{"id":9972,"date":"2025-04-29T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/?p=9972"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:58:07","slug":"unique-frames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/unique-frames\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique Frames"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In last week\u2019s post about \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/journal-frames\/\" title=\"\">Journal Frames<\/a><\/strong>\u201d I showed you how to use a \u201cstore bought\u201d journal frame and add your journaling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">If you read that post you know I wasn\u2019t \u201cover the moon\u201d about using a pre-made journal frame and made a lot of adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">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 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Custom Journal Frames<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Creating your own journal frame <em>should<\/em> be at least a little easier than dealing with a pre-made journal frame like the ones I used last week. Most importantly you\u2019ll be starting with your own blank frame!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Before I get started, just a quick reminder that I use Photoshop Elements (PSE) 2024. If you use an older (or newer) version, some of my screen shots may look different than what you see on your screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I\u2019m going to use a frame from this set of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativefabrica.com\/product\/digital-frames-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Digital Frames<\/a><\/strong> I found on Creative Fabrica some time back:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DigitalFrames-CreativeFabrica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DigitalFrames-CreativeFabrica.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Frames\" class=\"wp-image-9973\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DigitalFrames-CreativeFabrica.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DigitalFrames-CreativeFabrica-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DigitalFrames-CreativeFabrica-405x270.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I\u2019ll be using the silver oval frame that\u2019s sort of in the middle of that image above (behind the heart frames). You can use any frame you have in your stash of supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">And if for some strange reason you don\u2019t have <em>any<\/em> frame with which to work, you can try looking for some free ones at these sites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doodlecraftblog.com\/2012\/01\/digital-frames.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Doodlecraft<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/favpng.com\/png_search\/digital-photo-frames#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FAVPng<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/flyclipart.com\/search\/digital-frame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fly Clipart<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepik.com\/free-photos-vectors\/frame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FreePik<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiclipart.com\/search?clipart=digital+Photo+Frames#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HiClipart<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/imgbin.com\/free-png\/digital-frame#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">IMGBIN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nohat.cc\/s\/digital-frame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nohat<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/images\/search\/digital%20frame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pixabay<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">There are also some nice frames available at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/search?q=Digital+frame&amp;ref=search_bar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Etsy<\/a><\/strong> and they seem to be reasonably priced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I know you\u2019re going to be shocked when I tell you that I\u2019m just going to open my chosen frame in PSE. This is something I very rarely do but I want to work on this frame at its original size:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-Startsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-Startsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Frame\" class=\"wp-image-9974\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-Startsmaller.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-Startsmaller-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-Startsmaller-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">But the very first thing I do whenever I choose to work this way is immediately save the file as a PSD using a name that makes sense based on the project. In this case I named the file FramedJournaling. This way I know I don\u2019t have to worry about messing up the original frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I already have a layout in progress that I want to use this with so I\u2019m going to start by adding a dark navy (#293251) oval for the background. I do this using the Ellipse tool with the Color chip set to the blue value I already mentioned and the \u201cshape\u201d is set to Unconstrained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I don\u2019t need to check the \u201cFrom Center\u201d box this time because I don\u2019t have to make this a precise shape since it will be behind the frame. And once again, I just click and draw (drag out) my oval shape so it\u2019s just smaller than the outer edge of the frame:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Oval\" class=\"wp-image-9975\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalsmaller.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalsmaller-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalsmaller-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I move that oval beneath the frame in the Layers Panel and it looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalMovedsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalMovedsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Oval Beneath Frame\" class=\"wp-image-9976\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalMovedsmaller.