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A Little Masking Magic Using Adobe Photoshop Touch!

Audience: Techies Category: Apps, Technology & Hardware Operating System: iPad 3 Software: Adobe Photoshop Touch app Whenever I create a new layout, I have a few old standbys I always turn to. Journaling, embellishment clusters, and masking tools are essential “tools” in my scrapbooking “tool box.” So when I first started scrapping on my iPad, […]

Digital Scrapbooking with Paper Pieces

Audience: Everyone Category: Digital Scrapbooking Supplies Operating System: Windows 7 Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 I was asked to work with Elisha Barnett’s Paper Cutting products. They are based on Scherenschnitte, the German/Swiss art of paper-cutting practiced predominantly in the United States by the Pennsylvania Dutch on commemorative documents, wall hangings, and Christmas decorations. The […]

The Importance of Names and Dates

Audience: Everyone Category: Layout Techniques Operating System: Windows 7 Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 I love getting together over the holidays, especially now that I have kids. It’s so much fun to reminisce and share stories. Invariably, one of the kids will have a homework assignment that requires them to interview a variety of family members […]

How to “Embellish” Your Digital Embellishments

Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS5 with Windows 7 All of us have done it — gone on a quest for the digital items you envision for your next layout. Sometimes you find exactly what you want, and sometimes you need to tweak and create to get the perfect embellishments for your upcoming project. This […]

Salvaging Those Dark Christmas Morning Photos

Article written using Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 with Windows 7 I have a confession to make. I usually take photos with scrapbooking in mind. I like to make sure the background is free of any distractions, the lighting is good, everybody is looking at the camera, and all without making the picture feel forced or […]

Create a Thanksgiving Cookbook

Article written using Photoshop CS6 with Windows 7 I have prepared our Thanksgiving dinner since the first year I was married, and I usually cook the same things each year. Now that most of my children are adults, I decided to create a Thanksgiving cookbook for my children with all the recipes our family uses […]

Adding a Finishing Touch to your Layout

Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS5 with Windows 7 On most of my digital scrapbooking layouts, I find myself using an edger at some point. Sometimes, it’s just a simple outlining of the layout in a straight stitch using Dynamic Brush Set: Basic Stitching 4901 Biggie. Other times, I use a ScrapSimple product like ScrapSimple […]

Mixing Layered Embellishments

Article written using Photoshop CS6 with Windows 7 In this tutorial, I will show how to mix and match the layers from Yours Truly Embellishment mini using different items in the set. When you look in the product folder for each item, you will see the individual PNG files as well as a layered PSD […]

Digital Scrapbook Layout Makeover

Article written using Photoshop Elements 11 and Windows 8 When I first started digital scrapbooking, I was overwhelmed with everything I had to learn, and as a result, my early pages are not my best, but that’s okay with me. I think it can be fun to browse through my files and see how far […]

Using Blending Modes

When starting a new digital scrapbook layout, I find myself always doing things in the same order. OCD? Maybe, but I’d rather look at it as being logical. Photoshop is all about layers, and just like constructing a building, you must start at the bottom and work your way up. First, I find papers in […]