Out-of-Bounds Framed Photo Extraction Effect

Creative Team Member, Linda Davis, shares a Out-of-Bounds Framed Photo Extraction Effect in Adobe Photoshop. Framing helps focus the eye on what is important on a page, in this case my granddaughter as she played in the sand with the toy truck. Below are highlights of the steps that I followed to create this page as I […]

Blended Frames Digital Scrapbook Tutorial

Creative Team Member, Adryane, shares a Blended Frames Digital Scrapbook Tutorial in Adobe Photoshop. Frames are an easy and natural way of highlighting the subjects on our pages. With the variety of frames available—traditional, artsy, ornate, vintage, acrylic, wood—the most difficult decision may be which one (or ones because combining frames adds visual interest) to […]

Digital Scrapbook Repetition Tips and Techniques

Creative Team Member, Laura, shares her Digital Scrapbook Repetition Tips and Techniques. You can get a lot of design mileage from a single element by duplicating it several times and then varying opacity, color, and contrast through the application of different Blending Modes. My layout had space around the borders, so I chose a postage […]

Transparent Digital Scrapbook Titles using Blending Modes

Creative Team Member, Marianne, shares a Transparent Digital Scrapbook Titles using Blending Modes tutorial. You can do a LOT with [aalogo] WordART. Words can be both re-colored and combined with the Blending Modes found in Adobe Photoshop and Elements. I used Blending Mode with WordART from Yoga WordART No. 1. and WordTransfers Living Well No. 1 in the following page. Blending modes enable […]