Greetings, Trixie Scrappers! This week’s Masters Monday technique tutorial is brought to by my frustration with my brushes library. I was working on a speed scrap layout with kind of vague instructions about using brushes and not having a very good time, and it occurred to me that I’ve created a few of my own… Read More »

Hi all you lovely Trixie Scrappers. Welcome to this edition of Masters Monday. Today we’re going back to basics with a tutorial on manipulating multiple layers in Photoshop Elements. If you don’t already know how to do this, you’ll be surprised at how much this will streamline your workflow. So let’s get started. The first… Read More »

We live in a great time. The digital age is amazing. I love the fact that we can view pictures right as we take them and that they are available to us as soon as we get them downloaded wherever we want. It also makes digital scrapbooking what it is. The age we live in… Read More »

Hello again Trixie Scrappers! By special request, I’m going to show you how to make your own Facebook timeline covers using Photoshop Elements 10, but there’s nothing in this tutorial that won’t work with earlier versions. Start by opening a new workspace but rather than going 12″ x 12″ (or whatever your favourite canvas size… Read More »

Happy Monday Trixie Scraps fans! Today’s Masters Monday tutorial is coming to you by special request. A couple of months ago, our very own Shilo showed you how to create invites and announcements using Corel Paintshop Pro, and we heard from a couple of you wanting a Photoshop version of the tutorial, so that’s what… Read More »

Here we are, closing in on the end of July already! I’ve been off work on medical leave this month so I’ve had extra creative time. I got into the challenges at GingerScraps and saw an opportunity for a great tutorial in the Recipe Challenge. One of the ingredients was a mask. Did you know… Read More »

Hot enough for y’all these days? Even here in northern Canada it’s high summer and I’m just lovin’ it! So are all the weeds in my garden that I’ve neglected for the last couple of weeks. Rather than show you my weeds, I’m going to show you some of the blooms that I treated my… Read More »

Happy Monday everyone! Today I want to share with you a fun technique that is ideal to use on your sunny summer layouts. Sunburst designs are all the rage right now, and they can really make a layout pop by drawing the eye right to the most important part of the page. Just a quick… Read More »

So here we are on the downhill side of 2013. Time’s just flying; now that half the year is gone maybe some of you are evaluating where you are and where you want to be by year’s end. That kind of soul-searching calls for some awesome art journalling. I bet most of you don’t think… Read More »

Hello everybody and welcome to July! Where is the summer going? Time just seems to pass so pass when the weather is nice, and if you’re anything like me, there are a ton of things that you’d like to get done while the hot summer weather is here. With so much to do, and so… Read More »