mixed media – Multimedia Crafts Digital

Starting Over: Rethinking Craft Projects

Happy New Year 2023! I hope you all have had a wonderful Holiday season and are ready for a fresh start. If you are like me and you have a slew of projects that you never completed last year, or the year before that, nor the years before those, then you should continue to readContinue reading “Starting Over: Rethinking Craft Projects”

From Trash to Treasure_Upcycling Shoe Box Packaging

Don’t you just get so excited when you buy something and get a bonus gift…the packaging? I recently got a new pair of sandals and I was stoked with the plastics and tissue papers that came with it. I immediately thought of making some journal pockets, doing some decoupage, and simply getting creative with allContinue reading “From Trash to Treasure_Upcycling Shoe Box Packaging”

Spring Journal Ephemera: Using Digital Freebies and Other Multimedia Supplies

I love to make journals and all sorts of scrapbooking elements to fill my books and folios. Today I decided to construct some out of various mediums including digital printables, die cut shapes, washi tape, and more. I began by printing out the Multimedia Crafts Digital FREEBIE kit called, “Fresh Air”. UsingContinue reading “Spring Journal Ephemera: Using Digital Freebies and Other Multimedia Supplies”

Creating and Using Digitally Collaged Family Photos in junk Journals

I have seen many black and white images of vintage people in ephemera packs for sell to use in scrapbooking and other mixed media projects. They are beautiful embellishments that make any tag, album cover, and various other crafts stand out. I love the look they give, but I don’t know the individuals in thoseContinue reading “Creating and Using Digitally Collaged Family Photos in junk Journals”

Digital Scrapbook Pages: Creating in Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop provides an array of fun tools and features that allows users to explore their vast ideas. From making scrapbook pages, and embedding photos, to creating textured styles, fonts, and editing motion pictures, Photoshop is an essential application I use in lot of my projects. Photoshop was used when I made the picture above.Continue reading “Digital Scrapbook Pages: Creating in Adobe Photoshop”

Lilac Envelope Template

I want to show you one of my latest templates I created in Photoshop. This is the 6.25” x 6” Lilac Envelope made from the digital template that I have in my Esty shop. I use templates to make elements that work well with scrapbooks, junk journals, and various other mixed media projects. This pieceContinue reading “Lilac Envelope Template”