Bright Idea 521: Repeating Pattern Cut
Turn your favorite embellishments into a custom repeating pattern! In this Bright Idea, you'll create a unique border design that can be used to add a personalized touch to your scrapbook layouts.
Turn your favorite embellishments into a custom repeating pattern! In this Bright Idea, you'll create a unique border design that can be used to add a personalized touch to your scrapbook layouts.
Transform your title into part of the story with Layered Letter Views! This creative technique uses thin photo strips, oversized title letters, and layered effects to create a dimensional design that showcases multiple photos in a bold and eye-catching way. Perfect for travel pages, event highlights, and any layout where the title deserves to take center stage.
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.
Creating borders is one of my favorite things to do. It allows me to spruce up my page while leaving plenty of room to add photos and journaling. This technique shows how to cut a shape and make it a border on your page. Adding a bright glow, or a more subtle shadow will be your personal touch on this technique.
Take your quartered circles to the next level by rearranging them into a beautiful heart design. This technique shows how a simple shape can be transformed into a meaningful focal point - perfect for telling a story full of love, connection, and creativity.
The Half-Moon Title is a simple, high-impact technique that turns your wording into a curved design element. Pair bold, individually placed letters with a finer secondary line of text that’s positioned along the shape for a clean, finished frame.
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.
Create a page using the shape of your state (or favorite country) and the nickname of that state. This page makes a great chapter starter or even the cover of the family album.
Learn and practice a quick way to fill your transparent shapes with text that extends to the edges of your outline. Then, have fun creating accents for your layouts.
Play with shapes, filters and a splash of color to turn simple letters into something that looks like ice cream cones—drippy, sweet, and full of personality.
Create a showcase title strip using a featured photo and some text.
This Bright Idea provides instructions on creating a diamond-shaped design using a rectangle shape and various formatting tools.
Jazz up your photo holders and create sliced photos framed with text for a page that looks straight from the magazines.
Create a page layout that features a personalized postcard using various design techniques and tools to help you capture your memories in a creative and visually appealing way.
Celebrate the 15th birthday of pixels2Pages with a special tribute to the Pixies for their training, inspiration, creativity, camaraderie, and special moments.
This Bright Idea has geometric shapes, strokes, text, and alternate options to create a page that fits your photos. Have fun building this fun design.
Enjoy this Clean and Classic video that will help you complete an excellent page quickly. Using the Grid cutter and an Easy Mask will speed up your layout completion.
This is the fifth tip in a series of how to incorporate the various cards that are in many digital art kits.