Ready for some more tips + tricks I use in the studio?

This little lesson will show you how I use my digital stamps to paint a picture in Adobe Photoshop CS! For this page I used the Destination Edgers No.3.

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Step 1: Star by selecting a background paper and a stamp. I chose the Le Marche Cardstocks which I then lightened, and the Destination Edgers No.3. Size and position as desired keeping in mind its always better to work big and scale down rather then the other way around!

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Step 2: Make a new layer and turn off visibility on the stamp layer.

Step 3: With the new layer as your active layer, make the stamp an active selection by mousing over the layer thumbnail an[on a mac] command + click. [I believe it’s ctrl + click on a PC].

Step 4: I like to then hide the selection because I don’t won’t the marching ants to interfere with my vision 😉 So go to View>Show and uncheck selection edges

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Step 5: Now comes the fun part! Select a brush [I used Watery Spots No. 2] and a foreground color. Rotate and scale brush as needed and then stamp.

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Step 6: Repeat this step selecting a new brush, or rotating current brush, and a new color until your image is filled.

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Step 7: Once your stamp image is filled it’s time to add your photos and journaling!
Simple as that!

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Be sure to check out the new Watery Spots No. 2 + Watery Spots No. 3 new in the store this weekend. They are perfect for this technique!

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