems there and it has been a great resource for bringing people to SpeedScraps. I am just in a process of trying to 'simplify' my own life and eliminate the extra work that is involved in bringing you some great freebies.

So, what do I have for you today? Something I think is really fun! I have created something I call 'Quick Starts'. The concept behind these collages is that they are a bit more than a sketch, but not quite a layered template. Each file is a png that can be used to create a very simple, yet stunning layout or can be used as a starting point for a more involved, embellished layout. Each set contains 20 cohesive collages. They can be used individually for a single layout, put two together to make a two page spread, or use the whole set to quickly and easily create a beautiful album!!

Here is Set 1:

And some inspiration:

"Cereal Box Fairies" digital scrapbook layout by Christy VanderWall uses:

• Quick Start Collages - Set 1 - Christy VanderWall
• Love Is Collection - Christy VanderWall
• File Save 1 - Christy VanderWall
• Delete Non-Visible - Christy VanderWall

"Play (Little Miss Independent)" digital scrapbook layout by Christy VanderWall uses:

• Quick Start Collages - Set 1 - Christy VanderWall
• Glory Collection - Jennifer Labre
• File Save 1 - Christy VanderWall
• Copy & Close - Christy VanderWall
• Supply Tracker - Christy VanderWall

And Set 2:

And some more inspiration:

"Everything Beautiful" digital scrapbook layout by Christy VanderWall uses:

• Quick Start Collages - Set 2 - Christy VanderWall
• Feelin Krafty Collection - Christy VanderWall
• Copy & Close - Christy VanderWall
• File Save 1 - Christy VanderWall

"Park Play" digital scrapbook layout by Christy VanderWall uses:

• Quick Start Collages - Set 2 - Christy VanderWall
• Little Bit Black Alpha - Jennifer Labre
• Color Me Happy - Jennifer Labre
• Glory Collection - Jennifer Labre
• She's All That - Jennifer Labre
• Vintage Rose - Jennifer Labre
• Supply Tracker - Christy VanderWall
• File Save 1 - Christy VanderWall

Download Quick Start Collages 1

Download Quick Start Collages 2

Stay tuned in the week to come! I will post some tips and tricks for using these quickly and easily in PS and PSE!!

Have a great day! :) I would love to see what you create with these!