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I love starting my scrapbook process on my computer with a few simple digital tricks before I print my photos and finish the rest of the scrapbooking with paper and embellishments. I decided to share with you one of the more common elements I add to my pictures — lines.
In today’s video tutorial for Paperclipping Members I’ll show you the different ways I most often use lines, and how to add them, especially using the line tool, which can be surprisingly tricky if you don’t know the few unusual quirks and limitations of the tool. Once you know them, though, you’ll love adding lines to your photos!
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Below are the layouts from this week’s episode . . .
4 July
Typed journaling on left reads: This was the year that I realized 4th of July is a guy’s holiday. It was our first Independence Day away from Arizona, which means that for the first time we could shoot our own fireworks. We found a tent and started shopping. It was the boys who did all the picking and I could almost taste Izzy’s excitement (along with Blake and Aiden’s). What a revelation. We’d love to be in Missouri most years from now on. We spent the 4th at Mom and Dad’s and then shot more on the 5th at the Martineau’s.
Handwritten journaling on right reads: We shot late into the night. The younger girls kept their ears covered! Sidney kept running inside (and inviting Trin to join her).
Blake shot off most of the fireworks (running with fear of the unknown after the first one!). Aiden was right in the smokey stuff.
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Favorite Supplies Available: Tim Holtz Metal Numbers and Apron Lace Border Punch.
The Joy of a Painted and Decluttered Room
Journaling to my three kids reads: Aiden had been playing with almost none of this toys but there were too many of them and they were everywhere. We took every single toy out of the room and put them in the living room. Then we painted your bedroom . . .
Now for the test: We kept these toys out of your room for a day or two and let you see what it feels like to have a clutter-free space.
It worked . . .
You guys played in those empty cubbies. Your clean bedroom became your favorite spot. And when I asked Aiden to pick just the toys he most wanted to keep he picked a few things and told me to donate the rest!
Favorite Supplies Available: Journaling Cards from Twig line by Little Yellow Bicycle.
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What do you think? Would you like to be able to add lines to photo collages in order to separate the photos without cropping them manually? Would you love to add lines as a border for typed journaling directly onto the photo? It’s such a great way to add more focus to your favorite pictures!
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