We've had so much snow here in the UK I'm kind of celebrating (although it is beginning to grate) by giving away my new So Cute Snowmen Stickers.
Use them in your Christmas scrapbook ideas or why not print them out for a last minute Christmas tag.
Download all three from TopScrapbookPageIdeas.com
Here's today's digital freebie for your Christmas scrapbook page ideas
Download the files from topscrapbookpageideas.com
But sometimes it’s hard to come up with new inspiration each time to find the phrase that helps your design flow. What do you do to get inspiration for scrapbooking quotes to use in your journalling and titles? Here's 3 tips that will help if you get stuck.
Journalling and titles can really give your scrapbook page that finishing touch and bring your photos together.
I really like this article on using different light sources in your photos. Great tips to improve your scrapbook ideas
Photo Tips with Allison: Lights!
http://www.designhousedigital.com/content/blog/photo-tips-with-allison-lights/
This time of year, no matter what you’re celebrating, seems to have lots of lights involved. Our days are shorter (and colder) and we spend more time indoors around fires, holiday lights and candles. I’m going to give you a few photo tips to help you take better images with all the lights.
Designer tip for your scrapbook page ideas
IN THE DESIGNER’S STUDIO WITH JAZZMIN DESIGNS
http://thedailydigi.com/in-the-designers-studio-with-jazzmin-designs/
I always love to get the focus on a page to the photo that I´m scrapping. I often use the multiply modus for this. Just duplicate the BG (or any other paper you wanna use) you´re using and set it to “multiply”. Then play with the opacitiy and use a smooth eraser in the part you want to highlight on your page! This is a easy trick, but can be very effective sometimes!
(as shown on my page)
Gather up some Journaling for your scrapbook page ideas ~
http://thedailydigi.com/gather-up-some-journaling/
The holiday season is the perfect time to gather journaling to use on scrapbook pages. Really, it is! Think about it, you have the opportunity to be together with friends and family members that you might not always see in your everyday life.
It's easy to make a scrapbook online if you don't have the experience or equipment to try your hand at digital scrapbooking.
I was only aware of Smilebox but there are more... find out here:
http://www.topscrapbookpageideas.com/make-a-scrapbook-online/make-a-scrapbook-online
I found this video the other day which has a really cool tutorial for making dirty, grunge looking text using photos.
This is one step in how to achieve successful grunge scrapbook layouts
Absorb Emulate and Innovate
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/absorb-emulate-and-innovate/
So, who do you want to emulate? Where are you finding your new ideas to absorb? And how have you innovated on them?
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Find It Quickly: Digital Scrapbook Kit Storage & Organization
What do you do when you've got so many digi scrap supplies on your computer? How long does it take you to find them?
Here's a top class tutorial on how you can effectively organise your digital scrapbook supplies
One of the first things I considered when I started digi-scrapping was the tracking of my kits – who is the designer and where did I buy the kit. I also had to consider “how” I scrap. I’m pretty much a kit scrapper. I like things to coordinate and I have limited time to scrap. Hunting and pecking through all of my kits for elements to go together isn’t really an option. I also wanted a means of keeping my digital scrapbooking stuff separate from everything else on my computer. So that is where I started:
http://www.owltreestudio.com/digi-info/digital-scrapbook-kit-storage-organization
The Art of Conversation: Transform Your Scrapbook Journaling Through Dialogue
http://debbiehodge.com/2010/10/scrapbook-journaling-conversation/
One of the simplest, yet most engaging ways to transform journaling into a colorful and vibrant story is through dialogue.
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Download your free scrapbook page template here. It comes in a layered PSD file for Photoshop and Elements.
As this is my first freebie giveaway I need your feedback please.
If you can leave a comment on my blog I would really appreciate it... I can then get designing some more scrapbook page layouts... thx - Rich :)
Check out my "At the Beach" scrapbook page layout on my blog... I'm also giving away the template.
9 productive things to do with 10 minutes « Simple Scrapper
http://www.simplescrapper.com/2010/10/27/9-productive-digi-things-to-do-in-10-minutes/
You only have ten minutes… you want to be productive, but you keep thinking to yourself, it’s only ten minutes.
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What do you do? Check out 9 productive things to do in 10 minutes to improve your productivity.
Colour in your scrapbook page ideas
Great use of colour in a scrapbook page. I love the way the magenta pink leads the eye round the design and pulls the whole scrapbook layout together.
Check out more on Cathy Zielske's Blog
About A Boy: Five Ways To Photograph Active Children
http://ianck.blogspot.com/2010/07/five-ways-to-photograph-active-children.html
Taking pictures of children can be tricky. They move, squirm, make faces, and don’t always cooperate. The hardest times to photograph them can be some of the moments you most want to remember!
So how do you photograph them before they can’t even stand being around you?
