styles Archives

ScrapSimple Templates – Put the Simple in Digital Scrapbooking!

Today we want to highlight something that Scrap Girls pioneered that really sets our site apart. Years ago, we started our own unique line of grayscale layout templates we called ScrapSimple. As the years passed, we expanded our ScrapSimple Templates line to include a lot more than just layout templates, so if you’re new to Scrap Girls or […]

Warm & Cozy Word Tags for Fall

Melissa Renfro’s Embellishment Templates: Warm and Cozy Tags is packed full of fun scrapping supplies.Her word choices make the tags so versatile, and I love that she includes both the words as well as the cut-out tags of the words. Let me show you three fun ways I have been using Melissa’s tags this month: 1. Add […]

Oh-So-Easy Cut-Out Accents

Angie Briggs reviews some of our popular cut-out products that give the illusion of letters and more punched out of paper!

Five Steps to ‘Watercolor Fabulous’ Templates!

In this tutorial, I’ll show you a fun way to color vintage overlay Templates using a watercolor brushes.

Using Custom Styles to Add Bling to your Digital Layouts!

We have some wonderful styles in the Scrap Girls Boutique to help you add that special touch to your layouts – glitters, metals, jewels, epoxy, foils, and glass. This tutorial will show you how to use them to bling out your layouts.

Adjusting the Pattern Size of Styles in Photoshop Elements

What would we do without styles? Being able to add touches of virtual glitter, glass, paint, metal, wood, and so much more is one of the best parts about digital scrapbooking. Today, let’s work with one of the options available: adjusting the pattern size of styles by scaling. Since we might want to apply the same […]

5 Creative Ways to Use Photoshop Styles

If you haven’t jumped into the world of styles, you are missing out! With the simple click of the mouse button, styles can completely change the look of your papers, embellishments, and even photos.

Coloring Templates using Layer Masks

Use Layer Masks to color your templates creatively!Today It’s a fun way to color ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates when they are single layer PNG files and don’t include any layered (PSD) files.

Create an Embossed Paper

Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS6 with Windows 7 I have always loved the look of embossed papers, and as paper crafter, I amassed quite a collection of stencils and tools. Now, however, they are gathering dust on a shelf because I can get the same look with the click of my mouse using Brandy […]

Ready, Set, Glow – Experimenting with Fall Leaves

Article written using Photoshop CS5 on a Mac “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Carnus The season of brilliant colors, crisp air, pungent […]