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All types of fun things you can create inside Elements, from stamps to cards to calendars, movie posters and collages.

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Creating Easter Baskets and Grass

By Karen Brockney  ·  March 25th, 2013

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Creating Easter Eggs is wonderful, but what about the basket that holds them? Karen strikes again with Easter magic as she shows you how to make your own basket and grass graphics!

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Decorating Digital Easter Eggs

By Karen Brockney  ·  March 20th, 2013

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With Easter right around the corner, Karen serves up this fantastic video about decorating your own digital easter eggs! Use them for Easter-inspired digital scrapbooking, on custom frames and even hidden in your own images!

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Making Your Own Bokeh Holiday Card

By Dave Cross  ·  November 26th, 2012

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With the holidays right around the corner, Dave shows us how to create a special greeting card with some soft, light bokeh.

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How to Create and Apply Five Essential Patterns

By Liz Ness  ·  November 20th, 2012

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Patterns can be used for all sorts of projects, from birth announcements to unique photo borders. Liz shows you how to make your own basic patterns and then how to apply them in multiple ways!

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Creating Fall-Inspired Leaf Patterns and Brushes

By Dave Cross  ·  November 14th, 2012

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Using just a plain image of a fall-colored leaf, Dave shows you how to turn it into a pattern and a brush that can be used in multiple different ways!

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Share Your Passion: Bumper Sticker Examples

By Diana Day  ·  October 30th, 2012

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This article includes custom shape downloads and links to go along with Diana Day’s “Share Your Passion” article from the November/December 2012 issue of PET.

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Share Your Passion: Bumper Sticker Printing

By Diana Day  ·  October 30th, 2012

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This article includes custom shape downloads and links to go along with Diana Day’s “Share Your Passion” article from the November/December 2012 issue of PET.

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Share Your Passion: Custom Shape Downloads and Other Links

By Diana Day  ·  October 30th, 2012

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This article includes custom shape downloads and links to go along with Diana Day’s “Share Your Passion” article from the November/December 2012 issue of PET.

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Create Your Own Photo Business Cards

By Lesa Snider  ·  October 22nd, 2012

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Instead of paying steep fees for someone else to create your business cards, Lesa shows you the basic steps for making your own, using your own photographs!

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2013 calendar templates online

By Rick LePage  ·  October 9th, 2012

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We’ve uploaded our 2013 calendar files for the “Quick and Easy Calendars” article.

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Download: 2013 calendar templates

By Rick LePage  ·  October 9th, 2012

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These are the 2013 template files for the “Quick and Easy Calendars from Templates” article in Photoshop Elements Techniques.

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Combining Scans Using Photomerge®

By Liz Ness  ·  September 25th, 2012

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If you’ve ever had a large photograph (or other object) that won’t fit on your scanner bed, Liz shows you a surefire way to combine multiple scans using Photomerge® inside of Photoshop Elements.

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Experimenting with Layer Masks

By Dave Cross  ·  September 17th, 2012

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Dave takes two unrelated photos and experiments with layer masks to get a few extremely interesting effects.

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Customize Your Desktop

By Diana Day  ·  August 26th, 2012

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Beautify your computer screen while still leaving room for your desktop
icons with a custom wallpaper template.

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Creating a Unique Wedding Mememto

By Liz Ness  ·  August 24th, 2012

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Liz shows you how to take two photos, one with a small blank background, and combine them to create a unique and versatile wedding memento.

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Using Custom Shapes to Create a ‘Quick Page’

By Karen Brockney  ·  August 3rd, 2012

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A ‘quick page’ is a backdrop with a frame and embellishments for one or more photos that you can add interchangeably. Karen shows you how to use custom shapes to create your own ‘quick page’ to really showcase your best photos.

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Creating Distressed Type

By Dave Cross  ·  July 27th, 2012

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Dave demonstrates how to make type appear ‘distressed’ and grungy against a nice, brick background.

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Stack ‘Em High

By Liz Ness  ·  July 23rd, 2012

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Create a playful picture-stack collage that makes it look like your photo was created from scattered snapshots.

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Creating a Simple Wedding Announcement

By Liz Ness  ·  July 12th, 2012

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Since spring and summer are such big wedding seasons, Liz shows you how to create a simple wedding announcement postcard.

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Using Brushes as Stamps

By Karen Brockney  ·  July 9th, 2012

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Karen uses brushes as ‘digital stamps’ to create a textured background for any photo.

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