Patterned Vellum

Patterned Vellum

Vellum, specifically patterned vellum is a rather underrated or underappreciated supply. I used to run into that even in my traditional scrapbooking days. A lot of people just don’t know what to do with it. Yet there’s so much you can do with it. Note: The featured image at the top of this post is a preview of some actual paper vellum available at Etsy. Just wanted you to know it wasn’t any digital paper I may have created 😉…

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Unique Frames

Unique Frames

In last week’s post about “Journal Frames” I showed you how to use a “store bought” journal frame and add your journaling. If you read that post you know I wasn’t “over the moon” about using a pre-made journal frame and made a lot of adjustments. So, today I want to show you how to create your own journal frame with supplies you likely already have on hand. Well, at least most of them 😉 Custom Journal Frames Creating your…

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Journal Frames

Journal Frames

Journaling in our digital layouts is often a hit or miss issue for a lot of us. If you’ve read my “Tell Your Story” post from back in March of 2023, you already know how I feel about journaling. I readily admit that I truly was not a good story teller in my early days of scrapping. These days I occasionally find myself looking at a layout and having trouble finding just the right spot to easily add text and…

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Fancy Ligatures

Fancy Ligatures

If you’ve been following me for more than a little while you likely know I’ve written multiple posts about fonts. And in at least two posts I’ve talked about glyphs. Well, the other day I had a revelation of sorts. Other than the post in which I was complaining about “missing” glyphs, I’ve never really talked about how to use all those fancy ligatures. So, today I’m going to take care of that… Using Glyphs Way back in March of…

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See-Thru Title Update

See-Thru Title Update

A couple weeks ago in my “See-Thru Title” post, I showed you how to create an interesting title using vellum letters. Well, I forgot to show you one other thing you can do to make those vellum letters pop a bit more. It actually may have been best that I did forget at that time. I think that post got a bit lengthy with all the steps I demonstrated. I know…no surprise there heh? Anyway, today we’ll look at one…

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