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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Good Morning, Trish here :o)
So, ever since I did this page, people have been asking me how I did the edges.
All the questions on it kinda threw me off. lol When I lifted this page for our first Thursday Thievery I saw that the page had fun edges, so I did fun edges. And truly, though it pains me to admit it and lose my whoa factor, it’s so easy. Like smack yourself in the forehead and go “Oh duh!” lol
So the first thing you’re going to do is open three pages that contrast against each other well. I’m using these from this week’s Product Spotlight, Your’s Truly.
Next look in your kit for a swirly bit of rub-on or other swirly bit, and if it’s an SP kit - it’s most likely got some. Now place that bit o’ swirl where you want to do the fun cut-out (be it edge or what have you). Here’s mine:
Zoom into 100% and make sure you can see your swirl in your work area. See how you see the paper through it?
What you want to do is duplicate the swirl as many times as it takes so that you can no longer see the paper through it. I ended up duplicating mine 4 times. Then merge all those swirls together into one layer. Then duplicate it again, and hide the top one. Select the bottom swirl and add an outer stroke to it. I’m setting mine to 15. Create a new layer above it and then merge the two together.
Get your magic wand and use it to select the swirl, the stroke around the swirl, and the area inside the swirl. Select the second paper layer and then cut. (CTRL+X)
Now hide (or delete – up to you, I wait to delete until I’m comepletely done with the papers) the swirl you were just working with and put the other one back to visible. Get the magic wand again and this time select the inside of this swirl. Select your third paper layer and then cut.
Hide the swirl you just worked with and then move your third paper under the second.
That’s it! I told you, not difficult at all and you end up with the coolest swirly edges on your papers. Here’s my finished page:
I hope you all enjoyed this, and have fun scrapping.
Sep 11, 2010 @ 12:58:24
This is so cool! I’ll try it! Thanks for sharing.
Jul 22, 2010 @ 10:39:02
I love, Love, LOVE this technique! And of course had no idea how to do it! This is my absolute favorite thing I’ve learned to do this year! I’ve already used it three times. I immediately made myself an awesome new blog banner doing this. Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Jul 14, 2010 @ 20:13:38
I will try my best with your second instructions.. Now just to find a “free” version.. I right now can’t afford the other kits.. Trying really hard to win one!!
Jul 14, 2010 @ 19:04:26
I can’t get the magic wand to select the whole stroke and swirl. It will only select one at a time. I have photoshop elements. Is this why?
Jul 14, 2010 @ 19:53:49
What you need to do is select one hold down shift and then keep selecting that way. It allows you to select more than one area at a time.
Jul 14, 2010 @ 22:03:18
Thanks. It worked. I am new to all this and it’s taking me hours to figure some stuff out. Worth it though. I am amazed by the beautiful things you guys can create.
Jul 14, 2010 @ 18:32:36
Oooh, you’ve just made the possibilities endless! Not sure if my brain can handle it, but it sure looks fantastic! lol
Jul 14, 2010 @ 15:07:06
Very cool! Thanks!
Jul 14, 2010 @ 10:58:40
That is so totally awesome, I am definitely going to have to play with this one. One question, on your first layout the border is on the inside of the bottom layer How did you manage to do that??
Jul 14, 2010 @ 11:32:17
On the first layout I did the same as with the example only I cut the swirls into the same paper twice and removed the outside instead of the inside. The part where I stroked the swirl I stroked it twice with two different colors. I stroked it first at like 30 (or maybe 40 I can’t remember which) then added a new layer merged them, then added another stroke at 1/2 the amount of the first. Again then did a new layer and merged. I selected the smaller amount with the wand and then cut just that from the paper. I then selected an unstroked copy of the swirl, cut it from the paper, then erased any paper left over under the second cut out. (That make sense?)
Jul 14, 2010 @ 11:33:43
Oh dur, and the second time I stroked it made it an inside stroke instead of an outer stroke.
Jul 14, 2010 @ 09:33:08
Great tutorial – I’ve learned something new!
Jul 14, 2010 @ 09:09:25
this is SOOOOOOO great, Trish :o) i know that a lot of our visitors and gallery go-ers (lol) were interested in this technique…and i hope they find it helpful! thanks a bunch for the great post…and OH MY…that layout is GORGEOUS :o)
Jul 14, 2010 @ 08:45:15
that’s a bunch… i did mine a little different but your way has WAY more possibilities!
Jul 14, 2010 @ 08:21:58
Thank you soooooo much for sharing this tip! I love it and am going to practise over and over again! Love that layout too – what a stunning little photo! WOW – WOW – WOW !!!!