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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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Photo Cube

By Dave Cross  ·  March 24th, 2006

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Maybe you’ve gotten one for Christmas: a plastic photo cube that you inserted your favorite photos into (after you trimmed them down to size, of course). Here’s the digital equivalent, made pretty simple thanks to one filter.

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Creating Stained Glass

By Rich Harris  ·  March 24th, 2006

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Stained glass has been around for more than a thousand years. Ancient craftsmen would use hand-cut pieces of glass, lead cames, and solder to create a ‘window of light.’ with Photoshop Elements’ Brush tool, Paint Bucket, and Filter Gallery, we’ll create our own window of light.

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Create your own personalized Father’s Day Card

By Lynette Kent  ·  March 12th, 2006

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Of course you could purchase a Father’s Day card, but how much more personal and fun to create your own, using a photo of the children and their father. Use Photoshop Elements to create a personalized Father’s Day card and get it ready to print on an inkjet printer.

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Make A Photo Look Really Old (Part 2)

By Dave Cross  ·  February 21st, 2006

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Oops, I was going to do a “part two” on making your photos look old, wasn’t I? Sorry about that, here it is: creating “old” scotch tape to add to your “old” photos.

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Creating Slide Mounts

By Dave Cross  ·  February 16th, 2006

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Here’s a pretty cool way to show off your images: make “fake” slide mounts. It’s pretty simple to do, and you can save the mount for use over and over again.

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Make A Photo Look Really Old (Part 1)

By Dave Cross  ·  February 12th, 2006

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Oops, I was going to do a “part two” on making your photos look old, wasn’t I? Sorry about that, here it is: creating “old” scotch tape to add to your “old” photos.

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Creating Greeting Cards With Photoshop Elements

By Helene Glassman  ·  February 12th, 2006

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Creating a personalized greeting card is one of the nicest things you can do for someone you care about. When you do this, you’re not only making someone feel special, you’re also being creative, which makes you feel good too.

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Greeting Card Painting

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  December 22nd, 2005

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Adding a special holiday texture to your photos.

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Holiday Bells

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  December 16th, 2005

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Matt shows you how to create your own holiday bells.

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Holiday Creations

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  December 9th, 2005

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Matt shows you some built-in items in Elements that you can add to your creations with very little effort.

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Postcards With Pizzazz!

By Linda Sattgast  ·  April 1st, 2005

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In this tutorial, we’ll create a mock postage stamp from a photo, and then show how to use it as a fun design on a personalized postcard.

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Creating a Polaroid Look

By Scott Kelby  ·  February 2nd, 2005

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Creating a “Polaroid look” has been around for years, but it’s never been more popular than it is right now.

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