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 using white-ish backgrounds on my pages. I’ve talked before about ways to add some texture and movement to a solid white background, and I am adding one more method to the list today – transparent elements. I used one of the fabulous border edges in Paula Kesselring’s bundle (50% off in today’s SOSN Sale) on this page:
Notice the subtlety of the border edge? It adds just the slightest bit of texture to the solid white background and is the perfect finishing touch for the page. The technique is super easy as well, and can be done in any digital program that has blending modes.
All I did to make the border on my page was clip a copy of the white background paper to the transparent border from Paula’s border set and then set the blend mode of the transparency layer to Linear Burn at 100% opacity. After I added all of the elements to the page, I wanted a little more pop in the border, so I merged the page border and white paper together, made a copy of the merged layer and set the blend mode on the new layer to Multiply at 100% opacity.
And that is all there is to it! I hope you have fun playing with this technique on your next digital page. :)
Until next time ~
Judie (HeyJude)
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