Behind the Scenes: Inked Edges
Have you ever looked at those shabby vintage style products and wondered how you could get your page to look a little more shabby? I certainly have. Many times. Especially when I use some background paper to clip to a strip for a label or journaling strip, and the result just doesn’t look shabby at all. But then I found a super easy way to actually get that shabby look, and all it takes is just a few steps in photoshop. Take a look at this page: There are several places where I clipped papers to a shape, and without inking the edges the result would look something like this: Then I inked the edges, and this is how that turned out: Pay attention to the edges … So, if you would like to know how to get that effect, here’s the deal: Inked Edges Step 1: In the layers panel, select the layer of the paper/photo/element you want to modify. Double click the layer in the panel to open up the Layer Style dialogue …