I also use them as a background under the template and clip various papers to the layers. I use them mostly on 24x12 layouts, so I just use one edge template and place the edges on the different sides of the layout.

Love the owl.

W- Wellington, New Zealand

Happy Birthday!

Q - Québec

Wow, what a great combination of colors, patterns and textures. Love it!

Love the photo. Great background with all the splatters.

Love that quote by David Foster Wallace. Credits: ArtBook Freedom by Val C. Designs http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10009225 Organic by Val C. Designs http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=47014&page=1 Siblings by Val C- Designs...

Happy Birthday!

O - Osaka

J - Jakarta

Sounds great!

Totally love that Dostoevski quote. As Shar was wondering about the photo: This is a phenomenon that has spread all over Europe. In order to show their love instead of just carving a heart in a tree with initials, people now hang (often colored) padlocks on bridges and scratch their initials...

Happy Birthday! Have a good one.

Love how you placed the frames. And the colors.

Love the blending and photo treatment. Awesome!

Vicki, you are probably right with everything you say. In my case I had considered upgrading simply because a lot of actions, plugins and what not would not even work in my version of CS2 anymore, otherwise I might not have upgraded at all. In fact, if someone wanted to start scrapping I would...

I upgraded from having CS2 and no Lightroom and have not regretted it at all. Of course I didn't have LR before and now I use it for organizing my digi supplies and photos and that alone was worth the switch. Plus, I came from a very old PS version, so that was great as well. I think for the...

What a cute picture! Love the owl element hanging down.

Isn't she sweet? Super adorable photos!