One thing I really love about Photoshop CS is the possibility to warp things. It’s a function I really miss in Photoshop Elements. For the ones of you who are working with CS I want to show how you can warp a shadow. I will show it on a smaller piece of paper behind my…
I love to play with a stroke around things, but sometimes you need it in another size than the standard selection. I will show you in combination with a frame on my layout that was the basic for my selection. I always create a stroke on a new layer, so first thing I do is…
I love to play with different blending modes and filters and I want to show you how you can achieve something like a drawing with these techniques. I started with creating a layout with the fun kit Kickn’t It Socker Style by one of our guest designers, Clever Monkey Graphics: I already loved it this…
For the starters in digital scrapbooking it can be difficult to find out how to start a blank canvas to work on. To be honest, when I started with digital scrapbooking I often worked on a paper and I sometimes forgot to rename it when I was saving my layout. Oops, I overwrote my paper!…
I had a grand plan for this post. We always have these great fonts and samples and help all the font junkies get their free font fix, but I never help control the addiction. If you’re like me, things can get out of control and you can end up with font chaos! Maybe you’re productivity…
One of our team members, Clara, asked me to make some tutorials with some simple tricks for starters. I almost forgot about this group! I found out about this hobby in 2007 already, but I didn’t realize there still start people with this fun hobby every day who are looking for tips and tricks like I…
I don’t know how you think about it, but I love blendings on layouts. But sometimes you find out not every background is great in combination with a blended photo. For instance a patterned background. Or when you use different papers on top op each other. You will see the pattern or the paper borders…
So, over the course of my Font Doc posts, we’ve talked about using serif and sans-serif fonts, script vs. print, fun vs. serious, matching the mood, mixing fonts, and even making your own. Today I have a challenge for you. I get to pick a journaling prompt and you get to show off the font…