Pamela Smith
I moved to Florida for college in 1983 and never left! After 26 years as an air traffic controller at Miami Center I retired in 2019. In January 2021 I came out of retirement and joined the pixels2Pages team. My grandfather gave me my first camera and I have not stopped taking photos since that day. In fact, I purchased my latest cell phone based on the camera not the phone! I have many passions including photography, travel, scrapbooking, Panthers hockey, and aviation.
Tool Tip: Strokes vs Decorative Frames
This Tip will help you decide when to use a Stroke or a Decorative Frame to enhance your photos.
Challenge 85: 2 Square
Create an easy and quick page that can be used for all your photos and memories.
Tool Tip: Decorative Frames and Mat Effects
In this Tip, you will learn how easy it is to use Decorative Frames and Mat effects to create the perfect look for your page.
Video Tidbit: Number Shaped Embellishments
Create a custom number title using the outline of a number overlaid with embellishments that highlight your page.
Tool Tip: Scope of Effects - Filling a Group
Utilize the Scope of effects to determine how grouped elements are filled.
Start2Finish: Venice Gondola
Watch as I create a fun page that looks like I stitched two papers together.
Bright Idea 403: Banner Frames
Use a little shape editing and text wrapping to create a fun page.
Video Tidbit: Enlarge And Highlight
In this video you will learn how to highlight 5 areas of your photo by making it a little bigger than the rest of the photo.
Tool Tip: Scope of Effects: Shadows
Select your desired shadow effects on grouped elements in the Settings section of Artisan.
Bright Idea 397: Clothespin Border
Create a fun border by hanging embellishments from "clothespins" across the top of your page!
Tool Tip: Colorize Basics
Learn about this underused tool that will add another dimension of color to your pages.
Video Tidbit: Blurred And Focused
Highlight a favorite photo by blurring the surrounding area.
Bright Idea 391: Border In The Middle
Create a page where the border is in the middle of the page separating two papers.
Bright Idea 385: Ripped Paper Background
Create a quick page with the look of ripped paper for a background.
Workflow Tip: Auto Fill Photos Into Blueprints and Templates
How to get pages done in a quick and methodical manner by auto filling photos into Blueprints or pre-designed pages and templates.