Digi-Scrap Tutorials

  • Altering Embellishments using Blend Modes

    Altering Embellishments using Blend Modes

    Let’s not shy away from the obvious: Emily’s first Scrap Girls Club, Antiquities, is gorgeous! The aged papers, the vintage ephemera, the useful buttons, the wonderful, clustered flowers…and the transfers. Those transfers! Their transparency allows them to be used as overlays, as stamps, as photo mats, and even in Art Journaling. I took some time […]

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  • Making Music with Dynamic Brushes

    Making Music with Dynamic Brushes

    I majored in music in college. I breathed, ate, slept music. It’s still in my blood. I can’t help but tap my toes or wave my arms when I hear a good song. I break out in random show tunes when people ask me questions. I’m always humming or singing or playing air-piano (because I […]

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  • Customizing Word Art Blanks

    Customizing Word Art Blanks

    Our designers pack lots of beautiful word art into their collections, and this month’s club is no exception! Syndee Nuckles has given us so many colorful choices in her Stories We Tell Collection. But let’s be honest: no collection can contain all the word art you’ll ever need. Sometimes the perfect words are on the […]

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  • 5 Creative Ways to Use Ribbon on Your Layouts

    5 Creative Ways to Use Ribbon on Your Layouts

    Ribbons are one of my go-to scrapping supplies. I use at least one ribbon on most of the pages I create. Since I don’t have room to list all the ways I’ve used ribbon on scrapbook pages, I’ll review five of my favorites in this tutorial. 1.  Add dimension and texture to your clusters. Ribbons […]

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  • Jazzing Up a Title

    Jazzing Up a Title

    This month’s Scrap Girls Club by Sarah Batdorf, Abundant Life, is a beautiful selection of soft colors coupled with bold navy, teal, and gold accents. The club is a perfect representation of the soft gentleness of late spring, delicate flowers in full bloom, and a promise of summer around the corner. I couldn’t wait to […]

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  • Using a Feminine Kit to Create a Masculine Layout

    Using a Feminine Kit to Create a Masculine Layout

    Gypsy Rose. It even has Rose in the title. Yes, it’s a fairly feminine kit. Flowers and floral patterns abound. If you look at the pieces from a different viewpoint, however, you will see that many of the pieces can be used for a masculine layout. I selected stamps, frames, geometric shapes, string, stitching, a […]

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  • Breaking Down the Layout #3 – Silhouettes Video Tutorial!

    Breaking Down the Layout #3 – Silhouettes Video Tutorial!

    Brandy Murry has another video installment in her ‘Breaking Down the Layout’ series! Follow along with Brandy as she puts together a unique digital scrapbook layout using a Silhouette technique!

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  • Customizing ScrapSimple Paper Templates

    Customizing ScrapSimple Paper Templates

    This month’s ScrapSimple Club is a wonderful selection of paper templates, paper overlays, masks, and brushes that can be used in your digital scrapbooking in any number of ways. Each part of the club lends itself beautifully towards an Art Journaling theme, but each can also be used for everyday digital scrapbooking. I particularly love […]

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  • 2 Easy Methods for Creating Sepia Photos

    2 Easy Methods for Creating Sepia Photos

    This month’s Scrap Girls Club is full of art deco-inspired vintage goodness – the patterns, colors, embellishments, text – all of it! I thought it would be fun to share with you two easy methods for making photos sepia-toned to go along with the Club. Sepia-toned just means photos that have a monochromatic, brown color […]

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  • ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Combining Patterns

    ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Combining Patterns

    The February 2015 ScrapSimple Club Disco-ver Yourself by Jacqui Smith includes wonderful and exuberant paper templates that are ready to color and use. However, you will notice their marketing image says, “Combine patterns for even more designs, and build unique sets by collecting and combining different paper template patterns.”  That message is not only found […]

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