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Welcome to my world of digital scrapbooking and art journaling — where creativity meets storytelling.
Explore tutorials, ideas, and inspiration to help you turn your photos and memories into meaningful works of art.
Ten Ways to Fight the Coronavirus Blues
When times are stressful, there are things you can do to relieve some of the the pressure you’re feeling. Arting might be one of those things.
Spring! Digital Scrapbooking Kit
New Release! Spring! A collection of spring floral elements – brighten your day and put some spring in your step!
Installing Layer Styles
Layer Styles are used to add fun or interesting effects to elements on your page. Installing Layer Styles into Photoshop Elements is easy
PSE Power Tip: Bypass PSE 2020 Home Screen
Learn How to bypass that annoying PS Home Screen and go directly to the Editor or the Organizer
Vintage Paper Frames, Bicycle + Camera Stamps for Digital Scrapbooking
Vintage elements – whether frames or digital stamps – coordinate well with any digital scrapbooking kit!
Loading Brushes into Photoshop Elements
Load Brushes into Photoshop Elements temporarily, or install them for access whenever you need them.
Heartfelt Shoutout
Creating cards from digital scrapbooking kits is fun! Here are some Valentine’s Day samples created with my Heartfelt collection.
NAODS 2020 Online Summit
The National Association of Digital Scrapbookers is holding is it’s 2020 Online Summit on March 9-12, 2020
Art Journaling in Procreate!
I decided to try to create on of my digital art journal pages in Procreate – a fabulous app for the iPad.
Selectively Coloring Black + White Photos to Add Interest and Focus
Otherwise uninteresting photos can gain new life by changing them to black and white and then selectively re-coloring some areas.
Text + Ledger Stamps for Digital Scrapbooking
Digital Typewritten Text and Ledger Stamps are a great way to add little bits of interest to your scrapbook and art journaling pages and hybrid projects.
Permission Granted!
Choosing “a word” for 2020 turned out to be quite the ordeal.