Have you ever thought about turning a photo into a story? Now what kind of question is that? Of course you have. That’s what we all do. But that’s not exactly the kind of story I want to talk about today. Today I’ll show you how to create what I call photo text and you can watch the photo become a story. No, I’m not playing word games with you. It’s true, typically turning a single photo into a rich…
I hope you don’t mind that you’re getting an extra post from me this week. We’re just days away from my favorite month of the year. I love Fall in general but October is the best! One of my favorite Fall “holidays” is coming up this weekend…Digital Scrapbooking Day/weekend. And some online festivities have already begun! Since I don’t sell product and have no special deals to hand out, I just wanted to wish you a fabulous Digital Scrapbooking “Week”….
Over the years I’ve discussed using vellum multiple times. One of my favorite posts about vellum was the “See-Thru Title” post back in March of 2025. Today I want to give you a different way to look at vellum elements. It’s a great way to control the chaos on a layout by using vellum to tone down some of the images. I know it sounds odd to talk about chaos on a layout. But I’m sure we’ve all seen at…
In my “Stripes” post back in June, I showed you how to use the Wave filter to create a wavy stripe pattern for paper. Today I’m going to show you how using that same filter can turn a straight word strip into a wavy word strip. Adding a wavy word strip breaks up rigid lines and adds a playful sense of movement to a layout. A wavy shape of any kind adds a gentle, flowing contrast. Wavy word strips feel…
This week I’m going a bit off topic in as much as I’m not really presenting a technique today. Instead, I have a question for you. Who are you talking to when you journal on a scrapbook page? More to the point, who is the audience? I know that may seem like a silly question to a lot of people. But just think about it for a minute. Are you journaling with a specific person in mind? Or are you…