Blending Modes

Do You Believe in Fairies?

Comment December 10, 2010

Do you believe in Fairies? Let me introduce you to a fairy I believe in - Karen is the type of fairy that should have digital scrapbookers everywhere clapping their hands and jumping for joy. Every day and sometimes several times a day, Karen releases antique clipart on her blog that crafters and scrapbookers can use in their everyday projects. ...
Continue reading >>
Reblog: Embellishing a Wordle

Comment November 6, 2010

In another post I shared how to create your word design in Wordle. Today I am going to share a few quick tips on embellishing those words to create a fun Christmas Card design. So to start we have Words on a White Background The first thing we need to do is get those words separated from the background. Your...
Continue reading >>
Video Tutorial Digital Scrapbooking Photo Textures

3 September 10, 2010

If you haven’t seen Michelle’s Limelight Photo Textures yet, I highly recommend that you pick them up! Check out just two things you can do with them here - If you want to learn more about how to use Limelight Textures in Photoshop Elements, check out this video.
Continue reading >>
The Creative Composite with Julianne Kost

3 September 9, 2010

I am a huge fan of Julianne Kost. She is an amazing teacher and artist. Her photography is breathtaking – she literally creates art with her photos. Julianne recently released this video on Adobe TV. In this video she shares her personal workflow and process for creating her amazing composite images. It is 25 minutes long – but so worth...
Continue reading >>
Video Tutorial: Flypaper Photo Textures in Photoshop and PSE

3 June 30, 2010

The past few days I have been having so much fun playing with the Flypaper Photo Textures I thought I should write another post here and reference my previous tutorial post. To my dismay, I learned that I hadn’t yet moved it to this blog – so today you get both in one post. My favorite photo transformation from yesterday –...
Continue reading >>
Video Tutorial: Texture+Photo=ART

Comment May 30, 2010

In this tutorial we dress up the image below by applying texture…You can thank Denise Clason for the push to do this tutorial… Here is the "before" - Which brings us to the "After"…. And here's the video… Here's the video that shows how to add a layer mask in Photoshop Elements… Also, you can find Pink Ink Studios free...
Continue reading >>
Blending Modes and Templates

Comment May 6, 2010

*** This video tutorial originally appeared on my blog in April 2008*** I thought it would be fun to share a little behind the scenes tutorial with you all. ***You may want to pause the video for a few moments after hitting the play button (bottom left corner of video) to allow the video to fully stream to your computer...
Continue reading >>
“Happy Accident” Workflow in Photoshop

Comment May 6, 2010

***This post originally appeared on my blog in May of 2008. Inspired by April Anderton's article and amazing layout in the April/May 2008 issue of Digital Scrapbooking Magazine, I decided to see what I could do to get a similar look. April's article talks about pushing the limits of digital by printing your digital layouts on favorite traditional textured and...
Continue reading >>