Digital Diva
Among the many crafts I enjoy is scrapbooking. Traditional scrapbooking, where you pull out the photographs and cut, arrange, glue, etc. was my very first craft that I was passionate about. I began scrapbooking in high school and have never stopped.
Since having children I have tried to put together scrapbooks for my girls, though like most scrapbookers I'm very behind. I know some day I will catch up, so it doesn't really bother me. However, I have recently discovered digital scrapbooking and I think this method could help me to catch up even sooner than if I continue to do everything the traditional way.
I LOVE getting my hands into the paper, embellishments and adhesive, so for me traditional scrapbooking is going to always be used for certain projects. For others though, I will use digital. I have software and tonight I began using it for the first time. I chose a random photograph and decided to play around. With the help of some instructions from a fellow scrapbooker, I came up with this:
I have ZERO graphic design experience so to be able to create something like this in less than a half hour was amazing to me! The other ladies scrapbooking with me tonight were getting a kick out of my excitement. Truly though, I never imagined that my first page would be this beautiful!
For those of you who will ask, I am using Creative Memories Storybook software, 4.0. It costs a fraction of what photoshop would cost and has more options than I could ever imagine being able to use. Also, you are not limited to only printing pages and projects through Creative Memories (something that I had previously believed which held me back from using the software until now). I am going to be spending a lot of time using the software to familiarize myself and to try new things. Hopefully I'll have more projects to share soon!
Since having children I have tried to put together scrapbooks for my girls, though like most scrapbookers I'm very behind. I know some day I will catch up, so it doesn't really bother me. However, I have recently discovered digital scrapbooking and I think this method could help me to catch up even sooner than if I continue to do everything the traditional way.
I LOVE getting my hands into the paper, embellishments and adhesive, so for me traditional scrapbooking is going to always be used for certain projects. For others though, I will use digital. I have software and tonight I began using it for the first time. I chose a random photograph and decided to play around. With the help of some instructions from a fellow scrapbooker, I came up with this:
I have ZERO graphic design experience so to be able to create something like this in less than a half hour was amazing to me! The other ladies scrapbooking with me tonight were getting a kick out of my excitement. Truly though, I never imagined that my first page would be this beautiful!
For those of you who will ask, I am using Creative Memories Storybook software, 4.0. It costs a fraction of what photoshop would cost and has more options than I could ever imagine being able to use. Also, you are not limited to only printing pages and projects through Creative Memories (something that I had previously believed which held me back from using the software until now). I am going to be spending a lot of time using the software to familiarize myself and to try new things. Hopefully I'll have more projects to share soon!
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