Have Your Way With Paper

Last edited by Imagine_it on Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:39 pm; edited 1 time in total

Share any new found or discovered techniques you have tried and love.
Share the steps in a mini lesson format so others can try them if they choose.

Sharon, how funny you should post this...

Just last night I saw a butterfly made from a flower...Ok, no big deal and I'm sure some of you have done this...I just never did.

Using a 5 petal flower, take one and turn it down over the center of the flower. Add bling or whatever to that part and add antenna.

I saw it done with a silk flower, I used paper...I will post a photo as soon as I can...

Ok, so it's no big thing, but I like it and will use it again..

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Paper Princess- Fairest of them all MemberSince: Jan 22, 2006

Sharon asked that I share using the photosplit. It comes as a "unit" and you just place your pic on the layer below it. It is impossible, because of the different heights of the frame, to get the picture to fit perfectly. What I do, and I'm sure the pros must do it differently....but this works for me; Once I get the photo placed just as I like it and I have the photo layer selected, then I go to my eraser and simply erase any photo hanging over the sides of the "frame".

Thank you Grammy...that's how I'd do it too!
Great tip for any not knowing how this is done....

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Paper Diva- Living it up!! MemberSince: 12/11/07

I just downloaded this frame and was wondering how to do this!

So glad this thread is coming in helpful!

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

Glitter words

Type in your lettering using a BOLD font with a thick format font (the thicker the font the better you can se the glitter effect)
Once your word/words are in place go to filter
Use PIXELATE filter
then try the different types until you get the glitter effect you are wanting.
You can also use this on frames, flowers and such to some degree, depends on what your elements are madeof as to how they turn out.

Paper Diva- Living it up!! MemberSince: 12/11/07

Oh my gosh! I so want to try this! THank you!

thankx for posting these ladies :thumbup:

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

Ok, girls, this is how I spent my afternoon! I wanted to try something that was sent today, so fiddled with it, and while at it, discovered something that can make our photos brighten up a bit, a lot more simply than what I was trying to do! There are all these features to PSE6 (and I know they are there with PSP, too) that honestly, what are they for???? Yeah, well, anyway ....

Here is my trick. Go into PSE, open a file of something that needs more brightness. Great one to choose: the one you took through a screen or a window that has that hazy look.

Now do this, hit control j, which will make a duplicate layer. (for dummies like me, that layer is sitting right on top of the original photo [don't want to admit how long it took me to realize that!])

Now go on the right to the drop down under the word layers. Find soft light. Click that, and your photo will just change. That very well might do the trick. If not, lower the opacity a bit.

Merge the two layers, save, and you're done.

BTW, you can play around with all those dropdowns, kinda cool!

Here is one I did this with, no adjusting was needed, brightened up Honey's face nicely (she spends half her time staring out this window).

going to add two more, these were taken through a window:

Paper Princess- Fairest of them all MemberSince: Jan 22, 2006

Most amazing with the bird pic...what kind of bird?

! much for the great tip....you explained it well.

:thumbup:

! marlene..and yes..that bird is so kewl

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

Just a simple female cardinal. We have a couple pair who hang around my feeder! But man, get out the camera, and they are

Only chance is to take through back door

Marlene, I'm not home with my program, so I can't check anything. I would like to know though, how did you merge the two layers? Did you do a copy/paste? And if so, on the paste would did you use? New layer, etc...

Thanks!!

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

Paper Princess- Fairest of them all MemberSince: Jan 22, 2006

Sounds good.

I take it Emily is doing a lot of reading.........judging by the new Meez.

Thanks, Marlene...when I get home, I will open PSP and follow your instructions and see how far I get.

I'll let you know... :

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

Marlene, here is a screen shot of what I have...I don't see anything that looks like what you are talking about!..

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Oh well, guess I'll just make it one less thing to NOT deal with..