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Hi Becky -- I had to hunt for it myself! It's actually NOT in the gallery, yet, but as the main LO to showcase the papers from this collection...
http://store.scrapgi...ggie-p28552.php

Hi Chris and welcome to Scrap Girls!!

Brushes can be used like stamps as lindarobin mentioned above. They also can be used as masks, to create texture AND to blend objects together. There are brushes that look like 'things' (flowers, arrows, bugs, stamps, letters, etc.). These are brushes that are most commonly used as stamps.
There are brushes that look like solid shapes with interesting edgework (maybe a large oval shape with lacy edges). These types of brushes are most commonly used as masks for photos.
There are brushes that look like fabric, stone, pieces of lace, mesh or bristles on a brush. These types of brushes are most commonly used to add texture to things (papers, photos or solid shapes).

Blenders are usually just large masks that can be used to quickly and easily blend two background papers together.

Textures are usually filters (in PS or other programs) that can easily add texture to an entire layer. This is different from brushes since the filter (as far as I know) will apply the texture uniformly to the entire layer, as opposed to being able to use a brush to add texture to certain parts of a layer and heavier or lighter in certain areas.

Masks are basically used to quickly turn something (usually a paper or a photo) into an interesting shape quickly. As I said before, brushes can be used as masks and shapes can be used as mask. (And shapes can be made into brushes -- is your mind blown, yet? LOL!! )

Brushes can be used as erasers (or worked on a layer mask) to blend one image (usually a photo or paper) into another.

Is this clear as mud?!?! HTH!!

I bet what she did was create a frame out of rounded rectangles on separate layers around her photo and then clipped her lovely papers to them. At least that's how I would do it!

I don't have a Canon, but the interface from camera-to-camera is pretty similar. You might have something on your menu that says IMAGE or IMAGE QUALITY in your Shooting menu, or perhaps Settings menu. Make sure that is set to the highest quality setting. Also, if you open your images in PS/E and you have your default set to open docs in 300 dpi, then when you pull your photos in there, they should be automatically set to that dpi.

HTH!

LaughingSun, on 25 April 2013 - 01:38 PM, said:

Thanks, Andrea!!!

Marlene -- I can totally see Easter in your new collection, but it is super-versatile for Spring and Summer. Love your double-stitched banner!