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Welcome back\u2026I hope you had a good time playing around with creating gesso textures<\/a><\/strong> after last week\u2019s post. Today I\u2019m going to show you how to create your own unique paper using a variety of methods; including some of the textures from last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was still a paper scrapbooker, I could spend hours figuring out different ways to add interest to my layouts. I would print on vellum and lay it over photos. Paint, gesso, \u201cStickles<\/a><\/strong>\u201d, alcohol ink and stitches found their way into my layouts in my search for depth and texture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I discovered digital scrapbooking, I was amazed at the things I could do that weren\u2019t available to me before! But I still wanted to use some of the beloved techniques I had discovered as a paper scrapper. I eventually learned how to digitally replicate some of the \u201cold-fashioned\u201d, mixed media techniques using pixels instead of tactile mediums. Namely gesso and alcohol ink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With digital gesso papers, you can create beautiful, textured backdrops that make your scrapbook pages more unique and help them stand out. How much more fun will it be if you create the gesso papers yourself? Can\u2019t get more unique than that, right?!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong> The featured image above was created using a paper I made with a solid blue background, some brushes from the same \u201c20 Painter Brushes<\/a><\/strong>\u201d brush set & some brushes from \u201cFree Smoke Photoshop Brushes 6<\/a><\/strong>\u201d I showed you last week. Both of these brush sets are available for free at Brusheezy<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Own Gesso Paper<\/h3>\n\n\n
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A quick reminder before I begin…I use the current version of Photoshop Elements (PSE \u2013 2024). Some of my screen shots may look different than what you see on your screen depending on the version you are using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I used two of the four brush sets I listed in that post\u2026the \u201c20 Painter Brushes\u201d & \u201cFree Smoke Photoshop Brushes 6\u201d sets I mentioned above. This week I\u2019m going to use some brushes from the other 2 sets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n