I’m providing the content today for Tuesday Tutorials over at Ali Edwards’ blog today. If you want to learn how to create multi-photo grids in Photoshop Elements, by all means, go check it out.
Recording step-by-step videos takes time. I can’t tell you how many times I stumble over my words and have to re-record. Oh, heck… don’t take my word for it. Watch the clip below:
Tuesday Tutorial Outtakes from Cathy Zielske on Vimeo.
Also featured on Ali’s blog is the resulting layout from the grid tutorial. I thought it’d be fun to provide a set of month and dates from my “Monthly Snaps” project for anyone who’d like to make one too. One month, 12 photos, one date, and a journaling card. (Totally inspired by my friend Susan’s 12 of 12 approach, but instead of one day, you pick photos from one month.) Feel free to check out Ali’s blog to see the layout and then download the files posted below.
The CZMonthlySnapsKit doc is a layered .psd file and you can just select a month graphic and drop it into another document. The journaling card is a pdf file with crop marks. Enjoy!
Here are the files:
(PC users may have to right click on the links and choose “Save Target As”)
Enjoy the downloads and the tutorial!
heatherC says
I am a big grid fan too — use it a lot in my traditional scrapping — thanks for the tips — I forget that a grid does not have to mean that all the photos are are 2×2; 3×3, etc — like the examples you shared on Ali’s site — thanks.
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Amy says
LMAO!!! awesome outtakes! Thank you so much for the downloads!
Bernadette Uzcategui says
Great download! Thanks so much for sharing this!
nicolinad says
Thanks Cathy! Love the freebies!
Betheroo says
Too funny! You sound like me trying to record a message on my answering machine – except that I often become profane!
Char Griffith says
lmao. That is too funny. I have the same problem when recording anything. Thanks for the downloads and the tutorial. I have been wanting to know how to do this forever!!
Suzer68 says
Thank you for the downloads and for the help in keeping my scrappin’style simple! 🙂
Jennifer says
You have such wit. I thoroughly enjoy your blog and your humor. You are just too much! 😉
Julia says
That was crazy funny… Thanks for the Tuesday Laugh. 🙂
Katherine McKamey says
Thanks for sharing that! It was just too funny! I’m very glad that you both have hands! LMAO!
Heather S., VT says
Hilarious! Thanks for sharing the “behind the scences!” The video tutorial was awesome! Thank you, I really enjoyed it. Thank you also for the great freebies! Have a great day!
Trish says
Those outtakes are so funny! I love your sense of humor (and the fact that you are willing to share the not so perfect side of yourself!) – Thanks for the feebies! I will definately be trying to use them!
Wendy says
Thank you for the great video and freebie. I appreciate it, Lord knows I can use all the help I can get :o)
Patience says
Thanks for sharing this! Went over to Ali’s blog and watched the tutorial. Learned so many little things. I was always doing things the hard way… Thanks! 🙂
Heather says
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I was soooo going about this grid thing the hard way! Just when I thought I learned all I could from your BP online class…. you entertain, inspire, and teach me yet again!
Dana J says
Thanks for the freebie! I kind of new the steps but your tutorial (and the .pdf!) is a lifesaver to have and to reference! Thanks!
ee k says
Thanks so much for the tutorial and freebies! I tried to open up the monthly snas psd but it is just in one layer instead of 12…am I doing something wrong?
Anita says
Loved the tutorial! I am new to photoshop and I love all the hints – there’s NO WAY I’d be able to figure this out on my own. Thanks Cathy & Ali!
Jenny Alfonso says
Thanks so much! It really is easy once you explained it 🙂 Can’t wait to try it out. I’ve always wanted to do this but thought it was a lot harder than it really was. And I was cracking up with your out takes!!! lol! Thanks for inspiring me on a daily basis!
Rhomany says
Thank you for the laugh, I really needed it. I’ve spent my whole weekend re-recording step by step videos in much the same way. Now I don’t feel quite so frustrated.
Susanna Boyd says
Your outtakes are HI-larious! I laughed and laughed. You have a great sense of humor and it’s a ball to read your blog.
Kathryn Wafer says
Thanks for the Tuesday morning laugh and the downloads. I started using PSE in your ECWAL class and now am hooked. OH why are there only 24 hours in a day?
Sue says
Love the outtakes, love the free download. Thanks for your generosity!
sue Treiber says
I love the video. I could watch you every day.
