Digi-Layouts

One of my goals at the beginning of the year was to have our 2011 scrapbook complete by the end of the year. With only a month and half, I'm feeling the pinch! But, I am honestly more caught up than I thought. I've been digital scrapbooking for a few years using an easy to use program called Memory Mixer because I was always afraid of Photoshop. Then, last year I heard about a free online course making hybrid cards through Jessica Sprague. Taking her class showed me how easy Photoshop was to use and I began taking her Photoshop Friday series (which is no longer available unfortunately!). I also took an album class. Anyway, I updated my Photoshop Elements program and started using it at the end of January. And now I'm addicted. I've also been blessed to have been invited to be on several designers and a website's Creative Team, which basically means that in exchange for getting their kits, I create pages and projects that they use for advertising purposes. So, my habit is satiated without breaking the bank! Anyway, I've shared my pages on Facebhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifook, but haven't really here. So, I thought I'd share some recent ones. I love that I feel like I'm documenting my family's history while enjoying it at the same time (and each layout takes about an hour or so as opposed to the hours I used to spend paper scrapbooking!).

All of these pages were made using products from designers at . And if you'd like to get started and try Photoshop out, you can download a free trial from their website and Jessica Sprague is doing a free webinar, including helping you create your first scrapbook page (she always includes the supplies needed for the page too).