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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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Pixie Power Minute: Pop Out Cluster Background
Want a quick and easy way to use lots of embellishments without it being overbearing on your page? This is a great way to show off digital art and your photos with no competition.
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Enchanted Forest Crop Video Tidbit: Patterned Fun Titles
Use this clever outline technique to create decorative titles and title clusters for your pages.
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Video Tidbit: Create Your Own Round Bezel
This is a fun and creative technique to create your own bezel. This video features using shapes to design a unique and custom embellishment.
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Artisan Tip: Outlining Overlapping Strokes
What do you do when the Strokes on your Text Shapes overlap giving you undesirable results? This tip will give you two techniques that will eliminate the overlap and help you achieve a nicely outlined title. These techniques are also perfect for outlining the word art embellishments in your digital art library.
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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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Video Tidbit: Fill Mask - A Mask Contour Technique
This trick will show you how to fill in the reduced opacity or transparent areas of detail in a mask element so that important detail is visible.
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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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The Heat is On Crop Pixie Power Minute Video: Photo Titles
Here is a fast and fun way to create a word art and photo collage for your pages.
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Start2Finish: The Replacement
The two page spread gives you a creative way to tell your story with a heart made from torn strips and clever titles with directional arrows.
Video Tidbit: Photo Border
Use your own photos to create easy borders that complements your pages.
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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 240: Squished Title
This Bright Idea shows you how easy it is to make your title fit your page!
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Video Tidbit: Nip and Tuck
Use shapes, lines and the straight edge cutter to create the illusion that elements on your pages are tucked into slits of paper.
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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 204: Quick Borders - Strokes (Geo Series)
This border is super fast and easy to create and add a little decorative detail on your pages. Create a geometric border using lines and patterned strokes and then use the same lines over and over again for a infinite number of border styles.
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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 201: Describe It With Content
Have you ever been at a loss for words while trying to describe the photos on 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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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 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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Video Tidbit: Mono Photo Border
Learn how to use diagonal cut monogram detail to enhance your photo and your story.
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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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Artisan Tip: Using Glyphs
Fonts with glyphs or swashes (these words are interchangeable) are fun to use to decorate your text.
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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 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 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: Zig Zag Divide Quick Page
The Zig Zag Divide is an easy avenue to clean and classic style.
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Video Tidbit: Power of Three Quick Page
This quick page technique takes the power of three to the next level. Create a lovely classic design in little time.
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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 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 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 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 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 151: Say It With Color
Shapes, text paths, and strokes come together to create a decorative border that can double as the journaling on your page. Have fun playing with color and font combinations for a truly unique page.
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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.