What’s with the haunted door in the background?
amyjk says
HILARIOUS. thanks for a great start to my day
o-girl says
I don’t even have PS or PSE but I had to watch the tutorial because I think you’re awesome and full of inspiring design awesomeness! Hmm, you wouldn’t happen to have some .png files of your free download would ya? I know the tutorial is all about PS & PSE but, like I said I don’t have either. Oh well…just thought I’d ask. The outtakes are priceless! “We’re both women and we both have hands!” lol
Marcie L says
Oh do I have a lot to learn. I just watched your tutorial and tried to follow along in PSE. I’m in trouble for your class, lol! I am going to try again watching the video AND following the written directions. I’m just not familiar with the software yet, but I’ll get there!
Thanks for the great freebies too!
Connie Myers says
Thanks for the morning laughter! Loved your outtakes 🙂
dmatthews says
The video was too funny!
I can’t figure out how to use the calendar one??? When I bring it up in PHotoshop (7) and try to use the move tool to move one of the months, it moves the whole page!!! Argh!
Erica Hettwer says
You are a nut! 😀 Thanks for the goodies, I’m off to Ali’s blog to see the tutorial.
Bonnie Lewis-Watts says
Love the tutorial, love the out-takes even more – you are my kind of peoples!
Diane Roberts says
ROFLMAO –
you
are
a
nutter.
That makes you an honorary Brit!
Jill says
Great tutorial. I’m playing (aka thinking/ intending/doing freebie workshops) with digital because I know it will help me w/ my backlog. This is one more great technique I will hang onto. Thanks!
Dana says
Was so excited to see that you were on Ali’s blog today and I loved the outtakes! Thanks for the freebies too…I’m going to use them right away.
Where is our Green Day post?!!
Cathy says
Oh, Green Day’s coming. i just have to write it up…
MichelleG says
Thank you!!
Rachel says
Oh my god. I have no idea why that was so hilarious, but it just was. “We both love tacos.” Hilarious! Love you, Cathy! Haven’t even met you but I just stinkin’ love you. 😉
Susan says
HELP! Got everything except the “mask + drag” which is what I really need. I place cursor (hand) between photo + layer A and press Alt and Nothing – nada. Am I not holding my mouth the right way or what? please tell me I’m not the only one
Susan
Marie-Précieuse says
Thank you!! Thank you! Thank you!! What a great tutorial! Now you make me want to re-do a page I made for my daughter’s first Christmas. It took me HOURS to make that grid and it is still not centered!
Do you sometimes re-do pages you are not happy with when you look back at them some months later?
I love your blog and your personality. Haven’t I seen these little outtakes, I wouldn’t have believe it because you always sound so natural. I love your way of speaking and being!! 🙂 Thanks again for everything!!
Tali says
YES!!! This tutorial is amazing. Thank you so much! Perfection.
I had to try it out right away, with some photos I have been dragging my feet on scrapping. Here is my layout! http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=175160&cat=500
janie says
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
debbie says
Thanks Cathy! You make photoshop look easy. My husband is a photoshop pro, but when he tried to explain it to me my eyes glazed over and all I heard was blah blah blah. I get it now. Thanks for the free downloads. Love the once a month idea. Even I can do that. Looking forward to the “me” class in September!
Linda says
Great post – yesterday and today.
Diane says
Wow. Thank you.
I have never scrapped digitally before but this could be the temptation that tips me over the edge!
Thanks for the tutorial. And the laugh.
Christine Villacarlos says
awesome. awesome. awesome. love you, Cathy! thanks for the downloads 😀
Stephanie says
Thank you! Great tutorial and my grid turned out great. Do you have a favorite 12 picture grid for a 12×12 size page?
It was actually the first thing I’ve ever done with my PSE that wasn’t just edited pictures!
Kathleen says
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You rock. I love this – never used grids before in Photoshop Elements. In fact I just downloaded the trail version the other day and am loving it! Thanks for the tutorial on the grids and photo blocks. Love it!
mary says
oh wow THANK YOU! I can’t wait to try this!!
Heather P says
Thank you for the tutorial! Love the outtakes and downloads too. Thank you!
Rebecca says
Wonderful tutorial…thanks for the downloads!
AnnB says
Oh my, thank you for that. I really LOVED that video!
heather g. says
cathy…cathy…cathy….you are THE cutest thing ever! I {heart} your outtakes…they totally made me giggle! You are my kinda person…witty, funny, goofy, can laugh at yourself and OMG creative. Rock on sistah!
Staci Miserlian says
Wow! You have actually made me think (after watching) that I might really be able to do that – make a grid in Photoshop and get it to work like you did. Don’t know if I CAN actually do it, but I *think I can*, which is practically doing it. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!
Christy Bridwell says
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhahahahahahahah that was awesome. Thank you for posting that. You are such an awesome person.
Seriously f-n hilarious.
