digital scrapbooking Archives

Creating an Art Journal Layout Using Templates

When I first looked at Sherrie Piegdon’s May ScrapSimple Club, Journal Junkie, it was clear there were possibilities for an Art Journaling layout: the painted papers, the subject and style of the embellishments, the many layers… oh-so-many customizable layers! The embellishment pieces all come in three layers, as does the alpha. There is a newsprint […]

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!

Jazzing Up a Title

This month’s Scrap Girls Club by Sarah Batdorf, Abundant Life, is a beautiful selection of soft colors coupled with bold navy, teal, and gold accents. The club is a perfect representation of the soft gentleness of late spring, delicate flowers in full bloom, and a promise of summer around the corner. I couldn’t wait to […]

Breaking Down the Layout #2 – Brushes Video Tutorial

Scrap Girls Designer Brandy Murry has another installment of Breaking Down the Layout in this great digital scrapbooking video tutorial! Join along to see how she creates a terrific layout using work art brushes.

Scrap Girls Club Exclusive: Abundant Life

Abundant Life by Sarah Batdoft celebrates the spring colors of mint and blush, but adds a twist with the deep earthy colors of charcoal and gold, and the crisp, timeless combination of navy and white! We asked Sarah what types of projects her club products would work well for. Here’s what she had to say: The May club would work well […]

5 Favorite Things about Digital Papers

Perhaps the most versatile and underrated product in the SG Design Shop are digital papers! They’ve been around the longest and are one of the first things we learn to use when we start digitally scrapbooking, so they don’t usually make the list when we’re talking about new and exciting products stocking the store digital […]

Alpha Inspirations

As with all of Brandy Murry’s kits, Botanical, has a rich variety of papers and elements with which to create our digital scrapbooking pages. I found inspiration everywhere! Here, however, are some ideas for using one extra special part of the Botanical kit – the digital alpha sets. Alpha 1 has an elegant look that […]

What Are Blending Modes?

What are Blending Modes? What do they do? Today I’m going to try and answer those questions for you. And I’m going to keep this on the simple and hopefully easy-to-understand side!

Using a Feminine Kit to Create a Masculine Layout

Gypsy Rose. It even has Rose in the title. Yes, it’s a fairly feminine kit. Flowers and floral patterns abound. If you look at the pieces from a different viewpoint, however, you will see that many of the pieces can be used for a masculine layout. I selected stamps, frames, geometric shapes, string, stitching, a […]

Using the Dodge and Burn Tools to Add Depth and Dimension

Even though I am 100% a digital scrapbooker, I love to make my pages look as realistic as possible. I am always looking for little details I can add to make things look three-dimensional. One trick I like to use is to add shadows and highlights to embellishments using the Dodge and Burn tools, making […]