I want to talk to you about paint smears and spatters. So many times I’ve wondered… why did this scrapper shadow the paint spatter? It just looks wrong. Spatters, splatters, splotches, smears, etc… they don’t have shadows on a for realz paper layout when you spatter them on the page (unless you’re using really, really […]
I’m no expert scrapper, and by no means any kind of judge and jury, but there are some things that just don’t look good on a page & others you just flat out don’t do. I have seen people squish their photos up & distort them, just to fit the frame. Download the PDF […]
After sharpening up a photo last week, I thought it would be fun to go the opposite direction this week and create a “dreamy” effect. I found the perfect tutorial on medialoot and was able to follow it quite well with a few minor adjustments. You can head over there to try it out, or […]
There is a really quick and super easy way to give your photos a little sharpening perk in Photoshop CC (and Photoshop Elements) using the High Pass filter found in the program. All images open in new tabs so you can take a closer look. Download the PDF Open up your photo and copy it […]
Editing photos and adding cool text effects to our titles on the pages we scrap is a lot of fun & doesn’t necessarily mean we have to put a whole lot of (frustrating) work into it! We have a whole host of Layer Styles and Actions in the shop and other fun things that you […]
I don’t know about you, but I am all about quick and easy photo editing, and I have a tough time with Lightroom (for whatever reason, we’ll call it a mental block for now lol!). In my internet perusing, looking for fast photo edits I could do in Photoshop, I came across this guy… Peter […]
Hello everyone!!! It’s Tanya, here to show you how to create a gift card holder. My niece is graduating High School and I thought it would be fun to make her a gift card holder. She has been in gifted art since she started kindergarten…..so I thought it would be fun to use, Painted With Dreams […]
I love some of the filters you can use in photoshop (and elements!) to quickly pop a nice little effect onto your photo. Today I’m showing you a quick and easy Lens Flare effect! (images open larger in new windows when you click on them!) Download the PDF Open your photo, create a new layer […]
I love finding tutorials posted by members on our forum, and this month, I found one posted by ShawnaRenee31 with her page for our Mix It Up Challenge on how to add rain to your photo: She followed the tutorial and applied it to the top main photo of her page: So cute, and I […]
Scallops are one of my favorite things to make! They can add a little bit of an extra boost to your page, and they’re so easy to create (in under 2 minutes!). The only hard part is trying to decide which paper to clip to them 😉 Download the PDF (Images on this post open […]