Digital Paper Blending

Hello everyone and happy SOSN Wednesday! I’m just dropping in with a quick tip for blending digital papers. Have you ever been in the situation where you absolutely love two different digital background papers and just cannot decide which one to use? It happens to me a lot. One of my favorite ways of resolving the issue is to take the papers and blend them together into one amazing background.

 

Here is an example with some goodies that are available in today’s SOSN sale (Layout linked to gallery for credits):

 

Let it Find You

 

I was really stuck between these two gorgeous digital papers for the background:

 

Background Papers

Instead of just settling for one of them, I decided to take the parts I loved about each of them and make a new digital paper. I accomplished this by using a blend mode called “Multiply.” First, I pulled in the multimedia paper by Rachel Jefferies and then added Lynn Grieveson’s in the layer above. Second, I set the blending mode for Lynn’s paper to “Multiply” and adjusted the opacity just a bit  (95%). And just that quickly, I ended up with this new digital paper:

 

Blended Paper

 

I hope this trick helps you the next time you are struggling to choose between two background papers!

 

Until next time ~
Judie (HeyJude)

 

 

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I’m a creative who pulls inspiration from all corners of life—both the joyful highs and the real-life moments that punch you in the gut. Honestly, I don’t think I can pin down a single scrapbooking style for myself, so let’s just go with eclectic. My layouts really depend on my mindset. If I’m in a deep, cerebral mood, you’ll likely see something chaotic and messy. If I’m more relaxed, it tends to come out clean, simple, and structured.

My brain is usually running on several channels at once, so it’s completely normal for me to be working on a digital layout, dabbling in a hybrid project, and getting messy with art journaling or mixed media—all at the same time.

Here are a few of my go-to tools: Digital: Adobe Photoshop CC + my MacBook; Photos: Canon Rebel or iPhone; Hybrid: Cricut Joy + sewing machine; Art Journaling: watercolors, stencils, and artsticks

And when it comes to embellishments—digital or physical—I’m always reaching for messy threads, ribbons, and Polaroids. Always the Polaroids.

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