{"id":9130,"date":"2013-03-15T00:16:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T05:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/?p=9130"},"modified":"2013-03-15T00:55:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T05:55:40","slug":"get-your-book-on-how-to-new-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/get-your-book-on-how-to-new-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Get your Book on {how-to & new art}"},"content":{"rendered":"

ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderr<\/a>achel shefveland. layout details<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

With our new La Librairie Collection<\/a> (papers, elements, journals, and click.masks) release this week, we’re all about books! So let’s show a fun how-to for turning your favorite ‘read’ into a vintage book cover.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n

Simply take a photo of your book from straight above, upload to your computer, and open this image in your image editor (such as Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements).<\/p>\n

Create a digital layout by opening a paper and one of the digital art journals. Position the journal where desired.<\/p>\n

Now, drag and drop the book photo onto this digital layout.<\/p>\n

Move and resize the book photo over to the right side of the journal using the Move Tool.<\/p>\n

Now, simply clip the photo layer to the journal cover (select Layer>Create Clipping Mask or Layer>Group with Previous)!<\/p>\n

And for more dimension, texture, and a vintage vibe…play with the layer blend modes. Rachel duplicated the book layer and set the top one to Soft Light at 70% opacity and the lower layer to Color Burn at 20%.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the Layers Panel looks for the clipped images…<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n

Voila! Pretty book cover that blends beautifully with the old world charm of this collection. Finish your layout with dimensional ephemera. Don’t forget to add realistic drop shadows.<\/p>\n

For a detailed how-to, see our drop shadows tutorial here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See more team creations using this versatile collection in our gallery here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_3_placeholderr<\/a>achel shefveland. layout details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

And visit Pinterest for our Reading Nook<\/a> inspiration!<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_4_placeholderpinterest<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Happy creating! Michelle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

rachel shefveland. layout details With our new La Librairie Collection (papers, elements, journals, and click.masks) release this week, we’re all about books! So let’s show a fun how-to for turning your favorite ‘read’ into a vintage book cover. Simply take a photo of your book from straight above, upload to your computer, and open this image in your image editor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-products","category-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9130"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9148,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9130\/revisions\/9148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cottagearts.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}