I have a lot of scrapbooking kits, which means I have a lot of pretty little elements as well (to put it mildly). But there are times when I just want a simple shape, a quiet hint of something in the background to support the theme of my design. There are a lot of shapes included with Photoshop, plus there are thousands more I could find on-line.
Today I’m going to show you how to create a digital stencil using the Shape tool and a paint brush. I’ve chosen to work with a leaf, but you can use any shape you like. As an extra added bonus — when you are finished, there is no soap and water clean-up required!
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Thank you, I love the effect of this
Great tutorial Barb, I have been seeing this technique done on layouts all over the place. Nice to know how it is done thank you.
This is a wonderful tutorial. I think I will be making a lot of us of it.
Thanks a lot Barb.
Neat tutorial – thanks so much for this really useful one!
I am fairly new to this website and I am blown away by all the wonderful tutorials. Thank you so much!
Thank you for the cool tut!! I need all the help I can get..LOL
Thank you so much! This is a wonderful look and following your tutorial makes it such a breeze!
Beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial, very nice of you to share with us!
Brilliant, just love it. Have seen it to and wondered how to do it. Thank you so much.
oooh, I love this soft technique. It is so pretty with the rose.
Great technique for those summer beach layouts! Thanks.
Love this! Thanks for the awesome tutorial!
Love the effect this gives – thanks so much. I know I’ll be using this!!
Love the whimsical soft apppearance of the shape and the paint. Thanks for another goody tutorial.
Hi, Is there any way to fade out the edges of the painted area? Or is there any way to make the edges look more realistic, less like a “cloud” effect? Thanks, Mo
Hi Maureen, you could try changing the opacity of the brush from 30% to about 15% as you paint near the edges.
Awesome tutorial – thanks so much. I just got around to trying this today. Love it.
There seems to be no end to what one can do with these editing programs…:)