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Bright Idea 320: Octagon With Shapes
Use an octagon shape and embellishments to create a cute cluster.
Showing posts with tag "Inspiration: Embellishments".
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Video Tidbit: Cute Clouds
With just two shapes (a rectangle and a circle), I will show you how to make some cute clouds to use as embellishments on your page.
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Bright Idea 309: Fall Delight
Create a fun embellishment using a maple leaf shape and leaf embellishments.
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Tool Tip: New Canvas
This tool is not one that people often think to use, but can open up lots of flexibility on your pages.
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Artisan Tip: The Dark Side
Learn how to create effective contrasts when working with photos on dark backgrounds.
2021 Holiday Webinar Series: Build-a-Gnome with Pixie Kim
Using simple shapes, create a fun holiday gnome. After you build the holiday gnome, try re-decorating this mythical creature for any season or holiday.
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Bright Idea 266: Snowman Wreath
Use the Grid view, a circle and a few diagonal lines as guides to create a cute snowman wreath.
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Pixie Power Minute Video: Auto Fix - Not Just for Photos
Auto Fix can be used on papers and embellishments, as well as on photos. Using Auto Fix on papers and embellishments opens up many new creative possibilities.
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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 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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Video Tidbit: Sweet Treats
Using basic shapes, overlays and decorative shapes, learn how to create some sweet treats to adorn your pages.
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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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Video Tidbit: Outliner
In this video you will learn what the Outliner tool can do to transform elements on your layout. With the click of the mouse, the outliner tool converts any element into a "live" shape that has a stroke and a fill. Once an element has been outlined, it can be converted to a photo drop point.
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Video Tidbit: Embellished Carve Out
This versatile technique can be used on one or more photos and allows your embellishments to stand out without distracting from your photo and story.
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Bright Idea 114: Cluster Formula 3 - Blocked Title
Create a quick page title with Cluster Formula 3 - Blocked Title. With three simple elements - embellishment, shape and title, you can create a unique cluster title. To view the instructions click on the Instruction Page below. You can download the PDF and save the instructions or print them out for your personal use only. When posting your completed pages on Facebook, don't forget to list the content (including designers) and fonts used on your pages, and please add the Bright Idea hashtag:
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Start2Finish: Pumpkin Patch
I saw this cute little pumpkin embellishment (in paper) and thought, I could make that digitally! So, for this page my embellishment drove the design of my layout. This cute little pumpkin is so easy to make – it is just ovals! Since it isn’t a real pumpkin that needs to be cleaned out, your hands stay nice and clean – unless you are eating chocolate while creating. The pumpkin embellishment can be used as a feature design element on your page or just a little decoration on your page.
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Pixie Power Minute: Stitched Down
This Pixie Power Minute features a stitching technique for design elements on a layout. By adding a line and formatting the type of line, a stitch embellishment can be created. Make several lines and layer them together to stitch down a photo or other embellishments on a layout.
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Video Tidbit: Make It Your Own - Colors and Textures
Here is another installment in the "Make it Your Own" series of videos. In this video, we will show you how to use the wand tool to strategically select and edit areas of an element or embellishment. This technique will open a new world of possibility when working with your digital art papers and embellishments.
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Bright Idea 68: Split Embellishment Cluster
This is a fun and simple technique for adding design to your page and still focus on the photos.