HOW TO: Add Paper Behind a Frame (3 ways)

For this tutorial, I will show you three different ways in which you can add paper behind a frame. I will start with the hardest and end with the easiest. Please remember that most frame papers can be added in the same way for each. I am just demonstrating the different ways you can. You choose the one that you like best.

The first way is to have your frame ready and then add paper behind the image, as seen in this first step (frame by Raspberry Road Designs).

Since this frame is thick, version one is to add a paper over the frame (to center it), moving it below the frame layer and using an erase to remove the excess.

After you add a mask, tube, name and copyright, you'll have a design similiar to mine below:

The second way is by using your cropping tool. This is very useful if you have a square or rectangle frame. Add your paper below your frame, making sure it is centered under your frame.

Select the Retangle Select tool from your toolbox. Hide the paper layer that is over your frame but do not leave this layer.

Follow the opening of the frame with your rectangle tool until you get your marching ants (as seen below).

The paper layer will look like this:

While still on then the paper layer, got to Edit > Invert Selection and now the paper layer looks like this:

Hit delete on your paper layer and move below the frame layer. Now your design may look like this:

The third and final way I learned while trying to follow a tutorial completed in PSP. This way works most of the time, unless there are a lot of openings (which means you must keep duplicating the paper and layer and repeating the process until completed, which is crazy absurd to do).

Again, add your paper over the frame, grab your magic wand and click inside the frame opening. And again, you'll see the marching ants.

Again, go to Edit > Invert Selection > and hit delete while on the the paper layer. Move this below the frame layer. However, as you can see, we are still missing two places so you must repeat the process until they are filled.

Now you should have a design that looks like this:

Choose which way is easiest for you and practice. You'll never go back when you can do it the easiest way!