Sometimes when I create a collage in Canva it looks perfect in the preview but comes out blurry when I download it. Or sometimes MOST of the collage looks fine, but one image element is badly pixelated. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong for…
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How to make a digital collage: Focus image
Depending on your collage style, you may or may not want to have a “focus image.” I come from the world of mixed media art journals, where usually there’s a specific photo or drawing that the rest of the page is centered around. Having a…
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5 easy steps to decluttering a paper ephemera collection
I’m planning on moving out of California within the next year or so, and I don’t particularly want to move 6+ boxes of craft paper, ephemera, old magazines and book pages. That means I need to downsize! And this fits in perfectly with switching to…
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Get organized! Using Canva to store digital collage elements
The more digital collages you create, the more image elements you end up collecting. It’s just a fact of life for a digital artist! I started off with a tiny collection of vintage photographs and have worked my way up to hundreds of image elements…
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How to make a digital collage: Backgrounds
This is the first in a series of posts of how I make digital collages! —> This post contains affiliate links, meaning I get something if you use them with no extra cost to you. For more info on that, see our disclosure page. I…
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[Free Download] Computer Desktop Wallpaper, “Dreams”
I was switching up the “look” of my laptop today and decided to DIY my own desktop wallpaper! And because I like it so much, and because I like YOU all so much, I’m sharing it here! This was made with Canva’s “Desktop Wallpaper” template,…
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What to do when you hate your collage
Sometimes a piece just isn’t coming together. You’ve been working on something for hours and it still doesn’t look right. What do you do? Delete the file in shame? Turn to oil painting instead of digital collage? Quit being an artist all together? Hell no!…
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