New: Neutral Linens + Photo Blending Tutorial

I created a new set of linen papers and some of my creative team gals commented about how great the papers were for photo blending.  I thought I’d put together a quick tutorial to show you how quick and easy it is to add a little photo blending to your layouts.

1. Open your photo + paper (paper shown is from my new paper pack Neutral Linens – on sale for 20% thru tuesday 8/23/11)

2. Drag your image onto a new layer above the paper & align to your liking (works best if you cover the paper with your photo)

3. Keep working on your photo layer and set the blending mode.  Play around with the different blending modes and opacity levels until you find what works best.  Different modes can provide a completely different mood to your layout.  For this tutorial, I chose Linear Burn at 69% opacity.

4. I dressed up my layout I added a page border from In the Loop by One Little Bird (available at Oscraps).

5. I added a new layer above the border and filled it with white, then clipped it to the border.

6.  Then I added some text.  I chose the song lyrics from Little Miss Magic by Jimmy Buffett.  I chose this song because I just love Jimmy Buffett and it’s always reminded me of Ashleigh, ever since she was a baby.  The image below is a little closer view, you can see the texture through the image.

7. Here’s my completed layout.  I think I may print and frame this one.

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Wanna hear why I just love this song?  Just listen to how sweet it is.