PSE Christmas Layout Ideas

I used a background from the disk/book combo Digital Designs for Scrapbooking by Renee Pearson–an EXCELLENT book for beginners to learn to use layers.

I didn’t want to “box in” the pics with a traditional square frame, so I used the blur frame tool.  I added a “soft-edge frame” to the pics after cropping them to allow the background to bleed through.

I added Text using a “Text effect” to make the text pop off the page more.  

The next picture is a “matching pair”  (I now do all my layouts in two page pairs…I like the visual symmetry).  This is a matching background, but I flipped the page and inverted it to add visual interest as I didn’t want it to look like the same page.

To accomplish this, I first the backgroun paper with a full sized pic of a portion of my finished tree.  Next, I superimposed  pictures of the kids in with blurred frames again.  I decreased the opacity of the tree layerwith the slider to allow some of the original paper background to show through.

I pasted the text box back over the top of the tree by cut and paste ( I think) to keep the text on top.

The “soft” frame got rid of harsh edged pics on a pretty background like this one.  This is my favorite digi-effect for holiday pictures.  Enjoy!  Let me know if you try it!  Send me your link in the comment box!  I’d love to see it!

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Also, my new scrapbooking blog dedicated solely to all things scrapbooking Record Keeper.  Right now, Christmas cards!