So today I competed another page. My goal today was to use the things that I learned from yesterday, without having to look any of it up. I did pretty well. I am getting more comfortable with the layering. I feel good about it.
I also found some more free items yesterday evening. Most designers offer some sort of freebie. Its a great way to get to try their work out, before you buy anything. And its great to start stocking my scrapbooking stash, without breaking my wallet. Some of the papers and embellishments are just so pretty, and they look so real. And best of all, you can use them over and over again. So much better than paper that you can only use once.
The thing that I want to work on this weekend is organizing all of my stash. I need to find an easy way to organize it, so it isn't as hard to find something. Hopefully this weekend I will get a chance to work on it this weekend. Have a great one!
PS. I will post my page later this weekend...I am too tired tonight.
Friday, August 21
Thursday, August 20
My First Digital Scrapbook Page
Okay, first of all let me say, that although its a little complicated, Gimp is an amazing program. It can do so many really really cool things. And best of all its free, unlike photoshop. You can download it here if you are interested.
I finished my first page today. I did it while watching some tutorials by Beene Designs on YouTube on how do scrapbook using Gimp. She has some really good information. The only thing that I wish was a little better was the visual quality of the video, but I was able to follow along well enough and learn the concepts that she was teaching. The hardest part was learning about all the layering. But once I figured it out, it really wasn't that hard.
The paper and embellishments that I used I got for free from Simply Clean Digi Scraps. Her website is awesome and she has some great items that you can download for free. This really helps, since I don't want to spend any money on anything while I am learning.
Anyways, I would love to know what you think of my first page. I need feedback. So please comment. Thanks!
(This scrapbook page was made using a free kit from Simply Clean Digi Scraps. No part of this image may be reproduced in any manner.)
Wednesday, August 19
And I found it!
Lately I have been trying to come up with things that I can do to keep myself entertained right before and after the baby is born. I need a creative outlet. As many of you can identify with, right after a baby is born is not the time to be able to do craft very easily, especially if you already have other young children as well. Well I am about to have three under the age of five and I don't have much time for cutting out patterns, piecing together quilts, crotching blankets, and all of the other crafty things that I enjoy doing. So I needed to figure out something. And I think I have.
Before Alyssa was born I loved scrapbooking. I really got into it and loved putting together memories, using all kinds of neat paper and embellishments. But after baby it was impractical. No sooner would I get things out, then I would have to walk away from my project for a crying baby. And things didn't get any better the older she got--now she wanted to "help." So I have up scrapbooking.
But now there is digital scrapbooking! I am excited about all the things that I have been able to learn about it just in a few hours today. I am really looking forward to it. For me, its going to be perfect, or at least I think it will. I won't have loads of stuff sitting around, waiting to get messed up. I won't have to get everything out and then put it back up. And for me, best of all, I can do it on my computer while doing other things, ie nursing said children. The blog that I have found to be most helpful so far is DigiScrapping with Jen I have really enjoyed reading through this blog and getting some great information and ideas.
The first hurdle that I came to was about Photoshop. I don't have Photoshop. And come to find out it is expensive. I knew that my mom had some sort of image editing software, and wanted to find out what she used, and where she got it, how much it cost, etc. I am so glad that I called her. She told me about Gimp. It is a free down loadable program that works much like photoshop. She loves it, and best of all its free! I will post again after I have downloaded it and learned some more about it. :)
Before Alyssa was born I loved scrapbooking. I really got into it and loved putting together memories, using all kinds of neat paper and embellishments. But after baby it was impractical. No sooner would I get things out, then I would have to walk away from my project for a crying baby. And things didn't get any better the older she got--now she wanted to "help." So I have up scrapbooking.
But now there is digital scrapbooking! I am excited about all the things that I have been able to learn about it just in a few hours today. I am really looking forward to it. For me, its going to be perfect, or at least I think it will. I won't have loads of stuff sitting around, waiting to get messed up. I won't have to get everything out and then put it back up. And for me, best of all, I can do it on my computer while doing other things, ie nursing said children. The blog that I have found to be most helpful so far is DigiScrapping with Jen I have really enjoyed reading through this blog and getting some great information and ideas.
The first hurdle that I came to was about Photoshop. I don't have Photoshop. And come to find out it is expensive. I knew that my mom had some sort of image editing software, and wanted to find out what she used, and where she got it, how much it cost, etc. I am so glad that I called her. She told me about Gimp. It is a free down loadable program that works much like photoshop. She loves it, and best of all its free! I will post again after I have downloaded it and learned some more about it. :)
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