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Learning to Love the Polygonal Lasso Tool – Part 1

Of all the selection tools, I think the Polygonal Lasso Tool is my all-time favorite. I use the Rectangular Marquee Tool a lot, but when I want total control and precision, the Polygonal Lasso Tool (correct pronunciation: puh-LIG-ah-nahl) is my go-to guy. The Polygonal Lasso Tool works best when selecting things that have straight, angular […]

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Easter Cards Using FREE Cutting Files!

Easter cards using FREE cutting files for the Silhouette! Hybrid team member Lori Aragon had so much fun with our FREE Easter themed cutting files that she ended up creating three cards!  Make sure to grab the free cutting files available  here.  Please note that the FREE Eggstra Cutting Files also come with PNG files […]

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Dress Up Your Glass Bottles – Silhouette’s Silver Printable Foil!

Who doesn’t LOVE a box of goodies arriving on their doorstep, especially when you don’t exactly know what’s going to be in the box?! When a big box of Silhouette’s special media arrived I was pretty giddy. As I was drooling over each package of special media like printable sticker paper and adhesive kraft paper, […]

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3 Ways to Use the Lasso Tool in Photoshop

While this Photoshop tool may sound like it belongs in a rodeo, it comes in really handy for making selections and rounding up pixels. It’s truly one of the more versatile selection tools in Photoshop. This tutorial will show the basics of using the Lasso tool and demonstrate a few ways you can use it […]

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Using Layer Masks

Have you ever looked at a digital scrapbook layout with lots of interwoven layers and embellishments and wondered how it was done? Chances are good that layer masks were used. A layer mask is a non-destructive tool you can use to control the transparency of parts of your layer, unlike the opacity sliders which control […]

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Journaling Inside a Shape

Take your journaling outside the box by typing your text inside a Custom Shape or in the negative space of your layout. This tutorial will show how to create text within a shape using the Polygonal Lasso tool.

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Art Journaling Scrap Girls Style – Lesson 3

A few years ago, I was thinking about the 2 weeks every summer as a child that I spent with my Buffalo, NY  relatives. I found out that the house where I stayed has since burned down and I really wanted to remember the details of it in my art journal. Researching the things I […]

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Creating Custom Journaling Cards

Pocket Life Journaling Cards can make your scrapbook pages go together quickly, but sometimes the size or orientation of a card doesn’t quite work with your page. Or you may want a color scheme or style that’s totally unique. Good news! You can still take advantage of this easy style of scrapbooking by creating your […]

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