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DIY: Printable Custom Silhouettes
One year, the preschool my daughters attended created profile silhouettes of my daughters’ heads. You know the kind, the shape of their profile cut from black paper, mounted on white. It made me so proud and was one of those awwww moments. But now that the girls are older and would never sit still long […]
Using The Alignment and Distribution Tools in Photoshop
Using The Alignment and Distribution Tools in Photoshop Tutorial created using Photoshop CC with Windows 7 Tutorial written using Photoshop CC2018 on Windows 7 Have you ever had trouble getting things evenly spaced on your pages? Is it sometimes difficult to get alphas to line up the way you’d like? If so, the Alignment and […]
Pedestal Pop-Ups Tutorial
An Un-expected element for your Art Journal & Greeting Cards! You are going to be surprised at how easy it is to construct these pop-up mechanisms! I am giving you 2 templates – one for what I call the “stand alone” mechanism and one for the “inset” mechanism. Both are interchangeable depending on your […]
Breaking Down the Layout #1 – Blending Video Tutorial
Want to learn how one of our top designers tackles blending? Follow along with this video tutorial as Scrap Girls designer Brandy Murry breaks down how she created a beautiful digital scrapbooking layout!
Custom Shapes in Photoshop Elements
When creating a digital scrapbooking page, I’m a creature of habit. I tend to use familiar techniques and tools. One of the tool sI often overlook are Custom Shapes and yet they are often the perfect solution to a design need. Unlike brushes and photos and most other objects in our digital scrapbook pages, the […]
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 […]
Blend Your Photos Into Your Background Using the Gradient Tool
Stop! Don’t run away! Come back…. I know the words Gradient Tool can be a little daunting but you are going to love this technique. It’s super simple, super versatile, and most importantly, a great timesaver. Yes, really. As digital scrapbookers, one of the ways we have an advantage over paper scrapbookers is that we […]
A Closer Look at Selection Tools in PSE: The Marquee Tool
In this tutorial we are going to look at the Marquee tool to discover what it does and when to use it. Let’s start by looking at where the Selection Tools are found. In PSE they are found under the heading ‘Select’ on the left hand side menu. My screenshot shows the Move Tool, the […]
Artist Trading Cards
Artist Trading Cards, ATCs for short, are a delightful and different form of digital scrapbooking. In the “real” 3-D world, ATCs, as their name suggests, are designed by artists to share examples of their work by swapping cards with other artists. In making their ATCs, pretty much anything goes: painting, sewing, glitter, and most often, […]
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 […]