Extend a Photo Across Multiple Frames | aA
How to Extend a Photo Across Multiple Frames in Digital Scrapbooking One frame is fine. But when you extend a photo across multiple frames, something shifts — the image gets room to breathe, the layout gets movement, and the whole page feels more considered than a single placement ever could. Seven steps, in Photoshop Elements […]
Create Your Own Type Photo Mask
Today, [aalogo] Creative Team Member, Laura Tringali Holmes is sharing a tutorial to Create Your Own Type Photo Mask. This tutorial is conducted in Adobe Photoshop Elements. Create Your Own Type Photo Mask Introduction Any object on any layer can be using as a mask. A mask is used with the Clipping Mask Function to […]
Photo Artistry ArtsyKardz Coloring Effect
Today, Margo is sharing a fun Photo Artistry ArtsyKardz Coloring Effect. Photo Artistry ArtsyKardz Coloring Effect Introduction Colorize WordART, Brushes and Text using ArtsyKardz .jpg files. Apply a cool color gradient effect to WordART and BrushSet files. Make the magic happen using the Clipping Mask function. Coordinate COLOR in your layout designs quickly and with […]
10 Ways to Use FotoInspired Edge Templates
Today I’m sharing 10 Ways to Use FotoInspired Edge Templates in your photo artistry and digital scrapbooking layout designs. Introduction Add an artsy edge to your FotoInspired layout designs plus enhance your photo artistry and photo blending. These multi-layer .psd format templates were originally designed to provide an artsy border to your FotoInspired Templates. The […]
7 Ways to Use ArtsyKardz
Today, I’m sharing 7 Ways to Use ArtsyKardz. We’re switching up the usual ArtsyInspiration post with the return of ArtsyKardz in the Anna Aspnes Designs store at Oscraps. Click on the images below to access complete list of [aalogo] DigitalART Supplies and process notes. 7 Ways to Use ArtsyKardz 1. Blend with Photos Add a […]
Techniques for Overlapping Frames
Today, Creative Team Member, Joan Robillard, is sharing Techniques for Overlapping Frames. This tutorial is for Adobe Photoshop and Elements users. Techniques for Overlapping Frames 6 Ways to Works with a Frame Overlapped by Another. This is the bottom of the 2 frames, which doesn’t have much visible surface area, but can add a LOT […]
Artsy Meets Coolth with Graphic Stripes Video
Today, I’m sharing my most recent aA YouTube Artsy Meets Coolth with Graphic Stripes Video. Artsy Meets Coolth with Graphic Stripes Video Guidance for combining graphic and artsy elements in your digital artistry and scrapbooking designs. This video deconstructs a layout by [aalogo] Creative Team Member, Barbara Houston, and explains how to combine a custom graphic stripe background […]
Ghost Shadow with Custom Shapes Tutorial
Creative Team Member, Barbara, shares her process for Ghost Shadow with Custom Shapes Tutorial. Ghost Shadow with Custom Shapes Tutorial Different ideas come to me while working on a page and I go for it to see what happens. They don’t always work out and it goes into the trash and I start over again. […]
Artsy Paper Enlight App Tutorial
Creative Team Member, Trish, shares a Artsy Paper Enlight App Tutorial to get your next layout started. Artsy Paper Enlight App Tutorial Our garden has the most beautiful Wisteria vine along the side brick fence. Each year I watch as it sheds it leaves, lays dormant for a couple of months and then gradually starts […]
Custom Transfer Clipping Masks Sonoma-style Video
Today, I’m sharing my most recent aA YouTube Custom Transfer Clipping Masks Sonoma-style Video. Custom Transfer Clipping Masks Sonoma-style Video Guidance for creating blending clipping masks using Transfers and Overlays. This video deconstructs a layout by [aalogo] Creative Team Member, Heather Prins, and explains how to create a custom blending clipping mask using Transfers and Overlays from ArtPlay […]
Create a Clipping Mask with Brushes
