Before I get into the meat of this post I have a story I want to share. Once upon a time in a shop far, far away there once was a customer who worked “magic” with paper. Seriously, all kidding aside…back when the original Your Scrapping Café was still around, we had a Cricut Expression. At the time it was one of the most innovative personal-use die-cutting machines on the market. It used cartridges – no computer or internet required….
As I mentioned in last week’s post about Filter Basics, Photoshop Elements (PSE) has some fantastic filters. You can create unique textures that can add depth or other effects, transforming a simple paper into something artistic. Filters are one of the most important features in PSE which holds the potential to modify the entire look and feel of an image by adding special effects. There are a lot of things that you can do with Filters. You can create compositions…
Okay, so now you’re probably certain I’ve dangerously veered off course. What can a coffee filter possibly have to do with scrapbooking? Well funny story there. Back in the day when the original Your Scrapping Café was still open, we actually did use coffee filters in lots of different ways when working on a traditional scrapbook page. Believe it or not, once we actually made flowers using those filters. But that’s definitely not the kind of filter I’m going to…
Whether you’re a traditional or digital scrapbooker, this is one of the best weekends of the year. It’s time for inter-National Scrapbooking Day/weekend. Many online festivities have already begun and some will stretch into the coming week. What a great weekend for all scrapbookers across the world. While there are no records of when exactly the first National Scrapbook Day was celebrated, it is believed to have been created in 1994 by Creative Memories. It is now celebrated every year…
Have you ever wanted just an outline of a shape in Photoshop Elements (PSE)? This seems like something that ought to be easy to accomplish. However, so many people seem to struggle with this. Most people typically know how to add an outline to a shape. The trickier part is knowing how to end up with just the outline…no fill. I don’t know about you but I frequently use shapes that aren’t completely solid…just an outline. Sort of a cookie…