Acrylic Block Stamping, Digital Style

A couple of weeks ago, Karen blogged about using an acrylic block to create a stamp background. You can read that post HERE. The digital wheels started turning the minute I saw her idea.

Here’s my digital version of that technique , , ,

I’m using Photoshop CC for this tutorial, but you should be able to do this with any graphics program that supports layers.

1. Create a new document with a white background.

2. Create a new Layer.

3. Using the Marquee tool, create a 4x5.25" rectangle.

4. Switch to the Brush tool and pick a 'spatter' style brush. I used 'Spatter 24 pixels'.

5. Increase the size to 700 pixels.

6. Choose a light blue color and ‘click’ along the edge of the rectangle.

7. Continue to ‘click’ along the outer edge to create a frame.

8. Create a new layer, choose a darker blue, and reduce the size of the brush to 500 pixels.

9. ‘Click’ along the outer edge to form a second frame.

10. Reduce the opacity of each of the layers until you achieve a look you like.

11. Add a couple of mattes and images to complete a card panel. I used a background and a few stamps from the Cinema Digital Kit.

I hope you’ll give this quick and easy technique a try the next time you need to frame some stamped images for your digital cards and layouts.

Until next time, thanks for stopping by.

-Ron