A Weekend Full of Digi-Scrap

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I LOVE digital scrapbooking! Seriously. When I think about it, I sometimes do a little happy dance. But enough gushing. Here are the layouts that I finished this weekend: (I'm still working on my overall design, and some I like better than others...)

Yes, that really was the first day of school picture for Victoria (she was tired of me taking photos!)

Turning 3 was the last assignment in my Now We're Rockin' Class

Then & Now was Assignment 2 from my Digi: In Deep Class

Backwards Birthday was my first assignment in Digi: In Deep

(**Don't forget to download the new template in the post below. And since I've posted it, I thought of a few things to mention: Any layer with a "+" sign is one that should be used as a clipping mask. I used a gray color for my title, but you should change it to whatever color works for your layout. And now I'm drawing a blank...hopefully that was everything I wanted to tell you...)

Long Weekend = More Photoshop!

Happy Pioneer Day everyone! We went up to the cabin again. There is no phone, no internet, and very few TV channels---this makes it easy to focus on other things (ie. Photoshop! Not that it's hard to talk me into doing photoshop...) Anyhoo, I made another template just for you!

I got super fancy and put a curled corners drop shadow on the journaling tag. (In my layout I used some graph paper by livE Designs, but I can't share that with you so I made a creamish-colored tag for you to use.) I added a label for my date, and put a grungy frame underneath my photo mat. Oh, I also stamped a spider web brush in the upper left corner to help direct the eye towards my focal photo and title. Have fun and let me know what you do with it!

Download Template No. 4 here

(and for those of you who are counting, I'm still working on No. 3!)

I used a handful of different papers from different designers, and I didn't keep track of who did what. Oops! But I used Shabby Princess Moody Blues Paper, Summer Driggs Happy Father's Day Paper, a random free set of blue/green papers, Crystal's Neutral Paper Pack, Spiderweb brushes by Alwin, and Alfredo font.

For personal use only (and someone, please use one and show me your handi-work!)

Another Template!

So, I was completing an assignment from my Jessica Sprague online course and made another template in the process. Lucky you! My assignment challenge was to use non-rectangle/square shapes on my layout, and to scrapbook around the theme "nerdy little secrets." I centered my layout around a few of my quirks, but I think this layout would work really well for events that have lots of random photos but a unified theme (like baby's firsts, or a summer BBQ, etc.) Get creative! And I'd love to see what you do!

Download Template No. 2

Supplies I used: Crystal's 2009 Neutral Paper Pack, Sweet Shoppe Designs Carnival Papers and Elements, CS-retro circles Brushes, and Adler Font.

For personal use only :)

A few more layouts :)

Did I mention how much I love digital scrapbooking? Yep. Love it. Enjoy the new layouts, and hopefully I'll have another template coming soon :)

My First Template

Okay, so don't judge--this is my first try ever at making a template and sharing it. And I learned a few things along the way so our next experience should be a little better and less confusing. Let me explain: below is the template. Drag and drop your papers and photos where you want them and then use the clipping mask function to get them to fit. (If you don't understand templates, I would HIGHLY recommend that you watch Jessica Sprague's free tutorial.)

I created this template before I created my layout. I think in the future it should be the other way around, but live and learn.

You'll notice that I flipped the template 90 degrees to the right for my layout (because my Focal Photo was horizontal.) Also, I removed the circle embellishment and added several of my own touches (extra text boxes for journaling, a date tab, and a giant circle embellishment.) Obviously, you're going to want to do the same kinds of individual touches to your layout.

The template is in psd. format, so all of it can be changed, arranged, edited however you like it. Hide layers, move layers, etc. Hopefully my very simple and sorry attempt at a template will give you a place to start. And hopefully my next attempt will be bigger and better! If you use this template, I would love to see how it turns out! Email your finished jpg.s to me :)

Download Template No. 1

Supplies used on my layout: Summer Time Designs Gratitude Kit, LivEDesigns Tabby Tab date, Century Gothic Font, and Jane Austen Font

For non-commercial use. (Ha, like this template is going to get very far!)

Happy Fourth of July

We spent the holiday up at the cabin, and I used the entire time (and I do mean entire) to photoshop! It was awesome! I got most of my layout ideas from the most current issues of Creating Keepsakes Magazine--hey? I don't have to do it all on my own. They were published for a reason, right?! So enjoy, leave some comments, and come back soon because I will be posting a template as soon as I can!