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalMovedsmaller-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalMovedsmaller-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Just as I did last week, I\u2019m going to create a duplicate of that oval shape, re-color it and resize it, leaving enough space between the inside edge of the frame so that my journaling doesn\u2019t look cramped:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GreyOvalsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GreyOvalsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Grey Oval\" class=\"wp-image-9977\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GreyOvalsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GreyOvalsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GreyOvalsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Now, I can add my text. I\u2019m going to use this quote as my journaling: \u201cWe are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won\u2019t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don\u2019t fire cannons to call attention to their shining \u2013 they just shine! \u2013 D. L. Moody\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I double-click on the grey oval layer\u2019s thumbnail to ensure it is \u201cactive\u201d \u2013 like I would trying to ensure a layer mask is \u201cactive\u201d. Just as what happened last week, PSE thinks I want to change the color of the shape and will open the color picker. I just click Cancel to close that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I select the Horizontal type tool, choose my font &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1001freefonts.com\/poiret-one.font\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Poiret One Regular<\/a><\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1001freefonts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">1001 Free Fonts<\/a><\/strong>, set the Color to black for now, the Size to 39 and the Tracking to minus 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Then I position my cursor inside the grey oval near the top until I see the cursor change to the \u201ctool cursor\u201d (an I-Beam inside a circle). I have to be very careful to ensure that I don\u2019t see an I-Beam with a curvy line underneath. That would actually place my text around the outside of the oval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Once I\u2019m certain I have the correct cursor, I can insert my text. And it conforms to the grey oval\u2019s shape:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GreyOvalTextsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GreyOvalTextsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Journaling300 Added\" class=\"wp-image-9978\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GreyOvalTextsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GreyOvalTextsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GreyOvalTextsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In order to get the \u201cauthor\u2019s\u201d name into the frame I reduced the font size on just that line to 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Once I\u2019m certain that the text looks exactly the way I\u2019d hoped I can hide (or even delete) the grey oval layer and change the font color to what will work on the blue oval and fit my layout. I used a beige color (#f1e9d8). And here\u2019s my final (well almost) framed journaling:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalTextsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalTextsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Final Journaling\" class=\"wp-image-9979\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalTextsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalTextsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlueOvalTextsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I\u2019m guessing you may be thinking that I\u2019m done and that this was truly a lot easier than what we did <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/journal-frames\/\" title=\"\">last week<\/a><\/strong>. Well, yes &amp; no. This definitely was a lot easier. But I\u2019m not done yet\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Creating A Charm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Do you remember last week I said I wanted to share a couple little twists that I think could make this framed journaling look a bit nicer? Well, this is how I\u2019m, going to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">First, I want this to ultimately look like a charm. I want it to hang from a piece of twine in my layout. For that to happen I probably need to add a bail to the top of that frame. I know now you\u2019re wondering what the heck is a bail?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A bail is simply the hole or loop at the top of a charm, allowing it to be attached to a necklace, bracelet or in my case\u2026the twine! So, I want to add a bail to the top of my frame. All I have to do is search my stash for a silver charm from which I can \u201csteal\u201d a bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Thankfully, I have a set of number charms (from where or by whom I am not sure) that <em>should<\/em> fit the bill. For no particular reason I grabbed the number 3:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Number3Charm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Number3Charm.jpg\" alt=\"#3 Charm\" class=\"wp-image-9980\" style=\"width:auto;height:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Number3Charm.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Number3Charm-141x300.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Number3Charm-127x270.jpg 127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I just pull that into my PSE file:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-NumberForBailsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-NumberForBailsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Charm Added\" class=\"wp-image-9981\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-NumberForBailsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-NumberForBailsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-NumberForBailsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I know that looks funny sitting in the middle of my journaling. And I\u2019m sure you can tell that it doesn\u2019t exactly match the color of the frame. But I think I can make it work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The first thing I\u2019m going to do is move that charm to the top of the frame and reposition the charm\u2019s layer beneath the blue oval\u2019s layer in the Layers Panel:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmMovedsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmMovedsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Charm Moved\" class=\"wp-image-9982\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmMovedsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmMovedsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmMovedsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">That\u2019s clearly too small so I\u2019ll make that big enough that a piece of twine will fit through the opening:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmBiggersmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmBiggersmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Charm Bigger\" class=\"wp-image-9983\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmBiggersmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmBiggersmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmBiggersmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">That looks about right. And right now, I think that bail matches the frame well enough that I\u2019m not going to fool with it. I know you\u2019re likely shocked to hear that since I\u2019m generally fairly fussy. But I have to remind myself that this frame, as it sits here, is a lot larger than it will be in my layout. And with a piece of twine running through, I can\u2019t imagine that little bail will look as if it wasn\u2019t always there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Now for some cleanup. I want to make this part of the original charm a permanent part of the frame. So, I need to bring the charm\u2019s layer up underneath the frame\u2019s layer so I can connect the two:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmMoved2smaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmMoved2smaller.jpg\" alt=\"Charm Moved Again\" class=\"wp-image-9984\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmMoved2smaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmMoved2smaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmMoved2smaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Clearly, I need to do some cleanup. But this is going to be easy. With the charm layer active, all I have to do is make a selection using the Rectangular Marquee tool:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmSelectedsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmSelectedsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Charm Partial Selection\" class=\"wp-image-9985\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmSelectedsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmSelectedsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-CharmSelectedsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Then I just press the Delete key and the \u201c3\u201d is gone:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-Charm3Deletedsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-Charm3Deletedsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"#3 Deleted\" class=\"wp-image-9986\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-Charm3Deletedsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-Charm3Deletedsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-Charm3Deletedsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">To keep from getting confused I\u2019m going to rename the charm\u2019s layer to \u201cBail\u201d. Next, I\u2019m going to duplicate the frame and bail layers and hide the originals. This is just in case I need to make adjustments to the bail\u2019s size later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Then, with the duplicate layers both active, I merge the frame with the bail. This will be important later when I apply my shadow. If I didn\u2019t merge these layers I\u2019d end up with a shadow in places over the bail where it doesn\u2019t belong!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">My frame now looks like a charm, sort of. Most often I think of charms such as this as having a glass \u201ccover\u201d over what is within the frame. Something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SampleCharm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SampleCharm.jpg\" alt=\"Sample Charm\" class=\"wp-image-9987\" style=\"width:auto;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SampleCharm.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SampleCharm-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SampleCharm-206x270.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">So, I want to show you how to do that next. This is a totally optional step. If you aren\u2019t interested in adding a \u201ccover\u201d you can skip ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Creating A Glass Cover<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Looking at the sample charm above, it looks as though there is a shadow around the inside of the frame. This too is something that can be considered optional. Rather than applying one now, I\u2019m going to wait until I get the glass cover in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you have a glass effect layer style that you are already familiar with, please feel free to skip this section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">To create the glass cover I\u2019m going to need another oval shape. I\u2019m just going to duplicate the blue background oval and move the duplicate layer above my text (directly below the frame layer) in the Layers Panel. But I am going to resize it so it is just a bit larger than the open area of the frame\u2026not much larger at all. And I re-color it to black and changed the layer name to \u201cBlack Glass Oval\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Black Oval\" class=\"wp-image-9988\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">You should be able to see the bounding box around that black oval. This gives you an idea of how small I made that black oval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I could have left the oval blue, re-colored it to a light grey (#dae0e1) or even white. This \u201cglass\u201d technique can work on either blue, black, grey or white. It just would require different \u201cblending\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">With the black oval layer active, I\u2019m going to apply a standard PSE Glass Buttons Layer Style by clicking on the Styles icon at the bottom of the Layers Panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">PSE opens the Styles panel and displays whatever styles were last used (Bevels for me). I click on the down arrow to the right of the style name and scroll down the list until I find Glass Buttons:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelectionsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelectionsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Glass Buttons Style\" class=\"wp-image-9989\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelectionsmaller.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelectionsmaller-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelectionsmaller-255x270.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">PSE then opens the Glass Buttons style displaying all the options available:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GlassButtonStylessmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GlassButtonStylessmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Glass Buttons Options\" class=\"wp-image-9990\" style=\"width:auto;height:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GlassButtonStylessmaller.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GlassButtonStylessmaller-154x300.jpg 154w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-GlassButtonStylessmaller-138x270.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I select the Translucent Glass style (far right option in the next to last row). The default settings for this option are as follows: Inner Glow Size 88px &amp; Opacity 75%, Bevel Size 146, Direction Up and Lighting Angle 90 degrees. And this is the initial result:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlasssmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlasssmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Black Oval Glass Style\" class=\"wp-image-9991\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlasssmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlasssmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlasssmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">You can change all of these settings to fit your needs. But I\u2019ll caution you not to mess with the glow settings too much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I thought the size of the \u201cshine\u201d was a bit too large, so I changed the Bevel Size to 80 so it wasn\u2019t such a drastic glare. You can experiment with the amount of bevel to achieve the shine that suits your project best. Here\u2019s how mine ended up:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassAdjsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassAdjsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Glass Shine