Creating a Basic Scrapbook Page Using PSP 8

Created by Bannerwoman - Jan 2005
 

1. Choose the image(s) you want to scrap.  In this layout I will use 1 image of at least 12” in height.  You can incorporate more if you’d like.  (Note:  If you are creating pages at 8” x 10” then the image height only need be 10”.)

This is the desired result:

2. Open a new image 12” x 12” at 150dpi or better.  (8” x 10” if that is what you chose to make.)  On this blank canvas you want to create a background that will go well with the image you chose to scrap.  So it might be a good idea to take your colors right from that image. I took two colors from mine, a lighter/brighter color and a darker color.  This is where scrapping becomes your preference.

There is more then one way to do this. 

a)  You can create your background on the 12” x 12” page, which will likely be a tad slower due to the large size, or you can make a tile.

b)  In my example I opened a new image 4” x 4” and flood filled with the brighter/lighter color I choose in step 2, and used the air brush tool with these settings,

and made a light spray across the tile. 

I then applied the Fantastic Machines Paint Engine filter. 

Then applied: Effects/Reflection Effects/Kaleidoscope setting that I liked.  You can play with the dice and see what you get. 

Then I applied FM Tile Tools/Blend Emboss to give the tile a bit more texture. 

I used PSP 8’s seamless tile to assure the ‘paper’ would fill in seamlessly. 
***(Tip:  I also save most of my pieces so if I ever had to start over, or just didn’t like the end result; you still have the work you have done.)*** 

3. To flood fill your larger ‘paper’ (the 12” x 12” image we opened in step 2) choose this image from your patterns button in the color palette. (Highlighted in RED)
   
   
   
   You will see the drop down box with your images currently open in PSP. 
   
   
    

4. Look for the tile you have made, and select it.  Then using the flood fill tool, fill in your ‘paper’ with your tile.  You should now have your ‘main’ background for you scrap page.
   
      
   (shown smaller then actual, click to see full size) 
    

5. Next go to your photo you have chosen to scrap, you want to cut it down so that just the main part of the image is left, but not cropping any height.  You want to end up with a tall skinny kind of picture.  Then click the copy button,   (edit/copy or ctrl+c) and go back to your ‘paper’ we just finished, right click and paste as new layer. I added a drop shadow, so it’s up to you, some like the ‘flat’ look. 
   
    

6. Now in my image I have set the image off to the left, so I am going to be explaining everything else as though you have placed your image there as well. If you decide to place it to the right, then where I say left, you need to say right.  If you have centered your image on the page, then you will need to adjust the size of your border were about to make in the next step.
   
    

7. Now open another new image.    This one should be 12” (or your height) by 2”.  Flood fill this image with the lighter/brighter color again and apply a pattern.  I used bw_stripe.  To use this pattern, download and save the file to your PSP 8 patterns folder.  To Chose the pattern select the patterns button located in the color palette, as in step 3, and then click the color block. Scroll through the drop down list till you find the one you like.
   
    

8. Now that you have your ‘side bar’, copy that image and go back to your main layout (LO) and paste as a new layer again.  Set this side bar over to the right hand side so it overlaps the photo a tad, but doesn’t leave any edge showing. Then add a drop shadow.  (Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow).  I used H: 6, V: 6, Opacity: 80, and Blur: 12. 
   
    

That’s basically it.  Now you need to add text, some embellishments, etc.  Most of scrapbooking is totally up to your imagination, but just in case you would like to know, here is what I did to finish my page off.

EMBELLISHMENTS:

1.  Corner Flower:

I used the preset shapes button to add the flower in the corner.  I created it as vector (this way you can resize the shape if you want to before making any changes to its appearance), with these settings. 



Remember, if you want your light color on the inside of the flower and the darker color to be the outline, the light color will be on top in your color palette and the darker color on the bottom.  Now go to Layers, and choose convert to raster layer.

With the magic wand I selected the outline of the flower. Then I applied Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel to it, and used my bw_metal (download and save to your psp8 presets folder) preset in the drop down list.

I then selected the middle parts of the flower, and used the airbrush to add some of the dark color to it.  Then I applied Effects/Artistic Effects/Brush Strokes with these settings.

2. Text:

To apply the text for SUNFLOWERS, I used the same bevel as in the flower.  I created the text as vector.  Then I right clicked on that layer in the layers pallet, and converted text to character shapes to change the color of the S.  That is how I got the S to be a different color then the rest of the word.  You can do this as two separate text entries if that would be easier. 

The quote text just has a drop shadow added to it.

3. Bee & Line:

 The bee is a tube I made for psp 7 I believe.  You can download it here if you like.  Anything that would coordinate with you LO would work here.

The line was made using this setting with the pen.

 I just drew a freehand curved line.  You will get a line with all the nodes on it…. that’s normal.  You can just choose another tool and they will go away, it doesn’t matter what color you use for this, as long as you can see it, and that only a foreground color is selected. Then I applied a cutout to the line. It will tell you the layer must be converted to raster layer, just say yes. 

That about sums it up…..If you have any questions, please feel free to holler!  E-mail is in the links on the left. 
 

Happy Scraping!