Computer Tricks for Scrapbookers: Layering Type
October 26, 2008 by Christine Gooding
Filed under Home & Living
I’d love to be able to go full-blast on my digital scrapbooking but no time for that so I’m sticking to my traditional scrapbooking projects. Not that I get much of a chance these days, what with starting a new business and just being busy with living.
Sigh.
One of the things though I love is to learn more computer tricks to maximise on my Adobe Photoshop Elements.
This computer trick is brought to us by Jessica Sprague:
Grateful, Joyful, Thankful by Jessica Sprague.
Supplies Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0; Printer: Epson R1900; Photo paper: Premium Presentation Paper (Matte), Epson; Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket (dot) and My Mind’s Eye (brown and green); Flower stickers: K&Company; Punches: EK Success (circle and corner rounder), Martha Stewart Crafts (scallop circle) and Marvy Uchida (scallop square); Chipboard photo corner: Tattered Angels; Fonts: Century Gothic, Microsoft (journaling);You Are Loved, Internet (title); Other: Wooden circles.
A large title treatment balances out the large photo on this layout, while an overlapping edge ties the two pieces together. I played with size, orientation and color in the title, and my journaling text (set in the same font and color as it appears in the strips below it) doubled as a textural background behind it. Simple to do, but with stunning effect!
To learn how to layer type, visit Jessica Sprague’s online tutorial.
You can also download free digital scrapbooking mini kits. Scroll down till you find the right links.
Image credit: Jessica Sprague
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