Hello everyone and happy Wednesday! I am dropping in today with a couple of quick tips for customizing colors on digital scrapbooking pages. For example, on this page I customized the color of the background stamps and stroke around the edge of the photo so that they matched the colors in the digital elements on the page. I used a solid color adjustment layer for the paint stamps in the background and changed the color of the stroke around the photo. Solid color adjustment layers are super easy and quick to apply. Activate the layer you want to add the color to, then click on the adjustment menu (half filled circle) and choose Solid Color from the pop-up menu. From there, the color picker box and eyedropper tool will appear. All you need to do is click on the page with the color that you want to use and the adjustment layer will be filled with that color. To apply … [Read more...]
Foiled School Print
Hello and happy Monday!!Since many of us are schooling from home, at least part of the time, I thought it would be fun to share a print I made for our school room today.I made this print using NBK's Mindfulness Word Arts, a laser printer, foil, and my MINC foil applicator. It came together super quick for an easy afternoon project!First I selected a word art and placed it on a letter sized document in Photoshop. I sent this to print on cardstock paper in my laser printer. If you don't own a laser printer, you can send it to be printed at an office supply store. Only laser printed images will work when applying foil.Then I placed the printed art work into a transfer folder (this works to hold the art work and foil in place). I cut a piece of foil to the size of my design and placed that on top of the printed design.Next I carefully fed the transfer folder with … [Read more...]
Yay for September M3!
Hi Pad Scrappers,Polly Liana here, thrilled to help debut this month’s M3 collection. For those of you new to the concept, M3 stands for Mixed Media Monthly. Every month, some of our talented mixed media designers collaborate around a palette and a phrase. This month, the phrase is Stop Waiting. Let’s have a look at the main kit for this collection:Isn’t it terrific? Because it’s obviously got a theme about being driven, it’s so perfect for any moments of reckoning you’ve been meaning to document. I love how they incorporated so many beautiful fall and spring colors so it coordinates with the upcoming seasons. Here are some of the add-on kits that were designed to coordinate with the main kit:Delicious, right? I want to scoop all of these up to use with my recent photographs. And you can too! Just visit our store to get them for 20% savings this … [Read more...]
Traveler’s Notebook Project
Hello and happy Thursday!!Today I am super excited so share with you an ongoing project I have started in my Traveler's Notebook. I admit to being a Traveler's Notebook collector and recently I have made a goal to actually start using these notebooks that I have amassed.For a while now, I post a weekly roundup on my personal blog called "5 on Friday" where I share five updates for the week. These are simple things that have occurred during the week, such as what I've been reading, watching, listening to, etc. I decided to start creating a page in my Traveler's Notebook to go with these 5 on Friday posts using a selfie I've taken during the week.I first create my page in Photoshop using a traveler's notebook template. For this page, I used the Traveler's Notebooks Template Set 5 by Sabrina's Creations.After completing my page I hid the photo and frame and … [Read more...]
Template Tuesday – a shout out to Rachel Jefferies!
I am in love with all of Rachel Jefferies' templates and wanted to give them a shout out here! I want to be the boss of all of you and tell every single one of you that you have to get one, two or three of these templates. They are so fun to play with! You will thank me.I'll wait...........For this fun project, I used This is Now layered template. LOVE! The products I used are all from the This Is Now bundle. again...LOVE! Bye for now Lilypadders - but seriously tho, get these templates! … [Read more...]
Playing with Scissors, Paper & a Printer: Creating a Hybrid Scrapbook Album
Hello Friends! After months of letting my photos sit on my phone, it was time I got crafty again and I had the perfect project in mind to get me creating....a hybrid scrapbook album dedicated to my love of hiking. I have spent a good part of this year on the trails and have taken lots of photos along my journeys, but not yet really documented the details. Before too much time passed, I decided to dive right in and get those memories documented!I love the physical, hands-on aspect of traditional scrapbooking but also love the ease of "shopping" my computer digital scrapbooking collections, so I opened my digital scrapbooking kits and found so many there were perfect for my themed album. Happy dance time!Knowing what I wanted to create and having found the perfect digi supplies to use, it was time to get crafting and bring my vision for this memory keeping album to life.I found … [Read more...]