Dress up your page with Photoshop brushes! These digital “rubber stamps” are so fun to use. For this technique, I’ll show you how to use them with a photo and text block that you can print out in one piece. You can then adhere it to a piece of cardstock, add a couple of embellishments and have a finished page in minutes! 

Stopped in My Tracks by Jessica Sprague. Supplies Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0; Printer: Epson R1800; Photo paper: Premium Semigloss Photo Paper, Epson; Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: 7gypsies (words) and Cosmo Cricket (blue); Ribbon: Cosmo Cricket; Mini brads: American Crafts; Digital brush: Cluster Brushes-n-Stamps by MaryAnn Wise, www.designerdigitals.com; Fonts: 2Peas Stopsign, www.twopeasinabucket.com and CK True Type, www.scrapnfonts.com.

Learn how to add digital brushes to a photo and journaling block in Photoshop by checking out my online tutorial here.

To see more great layouts using this technique, check out the Computer Tricks column in the August 2008 issue of CK.

Ready to get started on your own page? Download some free brushes and try out this technique today!