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Paperclipping 108 – How to Make a Frame with Rounded Corners in Photoshop Elements

Monday, June 15th, 2009

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Paperclipping 108 - How to Make Rounded Corners in Photoshop Elements

Do you remember the collage of heritage photos I made for a layout about my dad’s crazy 1940’s baby stroller? There was a request for me to make a tutorial on how to wrap a collage of photos with a frame like I did on that layout. Today’s episode for the Paperclipping Members will walk you through it step-by-step using Photoshop Elements. The good news is it’s very easy!

Below is the one I made in today’s tutorial…
Tea Time

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Related tutorials:
Digital Word Art
Make A Grid Collage In Photoshop

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Paperclipping 101- Digital Word Art

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
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In this free episode of Paperclipping, you’ll learn how to position, resize, and recolor digital word art in Photoshop Elements. You’ll also see why Ali Edwards’s digital products are just as perfect for heritage photos and projects as they is for modern ones. You’ll find The Story Word Art + Hand Drawn Brushes by Ali Edwards, featured in the tutorial, at Designer Digitals, and they’re 30% off right now!

You can watch the video above or download the high-quality version instead.

To learn more about this layout and the hidden tag that contains historical information watch episode 99. If you liked today’s tutorial, follow the link to see why you’ll probably enjoy a Paperclipping Membership.

Layouts From A Previous Paperclipping Live

I haven’t had a chance to share the scrapbook pages from Dedra Long’s visit to Paperclipping Live a while ago. Here they are below…

Hello Kitty

two 12×12 pages
Hello Kitty
The photo on the left is myself around 4th grade–just a little older than my daughter, Trinity, in the photo on the right. I chose pictures of us in similarly shaped outfits and poses to emphasize the theme of commonality. Journaling reads: I adored Hello Kitty as a little girl and still do at age 36. I love her oval round face and the simplicity of her design. As a kid I didn’t get enough of her to feel satisfied so I love getting to enjoy her again through Trinity, who loves her too.

Layout By Dedra Long

Layout By Dedra Long
Journaling to her daughter reads: You and me spending time together…these are some of the times I cherish most…I always love to walk in the studio to see the newest setup you have put together…It usually look something like this…the princess laptop, crayons, paper and scissors…you usually have the princesses singing the alphabet and you join then…then it’s math…in the end you show me your latest work of art…I will never forget.

The Details

The Details
Almost all of the scrapbooking items on both layouts are from Theresa Collins. I salvaged all the Hello Kitty items from actual H.K. stuff–a backpack, a watch, party invitations, plus there are a few pictures. The spinner arrow underneath the tiny H.K. on the clock is a Tim Holtz spinner that I painted pink.

Want help layering embellishments the way you see them layered in the center circle? If you have a Paperclipping Membership, I recommend watching Paperclipping 94 where I showed the techniques and principles of layers that lead in a “crescendo” toward a climactic point.

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Paperclipping 96 – Filtering the Photo Flood

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Paperclipping 96 - Filtering The Photo Flood
Alright, Paperclipping Members, your most recent episode was released last night. If you struggle to wade through all your digital photos–if you have a hard time choosing which ones to scrapbook–this is your episode.

Having received a cd of childhood pictures of my siblings, myself and my dad from my parents for Christmas this year, I cannot imagine what it would have been like had they taken the number of photos/per event that we take these days! No matter what type of photo manager you use, the steps I share will make your choices so much easier.

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Paperclipping 95 – Editing Layouts in Photoshop

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009


Your layouts may be fabulous but if you’re not able to edit and crop them with the skill to match your pages, they won’t show as well as they deserve. Fair or not, good cropping and editing makes a difference.

Today’s episode is free for anyone and in it I share the steps I take using Photoshop to prepare my pages for online viewing. You can watch the video above, or you can the download it instead.

Of course, you can only crop your layouts as well as you photograph them. If you struggle to get straight photos, I recommend you also watch episode 86, How To Photograph A Layout, which is in the archives and available to the Paperclipping Members.

Below are the layouts I used in the episode…

Good Laughs

Good Laughs
Journaling reads: At Disneyland. Dad was taking pictures of our perennial model, Trinity. Blake moved in on her scene and even while pushing him and his “rabbit ears” out of the way (#3) she kept up her pose.

Supplies: Cardstock (Bazzil, Stampin’ Up) * Patterned paper and patterned circles (Sassafrass Lass) * acrylic paint.

Trinity Paints

Trinity Paints
Journaling to Trinity reads: Kindergarten ‘05-’06. You blow everyone away with your steady hand, artistic eye, your use of color and your love of beautiful things. I love this painting because it reminds me so much of you.

Supplies: cardstock (Bazzill) * sticker journal spots (Creative Imaginations) * ink (Stampin’ Up).

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Paperclipping 82 – Fix Bad Photo Lighting

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Paperclipping 82 - Fix Bad Photo Lighting

Now that the holidays are over, you’re probably looking through your photos and preparing to scrapbook them. Some of you are doing the Photo-A-Day project for 2009–Project 365 (you can join the group for this project in our new community, The Crop Circle)–which means that you’re taking, and possibly editing, at least one photo daily. I think it’s a great time for a tutorial on editing photos.

About This Episode

Today’s free episode will help you deal with photos that have lighting problems. It demonstrates the use of the Level Adjustment Function that you’ll find on any good photo editing system. There is detailed general instruction on how to use levels and why they are so important for good photo editing in Episode 34 – Working With Levels. Paperclipping Members can find this episode in the archives. Today we’re dealing specifically with lighting issues, though, and I think you’ll find this an invaluable tool for getting better photos.

This video is for members only. If you would like to find out how to get a membership so that you can have access to the archives to watch previous episodes like #34, please check out the Membership Information Page.

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Update
If you’re not signed up for our newsletter, The Paperclipping Insider, then you don’t know about our new community area, The Crop Circle. You can find the community at http://people.paperclipping.com where you can share pictures of your layouts and projects, participate in discussions, and join groups based on your scrapbooking interests.

In the upcoming weeks we will be redesigning the Paperclipping website and adding a link to the new community (we’ll also take down the links to the old layout gallery and forums and make some other vital changes). For now, you can head over to The Crop Circle when you’re done with today’s episode by following this link.

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Paperclipping 72 QT – Vignettes

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Paperclipping 72 QT-Vignettes
We released today’s Quick Tip on adding vignettes to your photos. In this video, I show how to do it in in two different types of editing software: Aperture and Photoshop. So, even if you have totally different editing software, you should be able to figure out how to do it, having seen it in Aperture and Photoshop.

Today’s Quick Tip is for Members, so if you would like to have access to this video, and all the others, click here to find out how other people are watching them. ;)

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Paperclipping 65 – Customize Your Overlays In Photoshop

Monday, October 27th, 2008

In today’s free video tutorial, I show you step-by-step how to open up an overlay in Photoshop, resize it to meet your needs, and use it like a journaling box for your text. If you have Photoshop Elements, don’t worry–you can do all the same things in Elements.

You can watch the video here.

For my example in the tutorial, I used an Ali Edwards photo overlay, which was a major part of my Week In The Life album. Here are two of the pages from my album using the overlay concept from the tutorial…

A Week In The Life

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Album-Anthologie by Scrapworks

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