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Bright Idea 260: 3 Photo Backdrop Frame
In this Bright Idea, advanced Artisan users will learn how to create a decorative backdrop frame for a double page spread layout using 3 photos, shapes, cutters and strokes.
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Bright Idea 257: Say it Again
This simple design has great impact, It uses text as design. Text Shapes and hue variations can add a bit of drama to your border or full page.
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Bright Idea 255: Journaling Without Photos
This Bright Idea is perfect for the occasion when you have an interesting story to tell but you don't have any photos to go with it.
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Bright Idea 254: Stencil Art
This bright Idea will show you how easy it is to create Stencil Art in Artisan by using paper, shapes, and splatter embellishments that mimic paint splatters.
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Bright Idea 253: String It Along
Learn a fun new way to add to and use lines on your page.
Bright Idea 249: Four Generations Patchwork
Use a variety of tools to create a page that highlights four generations.
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Bright Idea 250: Stacked Shapes
Use built-in shapes to create stacked photo holders for a fun and dimensional layout.
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Bright Idea 248: Blend A Photo Into Draw Edges
In this Bright Idea, different effects will be applied to three copies of the same photo to create an artistic transition from the Draw Edges filter to the full picture.
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Bright Idea 243: Highlight the Detail
This Bright Idea shows some fun techniques to highlight just one portion of a photo.
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Bright Idea 242: Make Your Own Balloons
You will have fun creating your own balloons using Artisan's Built-In Shapes and effects.
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Bright Idea 241: National Parks Poster
Have fun turning your photo into a National Parks poster style layout.
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Bright Idea 240: Squished Title
This Bright Idea shows you how easy it is to make your title fit your page!
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Bright Idea 236: Words In Masks
Combine a mask and a text shape to create an unique backdrop for a page.
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Bright Idea 224: Word Cloud
This Bright Idea shows you how to create a word cloud design that suits many different layouts.
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Bright Idea 220: Rainbow Quick Page
In just a few minutes you can have a fun page to tell the story behind a special photo. Shapes and the Grid cutter pull your page together with style.
Bright Idea 219: Mask In Mask
The Mask Effect can provide some really dramatic imagery for your projects. Here we will use multiple photos and mask layers to add a little more drama to your designs.
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Bright Idea 215: Title Design On a Line
Create an interesting title design using a line and alpha sets.
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Bright Idea 212: Quick Borders Clusters and Strokes
This stylish border is super fast and lots of fun to create. Shape clusters and lines with simple strokes come together for a classic look.
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Bright Idea 211: Hexagon Stroke Frame
Create simple framing for your layout using just the stroke of a shape.
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Bright Idea 208: Say It With Words
Use this Bright Idea to create your own text overlays for your pages. The Swirl Filter and a Text Box create a wonderful effect for you to use over and over again.
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Bright Idea 207: Removed Blocks
With a few clicks of the mouse, you will build a beautiful collage style page using the grid cutter.
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Bright Idea 203: Don't Rock the Boat
This Bright Idea features piecing shapes together to make a fun embellishment for your page. Using five shapes, create an abstract boat. Once the boat is created, group the elements together and resize to fit your page.
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Bright Idea 200: Say What !?!
Sometimes a photo is not worth 1,000 words. There may be meaningful details or commentary that you need to document about several photos. This Bright Idea showcases a fun way to share those important details.
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Bright Idea 199: Magnified Photo
Have fun creating a row of photos with one photo that is larger than the rest creating a magnified photo effect. In the instructions you will create a straight line (see related video below) that will tie the row together.
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Bright Idea 196: Pinched Pleat and Photo Cluster
Using the Straight Edge Cutter you can create a stunning backdrop for your pages. Simple angle adjustments creates a pinched design perfect for showcasing your favorite patterned papers. Cluster your photos on the decorative detail or put one stunning photo across the beautiful backdrop.
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Bright Idea 195: Kaleidoscope
Create a unique background using your own photo! Find a photo with a detail that you would like to highlight. The kaleidoscope is created by using the rotate tools on the arrange ribbon.
