Creating a Digital Scrapbook Heritage Collage
Today, Adryane is sharing some of her creative wisdom on creating a digital scrapbook heritage collage. Creating a Digital Scrapbook Heritage Collage Adryane is known for her heritage photo artistry layouts and outlines her process in the steps below. 1. Create a Foundation Create a New Layout and select an Artsy Paper as your foundation. […]
Quick Guide to Still Life Photography
Today, former Creative Team Member, Beverly, is sharing her Quick Guide to Still Life Photography. This is the second part in a series of Still Life Photography posts, and the last one in the series, though she might be back as a guest at some point. Quick Guide to Still Life Photography This is the […]
Create a Canvas of Memories
Today, Trish is showing us how to Create a Canvas of Memories This tutorial is for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Create a Canvas of Memories Use [aalogo] DigitalART to create an artistic canvas of photo memories for your wall. Trish has just returned from a whirl wind tour of London and wanted to create a […]
Artsy Paper Inspired Scrapbooking
Today Margo is sharing how she creates Artsy Paper Inspired Scrapbooking. This tutorial can be created in Adobe Photoshop and Elements (excluding the High Pass Filter). Create Artsy Paper Inspired Layouts The sea and sky motifs in ArtsyPaper1.jpg from ArtPlay Palette Evenfall inspired the following digital scrapbooking and photo artistry layout. 1. Find Your Inspiration Inspiration […]
Gradient Tool Photo Composites
Today, Creative Team Member Barbara Houston, is sharing her Gradient Tool Photo Composites technique. Gradient Tool Photo Composites What is photo compositing photos? The action of taking 2 images and seamlessly blending them together in Photoshop or Elements. It the perfect accompaniment to your artsy digital scrapbooking or photo artistry. Not to mention a whole […]
Create a Digital Journal Collage
Today, Viv is sharing her best guidance for how to Create a Digital Journal Collage. Create a Digital Journal Collage. ‘Travel Journals’ are currently popular in Scrapbooking. The idea is to take a journal as your foundation then fill it with photos, ephemera and mementos, to create a keepsake on a smaller scale that a […]
Newsworthy Heritage Tutorial
Creative Team Member, Miki, shares her Newsworthy Heritage Tutorial. Newsworthy Heritage Tutorial You will learn how to create a newsworthy heritage page. This tutorial will help you delve into the past and where to find information. I was given these two photos of my husband’s great grandfather. Not much was known about him, except what […]
3 Ways to Use ArtPlay Palette Brushes
Today, Creative team member, Linda Davis shares 3 Ways to Use ArtPlay Palette Brushes. 3 Ways to Use ArtPlay Palette Brushes As a retired teacher, I enjoy on-going learning about digital scrapbooking. One of the skills that I am working on now is how best to use the .abr brush files that Anna includes in […]
Color Matters
Creative Team Member, Marnie, shares her thoughts for why Color Matters. Color Matters Why is color important? Color can be a powerful design tool when used effectively. Color guides the viewer’s eyes to the desired focus, aids in story telling, and creates mood. In this post, you will learn how to engage the viewer with color […]
Combining New and Old Photos
Today, Creative Team Member, Joan, is sharing her process for combining new and old photos. Combining New and Old Photos Want to add a little fun to your heritage photos? How about adding a picture taken recently to a heritage photo so it looks like the person is actually there. My Grandniece, Nina, is becoming […]
Adobe Create Action WaterColor Effect
Creative Team Member, Viv Halliwell, shares her Adobe Create Action WaterColor Effect Tutorial. Adobe Create Action WaterColor Effect Download and install the Adobe Create magazine free watercolour Action to use with this tutorial. Select a Photo I chose a bright contrasty photo as my base, then cropped it to a square format. It’s advisable to […]
Still Life Tutorial
Creative Team Member, Beverly, shares her Still Life Tutorial in Adobe Photoshop. Still Life Tutorial A still life photography practice offers the ease of having items already on hand to create a scene. For example, I love to grow flowers, periannuals in particular. I often readily have fresh blooming flowers to pick, and can arrange them […]
Lead the Eye with Textures
