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Adding a QR Code to a Christmas Card Using Keynote on iPad

Tutorial created using the Keynote app and an iPad 3 Have you ever seen one of these before? It’s a QR code, and lately I’ve been seeing them everywhere – on magazine ads, movie posters, flyers. I even saw some recently in my son’s school on classroom projects. A QR code is similar to a […]

Fun with Gradient Maps in PSE 11

Article written using Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 with Windows 7 If you are wondering how I could use “fun” and “gradient” in the same sentence, keep reading. I’d like to show you a couple of my favorite ways of using gradient maps in digital scrapbooking layouts, and, for good measure, I’ll throw in a fun […]

Using the Color Isolation Action to Improve Your Photos

Article written using Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 with Windows 7 What are Actions? Actions are scripts that link a series of steps together to save us time. When we “run” an action, we are telling the script to go through all the steps for us, leaving us with just a finished product. Some actions require […]

Using Cherise Oleson’s Taking Notes Products!

Article written using Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 with Windows 7 Every 15th of the month when the new ScrapSimple Club appears, it’s like opening a birthday gift. I enjoy discovering each month’s theme, and I like to think about what kind of digital scrapbook layouts the designer envisioned when she planned the club. It was a real […]

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 […]

Altering Digital Embellishment Masks

Tutorial created Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Windows Vista When I first had the privilege of working with Brandy Murry’s Menagerie Collection Biggie, for this month, I was totally excited at the theme and all the earth-tone colors. As the mom of an “animal family,” this collection is heaven! In our house, we have plenty to […]

Using Quick Edit in Photoshop Elements 11

Article written using Photoshop Elements 11 with Windows 8 We are among friends here at Scrap Girls, therefore I feel safe making a confession. I know that you will not judge me, and that many of you, deep down, harbor the same secret I do. I hope this doesn’t change your opinion of me, but […]

Create a Printable Greeting Card

Tutorial created Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Windows Vista In the September 2013 issue of Guideposts, Mike Rowe talks about how he grew up wishing he could be just like his grandfather. His grandfather was a man who “was a master electrician but could do pretty much anything. Build a house without a blueprint. Dig a well. […]

Coloring Fonts

I love fonts! Although I like to work with all the graphic elements in digital scrapbooking, I would definitely say I am obsessed with fonts! I think there is a good chance a lot of you are like me in that respect; maybe we should start a Fonts Anonymous group here at Scrap Girls! Today, I’m going […]

Creating a “Just Because” Card Using Your Digital Scrapbooking Supplies

Article written using Photoshop CS4 and Windows 7 Occasionally, life slows down a little bit, and I have some time to reflect on where I am going and what I’ve been doing. I evaluate my goals, and sometimes I adjust them. One of the goals I had set for myself this year was to keep […]