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Artisan Tip: Stencil Cheat
Discover how creating stencils gives you ultimate flexibility when designing—especially for layouts that would typically rely on cutting tools that require flattening and make permanent changes.
Showing posts with tag "Shape Editing".
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Bright Idea 485: Border Banner Cutout
Create a fun title border using a banner shape with cutout letters and shapes.
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Video Tidbit: Flower Pot Border
Create a fun border of flower pots using various shape editing tools.
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Video Tidbit: Zip It Up
Looking for a fresh way to add texture, dimension, and a little bit of “wow” to your pages? This training walks you step-by-step through creating a fully custom zipper. It’s a fun design technique that blends shapes, strokes, and a touch of creativity to give your layout a unique, interactive feel. Whether you're unzipping a story, revealing hidden photos, or just adding playful movement to your page, this technique is versatile and easy to master.
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Start2Finish: Tilted and Tucked
In this video, I’ll show you how to create a fun collage-style layout to capture a special event with friends. To add a bit of interest, I’m using a tilted photo in the center of each page as the main focal point. I’ll start by building a template, then adjust it to fit my photos. That way, I’ll have the option to save the design as a reusable template for future projects.
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Start2Finish: The Sweetest Day
Whether you're working on a fall layout, an apple-picking adventure, a cozy kitchen memory, or even a playful classroom page, the techniques in this Start2Finish video will help you create a design that feels fresh, seasonal, and entirely custom. You’ll see just how simple it is to transform built-in Artisan shapes into unique elements that bring your autumn photos to life. Let’s jump in and create something sweet—from start to finish!
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Bright Idea 473: Framed Focus
This creative technique uses shape editing to transform a panoramic image into a striking work of art. By isolating your subject with precise shape cuts, you can keep the focal point in full, vibrant color while converting the surrounding area into a soft black-and-white border. The result is a dramatic contrast that instantly draws the eye to the most important part of your photo. Perfect for landscapes, cityscapes, or group shots, this method adds a professional, gallery-worthy touch to your scrapbook pages while letting your main subject shine.
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Video Tidbit: Kiss the Cook
Use the shape editing tool to create a fun title embellishment.
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Video Tidbit: Build A Border - Ghosts
Create a fun border of ghosts that can be used on any page.
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Bright Idea 461: Angles and Accents
Add energy and style to your layout with angled shapes and eye-catching accents. This quick technique uses simple tools to create bold designs that highlight your photos and make your pages pop!
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Tool Tip: Smoothing Handles
This advanced shape editing tool has been a mystery until now. Learn what the smoothing handles do and use that knowledge to perfect the curvature of your shapes.
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Video Tidbit: Color Block
Create visual interest to a single photo using the Color Wash tool.
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Tool Tip: Ruler Tab in Shape Editing
A guide on using ruler tabs in shape editing mode to achieve precise alignment and positioning of figures within a shape.
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Start2Finish: Lime & Coconut
This Start 2 Finish video demonstrates how to recreate a traditional paper scrapbook layout using Artisan software, inspired by a design that features small pieces of scrap paper arranged in graduated circles.
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Artisan Tip: Puzzle Piece Shapes
Learn the steps necessary for customizing Puzzle Piece Shapes.
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Bright Idea 430: Dripping with Style - Quick Border
Create a unique border using a custom shape with a flowing, curved line to add movement and style to your layout page. Whether you mimic the look of dripping paint, waves, or icing on a cake, the goal is to add visual interest to your layout and frame your photos creatively. Embrace the curves to bring a fresh, dynamic touch to your page!
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Video Tidbit: Home Sweet Home
This video will provide you with a wonderful way to celebrate all things home-related. Home-cooked meals, home décor, home comfort, home is where my heart is, and more. There are countless options.
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Pixie Power Minute: Tucked Title Border
This title technique will add the perfect subtle decorative detail to your page.