Digital Tutorials(click here for the Index)
Backgrounds/Paper - Page 3
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Time Paper
- Open a new image, as large as you need, 300 dpi if you will be printing this
- Add a layer, and fill with your chosen color
- "Stamp" paper randomly with brushes in a darker shade of the background color (I used PB Grunge brushes, but don't remember where I got them)
- Add a layer and draw random lines throughout the image
- Add a Gaussian blur and adjust the opacity if necessary to create the proper shading
- Save as a PSP file to preserve the layers, and as a .jpg file
Click here to see the card I made with this collage
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Christmas Diamond Paper
- Open blank image, 105 x 200, transparent background
- Use the Present Shapes Tool, and draw a diamond in a light sage color, 100 x 200 in size (leave the extra 5 pixels open on the left side) - convert to raster layer
- Select the diamond with the Magic Wand, and add some grunge in the darker sage color - CTL + D to deselect.
- Open Dingbat Fonts 2, and type the letter "r" in the center of the diamond, using a darker sage color
- Set the Paintbrush Tool on round, size 10, and choose a dark red color. Click once at the top of the diamond point, and once at the left side of the diamond point to add the "dots."
- Merge layers
- Open a new transparent image, the size of your finished page
- Set the diamond image as a Pattern and fill the page
- Add a new layer, drag below the diamond layer, and fill with the dark sage color.
- Save as a PSP file, and then as a .jpg.
Font: KR Christmas Dings 2 (Kats Fun Fonts) - page 24;
NOTE: When I made my image 100 x 200 and placed the red dot at the left diamond point, the pattern did not come out properly. So I added the additional 5 pixels to accommodate the dot. There was no problem with the dot at the top. Also, the diamond image at the top has a white background only because it was saved as a .jpg. The original that was used to create the diamond pattern had a transparent background.
Published in SSReflections On-Line Ezine
Click here to see the card I made with this collage
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Lace Paper
This one is too easy!
- Lay a piece of lace on your scanner bed
- Lay a piece of cardstock, any color on top and close lid
- Scan and resize image
Scan using a different color cardstock for a different background.
Remember that many fabrics are copyright. This was an old piece of lace, about 30 years old.
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Black and White Paper
- Create a new image, any size, and fill with black
- Open the white clip art (image below left), and choose Image Menu, Negative Image, which will turn it to the image below right.
- Click the Magic Wand, tolerance 100, and click on the clip art negative image to select
- Add a layer to your plain black image and copy and paste the selection
- Repeat adding layers and clip art images, moving them until you are pleased with the layout
Credits: Clip Art Design (Dover)
Click here to see a card made with this paper.
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Diamond Nautical Paper
- Create a new image, any size, and fill with white
- Set your foreground to blue, and use the compass and various grunge brushes to create your background
- Open blank image, 100 x 200, transparent background
- Use the Present Shapes Tool, and draw a diamond in the dark blue color - convert to raster layer
- Set the diamond image as a Pattern
- Add a layer to your white image and fill with the diamond pattern
Credits: Clip Art Design (Dover)
Click here to see a card made with this paper.
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