Tag Archives: tutorial
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Technique Tuesday – How To Create Sketch Overlay
How to Create Sketch Overlays Tutorial created in Adobe Photoshop CS6 In this tutorial, we will turn one of the Botanical Edgers into a sketch. Although these have already been provided for you as a brush set with the product, you will be able to create sketch overlays from any flower or leaf element in […]
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Grunge It Up!
Use brushes and paper templates to create a grunge effect on alphabets, embellishments, papers, photos and more.
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Create a Realistic Stamped on Wood Effect
In the real world, when you paint on a rough surface, such as timber, you can see the texture coming through the paint and see areas that were missed by the paint brush. To recreate this same look in the digital world, most people just use Blending modes. But this doesn’t always work — blending […]
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Using Clusters to Create Quick Layouts
When I need to create a layout in record time, I love using clusters to speed up the scrapping process. We’re talking about those lovely embellishment clusters that our Scrap Girls designers put together for us. You can find them in some collections or in coordinating embellishment sets. In this tutorial, I’ll show a few […]
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Recoloring Colored ScrapSimple Templates: Color Replacement Tool
About a month ago, I wrote a tutorial on using the Hue/Saturation window to change the colors on the new pre-colored ScrapSimple Templates. The Hue/Saturation window has been my favorite method for recoloring for, well, forever! Seriously. Until now. I’ve been playing around with the Replace Color window in Photoshop Elements and I don’t know […]
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3 Ways to Use the Lasso Tool in Photoshop
While this Photoshop tool may sound like it belongs in a rodeo, it comes in really handy for making selections and rounding up pixels. It’s truly one of the more versatile selection tools in Photoshop. This tutorial will show the basics of using the Lasso tool and demonstrate a few ways you can use it […]
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Recoloring Colored ScrapSimple Templates: Hue/Saturation
Have you seen the new ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates that are already colored? I think they are so cool! But what do you do if they don’t match the layout you’re working on? What if you really wish a bright blue ribbon was teal? Or pink? The ability to easily recolor items is one of the […]
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Drop a Drop Cap into Your Next Layout!
A block of journaling looks so much more interesting (and professional) with a dropped capital letter as the first character in the first word. Magazines often use this technique to draw your attention to the paragraph. I use it all the time on my heritage pages. Let me show you how to do a drop […]
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Tips for Coloring ScrapSimple Products
Does the thought of using ScrapSimple products terrify you? If so, you’re not alone! I’m here to demystify the whole ScrapSimple world by pointing you to some super-helpful resources, plus I’ve written this tutorial to show you how to turn out some incredibly pretty paper and embellishments in no time at all! First, it helps […]
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Artsy Photos, Traditional Layouts
I love the look of Art Journaling. Painted artsy elements, a little bit messy, perfectly imperfect. It’s beautiful. But as much as I love it, I am a traditional scrapbooker at heart, with layered papers trimmed into neat rectangles, 3D embellishments, and photos taking center stage. If you ever feel like I do, take heart. […]