Smaller\" class=\"wp-image-9992\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassAdjsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassAdjsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassAdjsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The last thing I have to do is set the Blend Mode on this black oval to Screen. If you read my \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/unique-mask\/\" title=\"\">Unique Mask<\/a><\/strong>\u201d post back in February, you know that anytime the Blend Mode is set to Screen, the blending cancels out anything that is black. After changing the blending only the \u201cbeveled\u201d glow remained and my framed journaling looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassFinalsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassFinalsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Glass Cover Final\" class=\"wp-image-9993\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassFinalsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassFinalsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassFinalsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Now just a bit ago I mentioned that I could use other colors as the fill color for the oval during this process. I\u2019ll just explain (no pictures) the differences I have found using some colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">If I keep blue (or whatever original background color was used) as the fill color of the shape, I can use the same settings for the Translucent Glass Button style but set the Blend Mode to Lighten. This will generally result in an effect that is nearly identical to using black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">When using white I can use the same settings for the Translucent Glass Button style but set the Blend Mode to Darken. This seemed to produce nearly identical results to using black with a Blend Mode of Screen. Though it did appear to have a slight effect on the crispness and brightness of the \u201cshine\u201d. But that could just have been my old eyes playing tricks on me \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">When using a light grey (#dae0e1) I can again use the same settings for the Translucent Glass Button style but set the Blend Mode to Darken. At first glance this too seemed to produce nearly identical results to using black with a Blend Mode of Screen. However, this time I did notice that the color of the text became lighter. Not by much but it was noticeable. So, that would be something to watch for if you try using grey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">From my experience I tend to go with a black fill when using the Translucent Glass Button style. I\u2019ve found that this often times gives a much nicer glass effect than using grey, white or the same color as the background. But you can play around with all of the options and decide for yourself which seems to work better for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">If you don\u2019t want to mess with all these different options and settings there is a free <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brusheezy.com\/styles\/1960-transparent-glass-layer-styles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Glass Effect Style<\/a><\/strong> from Brusheezy that does make it go a bit quicker:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TransparentGlassLayerStylessmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TransparentGlassLayerStylessmaller.jpg\" alt=\"WebTreats Style\" class=\"wp-image-9994\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TransparentGlassLayerStylessmaller.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TransparentGlassLayerStylessmaller-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TransparentGlassLayerStylessmaller-386x270.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you\u2019re following along and plan to use this style, please be sure to install it before proceeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">When I use this style from WebTreats, the shape needs to be the same size as the original background. So, I just duplicated the original blue oval and moved the duplicate above my text (directly below the frame layer) in the Layers Panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I\u2019ve found that using just about any color as the fill will give nearly identical results. So, I leave mine set to blue but I did rename the layer to \u201cBlue Glass Oval\u201d. If you want to play it safe, I\u2019d recommend using a bright light blue (#8eebf5), light grey (#dae0e1) or white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Before I apply the style, I need to blur the edges of the oval. I go to the top tool bar and select Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur. I then set the blur Radius to 60px:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlurredBlueOvalsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlurredBlueOvalsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Blurred Blue Oval\" class=\"wp-image-10263\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlurredBlueOvalsmaller.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlurredBlueOvalsmaller-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlurredBlueOvalsmaller-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">You might be able to see that blurred edge peeking out behind the frame. Don\u2019t panic. That will go away in the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">With the edges blurred I click on the Styles icon at the bottom of the Layers Panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">PSE opens the Styles panel and displays whatever styles were last used (Glass Buttons for me). I click on the down arrow to the right of the style name and scroll down almost to the bottom of the list until I find webtreatsetc-glass-layer-styles:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelection2smaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelection2smaller.jpg\" alt=\"WebTreats Style\" class=\"wp-image-9995\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelection2smaller.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelection2smaller-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">PSE then opens the \u201cglass\u201d style displaying all the options available:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelection3smaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelection3smaller.jpg\" alt=\"WebTreats Options\" class=\"wp-image-9996\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelection3smaller.