Head on over to Submarines and Sewing Machines with Gemma, to learn 7 ways you can create depth of field in your photos. Depth of field refers to how much of your photo is in focus.
You know those lovely … Read More ...
Tutorial | DIY Watercolor Flowers
These watercolor flowers are gorgeous! They may be too bulky for a scrapbook page (unless you’re into that), but would work perfectly on cards, mini-book covers and mixed media pieces. But the technique that Daniela at Curly Made uses … Read More ...
Show & Tell | Silhouette Challenge by Heather Greenwood
Heather Greenwood shares how she made the gorgeous piece above using varying products and techniques from Silhouette. She used printable canvas, corrugated paper, white sticker paper and sketch pens, as well as various cutting techniques to create this honeymoon memento. … Read More ...
8 Tips for Photo Organization
Overwhelmed with all your photos in numerous sources? DSLR, printed, Camera photos, Instagram….. these days we take lots of photos and they are everywhere. So how do you keep track of those photos that you want to be sure to … Read More ...
Tutorial | Embossing Paste Backgrounds
Rachel at rwkrafts shares her techniques for making colorful backgrounds using embossing pastes from Faber Castell Whipped Spackle. She created her card for the challenge at PaperTrey Ink, and used colors inspired by the Curtain Call Challenge. In her video … Read More ...
Tutorial | Print Your Own Journal Cards + Free Template
Download a free layered template from Heather Greenwood, and follow along as she shows how to use it to make and print out journaling cards from digital elements.
Her detailed steps take you through downloading, unzipping and saving the file, … Read More ...
Tutorial | Painting With Mists
Heather Greenwood shares a great way to add some color to plain prints. She painted her pre-printed design using spray mists from Heidi Swapp. Done in only three steps! You can also do this with images you stamp yourself, … Read More ...
Tutorial | Water Color Background Using Templates
Check out my personal blog Callaloo Soup, for a tutorial showing how I used an unlikely craft supply to make the watercolor background on this layout. Plus get a chance to win the tool I used!
Tutorial | Double Stamping Technique With Acrylic Inks
Check out this fantastic video from Jennifer Priest detailing a double stamping technique using Clearsnap Izink acrylic inks. I’d love to try this! That effect would work really well on scrapbook layouts too.
Photography for Scrapbookers | How to Photograph Fireworks
If you’re heading out to watch the fireworks tonight, make sure to read these three articles first!
How to Photograph Fireworks by Decor & the Dog
How to Photograph Good Enough Fireworks with a Point and Shoot by Unskinny Boppy… Read More ...
Photography for Scrapbookers | 10 Tips & Tricks
Jamielyn Nye at I Heart Naptime collected these 10 tips and tricks to help with your photography. From food photography, to portraits, to editing for the web, you’re sure to find help.
Photography for Scrapbookers | Shooting Star Trails
If you’ll be in the great outdoors this summer, you might want to take photos of the night sky. In this tutorial at Digital Photography School, you can learn how to create photos with star trails. It takes some time, … Read More ...
Tutorial – Stamping and Ink Blending
Learn some stamping and blending and blending techniques, with this tutorial from Sweet Steph Card Designs. Make a card as shown above, or a background element for a scrapbook page.
Photography for Scrapbookers | 5 Tips for Better Beach Photos
Elicia Graves shares her five top tips for better beach photos. I will definitely be using these this summer! These tips from Click It Up A Notch will help you get “creative and beautifully lit shots” to document your beach … Read More ...
Photography for Scrapbookers | Capturing Motion with Shutter Speed
It’s summer and the kids are outside riding bikes, skipping rope, swinging and having a grand time. Shani Hanson will help you capture the motion in her article at I Heart Naptime. She covers how you can use different shutter … Read More ...