Tag Archives: digital scrapbooking

  • A Little Masking Magic Using Adobe Photoshop Touch!

    Audience: Techies Category: Apps, Technology & Hardware Operating System: iPad 3 Software: Adobe Photoshop Touch app Whenever I create a new layout, I have a few old standbys I always turn to. Journaling, embellishment clusters, and masking tools are essential “tools” in my scrapbooking “tool box.” So when I first started scrapping on my iPad, […]

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  • Digital Scrapbooking with Paper Pieces

    Audience: Everyone Category: Digital Scrapbooking Supplies Operating System: Windows 7 Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 I was asked to work with Elisha Barnett’s Paper Cutting products.  They are based on Scherenschnitte, the German/Swiss art of paper-cutting practiced predominantly in the United States by the Pennsylvania Dutch on commemorative documents, wall hangings, and Christmas decorations. The […]

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  • The Importance of Names and Dates

    Audience: Everyone Category: Layout Techniques Operating System: Windows 7 Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 I love getting together over the holidays, especially now that I have kids. It’s so much fun to reminisce and share stories. Invariably, one of the kids will have a homework assignment that requires them to interview a variety of family members […]

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  • Printable Altered Garden Planner & Journal

    I have a small vegetable garden and a fairly large perennial garden both of which bring me a lot of pleasure each year.  From year to year I have good intentions of writing down the date I planted my tomatoes, when the roses were cut back, when I began my annual fight with big iridescent […]

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  • Radiant Orchid – Pantone’s 2014 Color of the Year

    You may have heard all the internet buzz about the 2014 Color of the Year – Radiant Orchid. The first I heard about this year’s pick was on E! News – so it’s a pretty newsworthy topic! A few days into the new year I am seeing it pop up everywhere, from makeup to home […]

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  • Creating Cut-Out Art Journal Pages

    Tutorial created using Photoshop CS4 and Silhouette Studio Supplies used: Paper Glue Pens Watercolors I LOVE “unusual and different” art journal pages; ones that have attention getting un-even edges, and especially ones that have part or all of the design cut out from the page itself.  In today’s tutorial I will be giving you 3 […]

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  • Behind the Scenes: Elisha Barnett’s December ScrapSimple Club!

    Each month we get a glimpse behind the scenes of our Scrap Girls ScrapSimple Club designers, and this month’s designer is Elisha Barnett! Click here to check out Elisha’s ScrapSimple Club at a great price! Where did you find the inspiration for this club? The inspiration for the club came from local folk art.  I’m a relatively […]

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  • What’s Your WORD for 2014?

    Choosing a word for the year has been around for a while now. The first time I was introduced to the concept was through Ali Edwards’ blog. She was teaching a class called ‘One Little Word’. Which encourages you to choose a word to focus on and ‘live with’ for the year in leu of […]

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  • How to “Embellish” Your Digital Embellishments

    Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS5 with Windows 7 All of us have done it — gone on a quest for the digital items you envision for your next layout. Sometimes you find exactly what you want, and sometimes you need to tweak and create to get the perfect embellishments for your upcoming project. This […]

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  • Salvaging Those Dark Christmas Morning Photos

    Article written using Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 with Windows 7 I have a confession to make. I usually take photos with scrapbooking in mind. I like to make sure the background is free of any distractions, the lighting is good, everybody is looking at the camera, and all without making the picture feel forced or […]

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