Techniques-Digital

Paper and Backgrounds:


• Antique Pots Paper
• Black & White Swirl Paper
• "Blinds" Paper
• Christmas Diamond Paper
• "Classy" Paper
• Clock Paper
• Diamond Paper
• Digital Woven Paper
• Floral Brush Paper
• Font Collage Background
• Happy Paper
• Lace Paper
• Linen Paper
• Love Definitions Background
• Nautical Paper
• Pastel Grunge Paper
• Plaid Paper
• Special Effects Bkgr
• Striped Paper
• Teal Paper
• Time Paper
• Wavy Fern Paper

Other Digital Techniques:


• Brushes-Making, Using, Installing
• Brushes-Backgrounds, Organizing
• Chipboard Letters-Digital
• Christmas Card - Star in the East
• Collage, Digital - Background
• Collage, Digital - Focal
• Computer Generated Text
• Digital Stamping
• Faux Postage - Digital
• Frames
• Filled Text from Selection
• Filled Text from Pattern
• Filled Text from Image
• Gradients-Digital Brayering
• Page Pebbles
• Quick Pages
• Recoloring Clip Art
• Spot Coloring
• Stained Glass
• Stickers
• Word Art

"Blinds" Brush Paper

• Open a blank image
• Fill with lime for the first example, and beige for the second example (or any color)
• Click with the "blinded 001" brush several times, using a contrasting color (I used beige for the lime, and grey for the beige)
  
  You can click once to add the blinds, or click and drag across the page - each will give you a slight variation.
  
  I don't know who makes this brush, but a similar effect can be produced using Blinds under Texture Effects in Paint Shop Pro. This gives you a more even look, but if you add a layer and use a grunge brush in a beige or white color, you can simulate this look.

Credits: Blinded 001 brush (unknown) Two cards made with these papers:

    

Linen Paper

• Open a blank image
• Fill the paper with a solid color.
• Choose a color slightly lighter and slightly darker for your highlights.
• Choose the PB Grunge 3-008 Brush and drag the mouse across the paper several times, and down several times, using the light color
• Repeat, using the dark color (motion I used was kind of like rubbing with sandpaper)
  
  This is a time to think outside the box. The brush I used is shown to the left - not the typical choice for doing a background but it worked very well.

Credits: PB Grunge 3-008 Brush (Photo Breed)

Teal Paper

• Open a blank image
• Fill with a solid teal color and add a layer
• Use the checked brush several times in a shade lighter than the teal
• Lower the opacity
• Use a leaf brush in the same color, adding randomly on the paper
• Use a text brush in a darker color.
  
  Credits: 002-001 Checked Brush (AWB); 3-008 Leaf Brush (Feuillage);Shakespeare 022 Text Brush (1Greeneye)

Wavy Fern Paper

The wavy pattern brush I used is only 250 pixels square. My paper is 3600 pixels square. If I tried to fill my paper with that brush, the image would be very fuzzy, so I first created a pattern with the wavy brush, and used that to fill my large image.

Pattern:

• Open a blank image 250 pixels square
• Set your background color to sage green (or whatever you wish), and apply Decorative TSl wavy brush. This will be the pattern you use to fill your paper.
  
  Paper
  
• Open another blank image, 300 dpi, that is 3 times the size of the finished paper you want (if you want paper that is 12" wide, open an image that is 3600 pixels square)
• Set your Foreground to Pattern, and use the wavy pattern that you just created as the source
• Fill your paper
• Set your Foreground to solid white or cream
• Add a layer, choose the Feuillage1 brush and apply several times on the paper, letting some of the images go off the edges
• Add a layer, change the rotation of the brush and apply again
• Add a layer, change the size of the brush and fill in some of the empty spaces
• If the white ferns are too bright, lower the opacity on those layers
  
  Credits:1 Fern Brush (Feuillage);Decorative TSl brush (unknown)

  Click here to see a card made with this paper