Creative Team Member, Barbara, shares her Lead the Eye with Textures Before & After Layout. Lead the Eye with Textures I love using Anna’s texture brushes not only for the beautiful textures themselves, but also to lead the eye around the page. For example, I knew I wanted to use the postage stamps in my […]
Upside Down Extraction and Compositing Technique
Creative Team Member, Joan, shares her Upside Down Extraction and Compositing Technique Tutorial. Upside Down Extraction and Compositing Technique Do you ever feel upside down before your morning coffee? Or maybe you want to stand on the moon or fly through the air. I know I do and I wanted to depict this in an […]
Mixing Artsy With Graphic
Creative Team Member, Barbara, shares her process for Mixing Artsy With Graphic. I love the contrast of mixing the artsy with the graphic. They compliment each other and make the page exciting to me. This is one of my favorite pages mixing the graphic with Anna’s artsy. I used ArtPlay Palette Coolth for this layout. […]
Guide Your Layout Design with Artsy Papers
Today, Creative team member, Linda Davis shares her Guide Your Layout Design with Artsy Papers Tutorial. Guide Your Layout Design with Artsy Papers Linda writes in this excerpt from her blog: While I am preparing for an upcoming event in May, I found time to create this page with Anna’s new release, ArtPlay Palette Moira, using […]
Color Blocking with Overlays
Today, Creative Team Member, Margo, is sharing Color Blocking with Overlays. Follow this tutorial in Adobe Photoshop. Color Blocking with Overlays Digital scrapbooking is an excellent tool for experimenting with different processes for creating art. We can use the creative process to challenge ourselves to leave our comfort zone. By taking an idea from start […]
Using Album Template Collections Video.
Today, I’m sharing my most recent [aalogo]YouTube Using Album Template Collections Video. Using Album Template Collections Video. Guidance in the duplication of layers to create emphasis, rhythms and visual interest. In this video, I show you how to use and create digital artistry and scrapbooking pages using Album Template Collections by Anna Aspnes Designs, so that […]
Photo Enhancement Techniques
Today, Creative team member, Linda Davis shares her Photo Enhancement Techniques. As I was creating this page, two factors influenced my thinking. I am a photo-centric scrapbooker, meaning that I generally focus first on selecting the photos I want to use on a page. Often, that means working with less than perfect photos. The photo that I […]
Creating Unity Across the Centerfold
Creative Team Member, Laura, shares her advice for Creating Unity Across the Centerfold. Creating Unity Across the Centerfold The Challenge in ArtsyDoubles I like to put my pages together in spreads whenever possible, but sometimes that’s just not the way things work out. A slew of terrific baby photos may arrive out of sequence, or […]
Inspired by Artsy Papers
Creative Team Member, Trish, shares how she is Inspired by Artsy Papers. Inspired by Artsy Papers You can use Artsy Papers from ArtPlay Palettes to inspire the foundations of your artistry and digital scrapbooking designs. The DigitalART by Anna Aspnes Designs can really resonate personally. Moment of Pause ‘Bloom Grow’ was inspired by an Artsy […]
Multiple Smart Phone App Editing Process
Today, Creative Team Member, Miki, is sharing her Multiple SmartPhone App Editing Process. Multiple Smart Phone App Editing Process Manipulate your photo using multiple artsy iPhone Apps and then blend together in Adobe Photoshop or Elements. Snapseed Great for making an image lighter or darker. The Tune Image and White Balance (Tools) functions were used to […]
FotoInspired Heritage Inspiration
Creative Team Member, Viv Halliwell, FotoInspired Heritage Inspiration. FotoInspired Heritage Inspiration The FotoInspired Template series has many applications You can use them for: For every day documentation An artsy approach to multi-photo pages. Creating albums and projects. Heritage scrapbooking. The Background Story My husband’s side of the family were great memory keepers. His Mother and Father’s side […]
Custom Patterns Using Embellishments
Creative Team Member, Barbara, shares her process for Custom Patterns Using Embellishments tutorial. Custom Patterns Using Embellishments Use digital elements to create your own custom patterns. This great tutorial by Nemanja Sekulic provides guidance on how to create a custom pattern. You will find this tutorial easy to follow. Experiment with different types of digital elements and adjust the […]