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Tablet Scrapping: Adding Text to Keynote Layouts

I love words. I taught middle school English for 13 years and spending all that time sharing stories with adolescents gave me a deep appreciation for words. Words are magical to me. They can turn our dreams into something real and tangible. Words can capture emotions and memories long after they pass. Due to my […]

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, […]

Coloring Templates with Layer Styles

Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS6 with Windows 7 Since colored denim is a fun fashion trend, I experimented with denim colors while creating a simple “thank you” card using Armi Custodio’s denim product line. While there are many different ways to go about coloring templates, I like to use layer effects because they are […]

Jazz Up Your Scrapbook Page Title

Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS6 with Windows 7 When beginning a digital scrapbook page, what’s the first thing you plan? Do you choose pictures first and then find paper, embellishments, and fonts? Or do you find a kit that you just fall in love with, and then go searching for pictures to use with […]

Rotating Digital Layout Templates

Tutorial created Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Windows Vista The ScrapSimple line of Digital Layout Templates are an essential component of my digital scrapbooking stash. I love that the designers have given us some insight into their own layouts through their templates. Think of them as a sneak peek into the creative process of the […]

Printable Owl Pillow Treat Boxes with FREE Template!

I like super quick and easy projects when a holiday is fast approaching; and I want to make a few special treats for a few special people. That’s exactly what you will find in this little Owl Pillow Treat Box project – quick and easy! Digital scrapbooking products used: Inspiring digital scrapbooking kit Flea Market […]

From Good to Great: Redesigning a Digital Scrapbook Layout

Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS5 on a Mac After going through my gallery to select a digital scrapbook layout to re-do for this article, I finally settled on one that was designed to use Curious Collection Mini by Syndee Nuckles. I liked so many things about this layout, but felt I could take it from good […]

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 […]

Add an Autumn Glow to your Fall Digital Scrapbook Pages

Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS5 with Windows 7 I love fall. As a photographer, there’s no more beautiful light than the warm glow of an autumn afternoon. It sets the brightly colored leaves ablaze and lends a soft, golden touch to my photos. As a digital scrapbooker, creating fall-themed pages can sometimes be a […]

Using Retrospective Digital Scrapbook Kit to Scrap Childhood Photos

Article written using PSE 11 and Windows 7 From time to time, my mind wanders, and my thoughts flit like butterflies from thing to thing. I don’t know if it’s because of my age, my hormones, or maybe just my desire to leave the structure of my day-to-day life behind. Whatever the cause, whenever I […]