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Creating a Cast Shadow Effect on Your Digital Scrapbook Pages
Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS5 on a Mac Shadows fall into two major categories and they each serve a different purpose in digital scrapbooking. Photoshop’s drop shadow layer style may be great for adding basic shadows to help elements stand out and give a design depth, but when it comes to creating more […]
Hybrid Layout Using Silhouette’s Designer Edition Software
Hey everyone! I’ve got a fun (an easy) tutorial using the Silhouette Cameo and their metallic sketch pens to create a background element and a title for your page. When creating a background element for a page in Silhouette Studio, it can be hard to know exactly where your photo will fall on your page, […]
A Hybrid Layout from a Digital Layout Template
Here’s a quick tutorial on using a digital template to create a hybrid layout. To start out I took the ScrapSimple Digital Layout Templates: On the Diagonal and printed out copy of the png onto 8.5×11 printer paper. Then I cut it apart along the lines of the diagonal “patterned paper” sections. I used these […]
How to Make Printable Gift Tags
It always happens to me. Just as I’m in the middle of wrapping my Christmas gifts, I run out of gift tags. What’s a busy mom to do? I can drop everything and make a quick trip to the stationery store, battle the holiday traffic, spend an inordinate chunk of time at the checkout line, […]
Silhouette Video Tutorial: Iron-On Transfers on Dark Fabric
I am in awe of all the great things you can do with the Silhouette Electronic Cutting Tool! Usually creating iron-on transfers on dark fabric is not easy to do! Not so with the Silhouette! Can you image all the cute things besides t-shirts that you could make using your digital scrapbooking stash?? Don’t forget […]
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 […]
Printable Hanging Door Sign
When my granddaughter was a baby I did one of these for her room at home – the difference was I spelled out her name on the blocks. Now that I live closer she gets to spend some nights with me so it’s time for a photo update and a sign for her bedroom door […]
DIY: Photo Canvas for Valentine’s Day
Hey everyone! Charissa here today. Need an idea for a quick and EASY Valentine’s craft for your sweetie. I have an idea that comes together quickly and ends up making a great décor piece as well that you can leave out all year long. My husband likes having recent photos of us for work, so […]
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 […]
Making Your First Digital Scrapbooking Layout with Instagram Photos
Audience: Beginners Category: Layout Techniques Operating System: Windows 7 Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 So … you got a smartphone for Christmas and you discovered Instagram! Now, you have tons of pictures. You shared them on Facebook, but surely there must be something else you can do with them … perhaps a way to print them […]