The dark side of scrapbooking that is.
I've been fighting working digitally from the start. My dh bought me one of the earlier digi scrapbooking programs, but I declined to even upload it to my machine. That was probably a good 10 years ago. Much of the scrapbooking industry has moved in this direction, though you'd never know it from our guest room/scrapbook room/craft room or whatever you'd like to call it.
I had an offer for a very inexpensive photo book. Said offer was about to expire. Knowing a bargain when I see one, I couldn't resist. I spent a few hours (not many) putting together a 30 page album from out last cruise. I tried to use the templates that come with Photoshop Elements 5.0, but wasn't happy. I then tried to use some free digi elements I had downloaded, but the process was too slow and it wasn't working out for me. So, in frustration, I made a simple book using the same background, journaling font and my photos. After I finished the 30 pages, I nearly flipped when I saw I had to design the covers and spine too. But I managed.
I decided today that I would try again and make an actual page. Just a simple one. Here are the results. This took 10 minutes tops. Almost 10 minutes on the nose. I used a free digital kit from ShabbyPrincess.
3 comments:
Good for you!! I keep meaning to try it - it would certainly free up some space in my little house, as I too have a guestroom/scraproom and mine is also a workout room (so much for the big house in NJ :)
Anyway, my current obsession is Shutterfly albums. I've cranked out 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 in the past 6 months. A great way to get an entire years worth of pics in one slim book, rather than 10 scrap albums :)
Hope you're well. Tell the folks at SMIT hi for me.
Ah. Another one converted to the dark side. :)
Love it, Melissa!!!
What Steph said. LOL!!
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