By Dave Cross  ·  August 12th, 2008

Use gradients and the Halftone Filter to create an interesting dotted background for your work.

By Wendy Williams  ·  July 31st, 2008

Despite their complicated appearance, weaving ribbons is not too difficult a technique. It is really effective when you use it on a scrapbook page.

By Wendy Williams  ·  July 25th, 2008

Making glossy buttons is actually quite easy to do, and they look great on a scrapbooking layout.

By Wendy Williams  ·  June 19th, 2008

Well, this time of the year we are all making lists so I though that I would show you how to make a pencil, which you can add to scrapbook pages, greeting cards, and more.

By Wendy Williams  ·  June 19th, 2008

Here’s a tutorial for creating a very cool stained-glass effect, which you can use on your scrapbook pages, or on cards and other projects.

By Wendy Williams  ·  June 12th, 2008

Frames are something that lots of us use in scrapbook pages and they can be quite complex to make. It is possible, however, to make a simple frame quite easily by using one of your scrapbook papers.

By Wendy Williams  ·  June 11th, 2008

Keychains are popular embellishments for scrapbooking layouts. Here’s how to make your own.

By Wendy Williams  ·  June 11th, 2008

Alpha Embellishments are not too difficult to do but it does take some time to make them for all the individual letters of the alphabet, so I decided to see if I could come up with a quicker way

By Wendy Williams  ·  May 16th, 2008

Adding metal rings to your scrapbooking ribbons is not too difficult to do but the result is very effective and you can use it in many different ways. I thought that it would be a good idea to do a…

By Wendy Williams  ·  May 16th, 2008

I often get messages asking me how to make a scrapbook page, so I thought that I would run through the stages of making one for you. Hope that this helps people who are new to scrapbooking.

By Nancy Marti  ·  May 5th, 2008

Tags are a great way to embellish your scrapbook layouts. They offer fun and simple ways to say something without a lot of the sappy journaling that many people cite as a turn-off to scrapbooking. The examples shown here are just a few of the ways you can add a little more pop to your pages.

By Wendy Williams  ·  April 29th, 2008

Here’s a quick way to make a simple chain brush that you can use in your scrapbook pages.

By Corey Barker  ·  March 23rd, 2008

Create really cool backgrounds using custom shapes.

By Diana Day  ·  March 3rd, 2008

Do you admire those popular grungy backgrounds and wish you could make your own? Here’s an easy and fun technique that utilizes some of the many free brushes available online. In the process, we’ll also take advantage of two often-overlooked tools: dodge and burn.

By Nancy Marti  ·  March 3rd, 2008

This piece is adapted from a wedding video tutorial for Photoshop by Matt Kloskowski, and I’m taking it a little further to create something you will be proud to display or present to others.

By Wendy Williams  ·  February 25th, 2008

Here’s a tutorial for creating a simple button.

By Wendy Williams  ·  February 12th, 2008

I was playing around the other day making a gift bag, which I though looked pretty good, so I decided to share the technique with you. I do hope that you try it out and that you enjoy it.

By Nancy Marti  ·  January 5th, 2008

Designing elements for a scrapbook kit can be a challenge. You quickly learn to recognize basic shapes enhanced with layer styles as just that: basic shapes. The challenge is to create something new and unique. To do this, you need to see beyond the obvious or ‘think outside the box.’

By Suzanne Hillyer  ·  November 7th, 2007

A popular effect you see with a lot of scrapbook page templates and kits is the page curl.

By Lorri Sweeney  ·  October 3rd, 2007

Combining two or more photos to re-create a special moment can add life and warmth to the memories we record.