Making a mixed media style digital junk journal page is easier than you’d think. You don’t need a lot of computer know-how, and you don’t need years of digital art classes or experience. If you’re…
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How to make printable inchies and twinchies using Canva
Spend any amount of time in the art journal world and you’ll eventually run into people talking about inchies and twinchies. If you’ve never heard of this before, it can be super confusing! Never fear,…
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How to fix blurry digital collages | What is DPI?
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…
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How to find REAL vintage photos online for junk journals | Library of Congress search tips
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,…
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Getting organized: Digital collage elements, photos, and ephemera
Once you start getting into creating collages, you’ll soon find yourself collecting more and more clippings. Vintage photos, interesting old papers, doodles and blobs and all kinds of neat stuff– things you want to keep…
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How to make a patchwork art journal background page in Canva
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…
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How to make a heritage junk journal on the computer
Heritage journals or heritage scrapbooks are kind of a new thing, though REALLY they’re just a spin-off from traditional scrapbooks. Traditional scrapbooks combine photos and journals/stories, with artistic embellishments added onto the page to make…
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