Have you been hit by Cupids arrow?
With Valentines right around the corner I couldn’t help but think about cupid and his arrows! If you have Photoshop CS or Elements then you can make your own arrows to play with! To find the tool you want you…
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.
Aligning
Today’s tip is all about using your align options in Photoshop. As far as I know all versions of Photoshop (Elements and CS’s) have the align options. Whether you are dragging in elements, alphas seperately, or pictures there are going…
Photographing Food
As I was thinking about what kind of photography related trick I wanted to show to you today, I thought about the countless hours I put in last year photographing food. See, I had this great idea of making a…
Tips and Tricks – Weaving
Claire here and no we are not sewing today. However, this technique will really leave people guessing if it is digital or real. So lets dig in: 1. place your items one on top of the other keeping in mind…
Tips & Tricks – A few Photoshop Shortcuts
I’m all about scrapping efficiently, and I am guessing you are too! Here is a little list of a few of the one key shortcuts that I use all of the time when scrapping. Try them out! Instead of using…
Quickly Brightening an Underexposed Photo
Do you ever find that when you look thru your photos you always have one or two that are underexposed or too dark. Often it is because I didn’t have my camera on the right setting when I took the picture, I adjust and…
Tips and Tricks – Creating PDF
So yesterday I was all set to upload my calendar design onto a site to print (and take advantage of 50%off!) But lo and behold, they did not support .jpegs. (Okay that seems totally crazy to me, but whatcha gonna…
Tips and Tricks – Using your Search
So, you’ve gotten into digital scrapbooking. Surely, you have an ever growing supply of digital kits, elements, alphas, etc…! Now lets say you don’t have ACDSee or a tagging system, making it easy to find just what you are looking for right when…
The Lighter Side of Life – Week Five
This week our journaling prompt revolves around conversations. In the car, at home, at school, we know that our families and friends say the funniest things and we rarely document them. Well, here’s your chance! This week’s prompt is to…
Tips & Tricks: Digital Mattings
Today’s trick is one that I actually get asked about alot! When teaching my digital scrapbook classes I often am teaching a group of current or previous paper scrappers. Being a former paper scrapper myself I would mat many of…
What’s Hot? Angle and Tilt
Welcome to the very first blog edition of “So Hot It’s Cool”. (Okay I totally made that up just now. So if it’s not the title next month… well you know, LOL.) So go on… ask me…Claire, what’s hot and…
Tips & Tricks: Rotating an element/item
It’s Pollywog, MandaKay here, bringing you our first installment of our Tips & Tricks series. Keep an eye out for some great tips, tricks, and tutorials coming your way periodically here at the Lilypad blog. Some of them you will…