Essential supplies for digital scrapbooking from SimpleScrapper

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10 Must-Haves for Digital Scrapbooking

1. Photos that speak to you

Without photos or at least a story in hand, your scrapbook page is simply a collage. Choose to keep your images organized to be able to honor your memories when the inspiration strikes.


2. A great handwriting font

Sometimes I’ll use a classic serif or sans serif font on a digital page, but most of the time I go for the semi-messy look of handwritten journaling. The Fonts for Peas collection from Kevin & Amanda is my go-to source for endless choices in fun, girly handwriting. If you want your own font, however, I will always recommend Darcy Baldwin at the Sweet Shoppe.


3. Neutral textured paper

If you didn’t paper scrapbook before coming to digital, you may not initially appreciate a perfect crisp solid card stock. While there are many options across the community, Katie Pertiet is known for her classic paper collection. 
 
 
4. A classy alpha


Many digital kits come with customized alphas, but they are not always as timeless as say, Thickers are to a paper scrapbooker. Look for simple, neutral alphabets that are easily recolored, like these from Sahlin Studio.
 
 
5. Several fresh but timeless kits


I like to build my stash with colorful, well designed products in a range of themes. While I have many go-to designers, my never-fail sources for freshness are Sweet Shoppe Designs, The Digichick and The Lilypad. Look for funky collections that stretch your imagination as well as timeless basics you can use again and again!
 
 
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Digi Scrapbooking: Using piece-a-cake pages

I downloaded a free kit from shabbyprincess - In The Groove Album
This had made scrapbooking very easy because the layout and design is already there and all you have to do is resize, rotate and insert your pictures =) You may also click this link for the tutorial.

Here are some samples of piece-a-cake pages I made:

ShabbyPrincess website is my frequently visited site there many free kits for download and very helpful tutorials for beginners like me =)

Digi Scrapbooking: After following a video tutorial

I found this video tutorial by Ali Edwards about creating layouts with layered templates. I followed this tutorial and here is the result.

This looks better than my work in previous post =) I learned many things from this tutorial. I hope you'll also find it useful.

New Hobby - Digital Scrapbooking

Aside from my two boys this newfound hobby is keeping me busy - digital scrapbooking. This a good and creative way of capturing life's moments. I'm just starting to learn and below is a list of sites I found that are of great help for beginners like me. They have lots information, tips and free downloads.

Digital Scrapbooking Websites
http://freedigitalscrapbooking.com/
http://www.shabbyprincess.com/
http://www.simplescrapper.com/
http://thedailydigi.com/new/
http://aliedwards.com/


The software I use is photoshop elements 8. I still have a lot to learn about this software ;-) To have a better understanding of which software to use, click on this link.


Here is one of my first experiments :)

(patterned paper background and embellishments were downloaded from ShabbyPrincess)

I know it looks like it was created by an elementary student. Hehe. I have tons of things to learn to be able to create beautiful and captivating scrapbook pages. But this is a good start. It takes practice to master a skill (that's what I keep telling myself).