I don't think I know even one mom who doesn't keep photos in some kind of book or album. And often it's quite a challenge to figure out the best way to display and keep all those photos of your darling! Well, with the digital age sweeping the nation the scrapbooking industry was right there ready for the newest and greatest solution to your photo archiving needs: Digital Scrapbooking!! I'm nuts about digital scrapbooking but since I'm still a relative novice I asked my wonderfully talented friend,
Tara, to introduce us to the exciting world of Digital Scrapbooking!
By: taracotta7 
I don’t know about you but I just love a good photo
album! I could look at pictures for
hours. My only problem is that I want to
know the story behind the pictures.
Sometimes the person who owns the album can take the time to share with
me and sometimes not. That is what got
me started in scrapbooking. It is all
about getting your story told and pictures to show it off! I love that.
It makes the perfect gift for your family to cherish for many
years. I started paper scrapbooking when
I was in high school. I always loved
it. Then a couple years ago, I met a
friend that did DIGITAL scrapbooking! It
just sounded so amazing to me. And now, I have to say…..I love it. There
are many things attractive about digital scrapbooking like no mess to clean up,
cheap supplies and best of all it doesn’t take up any room!
Hopefully I have got you interested…..at
least into getting more information about it!
To get started, it doesn’t take much. All you need is a program that you can edit
photos and create pages with. People
have used anything from Microsoft Publisher to dedicated scrapbooking
software. I personally use Photoshop
Elements 6. I was able to go the Adobe website and
download a FREE 30 day trial
of their software.
Adobe has several different software programs. I wanted to take baby steps into digital
scrapbooking so I bought one of the least expensive. But there are many programs to choose from. The most commonly used are
Photoshop,
Photoshop Elements,
PhotoImpact,
Paint Shop Pro,
CorelDRAW,
PrintMaster® Platinum,
FotoFusion and
Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Designer
Platinum. It ranges in cost from fifty
dollars to several hundred (mine was close to $100). I believe that whatever
you choose is a cheap investment compared to paper scrapbooking. Also, for
those that don’t think of themselves as scrapbookers, digital seems to be the
way to go. It is just easier and you don’t have to be as creative. It
seems to be something that most everyone can enjoy.
Now you may be sitting there wondering what does a digital
scrapbook page look like? Well, I am so
glad you asked!
There are many galleries
that you can find online to get some creative ideas from. If you want to peek at some of those galleries,
here is a list of just a few of my favorites.
Shabby Miss Jenn,
ScrapGirls,
Sweet Shoppe,
Shabby Princess, and
ScrapArtist. These enclosed are few of my favorite
layouts I have done to share with you. They look 3-D just like a paper scrapbook page.
Thanks, Tara!! Look for upcoming articles by Tara
on the following topics: How to get
started using your program and find tutorials, the best places to shop for
supplies and printing choices for your pages.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Tara
by
email or her
xanga
site.
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