Feeling low – try these tips for a little more happy!
Oh man oh man, with all the doom and gloom on the news these days, I decided to start my own happiness project. I turned off social media and the news for a few days to focus on the good…
Tutorials & Tips
Practical, step-by-step guides to help you grow as a digital or hybrid scrapbooker—from beginner basics to advanced techniques., step-by-step guides to help you grow as a digital or hybrid scrapbooker—from beginner basics to advanced techniques.
Photo Orientation Tip
Hello all my artsy friends! I am dropping in today with a quick tip for using portrait orientation photos in a landscape frame. Have you had the perfect photo for a page, but the design just didn’t call for the…
Automatically Sync Photos with Lightroom
Hi friends!!! I’m excited to be here today to share a quick tip if you’re a Lightroom user. I have been syncing my phone photos to my desktop using Dropbox uploads for years until I hit a big snag last…
You’ve Got A Friend In Me!
About a million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I wrote a book about friendship. I think you can find it on Amazon now for a buck. I wrote the book with my friend Wendy and we had a…
Ghosted Titles in Photoshop
I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday weekend! I’m dropping in today with a quick tip for creating the look of ghosted titles in Photoshop. A ghosted title is one that is made to blend in with the background paper…
Scrapbook Album Storage
Hello friends!! Over Digital Scrapbook Day weekend I did something that I had been putting off for WAY too long! I uploaded and sent Project Life and other scrapbook layouts from 2017 on to be printed. In total I had…
Creating Digital Texture with Transparencies in Photoshop
Happy Wednesday everyone! I’m dropping in with a quick tip today for using a transparent element (such as a page border) to add texture to a solid background. If you look at my Gallery, you will see that I adore…
Playing with Layer Styles in PS
Hello my creative friends! I hope everyone had a fabulous iNSD over the weekend and you found some time to be creative. I am dropping in today with another tip for using the Gradient Overlay Style in Photoshop. Last week…
Gradient Overlays in Photoshop
I hope everyone is safe, healthy and getting ready for the fabulous iNSD festivities coming up this weekend! I’m dropping in with a quick tip for adding a pop of color to a sketch in Photoshop – using a Gradient…
Organizing Collaboration Kits
Hello pad scrappers!!! I’m so excited about iNSD 2020 celebrations and events starting in just TWO days here at the pad! I have a list of goals and plans for my weekend that include lots of games, forum events, and…
10 Quarantine Photo Ideas
Hello pad scrappers!! We are living in such a unique time right now. Most of us are self-isolating at home, under quarantine in order to flatten the curve for Covid 19. Our lives have changed in many ways. It’s important…
Creating a Virtual Background for Zoom
Hello scrappy friends!! So much of our lives are taking place virtually right now. My whole family has been using Zoom for classes, yoga workouts, meetings and meet-ups with friends. I recently discovered that you can customize your own virtual…