Digital Scrapbooking

I received numerous comments and emails regarding the digital layouts that I posted so I thought I would share a little more about this new hobby of mine.

One of my friends started digital scrapbooking last summer and has gone gung-ho with it. She even began her own business, so if you don’t want to learn to scrapbook yourself you can always pay her to do it for you!

I originally wanted to start digital scrapbooking last summer but I had my wedding album to finish which was a handmade scrapbook. I finally finished it towards the end of the summer (3.5 years after the wedding… but who’s counting…) and by then school started and I just never had time to devote to digital.

Since Bo was born I’ve been well… busy. I’ve taken tons of pictures but then the question becomes, what do I want to do with them? Finally, at the advice of Skygirl, I signed up for a digital scrapbooking class online.

I’ve really enjoyed the class and because it is an actual class it forces me to make time to devote to it. Needless to say, Bo’s scrapbook is started, which is farther than I was a month ago. I’m using Photoshop Elements 6.0 (my new computer came with it). We use Photoshop CS2 at school (for the yearbook) and I love it but we have Macs at school and I’m too cheap to buy the full version for my PC at home. Elements works well and I can do everything I need to do.

The page above is one that is completed in the first digital scrapbooking class offered by Jessica Sprague – Up and Running with Photoshop. I don’t think the next beginners class is until fall but on the site you can sign up to be notified about when the registration will be. The layouts for the class really aren’t my style but it is still fun and has motivated me!

I hope this helps all of you out there who are wanting to start digital scrapbooking!