New: Balkans Clusters & More

By Marisa Lerin Mon, 01/28/2013 - 00:04

The Balkans Bundle
I uploaded some new kits yesterday to help make your scrapping go a little quicker. I have 3 different kinds of clusters to help you get photos scrapped faster. I'm curious to see how people like the different variety. Let me know what you think and what you'd like to see more of. I hope no one has been blinded by all the bright colors and glitter ;). I also have a useful stamp frame kit with lots of options to help you get just the right look.

Balkans Frame Clusters Balkans Mini Clusters
Balkans Paper Clusters Balkans Quick Pages
Stamp Frames Kit

The Balkans Papers The Balkans Elements The Balkans Alphas The Balkans Glitters
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All About Photoshop Layer Styles

By Marisa Lerin Sat, 01/26/2013 - 23:14

All About Photoshop Layer Styles
After making my recent tutorial about adding a simple border using layer styles, I started thinking about how much you can do just using that double click (just double click on the layer you want to edit in Photoshop). So much in fact that I decided to make a whole category in the tutorial table of contents just for layer styles, and I plan to be adding more tutorials as I think of them.

Layer styles includes everything from adding a drop shadow, to covering an element in glitter or turning something into metal. And the best part is that you can save and share your layer styles for future use. It was a year or two before I realized I could just save my preferred drop shadow style and then instantly add it to any element. Such a time saver! And great for consistency as well.

Here are a few of my favorite layer styles tutorials for digital scrapbooking:

Once you know how to install a styles file to Photoshop, the possibilities of what you can do really open up. We have lots of great layers styles available here at DigitalScrapbook.com. Just install the .ASL file and add the style to whatever layer you choose. Here are just a few of my favorite layers styles. You can browse all of those available at DigitalScrapbook.com here.


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But I thought it would also be good to point out some of my favorite resources from other designers. Layer styles are a great thing to invest in because you can use them over and over, and they are super quick and easy to use. I prefer them to actions which sometimes take a long time to run, and if you can get the same look with a layer style, excellent!

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stamped photoshop layer styles artistic photoshop layer styles

chrome photoshop layer styles metal photoshop layer styles

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I hope this info helps you get started with this great aspect of Photoshop! And please stop by this forum thread to share your own favorites and thoughts.

For my reader who is also a digital scrapbooker, today I also want to highlight our great collection of SVG files. Usually favored by those with cutting machines. Take a look!

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