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Well you have finally decided that digital scrapbooking is for you, bought the software, installed it on your computer, but now what?

Let’s start this journey together, I recently started digital scrapbooking but as with all my hobbies (as my husband will tell you) I tend to rush in feet first, and want to run before I can walk. So I have decided to start again with this blog, on my journey to conquer digital scrapbooking once and for all.

I think you should come along on this journey with me, coming?

Step 1 - Find good and easy tutorials on the web.

Step 2 - Follow along with the tutorial.

Step 3 - Show image of Scrapbook Page created by me from Tutorial.

Step 4 - Comments on Tutorial eg was it easy to follow.

Step 5 - Provide links to the Tutorial.

Each time I post I will try out a new tutorial, and try to complete each step above, this way hopefully we will learn lots of new tricks together, and we can help each other out with ideas,tips and tricks.

Ok let’s get on, to try the tutorial just click on the link below:-

Step 1 - Today’s tutorial is provided by Everyday Digital Scrapbooking

Step 2 - I followed along with this tutorial by Julie Kelly, she provides links to the papers she used, but as you can see I just used by own papers.

Step 3 - The page I created is the image at the beginning of this post.

Step 4 - I thought this was a great first tutorial for any beginner to try, you don’t have to do all the parts of a tutorial, just choose the bits you like and when you think your page looks good finish it there.

Step 5 - Whoops I have already provided the link in step 1.

Hope you tried out this tutorial, and had fun creating your first digital scrapbooking page. Come back soon and we will continue on our journey, to discover the thrills of Digital Scrapbooking.

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Scrapbooking Children’s Stories - Article by Wes Wadell

I discovered an article today by Wes Wadell about Scrapbooking Children’s Stories, and I thought what a neat idea. It would be great to create digital scrapbook pages using your digital scrapbook software of the hundreds of stories you make up for your children.

Each of your digital scrapbook pages could be a different story you have told your child over the years, you could journal this on your page or even better get your child to hand write the story then scan the page and alter with your digital scrapbook software. How about adding a picture your child has drawn, or take a picture of your proud child holding their drawing and add this to your page. Creating a scrapbook page of your children’s stories or dreams will be a priceless addition to your digital scrapbook.

The possibilities are endless, and you will have created a great treasure for generations to come!

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Digital Scrapbook Software - I came across this very interesting review article by PC Magazine of nine photo-editing and photo-sharing applications and sites. I thought it would be useful for anyone who may be thinking of trying out digital scrapbooking for the first time, and wanted to know of the various software options.

The article gives a review of each application and sites, showing how the powerful tools provided in them are great for both pros and beginners alike, and all are simple to use.

Altering images and having ways of sharing your digital scrapbooking pages once you have created them is very important when choosing your software, so to find the best ones for you take a look at the links below which I have taken from the original article or if you prefer read the full article here.

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I came across this article in the Providence Journal which is about a service for scanning all your photographs for you, so that all your pictures will be on your computer and ready for you to make into digital scrapbooking pages. I think this is a fantastic idea and such a time saver, imagine all your photographs in one place and ready at a moments notice to scrapbook!

ScanMyPhotos charges $50 for1,000 photos, which is a great price.

To read the full article click Scan and Save

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Digital Scrapbook Software

Option 1 - Adobe Photoshop Elements

Photoshop Elements Software is an excellent choice for the craft of Digital Scrapbooking. Photoshop has long been the industry leader in photo editing but the price tag usually puts the average person, looking into the hobby of digital scrapbooking, off. This is were Photoshop Elements steps up, you get many of the features of Photoshop, you can find plenty of tutorials, books and support sites relating to the subject of Photoshop Elements and Digital Scrapbooking and it is much easier to grasp than its big brother, Photoshop.

Photoshop Elements has two parts, one the Organiser were you can (you guessed it) organize your photographs and two the editor were you can (you guessed it again) edit your photo’s or digital scrapbook pages.

What I usually do when preparing for a digital scrapbooking page, in organizer I have folders for :-

Before Photographs (before I have done any image corrections)

After Photographs (with improvements hopefully, eg cropped to an interesting size, and improvements in the look of the photograph.)

Design Effects Photographs ( e.g any photographs with text added, or a tint to the photo etc)

Paper - I have a folder with all the papers in I may use with two sub section folders one for digital papers I have created and one for digital papers I have bought or downloaded as freebies.

Embellishments - again a folder for embellishments with two sub folders one for (you guessed it) embellishments I have created and one for ones I have bought or downloaded as freebies.

Finished Page - a folder with finished layouts in.

Finished Page for Web - a folder with finished layouts saved for web ( correct size etc, this is easy to do in Elements)

The editor side of Elements is were you create all your scrapbooking pages, and this is really were all the fun starts, I must just say I am a little biased towards Photoshop Elements as this is were I have created most of my scrapbooking pages. If you want to take a look at some examples of a true beginner at digital scrapbooking, take a look at my website. Hopefully this will inspire you to have a go at this great hobby and learn some new skills on the way.

I will be looking at other options for digital scrapbooking software in the coming weeks, I did Photoshop Elements first because it is the one I use and love, but I will be researching others….

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Discover the thrill of Digital Scrapbooking.

Traditional scrapbooking has been a popular hobby now for years, but have you heard of its baby brother?

Digital Scrapbooking is the relatively new form of Scrapbooking which allows you to ditch the paper, glue, and tape in favor of a digital camera, a computer and digital scrapbook software.

Now let’s get started, first things first, you will need a digital scrapbook software program, and you have many to choose from, for example Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Photo Impact and Paint Shop Pro, to name but a few. You need to decide which one is right for you, considering price, ease of use, and what you want to achieve with your software now, and in the future (when you become the resident expert!).

Over the next few weeks/months/years I hope to entice you into the beautiful, creative world of Digital Scrapbooking, by reviewing the various Digital Scrapbook Software options available to you, revealing my personal favorites and showing you some of my Digital Scrapbooking efforts.

Whether you are a scrapbooking expert or a total beginner, like myself, I encourage you to release your inner creative side and give Digital Scrapbooking a go. At this point though, I must issue a warning, it’s addictive and you will become totally obsessed with it.

You have been warned…

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