Lynnette Wilkins says
LOL! Great outtakes. Thank you SO much for sharing your date stamps, I love ’em! Can’t wait to use them for an album. 🙂
Elaine says
OMG you are TTOOOOOOO FUNNY, GIRL!! )
just B says
Cathy thank you so much for sharing on Ali’s blog yesterday, I am excited to try grids in Photoshop, what a great way to display several photos at once. Thanks again!
lizzyfizzy says
you made me laugh wheeze. thanks for that. (((huuuun…could you bring me my asthma sprayer?!!?)))
🙂
stephanie says
Thanks for making me laugh and for the great grid design.
Theadora says
Just found your blog today through CK via Ali- to YOU! Your video was my “cuppa joe” today! THANK YOU!! Still wiping the tears from laughing!:)
sebnem says
Too funny!! You always make me laugh!
Christine Guest says
The tutorial was so inspiring. I could see making a grid of circles, or other shapes, or…
I just have to translate the instructions for the use on the Gimp. Since my computer is a Frankenstein of parts my husband found on the road on recycling day with a few choice things ordered from E-Bay or Tiger Direct, we use Linux, Ubuntu in particular. It makes no sense to buy a platform that costs more than the hardware. But standard tutorials need translation, even if open source programs rocks.
Do you know anyone who uses the Gimp for scrapbooking besides me?
Thanks again, your blog is delightful.
Christine
PS I blog because of your suggestion in CZ2
Jill says
You are freaking hilarious! Thanks for sharing the out takes!
megan says
could you share what fonts you used in the month template please?
thanks!
anna says
too funny!!!!
thanks for the great inspiration and downloads! i’m so happy that ali introduced us! 🙂
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Rhona says
Can I just say “THANK YOU!!!!” I have often wondered how everyone got the grids just right to print out on a single sheet of photo paper. I followed your tutorial and completed my first multi photo grid today and have now posted it on my blog because I feel so chuffed!! I can see many more grids coming up :o)
C@rol says
I just watched your outtakes and totally laughed! I’ve been in a funk and it sure made me smile.
Thanks for the terrific downloads! Can’t wait to use them. You’re a peach. 🙂
cjs says
Cathy – you made my day – you are too funny! Since I’m way behind on my digital scrapbooking skills, I will be forwarding this on to my sister who does actually DO things! hee hee
Kasandra Mathieson says
Thanks Cathy…..am so happy to be getting all the photoshop tips I can get! I think I need to break down and buy the Elements version, I have CS2 and the very basic Elements 2 so have to work a little harder at getting things done. Am looking forward to my birthday this month…..my husband has already been informed that I want a book called Clean and Simple! He was relieved, I think he thought I was asking for something way more pricey!
Thanks for all your hard work…..love your blog!
robin says
loved the download, but I came back again today to enjoy the video one more time. Thanks!
Chint says
Help – Cathy this is a great video. I am sooooo stumped on how to ‘mask’ since I don’t get that layers palette on the right of my screen and I can’t figure out how to get it. Can you help?? I am a newbee>>>
Susan says
HELP returns. Tried the rt margin thing, also the control-G. Neither worked. I don’t have “group with previous” as highlighted choice. Am I not holding my mouth right? Listening to the wrong music? More Green Day and less Jack Johnson. What? Susan
Beth R says
Finally, I can relate to a “famous” scrapbooking celebrity. I am a woman, I breath air, I have hands! and I LOVE tacos. So if I’m just like you why can’t I create like you?
OMG,that was the best laugh I have had this week. I have tears and my nose is stuffed(always happens when I laugh hard, wierd huh?)I so needed that. It just proves what I’ve always known ….the outakes are the best part of the movie.
I love your videos.Keep up the good work.
HeatherB says
Thank you, great date elements! 🙂
Melony Wells says
You crack me up!! That you shared your outtakes tells so much about your sense of humor. LOVE it!
Pam Funk says
I can’t quit laughting long enough to check out the real tutorial! Thanks for a laugh..and I really do learn alot from you. But the laugh is what today needed.
tania says
OMG.cracking.up. i love cathy z because 1. you ALWAYS, always, make me laugh. 2. you have a lot in common with ali e and 3. i like tacos too! hahahaha. SFA (stay funny….always.)
kristen says
the outtakes were hilarious! 🙂 I really enjoyed the tutorial and it’s on my to do list to try…you make it so easy to follow! thanks!
Jane T says
Thank you, Cathy for the tutorial and downloads. I’m usually bored with monthly layouts by about May … thanks to this format I am done to the end of June and my time is freed up for theme pages. Looking forward to your new class in September… just about to read the book.
Christine Guest says
Me again, I figured it out, and have made two pages in the last two days!
-Christine
Ramie says
I’m really late reading this, after an extended vacation. Thanks bunches for keeping the downloads up. Love the tutorial and using grids! Thanks again!