{"id":8841,"date":"2012-11-02T23:45:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T04:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/?p=8841"},"modified":"2012-11-03T09:37:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T14:37:27","slug":"personal-journal-blending-more-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/personal-journal-blending-more-how-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Journal Blending &#038; More {how-to}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">rachel shefveland<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rachel here with a quick how-to on using your journaling as an artistic accent for your scrapbook pages. I recently returned from an exciting and wonderful mission trip in Guatemala. Throughout the experience, I wrote down everything that happened, because I have a pretty weak memory and I definitely didn&#8217;t want to forget anything! Although my journal entries are personal, and I&#8217;m not to keen on sharing them with the world, I still wanted to incorporate them into my layouts. Follow along to see how I did it:<\/p>\n<p>Open Photoshop Elements (Photoshop follows similar steps)<\/p>\n<p>Open a background paper. This example uses 02 Thankful Paper12 from <a href=\"http:\/\/cottagearts-net.stores.yahoo.net\/thpapak.html\">Thankful Page Pak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Open a photo that you want to blend into the paper. Drag the photo onto the paper.<\/p>\n<p>Resize and position where desired using the Move Tool. To create a more cohesive look, make sure it extends from top to bottom, or side to side.<\/p>\n<p>Experiment with blend modes until the photo is blended nicely into the paper. Blend mode used: to Hard Light at 45% opacity.<\/p>\n<p>Using the Type Tool, click and drag a text box over the entire photo and fill it with journaling (Font used: Lisa Script). Blend mode used: Overlay at 70% opacity.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n<p>To make a textured paint brush effect:<\/p>\n<p>Open a photo mask from <a href=\"http:\/\/cottagearts-net.stores.yahoo.net\/clcl35.html\">Click.Artistry Click.Masks 35<\/a> and a paper from <a href=\"http:\/\/cottagearts-net.stores.yahoo.net\/thpapak.html\">Thankful Page Pak<\/a>. This example uses 01 ClickMask35 and 08 Thankful Paper12.<\/p>\n<p>Clip paper to photo mask (Layer&gt;Create Clipping Mask or shortcut Ctrl+G; Mac: Cmd+G).<\/p>\n<p>Experiment with blend modes on the photo mask (not the paper). Blend mode used: Linear Burn at 70% opacity.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n<p>I finished this layout with elements from <a href=\"http:\/\/cottagearts-net.stores.yahoo.net\/thpapak.html\">Thankful Page Pak<\/a>.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n<p>Save as layered .psd file to be able to edit in future<\/p>\n<p>Flatten Image<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n<p>And, here are two more pages documenting more images from my adventure (both using our new Thankful Pak, on sale for Digital Scrapbooking Day through Sunday, Nov. 4).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">ngg_shortcode_5_placeholderrachel shefveland<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">ngg_shortcode_6_placeholderrachel shefveland<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be back Sunday with more details (and more photos!) from my trip. See you soon!<\/p>\n<p>Rachel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>rachel shefveland Rachel here with a quick how-to on using your journaling as an artistic accent for your scrapbook pages. I recently returned from an exciting and wonderful mission trip in Guatemala. Throughout the experience, I wrote down everything that happened, because I have a pretty weak memory and I definitely didn&#8217;t want to forget anything! 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