Split Showcase transforms a single photo space into a creative diagonal design that holds two photos or pairs a photo with journaling—all without taking up any extra room on your page. In this Video Tidbit, you'll learn how to create contoured double mats with the Straight Edge Cutter, Outliner tool, and Shape Editor for a polished, custom look.
Highlight the heart of your photo in a creative and meaningful way with Trace the Moment. This technique uses a custom cut to trace your focal point, transforming it into a shape that guides the viewer’s eye while adding text along the path. It’s a simple yet powerful way to combine design and storytelling - keeping your page clean, focused, and visually engaging.
We tend to think of photos in their most common aspect ratios - portrait and landscape. This Bright Idea takes you outside that box by using a single geometric shape to create a fun way to display your photos and text on your page.
Inspired by fancy, non‑traditional stamps, this Bright Idea features a uniquely perforated design divided into four uneven quadrants for photos and art, finished with a classic postmark showing the city and date it was sent.
Life lessons can be fun, but they can also be challenging. Journaling about them can help you overcome the difficult ones while enjoying the fun ones. Get tips on how to get started so you can gain insight and learn from all the life experiences you may go through.
Do you have recipes from your family, friends, or magazines? Get organized and put them in a permanent place.
The Transparent Touch technique combines transparency and a custom stroke to create an elegant, layered design that enhances the background and photos while keeping the title bold and visually striking with a balance of softness and definition.
Create a clean and classic page for your album in the style of a magazine layout.
Design a unique and fun page where the journaling is based on someone else's perspective rather than your own.
Create a page about your home and hometown using a single text shape.
Should all CAPS ever be used? If I use them, how do I use them? Get some hints and guidelines on when and how to use all Capital fonts on your pages.
Create a heartfelt page using masks, photos, and a shape with text.
This simple technique is a fun way to use your text as a creative element on your page.
This video will demonstrate how to quickly create a visually compelling title using text formatted to a circle in combination with a standard text box.
In this video, you will learn how to use the Grid lines, the Grid cutter and tabs (markers) to create an agenda style layout.
Have fun creating a new shape and then journaling around it to highlight the photo!
“A picture is worth a thousand words,” but sometimes, the photos do not tell the full story. This Bright Idea is perfect for those pages where there is a lot more to say than what meets the eye. The objective is to create a journaling space on the page that will look like a column.
Create a fun wreath using different strokes and stroke patterns.