This tutorial discusses how to use blending and frame masks in your digital scrapbooking projects.

For this tutorial I will use Picture Play – Blending Masks to create this layout:

1. select the mask you want to use and position it on your canvas

2. Drag your photograph/paper onto the canvas over the masking layer:

3. Clip your photograph/paper to the mask by selecting: ctrl-G (PSE) or ctrl-alt-G (PS)

4. Once you are satisfied with your clipped image, merge the two layers by selecting them (ctrl-click) and then ctrl-E to merge the layers together

5. Then adjust the image’s layer mode, brightness/contrast, opacity to your liking (For my image – I duplicated the layer and set the top layer to hard light 66% opacity and the lower layer to Multiply 53% opacity)

For more information about using layer modes see my blend mode tutorial.

That’s it! Let me know if you have any questions and I’ll do my best to answer them!

Layout Credits: Autumn Spice, Word Jumbles – Autumn, Picture Play – blending masks, Picture Play – lighting effects, Picture Play-paper