Digital Scrapbooking Question

I hope you get some help, Angelica. I would be interested in doing that.

I have no idea either, but I have heard of it, wish I was more help. Keep us posted.

www.hp.com has a free class tohellp you learn about digital scrapbooking. It is really interesting.

Michelle ~ Thank you. I will have to go and check that out, to see if I can figure it out. :) Thanks again.

I signed up for the scrapbooking class it starts the 15th of this month for those of you who are interested. :)

Good! I might join it too.

I don't do scrapbooking because it gets to expensive.

Angelica,

Thanks!

Cortney ~ Scrapbooking does get expensive but with digital scrapbooking all you would need is the freebies that a lot of site offer, and a program like paint shop pro or any other program that allows you to edit your photos.

Philip ~ You are quite welcome. :)

I made my kids website like a digital scrap book:

http://herbers.valknot.com

Just click one of the names on the side, and it takes you to pages much like scrap book pages. I use paint shop pro, and construct the page on layers. Each "page" you see is 1 single image. I found background pictures, used colors like sheets of paper, added a "matte" to some of the images, etc.

Heather ~ Your website looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing. I'll have to get my hubby to help me out with paint shop pro. He's the expert in this house with that program.

My kids bought me the Scrapbook Factory Deluxe software, which is about $30 i think, for Christmas and I love it! You can make and print standard scrapbook pages, the bigger size pages (if your printer can do it, mine cannot) as well as create digital scrapbooks, and everything is super easy. It can do other stuff too like make crafts like bookmarks, journal pages, mini brag books, etc, but I haven't done much with those things yet.

Annette ~ I just looked at that software when I was at Sam's this weekend. I wanted to buy it but decided to wait cause of the money situation. After we get paid this week, I might go back this weekend and pick it up.

Thanks for letting me know that you like this. I will have a lot more time on my hands now that my hubby is going back to second shift and I might be able to do more with it.

Thanks again!

I want to learn to do the digital scrapbook. I have the CM software (Creative Memories) but it's not quite what I'm looking for. I want something that can help me create scrapbook looking webpages...kind of like what Heather did (cute kids btw), but more....elaborate I guess is the word.

I just discovered digital scrapbooking in January 2007. I really love it. Use Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, buy and download lots from digi-scrapping sites. Lots of freebies and samples too on sites and scrapping blogs - usually free for personal use. Not sure if I can share my digi-scrap links here - but contact me for more info.

Here is a link to my blog - lots of of digi-scrap links and layouts to view there. Check it out at
www.welcometomyworldjanmary.blogspot.com
and feel free to say Hi too.

Angela,
The great thing about digital scrapbooking is that you can reuse the items you get, you can move things around in your photo program until you get them just the way you want them, there's no mess, and the layouts don't make a really really thick book! I use www.heritagemakers.com/174347 to print a hardbound book out of my layouts and they come out awesome! You can also use your digital items you get and print them out and use them on cards etc.

You can get some great freebies here, some awesome kits at reasonable prices, fun challenges to do, tutorials to help you, and a wonderful community that is always ready to help!
http://www.divinedigital.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=379

Ditto Michelle! I've been doing digital layouts for awhile now and use Photoshop Elements. You can download a free trial version at Adobe's website. It does have a steep learning curve. But if you've got the time, run through some tutorials and you'll find that it's easier than you first thought. I've got freebie kits on my blog too.
http://sjwrightcreations.blogspot.com/

a really really simple way to digital scrapbook without buying a program is to use www.scrapblog.com. Mind you, you are limited to their elements and backgrounds, but they are getting new ones all the time, and they already have a LOT of stuff on there. I like it because it's really simple, and if you don't have much time, you can just add your pictures in to a layout they have set up, but if you have a lot of time you can create the whole page yourself, however you want.

They are going to also start offering printing soon, but since they don't yet, you're able to export them to your computer as a JPEG. From there you can put it on a memory card and go print them at Wal*Mart on photo quality paper pretty easily, or you can just print them on your home computer, email them, whatever... it makes for a really neat and really inexpensive gift.