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-StyleSelection3smaller-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">As you can see, I have selected WebtreatsETC 2 The middle style). This sets a bevel of 17 and a lighting angle of 90 degrees and here is the result:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BrusheezyGlassBluesmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BrusheezyGlassBluesmaller.jpg\" alt=\"WebTreats Glass Style Applied\" class=\"wp-image-9997\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BrusheezyGlassBluesmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BrusheezyGlassBluesmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BrusheezyGlassBluesmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I didn\u2019t feel the need to change a thing. This is a different look than I got from the glass button style but I think it produces an acceptable result. I can change the lighting angle later if I need to but I think it\u2019s going to be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">You can play with the angle to fit your needs but I would very highly encourage you to not mess with the bevel too much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">One last optional step\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Inner Frame Shadow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">As I mentioned earlier, I\u2019m not certain that a shadow on the inside of the frame is necessary but I want you to see how it effects the look. More importantly, I want you to know how to properly create it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I\u2019m going to go back to the version of my \u201ccharm\u201d that was made with a black oval and the PSE Glass Button &#8211; Translucent Glass style:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassFinalsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassFinalsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Previous Final Glass Cover\" class=\"wp-image-9993\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassFinalsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassFinalsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-BlackOvalGlassFinalsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">As far as I know, contrary to many tutorials\/tips that say to use an inner glow, there\u2019s truly only one easy way to create this inner shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">First and foremost, it must be on its own layer. If you need tips on how to do that, I would normally refer you back to my \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/stitching-realism\/\" title=\"\">Stitching Realism<\/a><\/strong>\u201d post from August of 2024. But I am going to be doing things a bit different this time so I will walk you through the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I\u2019m going to start by hiding all layers and go back to the original frame without the bail:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFramesmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFramesmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Frame No Bail\" class=\"wp-image-9998\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFramesmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFramesmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFramesmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I know you\u2019re likely confused by this but it might make a bit more sense shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I then make a duplicate copy of the original frame layer and name it Frame Shadow and move it below the frame with the bail in the Layers Panel (which is still hidden).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Then I re-color this duplicate frame using a nearly black color (#0c0c0c).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFrameBlacksmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFrameBlacksmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Shadow Base\" class=\"wp-image-9999\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFrameBlacksmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFrameBlacksmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFrameBlacksmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Next, I\u2019m going to apply a Gaussian blur with the blur Radius set to 40px:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFrameBlackBlursmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFrameBlackBlursmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Shadow Blurred\" class=\"wp-image-10000\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFrameBlackBlursmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFrameBlackBlursmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-OriginalFrameBlackBlursmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I then unhide the layer that contains the frame with the bail:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameShadowsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameShadowsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Shadow Under Frame With Bail\" class=\"wp-image-10001\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameShadowsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameShadowsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameShadowsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Notice that there\u2019s no shadow around the bail on the frame? I saved myself a bit of cleanup by not using that frame! I know that&#8217;s such a tiny section but sometimes every little bit of time saved can help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Right now, I need (or rather want) to go in and get rid of the shadow around the outside of my frame. If you read last week\u2019s post you may remember I said it was perhaps better to apply the &#8220;final&#8221; shadow when I use the charm on a layout. So that\u2019s why I want to eliminate the outer shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I can do this one of a few ways but honestly, the easiest way is to just use the eraser tool with a hard round brush set to a size of about 150px and go all around the outer edge of the frame and remove the shadow:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameOuterShadowGonesmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameOuterShadowGonesmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Outer Shadow Erased\" class=\"wp-image-10002\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameOuterShadowGonesmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameOuterShadowGonesmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameOuterShadowGonesmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Now it\u2019s time to see how this looks when I bring all the other pertinent layers back:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadowsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadowsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Charm - Inner Shadow\" class=\"wp-image-10003\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadowsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadowsmaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadowsmaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Because my background is so dark, that inner shadow is barely perceptible even at full size. This is why I wasn\u2019t inclined to fool with this. But let\u2019s take a peek at how this looks on a different color background:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadow2smaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadow2smaller.jpg\" alt=\"Shadow Over Bright Background\" class=\"wp-image-10004\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadow2smaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadow2smaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadow2smaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Well, that shadow really shows up now, right? But it also dulls the \u201cshine\u201d of the glass cover. So, I\u2019m going to move that shadow layer beneath my \u201cglass\u201d layer:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadow3smaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadow3smaller.jpg\" alt=\"Shadow Moved\" class=\"wp-image-10005\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadow3smaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadow3smaller-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FramedJournaling-FrameInnerShadow3smaller-201x270.