This 4th of July Holiday take a walk around your neighborhood and get some photos so you can create a digital scrapbooking embellishment for your 4th of July scrapbooking projects.
Yes, it is easy to create your own digital scrapbooking embellishments!
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Create Your Own Digital Scrapbooking Embellishments or Backgrounds using Our Flag! ~ by Cheri Barlow
This 4th of July is a great opportunity to get great photos of flags because flags make great digital scrapbooking supplies for digital papers, digital frames, backgrounds, or embellishments.
So don’t let this 4th of July pass you by when our flag can be seen just about anywhere! Take some photos of flags that are waving in the wind, or a flag that is draped on a porch, or MORE!
When you start looking for flags, it is interesting how many different ways flags are displayed! You might be surprised at the different angels you can capture a flag, and all the countless ways that you can make wonderful digital scrapbooking layouts, backgrounds, and other supplies from your flag photos!
So where should you look for flags this holiday? You can fid them at a 4th of July parade, hanging outside houses, in front yards, at businesses, displayed at the park, or even as part of other holiday celebrations.
Take lots of photos, trying to get some photos of the flag blowing in the wind (ripples always make great flag pics!), and then use your photos for your 4th of July digital scrapbooking projects as textured backgrounds or digital papers.
You may decide to snap dome pics that lay straight, that are not blowing in the wind, and are relatively flat as these flags are great to use for extracting and placing head shots of people in front of the flags for dramatic effect. Remember your favorite people don’t have to pose in front of the flag… you can add them later in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements!
One tip to remember when taking a photo of a flag is if you plan to separate the flag from the background, (to use it in other creations) that getting a flag against a blue sky makes it much easier to extract the flag from the sky within Photoshop or Elements.
To remove a flag from a blue-sky pic, just use the Magic Wand Tool, click on the blue sky, and it magically is selected! Next, click delete and you are left with just your flag!
Not that you can’t extract the flag from more detailed and busy photos (ie, photos with more than just sky) but having a plain (non-busy) contrasting background from the flag can make removing the flag much easier to do.
Once the flag is removed from the background, you can apply filters, change the opacity, or apply other artistic effects. Also, you can use the flag as a backdrop for placing photos of family and friends in front of your flag background, even if the person wasn’t in the original flag photo! Next, arrange each flag and each person in a interesting way on your digital scrapbooking page.
For example, we took the flag that we extracted from our photo, and used it like a digital scrapbooking embellishment to give a stronger 4th of July-feel to our digital scrapbooking page!
So, this 4th of July be on the lookout for photos of lots of flags and use them in your holiday projects!
Have a very wonderful 4th of July and get some photos for future digital scrapbooking projects and supplies!
Have a Happy Holiday!
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Get 4th of July Digital Scrapbooking Supplies
Try the Freedom Digital Scrapbooking Kit! Filled with patriotic red, white, and blue papers, you can scrap all of your 4th of July fun! Whether you see a fireworks show, or enjoy some yummy BBQ at a cookout, enjoy your freedom and scrap all the wonderful holiday’s activities.
BONUS: When you buy the Freedom Digital Scrapbooking Kit, you get an ENTIRE Overlay Kit for FREE! Use these FREE coordinating border Overlays to add some extra holiday personalization!
If you’re not sure how to use Overlays, not to worry, we have training! Overlays are essentially Transparencies that have texture, designs, or patterns that can enhance your Digital Scrapbooking Papers and Pages. Add them to Digital Scrapbooking Papers to add a pattern, enhance texture, or create a 3-D design. You also have the ability to color or apply special techniques to Overlays to enhance your projects and even apply different looks!
If you want to see other great overlays – like the 4th of July ones we have in our Scrap Shop please check into the Overlay Section!
For example buy the July 4th Digital Overlay Kit , which is a festive collection of 4th of July-inspired Overlays! This is the perfect kit for adding additional holiday design and personalization to Digital Scrapbooking Pages! Overlays are perfect for customizing Digital Papers! Add adorable detail to your 4th of July Digital Scrapbooking Pages and Projects. Use the July 4th Overlays as digital embellishments, or to create interesting digital paper borders.
Try Overlay Training for Photoshop or Overlay Training for Photoshop Elements
“Introduction to Overlay Basics in Photoshop Elements” teaches about 3 common Overlay types and how to use them. Make your Digital Scrapbooking Pages and Project have character and personality by using Overlays!
By adding an Overlay to a solid (or patterned) Digital Paper, you can create a different type of effect, one that makes flat papers look real; adding an artistic flare to what would otherwise be a standard-looking page.
Understanding how to use Overlays and incorporating them into Digital Scrapbooking Projects is the next-step for Intermediate Digital Scrapbookers. After graduating from the Digital Scrapbooks and More Getting Started Series (Digital Scrapbooking Training for Beginners), this is the next, best place to start!
Overlays are essentially Transparencies that have texture, designs, or patterns that can enhance your Digital Scrapbooking Papers and Pages. Add them to Digital Scrapbooking Papers to add a pattern, enhance texture, or create a 3-D design. You also have the ability to color or apply special techniques to Overlays to enhance your projects and even apply different looks!
This Lesson Set, Introduction to Overlay Basics in Photoshop Elements 
contains 3 downloadable videos tutorials, 3 Cheat Sheets for a quick re-cap of the lesson’s steps, and also includes 4 FREE Overlays as an added
BONUS! Plus as an EXTRA BONUS this set also includes 2 FREE Digital Scrapbooking Supplies Too!
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Try Overlay Training for Photoshop too!
Check out 4th of July Quick Pages too!
The Red White and Blue Quick Page Kit 1 12×12 is a full-featured kit to celebrate the 4th of July or other patriotic events! Or use this kit when every you need Red, White and Blue pre-designed scrap pages!
This Quick Page kit is filled with patriotic red, white, and blue backgrounds, you can scrap all of your 4th of July fun or other patriotic events! Whether you see a fireworks show, or enjoy some yummy BBQ at a cookout, enjoy your freedom and scrap all the wonderful holiday’s festivities quickly with these Quick Pages!
Besides using the Red, White and Blue Quick Page Kit for the 4th of July, it is also a great kit to use for scrapping Memorial Day, war heroes, patriotic themes, or even for just for red, white, and blue-colored projects!
