Have you ever been disappointed by an element in a scrapbook kit?

Surely you have.

This happened to me just a few weeks ago.

I purchased and downloaded a new-to-me scrapbook kit. To my glorious surprise it contained a potentially good photo mask (woot!) -- you know, like the ones mentioned in Part One of my Tricky Transparency series.

But, after running ahead and clipping a photo to the mask, I found it to be a huge disappointment. There was no transparency inside the mask itself. (cry)

This week on the blog I’ll show you how to quickly overcome the disappointment of a potentially good mask by creating transparency -- the all important ingredient.

Here’s the before and after image. The “before” contains no inner transparency. The “after” does. Which one do you prefer? I personally love the varied saturation of the second image. Below you’ll find the link to the blogpost showing how to achieve this effect.

Have a great week! See you in the galleries.

Read: Read: Tricky Transparency, Part Four -- Creating a Brush and Improving Transparency