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Journaling Borrowed From The Internet
http://thedailydigi.com/journaling-borrowed-from-the-internet/
I love to borrow journaling from the internet. Really! When you have a world of knowledge at your fingertips, it only makes sense to use it to tell your own stories!
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Perfectly Fitted (Photoshop)
http://www.scrappersguide.com/tips_ps/fitted-ps/
I love frames. I really love old frames. Frames come in all sizes and shapes: stamp frames, oval frames, rectangle frames, square frames, heart frames. Get the picture? When trying to fit my picture into the frame, I worry about space showing. You know, the space where your picture ends and the frame starts. There is an easy way to fix this.
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Great tips by Lisa Hanks. I've been using Photoshop for years and there are still things I overlook that could speed up my productivity when digi scrapping and this article shows one of them :)
You might also like my tutorial on creating an out of bounds scrapbook page layout for some more scrapbook page ideas
I've put together a quick tutorial for creating an "Out of Bounds" scrapbook page layout
Check it out here:
Please leave comments on the blog :)
PLAY IT AGAIN!
http://thedailydigi.com/play-it-again/
there is not a “right way” or a “wrong way” to put together a layout. It’s more about capturing the memory, finding your own style(s), and PLAYING! Yes, it’s ok to play and have fun!
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Photography Class with Katrina: Metering in Low Light
http://thedailydigi.com/photography-class-with-katrina-metering-in-low-light/
How do you go about capturing a photo in low light? Metering, or exposing, for the light can be tricky with the contrast between bright lights and dark subjects messing with your light meter.
There are two key things to keep in mind when shooting in low light – shoot with a high ISO and watch your shutter speed.
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IN THE DESIGNER’S STUDIO WITH KATE HADFIELD
http://thedailydigi.com/in-the-designers-studio-with-kate-hadfield/
It’s rather ironic that my tip is about organization as I am one of the least organized people I know! LOL I store my photos in folders named by year, month and day and I also save a notepad file in the folder containing some notes about the photos.
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Here's a new scrapbook page layout - Chloe at the Farm. I'm particularly liking the background photo :)
More scrapbook page ideas...
Its here already the end of the month!
http://scrapbooklady.typepad.com/katie_the_scrapbook_lady/2010/09/its-here-already-the-end-of-the-month.html
The important thing is to just take a few minutes to record the memories of the month before they are forgotten!
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Here's a scrapbook page I've just finished of my daughter Chloe -
Credits: Distant Memories Kit by Nicole Young at www.digitalscrapbookplace.com
Font: Mutlu
Stay tuned for more scrapbook page ideas
How to Protect Photographs and Artwork in Your Scrapbooks | Cricuts Online
http://www.cricutsonline.com/scrapbooking-ideas/how-to-protect-photographs-and-artwork-in-your-scrapbooks/
Whether you’re storing your photographs to use later, or placing them in your scrapbook, it’s important you look carefully into what you’re using to store them.
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- great article on protecting your photographs and preserving your scrapbook page ideas
Beautiful scrapbook page ideas from Sugarplum Paperie
See more at http://www.sugarplumpaperie.com/2010/09/27/creative-monday-69/
Unique ways to present a scrapbook as a gift - by Suzanne Rose ...
http://www.helium.com/items/1959413-unique-ways-to-present-a-scrapbook-as-a-gift
A scrapbook is a wonderful gift that likely took you a long time to prepare. It is only fitting that the presentation be just as special. Consider the following unique ways to present such a gift.
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Inspiration to Kick Off Your Week « DailyDigi
http://thedailydigi.com/inspiration-to-kick-off-your-week/
For me, scrapbooking is all about the stories and the preserving of memories. I want my kids and grandkids to know the little bits and pieces of my life that made me who I am. I think that this layout is one of those special ones. I love the HUGE title and the long journaling to share the story of the artist’s first house. I am sure it will be cherished!
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Fall scrapbook page ideas from theladybugpages
I have a fun freebie for you today! It is a layered Pumkin Template that you can use with photos, papers, or a combination of them. Best of all, it is CU ok as long as it is modified and in a flattened format! No credit required.
Fantastic digital scrapbooking elements freebie by tempus fugit
More scrapbook page ideas...
Become an expert using rub-ons in your scrapbook pages. Check out the video below where Jen Gallacher, contributing editor for Scrapbook Trends shares to some quick rub-on tips. They are fun and easy and can be used on almost anything.
Stay tuned for more scrapbook page ideas
Scrapbook page ideas and digital scrapbook freebie by IreneO
Click the link to download:
http://ireneo-squarepeg.blogspot.com/2010/09/tell-story-template-3-for-storybook-and.html
The app is free today - http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/photo-wall-pro-collage-app/id356206839?mt=8
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