digital scrapbooking Archives

Making Your Digital Scrapbooking Pages More Meaningful

My main goal in creating layouts is to preserve memories for my family. In my mind the most important thing is to make meaningful scrapbooking pages. I have never been “caught up” in my layouts, trying to make sure they look perfectly beautiful. It more about memory keeping and making sure that my pages really […]

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 […]

Mixing & Matching Template Elements

Mix & match template elements to create your own layout template designs!

SS Club Exclusive: Art Mix

Breathe in the airy, painted backgrounds, masks, papers, and embellishments that make this club a magical art journey. October ScrapSimple Club: Art Mix! We asked Syndee what types of projects her club products would work well for. Here’s what they had to say: “I wanted a mix of artsy and grungy elements but also blended items so that the club really can be used for […]

5 Ways to Use Pink in a Layout

I love pink. I love to make a girlish page using pink. I love to use anything from pale baby pinks to rocking, shocking pinks. However, with boys, I don’t get to use anywhere near as much pink as my heart desires. So in addition to the obvious pinks in my girl pages, I have […]

Blending with the Brush Tool

Brushes are one of the most versatile tools in photo editing software. They can be used to stamp, emboss, erase, even to die-cut. I’d like to show how you can accomplish blending with brushes in your digital scrapbooking layouts. The best brushes for blending are those without hard edges. One example is the #100 Rough […]

Mixing Patterns

I like to compare a scrapbook page to decorating a room in my house. The principles for pairing patterns are basically the same. First, the walls. I like colorful, yet plain-colored walls because they give a good foundation for everything else to build on. Same thing with a scrapbooking page. Starting with a solid- colored […]

Scrap Girls Club Exclusive: Seize the Day

October Scrap Girls Club: Seize the Day! We asked Brandy what types of projects her club products would work well for. Here’s what she had to say: “As I designed this collection, I was imagining it would be perfect for anything having to do with the outdoors! Whether it’s fall or just an outdoor activity during another season, I think crafters […]

Blinking Junkyard Marquee Lights

Have you been wondering how designer Brandy Murry made the lights blink on her Marquee product layouts? Well, wonder no more! Brandy has created a fabulous video tutorial showing you how to make her Marquee products blink! Click on the image below to start watching now! Check out her Marquee products here

Using Layer Alignment Tools in Photoshop Elements

When creating your layouts, do you sometimes have elements such as embellishments or alphas that you just can’t seem to line up so they look nice and neat and on the page? Maybe you want to have a row of flowers or a column of stars that you want to create a border with, and […]