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A technique you've recently discovered and love using?

Jam-on-toast

Jam-on-toast

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CHEERY O
I love everything about digital scrapbooking. Like starting a layout and going with the flow, sometimes not knowing where I'll end up. Like reaching deep inside and letting my inner self create something beautiful.

But I also LOVE the technical side of it. Playing with shapes, transparencies, opacity levels, blending modes - the latter still needs working on, lol... And I have recently discovered one very simple trick to add interest to any layout - a creased corner is nothing more than just a black rectangle. Can be applied to an edge, a corner, or even the center of a page... Adjust size, transaprency and opacity and be super proud of yourself. Might be not much, but that little discovery made me feel rvery cool about myself.

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Is there anything you've recently dicovered about digi scrapping that you are proud of yourself for?
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Folded corners are fun to make and you get to use another paper too.
I have been playing with brushes to make my own photo masks. Not a new trick for many but I like it because I am able to make a mask that is specific to an image. Or add a masked patterned paper to a solid paper to make something unique.
 
Kythe said:
Folded corners are fun to make and you get to use another paper too.
I have been playing with brushes to make my own photo masks. Not a new trick for many but I like it because I am able to make a mask that is specific to an image. Or add a masked patterned paper to a solid paper to make something unique.
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Oh, I remember when I discovered that - I had been wondering HOW people blend in photos and papers into background and when I stumbled upon the how-to tutorial, I felt like I'd just discovered America, and not something so many had known all along.
 
Oh these are fun! I have figured out how to make shadows, so I can make my banners look folded, I CAN'T stop using it LOL!
 
faerywings said:
Recently, I was reading Anna Aspens' blog and saw a tutorial on using the Mixer Brush on an artsy background. I had never used that Tool before but following the tutorial, I got some really neat results. It isn't something that I will use often but I like that it gives me a wider range of techniques to fool around with. Here is a link to the tut:
Customize Texture with Artplay Palette Brushes
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Oh, I love adding texture to background. And Anna's brushes are amazing!
 
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