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Shape Repetition for More Engaging Layouts
Shape repetition – duplicating elements, textures, themes, or colors in a digital scrap layout – is an easy way to give your layout a compelling flow. A shape constitutes anything from the simplest form, such as a circle, to more complex ideas found in curving lines.
Creating a Hybrid Scrapbook Layout
Last year I was introduced to the idea of hybrid scrapbooking and as I played with it more and more, I found myself really enjoying it. I still do strictly paper layouts, but hybrid is becoming more and more of my go-to scrapbooking format. To build this layout, I started with the 8.5×11 layout template […]
Using ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Digital Brushes
Tutorial written using Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 with Windows 7 It’s hot here in Texas. It’s a fight to get my kids to wear anything but flip-flops. While working on a digital scrapbook layout the other day, I couldn’t find the perfect embellishment to finish my page. Then I found ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brushes: Flip Flops by […]
Quick Photo Masking with Guided Edits in PSE!
Tutorial Written using PSE 2019 (Painterly Edit showed up in PSE15) I am loving all the fun guided edits in Photoshop Elements! With the newest version there are several brand new ones but the one I am going to demonstrate has been around for a few versions. If you are like me – I spend […]
Technique Tuesday – Quick And Easy Mask Tip
Quick and Easy Mask Tips Tutorial created using Photoshop Elements 9 I love the look of pictures clipped to masks. Swirly or faded or distressed edges, all done with a keyboard command? Yes, please! Masks are awesome. They are quick and easy, and they take my pages to the next level. But. Sometimes, the proportions […]
Technique Tuesday – Customizing Paper Templates
Customizing ScrapSimple Paper Templates Tutorial created using Photoshop CS5 I know sometime we can find ScrapSimple Paper Templates intimidating, especially ones with larger papers or even grungier ones. So I wanted to share with you some easy ways to use these templates. In my first layout, I really wanted to focus on the large floral […]
Technique Tuesday – How To Make A Collage Paper Background
Learn how to take your Photoshop brush images to a whole new level by filling in the brush image with a pattern paper with this fun technique!
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’ […]
Scrap Girls SS Club Exclusive: Touch of Modern
When Ginny Whitcomb and Angie Briggs began to collaborate on this month’s ScrapSimple Club, they wanted to design a club that would work with just about any kind of layout! Angie explains, “We found that the color scheme you choose will be what determines the ‘feel’ of the finished layout. If you choose a more pastel/vintage […]
Scanning Children’s Artwork for use on Digital Layouts
Audience: Beginners Category: Layout Techniques Operating System: Windows 7 Software: Adobe Photoshop CC Imagine my excitement when I first saw Angie Brigg’s and Jo Corne’s Art Journey ScrapSimple products! I can get lost for hours in an art store – and basically got lost for hours with the Art Journey products, too. The possibilities seemed […]