Pansy Scrapbook Page Set in Photoshop

Scrapbooking papers and layouts cost some serious bucks. And why spend those hard-earned dollars on scrapbooking paper when you can design it yourself easily in Photoshop to print?

This guide is quick and easy, guiding you through the steps to create a fully themed pansy scrapbook set. You won't need anything special - nothing to download - just a copy of Photoshop version 7 or higher. You'll also want to have made your pansy before you continue. Find the pansy guide here.

If it's hard to find the drawing a pansy tutorial, try this cool tip: click the "Ctrl" key and the "F" key at the same time on your keyboard. This will bring up a little search box in the bottom of your browser. Type "Pansy" and it will start scrolling through the text to find the Pansy tutorial.

Pansy Scrapbook Set - The Steps

1. New Canvas - First, we'll want to create a canvas that will print out beautifully on regular paper. When you click "File" and choose "New", hit the arrow on the dropdown box labelled "Preset". Choose "US Paper" or "8.5 x 11", depending on which version of Photoshop you have.

Using this setting will automatically create a canvas that is sized properly, and it also automatically sets it to RGB mode with a white background - and it sets the resolution to 300 pixels per inch, which allows us to print out crisp, clear pages.

2. Block the Paper - Now, we're going to "block out" the paper. Essentially, we're just indicating where we'll have different design elements on our scrapbook background paper. Use two to three colors that are present in your original pansy and draw three rectangles on your canvas. The farthest left rectangle is the thinnest, the middle rectangle is about two and a half times the size of the first, and the last panel covers the rest of the page.

Reference Illustration 01.

3. Bring in the Pansies - None of the steps in creating our paper are difficult, but this is probably the easiest one of all. Go to your original pansy, and drag over just the petals (you won't want the stem or leaves for this design) into your new canvas.