Gals’n'Gays,

Many of you used the opportunity to get the Grunge Love Scrapbook Set for free by buying my latest Photoshop brush Floral Shapes (the offer is still on the table :). Therefore, many of you got a hold on scrapbook kit for the first time and I receive many questions on how to use that kit.

That is why I decided to prepare a tutorial for all of you who are scrapbooking beginners, I’m gonna make a scrapbook dedicated to my sister Nina who I love very much.

So, here is the step-by-step tutorial on usage of the scrapbooking kit Grunge Love!

1. Start Photoshop and open one of the background files provided in „Scrapbook Page Kit: Grunge Love”. In this tutorial I used “bgr4.jpg”.

2. Choose the photos you want to use in this scrapbook page. Since I am dedicated this scrapbook to my sister, I used her photo (these funny photos are taken with fish eye lens.)

3. Drag and drop this photo to a layer above the background and open one of the frames (“png” files – transparent). Drag and drop the frame (in this case “frame01.png” from Scrapbook Page Kit: Grunge Love) to the layer above the photo. Align it and scale so that it fits.

4. If you want to work with corners separately, select the one you want to move with “Rectangular Marquee Tool” and move it around, or cut out the photo to fit the frame. (Tip: using simple Rectangular Marquee Tool or Polygonal Lasso Tool surround the frame corner and, while holding Ctrl key, press arrow keys up and down. Now the corner is selected. :))

5. Add another photo and add another frame. Now, you can rotate the photo and the corners (all layers) together (except for the background, you don’t want to rotate background). So, select the layers with photos and corners by holding the “Ctrl” key (Press Ctrl, hold it down and click on layers one by one until all layers are selected). Now press Ctrl+T for Free Transform and rotate the selected layers for, say, 15 degrees. Hit Enter once you’re done.

6. Now you can use one or two (or more) heart symbols. I went for heart with wings. Rotate them for 15 degree too.

7. Open the “loveLetters.png” file (also from Scrapbook Page Kit: Grunge Love) and add letters at the layer above.

8. Add one symbol in the background (just above the background layer), for example you can choose “heartTransparent.png” (from the same Scrapbook Page Kit). Use layer blend modes and select “Multiply”…

9. That’s it!

As you can see it’s quite simple. Everything you need is included in the kit (except for the photo of my sister :))

So, if you still haven’t, you can still get this kit for free when you purchase Photoshop Brushes - Floral Shapes ($9.99). Or you can get Grunge Love Scrapbook Kit individually for $4.99.

Have fun creating!

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NOTICE:
This package is quite heavy - 44Mb. This is because all images are in highest resolution 12″x12″ at 300dpi for those of you who want to print it in a professional way. I’m saying this because the download might take long especially for those of you who don’t have high-speed broadband Internet connection.

Guys, just couldn’t help it. Woke up a bit earlier today and just had to put this wedding invitation design idea on the “paper” :)

If you like it, here is a layered .psd (Photoshop CS3 - Download available after subscription) file which is, at the same time, a tutorial explaining how I got that engraved effect on the paper. Download will be available subscription free for next 5 days (as usually).

1. 1. Add brush to a layer above paper background
2. 2. Emboss it (In this sample Height: 2, Amount: 26%)
3. 3. Change Layer blending mode to Luminosity
4. 4. Edit -> Transform -> Flip Horizontal
5. 5. Ctrl+Click on Layer with brush to create a selectio
6. 6. Select -> Modify -> Contract (1 or 2 pixels) -> Delete (this will allow paper texture show up on the engraved area)
7. 7. VOILA! That’s it!

If you’re worried on how to create this paper texture - don’t! It’s included in the Photoshop file (above) and I will make a tutorial on this too. Soon.

If you wonder where did I get this beautiful brush, it’s from our Photoshop Brushes - Wedding Ultimate Pack.

Have fun creating!

Gang,
Sooner or later, most of us are bound to get married. If not us, then some of our friends, or family. And what nicer task can we have but to design a wedding invitation.

Wedding is a very special day for everyone and, as a designers, we are all expected to deliver a very special wedding invitation. Isn’t it? I mean everybody will look at it and if it’s really good, they will also want to meet the designer, no? And then … who knows? :-) Many people also frame their wedding invitations.

So, I came up with this tutorial that will show you how to make a wedding invitation with a little help from our Ultimate Wedding Photoshop Brushes Set ->.

Continue reading the tutorial ->