Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine

by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
The title pretty much says it all. A really cool and easy way to make not great photos look good, is to print them onto patterned paper.
STEP ONE: Create a photo grouping in Photoshop.

Notice that I added a 5 pixel stroke outline and some drop shadows. You can also see that my […]

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Chere Nordstrand (Dream Team)
Last week I said I was going to teach you about Cross Processing your photos. Cross Processing is when you process actual film in a chemical that is not intended for that type of film and you get a really different look to the photo. […]

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by Julie Ann Shahin
Who doesn’t love a good flourish or swirl?????
Honestly, adding swirls in Photoshop Elements was the big thing that led me from crossing over from traditional scrapbooking to digital and hybrid scrapbooking. Just google “swirl brush” images and you see there is no shortage of choices for scrapbookers and graphic artists. Since the […]

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By Gina Lideros (Dream Team)
Create a new document that is large enough to fit the dimensions of your embellishment. Select the Horizaontal Type tool. Type an accent
word or phrase. Use Ctrl>C to copy your text, then Ctrl>V to paste it repeatedly, or duplicate each layer by right clicking on your layers palette,
and selecting Duplicate Layer.

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By Patty Debowski
The Digital Scrapbook Teacher

My last three tutorials showed you how to use the special features on the Photoshop Elements Move tool (V) that were added for version #5.
I’ve received several emails through my website asking for ways to accomplish the same thing without purchasing a new program. You can use the […]

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Chere Nordstrand (Dream Team)I don’t know about you but I really like to play around with my photos so that I can adapt them to my pages accordingly. Sometimes the colors in the pictures are too bright for my taste or I just want to change the look of the photo all together.
In this first […]

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by Julie Ann Shahin
Scrapbook Dimensions Gallery Standouts
Did you know that people have been posting their challenge layouts in the Scrapbook Dimensions Network gallery? Here are a few standouts.

Layout by Tricia for the Transparency Challenge

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Layout by Leslie for the Transparency Challenge

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Card by Julie Mead for Vintage Image Challenge

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New Hybrid Scrapbooking Challenge for June 8 - 14, […]

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Written by Julie Fei-Fan BalzerToday, I want to inspire all of you who don’t think you’re hybrid scrapbookers. Don’t be afraid! You can use all those beautiful kits out there with ease. I wanted to share several layouts where all I did was print out a digital element, cut it out, and […]

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1. Create a 4 X 6 document in Photoshop.
2. Add a background paper and elements.
3. Print your card out.
4. Cut a piece of cardstock to 7 X 12, fold it in half, and glue on the digital part of your card.
5. Add your letters.
6. You are now done you hybrid card!

~Bre
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By Julie Ann Shahin
Today’s topic is how to change the color of something in a digital photograph. This is a great technique for scrapbookers to know if they want their photograph to match the color scheme of their layout and the colors are not quite right. I’ll show you I experimented to change someone’s […]

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