How to create your own OverlayBy Dalis AcevedoHi everyone! If you have ever played with me in the Art Journal section of our forum you know that I am fascinated and a bit obsessed with transparent Overlays. They are fun and can add just the finishing touches or starting touches to a page. Overlays are NOT only used in Art Journal but in any page or project. Create your own Overlay by using a mix of brushes and or png files to create more texture or interest in your page. After you create your overlay then just use some color to make it look like paint or clip a paper to it to blend it.I created a video tutorial for you. In this tutorial I am using Photoshop CS5 but the steps can be translated to most of the other programs.Let me show you my before and after pictures of my page so you can see the difference an Overlay can make in your page.Final … [Read more...]
How Do You Doodle?
Hello! Hello! If you happened to visit the blog yesterday you read a little information about the incredible selection of doodles available at The Lilypad. Still, some of you might be wondering what to do. Hopefully this will help solve the mystery of doodles and help you incorporate them into your next creation. There are a number of ways to use doodles other than just straight out of the kit. Adding color to doodles will completely change the look. This allows you to customize the object to fit your project. There are different ways to add color to a doodle. A few examples are: flood fill a doodle with any color from the color palette; use the gradient tool to add a variety of color; or clip paper to add both color and texture.Word art in the example above is from Science Lab element pack by One Little Bird.Layer them. Layer a few of your favorite doodles to create a new … [Read more...]
DYD: Confetti Pockets
Hey scrappers, Polly Jewelle here! I'm so excited because December 1st is finally here! I along with many other will be starting to document their December today. Before you get started I have another tutorial to share with you. Today I'm going to demonstrate how to make confetti pockets. I'm going to show how to make a confetti pocket for hybrid albums as well as how to make one on a digital layout. Let's get started!Digital Confetti Pocket1 - Compile your layout including a clear pocket for confetti. On my layout below I used the clear 3 x 4 pocket in Pear Tree {confetti} by Sara Gleason. 2 - Add scatters inside of your pocket. To do this all scatter layers should be BELOW your pocket layer. Spend time spreading your scatters out so they aren't all bunched together. 3 - Add shadows to the scatters. Keep in mind how each type of scatter will have a different size … [Read more...]
DYD Prep: Are you a planner or do you fly by the seat of your pants?
Hello scrappers, it's Polly Heather(gw) here with my very first blog post and I'm excited to share with you how Polly Jewelle and I have been preparing for Document Your December. I would be the fly by the seat of my pants kinda girl and I basically just print and cut a bunch of goodies and gather them all together in stacks and piles... Jewelle is a very organized planner and is sharing some of her planning sketches with us today...Do you fly by the seat of your own pants?I was in Nashville all last week, so I didn't get to play much with all the yummy goodies that were popping up before leaving. So, I'm going to share a little bit about what I've been up to the last few days as I get ready to document our December before heading out of town again for Thanksgiving. I'm also excited to share a little bit of a tutorial and some tips for the hybrid crowd too. WOOT WOOT!!! Are you … [Read more...]
None Destructive Modifications
Hi everyone, Dalis here with another short tutorial (big on photos, but short in time... I pinky promise). We often have to modify either a picture or an element to suit our needs or to fix lighting or distracting shadows or objects. I usually play a lot with the dodge/burn tools in Photoshop. I like how easily you can create some dimension with just those 2 tools. Of course if you have ever tried to burn or dodge, you may have done it directly on top of your picture or element. Doing this will change your element or picture. I once was watching videos and saw this guy did this and I thought it was brilliant. He was doing it for other tools but I thought that it would work for my favorite dodge/burn combo.Let me show you how to use the dodge/burn tool without modifying your original element or picture. (At the end of this tutorial, I am sure you can find many reasons and uses … [Read more...]
Easy Peasy Vignette Effect
Hi Everyone! Dalis here with another fast and easy tutorial. I love pictures with a light and airy vignette effect, but don't want to spend too much time creating them. I want to spend time scrapping the picture. I have an easy peasy tutorial on how to create a vignette look in a couple of minutes at the most. It is a super step by step, so trust me in a matter of maybe 2 mins you will have your image with a really nice vignette look.This is your end result, you can apply the effect again for a darker vignette look by repeating the steps or just doing CMD+F (for mac) or Ctrl+F (on PC). Go try it and show me your vignette! If you are wondering about that total cute Journal card used in this tutorial, it is this product. … [Read more...]