Today, Creative Team Member, Miki, is sharing her process to Create a Clipping Mask with Brushes in Adobe Photoshop. Create a Clipping Mask with Brushes 1. Create a Foundation Build the background for your artsy layout design. Create a new 12 x 12 page at 300 dpi. Open and drag your paper onto the layout using the Move […]
FotoBlendz and Blending Modes: Add Color & Depth | aA
Blended Digital Scrapbook Pages with FotoBlendz and Blending Modes FotoBlendz and blending modes are the quiet trick behind pages with real color and depth. Clip a photo to a FotoBlendz mask, change one dropdown, and the whole mood shifts. Here is how, step by step. Barbara shares one of my favourite ways to work — […]
The Best Watercolor Painting Photo Editing Effect
Viv Halliwell, shares The Best Watercolor Painting Photo Editing Effect. The Best Watercolor Painting Photo Editing Effect There are many ways to create a watercolor effect in Photoshop. I have searched for the best results and I believe I have found the best work around, based on Marty at Blue Lightning’s Youtube Tutorial. 1. Select your […]
Use Torn Paper Templates in Digital Scrapbooking Video
Watch this Use Torn Paper Templates in Digital Scrapbooking Video Use Torn Paper Templates in Digital Scrapbooking Video Demonstrates the deconstruction of a digital scrapbook page using the ArtPlay Palette Surf’s Up Collection by Anna Aspnes Designs. It also shows you multiple ways you can use the RippedPaper No. 1 templates in your artsy digital […]
FotoBlendz Clipping Masks: Blend Photos Like a Pro | aA
FotoBlendz Clipping Masks: Blend Photos Like a Pro FotoBlendz clipping masks are my pre-designed blending masks — soft, slightly distressed painterly photo edges, built in. This is a tour of the range, the formats, and the pro moves that take a page from blended to beautifully blended. FotoBlendz clipping masks are the shortcut I reach […]
Create Custom Digital Scrapbook Papers and Use ArtsyEdge Frames Video
How to Create Custom Digital Scrapbook Papers and Use ArtsyEdge Frames Video. Create Custom Digital Scrapbook Papers and Use ArtsyEdge Frames Video Watch this video if you want to learn how to create your own artsy papers using ArtPlay Palettes and make the most out of ArtsyEdge Frames. 1. In this video: I create a […]
Perspective and Gradients with Digital Scrapbooking Accordion Frames
A new video: Perspective and Gradients with Digital Scrapbooking Accordion Frames Perspective and Gradients with Digital Scrapbooking Accordion Frames In this video, I walk you through the contents of the Amidst ArtPlay Collection by Anna Aspnes Designs. I also show you how to create an artsy digital scrapbooking layout using the Perspective and Gradient Tools […]
Color Photoshop Brushes Tutorial for Digital Scrapbooking
Laura is sharing her Color Photoshop Brushes Tutorial for Digital Scrapbooking in Photoshop Elements. Color Photoshop Brushes Tutorial for Digital Scrapbooking Clip an Artsy Paper to a brush to achieve a variety of coloring effects. Yield different colors and texture effect based on the placement of the digital paper design. 1. Select a Brush Choose […]
6 Unique Ways To Use Digital Scrapbooking Embellishments
Today, Anna is sharing 6 Unique Ways To Use Digital Scrapbooking Embellishments in your digital artistry pages. 6 Unique Ways To Use Digital Scrapbooking Embellishments Digital Scrapbooking embellishments are the dimensional elements found in digital scrapbooking kits and page sets, to include buttons, flowers, foliage and other thematic objects, for example. They add visual interest […]
Using Framed Masks in Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial
Creative Team Member, Barbara, shares Using Framed Masks in Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial in Adobe Photoshop or Elements. I wanted to create a dreamy, summery layout with one of my favorite flowers, daisies, layering them on masks and adding a little frame. Using Framed Masks in Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial makes you want to play with masks and […]