Hey Trixie Fans! I hope your April has gotten off to a super start. I am here today to talk about a trend I am seeing more and more of in people’s layouts… Banners! Banners are being used everywhere to give that little extra touch to a layout. I have found myself using them more… Read More »

Scrapbooking uses design principles just like art and graphic design.  One of those principles is the “visual triangle”.  The visual triangle allows the viewer’s eyes to move around the layout while focusing on the most important parts.  It is very simple to accomplish – you can use elements like flowers, a trio of photos, or… Read More »

Happy Tuesday and welcome to another addition of Tips, Trends and Techniques! I have found that while Paint Shop Pro is an excellent program, it is a bit time consuming using templates, that was until I found this fantastic free script! Click HERE and be sure to get the right download for your version. Save… Read More »

Some of us embrace change…some of us not so much. If you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably realized that the powers-that-be have recently unveiled the new profile, Facebook Timeline. Switching to Timeline allows your information to be shown in a more organized fashion and gives you a certain amount of customization capabilities. The biggest thing that… Read More »

Lori here with today’s Tuesday technique. I love the soft vignette look for photos, but I could only find tutorials on how to do the vignette with the harder look. Trixie found an awesome tutorial on-line and I created some steps to help me out with it and I hope it helps you too! I… Read More »

Welcome to this weeks edition TTT. This week Jamie D. is bringing you a tip on how to enhance the eye flow on your layouts.It is important for layouts to be visually dynamic. We want the eye to be drawn into the layout, and we always have a certain spot in mind that we want… Read More »

Hello everyone, happy Tuesday! I put together a tutorial to show you how to use the rectangular marquee tool in Photoshop. I will show all my examples in elements, but the tool is also in Photoshop. Once I found out how to use this tool, it has helped with altering frames, scatters and more. In… Read More »

Happy Tuesday! Jennifer here with another edition of Tips, Trends and Techniques Tuesday! Last Tuesday, Trixie Scraps Star Jamie B introduced you to the fun technique of selecting a group of photos and sphereizing them, or making them into a cool looking globe! Today, I’m going to show our SBC+ (Storybook Creator Plus) software users… Read More »

Welcome to another edition of the Trixie Scraps Tips, Trends and Techniques Tuesday. It is my pleasure today to host and refresh our memories on the Modify Tool. I am using PSE 7 in this tutorial. Today I am going to use the Modify tool to make an easy journaling mat, but you can use… Read More »