So, as most of you know, I am a white background girl when it comes to my PL pages. But every once in a while, I like a little somethin' extra to set off a page. In that case, I use PixelLab to allow me to layer a PL layout on top of a background, such as a digital scrapbook paper. So today I'm going to share a tutorial in how to do this :) See below! First, open your app. Now here's where you can go two different directions. You can select the squares to the left of the wand at the bottom and then change the color of the background to a solid or gradient color. Or you can select the three dots on the top right and choose an image you want to be your background. After you've done one of these two things, delete the text box (or you can just move it to the side if you plan on adding text to your page.) If you do bring in an image as your background, make sure you hit the "x" so it expands it to the full size. Then select the checkmark. Once you have your background ready, select the cross in the upper left corner. Choose "from gallery". This will give you the option to select a photo to layer on top of your background. Ok, almost done! Now that your layout is on your background, you can use the dot on the box around your picture. to expand or decrease it, so it leaves an even amount of background around your layout. From there you can add a shadow if you like by selecting the hexagon in the bottom, middle. Then, swipe to the right to the shadow icon and add whatever color shadow you like. I usually just do black. And that's it! Now you have a Project Life layout with a border. The only thing left to do is save. If you save as a project, it only saves it within the PixelLab app for you to edit later. Or you can save as a picture-make sure it is a 1280x1280 square. The finished product! Ok, so how do you get this back into the PL app? Simply select the collage feature in the PL app, and drop it into a 12x12 collage template. Et voila!
Let me know if you have tried this and if you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments below! Peace, Anne
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Brenda Fain
9/1/2018 07:14:57 pm
Thanks for the tutorial
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I'm Anne! Follow me as I go through life as a new mom and soon-to-be wife. Always looking for a creative outlet, I want to share all my ideas with you here at Life by Design! Archives
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