Creating borders is one of my favorite things to do. It allows me to spruce up my page while leaving plenty of room to add photos and journaling. This technique shows how to cut a shape and make it a border on your page. Adding a bright glow, or a more subtle shadow will be your personal touch on this technique.
Use more than one mask to create a beautiful page as seen in this Start2Finish video.
Using the Text Cutter, 3D edge, and Shadows, create a title that will pop off your page!
This is a creative way to add a border or overlay that enhances your page and helps tell your story with a unique touch.
Create a black and white page with a bold neon title.
Learn how to create the illusion of a fabric patch that looks as if it has been sewn onto your page. Patches make great embellishments or titles on your page.
Adding color to your Shadows can make a subtle transformation on your pages.
Get creative using the Cutter ribbon (Shapes and Text) to create a unique wood title sign for your page.
This video will demonstrate how to create glowing neon titles for your page.
Create a page with the look of pictures scattered in front of you.
This neat technique will have you creatively framing your photo with the photo.
Using only rectangles and text, create a fun background for a birthday, anniversary, or school page.
Convert one of your favorite bold and chunky fonts into an Artisan Font Kit to create a fun title block using the word love.
Using circles, strokes and shadows, give a photo a ring ripple effect.
Create a cover for your next trip that gives an overview of your exciting adventure.
Live Shapes are very versatile elements in Artisan. When you cluster Text Shapes with shapes from kits to make unique titles the results can add WOW to your page. The title becomes an important part of your design.
Applying several distinct layers of Glows and Shadows.
In this Pixie Power Minute, you'll learn to use the Text Shape tool to create fun and fast captions to add visual interest to your digital page.
The FOREVER store has so many patterned papers that we love to use as backgrounds on our digital pages. But, we also want to be able to read the stories in our text boxes. Using the glow tool gives the text more readability with a subtle backing of color sampled from that background paper.
Create a quick page title with Cluster Formula 3 - Blocked Title. With three simple elements - embellishment, shape and title, you can create a unique cluster title. To view the instructions click on the Instruction Page below. You can download the PDF and save the instructions or print them out for your personal use only. When posting your completed pages on Facebook, don't forget to list the content (including designers) and fonts used on your pages, and please add the Bright Idea hashtag: