brushes Archives

Botanical Grunge Papers

In this tutorial, we will create a botanical grunge paper from scratch, using textured overlays, grungy brushes, ephemera brushes, and botanical overlays.

Technique Tuesday – Filling Brushes with Patterned Paper

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!

Technique Tuesday – Fun Ways to Use Brushes!

This tutorial will give you some creative ways to use Brushes! Featuring the Travel Stamps Brush Set from Armi Custodio. Document your travels in a fun way!

Digital Scrapbooking Terms & Tools

If you’re new to digital scrapbooking, some of the lingo might be a bit foreign to you. But here’s a quick review of some common terminology, tools, and products that will have you up to speed in no time! Actions: These products are automated sequences of photo editing steps, designed to make photo editing and […]

Super-Size Your Title!

I have to be honest: I’ve been in a rut when it comes to my scrapbooking lately. Life is so busy that I haven’t been tapping into my creativity at all, and all of my pages are starting to look the same. That’s why I was so excited to be given the challenge to create […]

Five Steps to ‘Watercolor Fabulous’ Templates!

In this tutorial, I’ll show you a fun way to color vintage overlay Templates using a watercolor brushes.

Basic Tips For Using Digital Brushes

Technology is a wonderful thing! Technology is our friend! But for today’s tutorial, let’s get back to basics. Let’s explore one of the very basic techniques available in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements – the Brush. I recently learned that there are many of us who are curious and interested in them, but feel mystified in […]

5 Creative Uses for Brushes

Brushes are one of those things that most digital scrapbookers either love or hate. There are very few people who don’t have a definite opinion on brushes. My aim today is to support the brush-lovers and to hopefully, sway a few of you brush-haters over to our side by presenting some creative digital brush use. […]

Decorating Fonts Using Brushes

Let’s talk about titles for a minute. When I create a digital scrapbooking layout, quite often I use premade word art for the titles. But sometimes, the words I need aren’t included in the kit, and I find myself creating my own titles. When that happens, I like decorating fonts to make them look more […]

3 Ways to Frame A Photo

For this tutorial, I will show you several different ways to frame a photo. As we walk through the process, you will see that framing your photos can be anything from simple to elaborate, depending on your mood, the purpose of your framing, or your time available to scrap! Let’s get started. The simplest, most […]