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Bright Idea 191: Framed Mask
Create a beautiful page worthy of wall art! With this Bright Idea, you will apply a mask effect along with frame effects. If you are new to using masks, take a look at the related video offering (found at the bottom of this post), Fundamentals of Masks.
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Bright Idea 188: Newsworthy
Extra, extra, read all about it! This bright Idea perfectly highlights your photos and journaling in a creative way.
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Bright Idea 187: Stroke Border
Create a quick border for your page using a line with a pattern stroke applied. This Bright Idea uses a straight line. For the perfect line, refer to the video listed below.
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Bright Idea 183: Photo Tag
This Bright Idea will teach you how to create a cut out shape within a shape. You will create a cute photo holder that looks like a tag that could be hung.
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Bright Idea 182: Quick Page - It Takes Two
Two papers and two photos is all it takes for this quick page technique.
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Bright Idea 179: Heartbeat
What does your heart beat for? For this Bright Idea pick something you love and create a fun title using insert line. To make sure your line is perfect, watch the related video listed at the bottom “Inserting a Straight Line.”
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Bright Idea 174: Blend and Frame
This Bright Idea features the Blended Edge cut and using it as a mask effect. This page is simple to create with great visual impact.
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Bright Idea 173: Triangles and Diamonds
This is a super easy technique that will let you use the grid cutter and properties to create decorative detail on your pages.
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Bright Idea 172: Wagon Wheel
Create this fun circle design using shapes, lines and the wand tool. Once the Wagon Wheel is created, just drag and drop your photos into place. Add a title and some journaling to tell the story. If desired, add some fun paper and embellishments and your page will be ready to share! In this Bright Idea you will create a straight line. To make sure your line is perfect, watch the related video listed at the bottom "Inserting a Straight Line."
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Bright Idea 170: Quick Page Shaped Strips
Here we give you detailed instructions for a quick dramatic page. The Blended edge and the Grid cutter combine to create the perfect decorative detail on your page.
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Bright Idea 169: Back Pocket
Create a fun design using basic shapes to create a belt and back pocket. In this creative design you will learn how to edit a shape to create a new shape. And, you will have fun decorating the back pocket to help tell your photo's story.
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Bright Idea 166: Star Rating
This Bright Idea will show you how to use a shape to create a rating list. The list can be activities, books that you have read, food that you have sampled or any thing that you want to rate. By changing the fill of the shape to transparent, you can reduce a rating on your list.
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Bright Idea 165: It Takes Two Shapes
This Bright Idea is a fun quick page design. Using two decorative shapes as the main design elements will make your page stand out!
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Bright Idea 163: Beautiful Brick Layers
The Grid and Corner Cutters combine to create a stunning brick effect for your pages.
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Bright Idea 162: Press Play
This Bright Idea uses shapes to create a digital media player. The layout creates a perceived media player to look at your photos.
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Bright Idea 160: Quick Page Blends and Strips
This page will come together super fast. Two Straight Cutters (The Blended Edge and Shaped Edge) come together to create a lovely border detail while simple shape editing adds a bit of flair to the page.
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Bright Idea 159: Let Your Light Shine
Your page will shine bright with this Bright Idea. It features using shapes to create a candles on your layout. Let Your Light Shine will help you celebrate those special moments in your photos.
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Bright Idea 157: Quick Page Rounded Four
This quick page technique uses the grid cutter and corner cutter to create a layout that can be clean and classic or very elaborate. Your page will come together in minutes.
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Bright Idea 156: Quick Border - Cascading Diamonds
Creating this fun diamond shape border is quick and easy! You will create a classic design to put the spotlight on your photos.
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Bright Idea 154: Diamond Frame Border Page
A simple shape becomes an elaborate border collage. Use this Bright Idea to showcase multiple photos on one page. Once you have mastered this technique, have fun applying different shapes to the collage.
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Bright Idea 153: Center Cut
This Bright Idea will create a center piece to a grid collage layout. You will learn how to use the wand tool to cut shapes apart and then turn those shapes into a photo drop point.
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Bright Idea 150: Falling To Pieces
This Bright Idea features the shape cutter and editing shapes. When you create this custom border, your page will have visual movement with the illusion of falling shapes.