This is used for all “major” scrapbooking tips presented in a series.
Ever run into a lovely frame that just doesn’t fit the size of your photo? I run into this a lot. And It’s not always easy to resize a frame without messing up the proportions. Today, I want to help you with a few tips… Resizing Frames Correctly Sadly, I’ve seen this more than once. Someone will resize a photo or frame to make things “fit” and it’s so easy to see that the result isn’t quite right. If you…
Last month my oldest grandson had a special occasion and I was making “favor” tags when I encountered a little challenge using a script font. I’ve run into this before but not very often and thought I’d share a quick little tip… Spacing Punctuation Correctly Whenever I add an apostrophe inside a script font, it looks unnatural to break the script with the apostrophe. See the image below. When we write something by hand, our script letters generally flow with…
This post is all about using styles in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements (PSE). If you don’t use either of these you likely have something similar in your graphics package. If not, this may not be a good topic for you. However, if you do have style effects available in your software, you might still find some useful tips about when & how to use them to spruce up your layout. A while back in my post about Fonts I mentioned…
I know…I know! I’ve written a lot of posts about Fonts. My guess is that right now you think I’m beating the proverbial dead horse. Am I right? 😉 I have just one more font topic that I hope you’ll find helpful. Let’s get real for just a second here. Most scrapbookers are font hoarders (present company included). And most of us will use more than one font on a given layout. Sadly, too many of us likely don’t pay…
If you’ve been scrapbooking or at least purchasing digital supplies for very long you’ve likely run across digital stamps. And no, I don’t mean postage stamps. Even way before I discovered digital scrapbooking, I have always loved the way “stamping” looked on cards & layouts. A very long time ago I tried desperately to be a “stamper”. I had several beautiful, old-fashioned rubber stamp sets. But I always found myself frustrated. I’d either not have enough ink or I would…