Tutorial: Getting a Hand-Scrapped Look in your Digital Pages

There are two major keys in creating a digital scrapbook page and making it look hand-scrapped.
1. The CORRECT use of shadows
2. Texture.

Here are some easy to follow tips for using shadows and textures on your page.

1. Put shadows on almost EVERYTHING!!!!! Anything that would be adhered to a piece of paper on a hand-scrapped page needs to have a shadow.

2. Put small shadows (little distance with little size) for thing close to the page. For example, photos and photo-mats.

3. Things further from the page will have a larger shadow. For example, elements such as fibers and buttons, etc.

4. Do not add shadows to fonts that would be printed on a piece of paper on a hand-scrapped page; such as a journal box.

5. Do add shadows to fonts if you want them to look like di-cuts or stickers.

 

6. Add a little bit of texture to your papers to make them look less flat. Real paper has a little bit of texture. Digital paper should too. For texture I like to add a little bit of noise, or maybe a canvas or burlap texture. Keep it subtle.

Background Paper
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Scraps of Color
Canyon Blues

7. Add a slight transparent pattern to vellum. Just like paper isn’t “flat” neither is vellum. It has light and dark spots.

If you follow these easy steps, your pages will look hand-scrapped too! Happy Scrapping!