I am so proud of all of my clients who are uploading photos, movies, and more to their account, adding the story, and organizing. Here is a video and three handouts to help you get your family and friends connected. 

5 step handout and a 5 minute video to show you how to create the look below. Enjoy!

Puzzles are on sale right now and I wanted to make another one using Artisan 6 this time. Working with blank page in Artisan 6 can be pretty daunting. So, I decided I wanted to use a template with lots of photos openings. 

I decided to use my template MOBOT Polaroid. I pulled the template into a 12x12 project.  Then I selected all the elements on one side of the layout, grouped them, copied and then pasted into the puzzle project.  I repeated those steps with the right side of the layout. Then I aligned the two sides, grouped together and resize to fill the space of puzzle. 

Since I wanted more photos in the center of the layout, I resized the photos and created three rows. The top row had 6 (portrait) photo openings - approx. 4x6.  The second row had square photo openings and when I resized them to fit inside polaroid frames which made them narrower than I initially wanted. They ended up measuring 2.558 W x 2.84. That row had 9 photo openings.  The bottom row were 4 landscape photo openings - measuring approximately 6x4.

After I added the photos I realized I wanted some separation between the rows, so I created some trim pieces by adding a rectangle with a 3D bevel edge effect applied. It was a little over 24 inches wide and 1/2 inch in height. I put the title on top of the strips to make it more visible. 

I am super excited to see how it turns out.  I plan to create a video showing this process for those of you who learn better from a video. :)

I was looking through blueprints and found the one I wanted to play with.  It is called Shrimp & Grits and was released in December 2019.  I will use this template to create a puzzle when I do the video demo.

TIP: When getting ready to create a puzzle, I found it helpful to go through my photos and pick my favorites. Then, I only brought in those pictures to play with. 

Check out a fun idea for titles on your pages using a text shape, a stroke, glow border, flattening, & a shadow.

  There are many things that I do to improve the appearance o my photos. Sometimes I edit them to improve the color and others to remove blemishes.  In this particular photo I loved the otherworldly feel of the Galaxy's Edge area of Disney's Hollywood Studios Park.  I didn't really love seeing all the people in their brightly colored summer wear.  So, my goal was to remove them as a distraction without having to clone them all out.   I went to the Adjust Ribbon in the Historian image editor. I used the Lasso selection tool to select the bottom of the photo.  I applied the rough painting filter and blur to the selected area.  Then I went to the Touch Up Ribbon and applied the Decrease Color brush. Finally, I did some additional blurring using the Blur brush on the Touch Up Ribbon.  When I get to adding this to a page, the bottom of the photo won't be pulling attention away from the cool atmosphere of Galaxy's Edge.