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">That\u2019s better! And the beauty of this is if I want that shadow to be darker, I can just duplicate the layer and adjust the opacity if it ends up too dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">If you choose to add an inner shadow to your frame you can play around with the amount of blur (that controls the size of the shadow) and the intensity to see what fits your project best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">For me and my charm, I think I\u2019ll forego the inner shadow. At least this time \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">One thing about using square or rectangular shaped frames as a charm. Sometimes rather than a bail you may want to attach a \u201cpicture hanger\u201d instead. If you have straight chain, string, twine or wire along with some kind of fastener (brads, binder clips or other hardware) it\u2019s a great way to create your own hanger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HangingSquareFrameSamples2smaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HangingSquareFrameSamples2smaller.jpg\" alt=\"Sample Hanging Frames\" class=\"wp-image-10038\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HangingSquareFrameSamples2smaller.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HangingSquareFrameSamples2smaller-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Oh, and I almost forgot. Here\u2019s my charm on my layout:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HatterasLightsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HatterasLightsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Just Shine\" class=\"wp-image-10007\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HatterasLightsmaller.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HatterasLightsmaller-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HatterasLightsmaller-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HatterasLightsmaller-270x270.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">For more details about this layout, you can find it in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/envira\/my-personal-2025-gallery\/\" title=\"\">my 2025 Gallery<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">That\u2019s all until next week. Happy journal charm making!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">A Few More Tips<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MoreCharmTipssmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MoreCharmTipssmaller.jpg\" alt=\"More Tips\" class=\"wp-image-10008\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MoreCharmTipssmaller.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MoreCharmTipssmaller-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MoreCharmTipssmaller-375x270.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Check your stash of scrapping supplies for decorative frames. Any size or shape will work. And you don\u2019t always have to use fancy frames. Even a nice paper frame can work to showcase your journaling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">When turning your frame into a charm, again just check your stash of supplies for other charms you may already have. Those will be your best source to find that pesky bail that belongs at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">If you have difficulty finding a charm in your stash or free ones online (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/favpng.com\/png_search\/metal-charm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FAVPng<\/a><\/strong> is a good source) that have the desired bail&#8230;please don\u2019t hesitate to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/message-me\/\" title=\"\">Message Me<\/a><\/strong>. I am certainly willing to try hooking you up with a solution!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">With a bail attached to your frame think about adding a chain (if you have some). You could also add a length of twine, string or even ribbon and include a knot or bow that appears to attach it to the bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Now that you know how to create not only your own unique journal frames but also your own charms, don\u2019t stop there! Just think of all the charms you can make that don\u2019t have journaling in them! Let your creativity soar! Here&#8217;s an idea:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FlowerCharmsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FlowerCharmsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Flower Charm\" class=\"wp-image-10009\" style=\"width:auto;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FlowerCharmsmaller.jpg 303w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FlowerCharmsmaller-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FlowerCharmsmaller-205x270.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Or this\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PhotoCharmsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PhotoCharmsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Charm\" class=\"wp-image-10010\" style=\"width:auto;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PhotoCharmsmaller.jpg 303w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PhotoCharmsmaller-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PhotoCharmsmaller-205x270.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Remember your imagination is your only limitation when creating!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PowerOfImaginationsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PowerOfImaginationsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Power Of Imagination\" class=\"wp-image-10044\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PowerOfImaginationsmaller.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PowerOfImaginationsmaller-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Other than that&#8230;just have fun working on different ways to work your journaling (or charms) into your layout!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Thanks for reading this week\u2019s Tuesday Tip. Remember, if you have any suggestions or questions please don\u2019t hesitate to &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/message-me\/\" title=\"\">Message Me<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;. Check back next week for a tip about Patterned Vellum! Click \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/yourscrappingcafe.kit.com\/\" title=\"\">Follow Me<\/a><\/strong>\u201d to stay in touch. I hope you have a wonderful week!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KeepInTouch-Redsmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KeepInTouch-Redsmaller.jpg\" alt=\"Keep In Touch\" class=\"wp-image-10011\" style=\"width:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KeepInTouch-Redsmaller.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KeepInTouch-Redsmaller-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.yourscrappingcafe.com\/home\/d19521157\/public_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/KeepInTouch-Redsmaller-268x270.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In last week\u2019s post about \u201cJournal Frames\u201d I showed you how to use a \u201cstore bought\u201d journal frame and add your journaling. 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