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Using Adjustment Layers to Fix Heritage Photos

Tutorial created in Adobe Photoshop CS6 using Windows 7 Heritage photos are a favorite to use on my digital scrapbooking pages. Most of my old photos have faded and have some form of color cast. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use adjustment layers in Photoshop to fix these problems using an old […]

Take Your Digital Photo Frames to the Next Level!

Article written using Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 with Windows 7 As soon as I saw Amanda Fraijo-Tobin’s Spring Fantasy Collection this month, I knew that I would be using that wooden frame! I love photo frames and the definition they bring to a digital scrapbooking page, as well as the importance they have as design elements. A […]

Tweaking Colors of Digital Elements

Follow along as Sue shows you how tweaking colors can change the way you scrapbook! Article written using Photoshop Elements 6 You’ve heard it said here before: Digital scrapbooking gives you maximum flexibility with everything you use. Colors can be changed, sizes can be reduced or enlarged at will, and you can use your digital […]

Finding Your Scrapbooking Mojo

Does this sound familiar? You finally have some free time to do some digital scrapbooking, you sit down at your computer – and draw a blank. Or you just purchased some beautiful new products from the talented designers in the Scrap Girls Boutique, downloaded and unzipped them, but just can’t figure out what to do […]

Why I Scrapbook

Layout created Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Windows Vista Recently someone asked me the question, “Why do you scrapbook?” It took me a while to think about it, and there isn’t a single answer to the question. You see, for me digital scrapbooking goes much deeper than meets the eye. Yes, I scrapbook to document […]

Using Dynamic Digital Brushes

Article written using Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 with Windows 7 I decided that for today’s technique we would have a little fun… scribbling! I know it sounds odd but stay with me… it’s fun, looks so artsy, and it works well on nearly all photos, but especially those with contrast and defined edges. I’m using […]

Selective Color Technique in Photoshop

Article written using Photoshop CS5 with Mac Without a doubt, the Selective Color Technique is my favorite quick and easy way to change a targeted color in a photo or digital scrapbooking product. Even the slightest alteration in the hue of an object can make the difference between a harmonious digital scrapbooking layout and one […]

Out-Of-Bounds Technique in Photoshop Elements

Article written using Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 with Windows 7 Vista Have you ever seen a page where it looks like someone in a photo is popping out of the frame? I’ll show you how to do this out-of-bounds technique on your next digital scrapbooking layout! For this photo, I wanted to make my guys’ […]

Changing Up Embellishment Clusters

Tutorial created with Photoshop CS6 and Windows 7 Embellishment clusters can dress up your digital scrapbooking layouts in a fraction of the time it takes to arrange the embellishments on your own. The pre-made cluster embellishments come on a single layer as a PNG file. Even though they don’t have layers, I often change up […]

Using Photojournalism On Your Digital Scrapbook Layouts

Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS5 with Windows 7 What do you think of when someone says “spring”? Insects are not the first thing I think of, but somehow that’s what I ended up featuring in this digital scrapbooking assignment! Most of us take many, many photos of an event or subject. Sometimes there’s that WOW! photo […]