In the May issue of the Artisan Notebook Dee Bee Designs shares a Photoshop tutorial on using butterfly elements to create a clipping mask in order to create a portrait collage. As a bonus she also provides a PSD file of this layout. Be sure and pick up your issue today!

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Our friends at Natural Designs in Scrapbooking have created this adorable mini kit in coordination with this month’s Guild kit. It is yours FREE if you purchase this month’s issue of the Artisan Notebook at NDISB. If you have already purchased the Artisan Notebook or are a current Guild member don’t worry, you can still [...]

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In the May 2012 issue of the Artisan Notebook ™ we are delighted to be able to feature the design talents of LieN Click Photo Designs.  LieN sells her designs at Digital Crea You can follow her on her blog Be sure and pick up the May issue of the Artisan Notebook ™ and read [...]

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We welcome reader submissions for upcoming issues of the Artisan Notebook. In the June 2012 issue we are turning our attention to scrapping important turning points and milestones in our lives. We are looking for  layouts of exceptional merit that showcase those milestones. We are particularly interested in layouts that use spectacular photos and expressive [...]

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In the May issue of the Artisan Notebook we explore how to use color to express personality. You are the Color Green: Steadfast & Soft-Spoken by Debb Cozzi I have three sons and each of them definitely have different “color personalities.”  My oldest son is red; passionate, determined with a tendency to draw attention to [...]

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Our friends at Natural Designs in Scrapbooking are once again getting ready to running the Amazing Digi Scrapping Race. We are delighted to be one of the sponsoring sites. What is ADSR you ask? At Natural Designs in Scrapbooking (NDISB), they come up with a cool internet digital scrapping game that  mirrors the excitement of [...]

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It’s Your Shot Tutorial

March 3, 2012 by

Each month in the Artisan Notebook ™ editor Sheryl Cody shares her inspiration for those that are participating in a Project 366 or Project 52. In the March 2012 issue this photo in particular caught our attention. We asked Sheryl to share with us how she captured this photo. This is what she writes, “When [...]

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Guild designer Dee Bee Designs shares these observations about taking still-life photos. I’ve always been an admirer of Artisan Notebook ™ contributor Sheryl Cody’s photographs. I love the “still-life” photos that she takes and want to learn to take similar photos. This morning as I was reading my Bible during my quiet time I was [...]

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