Scrapbook ideas and tutorials

by Betsy Sammarco While I don’t make digital scrapbook pages, I do love adding digital bits to my paper scrapbook pages. I think of my computer as another tool in my scrapbooking tool box. It helps that this “tool” is fun to use and has limitless applications! Making hybrid scrapbook pages lets me mix the [...]

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By Paula Gilarde If you’re not a big fan of your own handwriting, or if you just prefer the look of typed journaling, here are 5 ways to get computer printed journaling onto your scrapbook pages–without a wide-format printer. 1. Use printed tags or journaling spots. Pre-printed tags or journaling spots don’t have to be [...]

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By Paula Gilarde I like adding computer-printed journaling to my paper scrapbook pages. I frequently use strips or journaling blocks, but I also like to use decorative journaling spots and tags. While it can be a little trickier to add printed journaling, it’s  not impossible. Here are a few tips to get you started. 1. Measure [...]

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by Paula Gilarde Digital photo masks come in a variety of shapes and sizes and you can use them to get cool effects on your photos. You can then use these altered photos on digital or hybrid/paper layouts. To get the look on the photo above, I used one of Katie Pertiet’s Blocked Out Photo [...]

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By Pattie Knox As memory keepers we recognize that photos only tell part of the story. We fill our own cardboard boxes, knowing that this memorabilia contains the missing pieces in the tale of our lives. My own two children are now in their twenties. I have folders and boxes scattered throughout my house containing [...]

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By Paula Gilarde We’ve all used a computer to type up our journaling – right? Digital labels or journaling spots can add a lot of interest to your layout without a lot of effort. In my layout I used the Spring tag from Ali Edwards’ Spring Celebrations Element  Pack. I also framed my photos with [...]

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by Tami Taylor In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the King says “Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”  What fascinates me is how different the end is for everyone. You could give a group of kindergartners the same three colors of paint and a brush and you [...]

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by Debbie Hodge I love printing digital elements directly to cardstock and patterned papers for my scrapbook pages. To make the vertical border on “Five Star Attraction,” I opened a photoshop document 12” x 12” and 300 ppi resolution. I stamped a digital star brush one time, then copied that brush to a new layer [...]

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Betsy Sammarco made this page of her niece while she was on vacation! “Hybrid is vacation friendly,” she said, explaining that she doesn’t usually scrapbook on vacation. She began the page with a Jen Martakis template and American Crafts digital elements from DaisyTrail.com Before leaving for vacation,  Betsy printed the base of the layout with [...]

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by Amy Kingsford Making your own digital invitations, announcements and greeting cards can be simple, inexpensive and speedy…especially when you use helpful tools such as digital templates, that most of us digital scrapbookers already have on hand! Read on to see how to use Photoshop Elements or Photoshop CS PLUS a template to make your [...]

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