This is a quick (well, relatively quick) way to create a quilted or patchwork style background for your digital collages. Patchwork backgrounds make for an interesting texture and can be more fun to work with than a plain paper background. >>> This post contains affiliate…
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How to make printable inchies and twinchies using Canva
Canva is a great tool for creating lots of junk journal ephemera (as well as digital collages and art journal backgrounds). There’s all kinds of things you can make using Canva’s pre-made templates, frame elements, etc.– and that includes inchies. >>> This post contains affiliate…
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How to fix blurry and pixelated digital collages
Updated August 1, 2021. Sometimes when I create a digital collage it looks perfect in the preview, but comes out blurry in the final export. Or sometimes MOST of the collage looks fine, but one image element is badly pixelated. I couldn’t figure out what…
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How to find vintage photos on the Library of Congress website
The Library of Congress website is my go-to resource for free vintage images of people. The LOC has a huge collection of photographs from the very early days of the camera, as well as illustrations, posters, prints, and more. It’s the first place I go…
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Get organized! How to store digital collage elements in Canva
The more digital collages you create, the more image elements you end up collecting. It’s just a fact of life for a digital artist! I started off with a tiny collection of vintage photographs and have worked my way up to hundreds of image elements…
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