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Bright Idea 356: Side by Side
This Bright Idea will give you plenty of practice with the Grid cutter and adding effects from the Photo Ribbon. A wonderful way to summarize any event or trip.
Showing posts with tag "Inspiration: Journaling".
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Tool Tip: Shape Blending and Text
Have you ever tried to journal on your page, and you wanted “column” style text to flow above and below a photo? Many people default to using text wrap, but shape blending can sometimes be a better option.
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Bright Idea 343: Faded Photo Border
Have fun using the Blend cutter, a B&W effect and Glow as you create a fun page with room for lots of journaling.
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Bright Idea 333: Service Dogs of America
Design a unique and fun page where the journaling is based on someone else's perspective rather than your own.
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Journaling Tip: Alternate Perspective
Challenge yourself to tell a story from someone else’s perspective to create unique journaling on your page.
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Tip: Adding A Signature
Create a personal touch on your page or project by adding a handwritten signature as a shape.
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Journaling Tip: All About Fonts - Part 5 - Dingbats
What are those little images and how do I use them!
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Journaling Tip: All About Fonts Part 4 - Novelty
Do you love fonts? Just can't resist all the fun and decorative fonts you find while browsing font sites online? This tip will help you decide where and when to use them successfully, to bring interest and fun to your layout.
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Pixie Power Minute Video: Title Merge Journaling Mats
Who would have thought that you can use your titles and subtitles to frame your journaling? This technique will bring the fun to the stories you have to tell.
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Pixie Power Minute: Adding a QR Code to a Layout
Adding a QR (Quick Response) Code to a layout brings your words and photos to life. Lets look at how to generate a QR code and add it to your page.
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Bright Idea 280: Journal Outline
Have fun creating a new shape and then journaling around it to highlight the photo!
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Bright Idea 272: Journal Column
“A picture is worth a thousand words,” but sometimes, the photos do not tell the full story. This Bright Idea is perfect for those pages where there is a lot more to say than what meets the eye. The objective is to create a journaling space on the page that will look like a column.
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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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Tech Tip: Character Maps
Introduction to Character Map, a utility app included in Windows.
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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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Artisan Tip: Inside and Out - Text Margins and Space Around the Element
We all love a story, and as a result we can end up with lots of journaling on your page. When your text needs to fit within or wrap around an element, you may need to make adjustments to your text to enhance the readability or to enhance the design.
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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 167: Brackets and Bullets Border
This simple border technique uses text as an element of design allowing you to tell your story with style.
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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 136: Neverending Story
Tell your story in a fun and whimsical way using circles, text paths and shadows. Create and format ellipses and apply shadows for depth. This will make a great chapter starter.