For some, embracing digital scrapbooking has led to an economic windfall. Several women from my scrapbook club are masters at finding free downloads for their projects. As a result, they have been able to save hundreds of dollars on scrapbooking supplies. In that regard, digital scrapbooking can yield huge savings. However, when trying to figure out if you can afford to switch from traditional scrapbooking to an online version, you also have to consider time and computer knowledge. For example, my mom willingly admits that she is about as tech-challenged as they come. It would take her weeks to fully … Continue reading →

There is a definite perk to creating scrapbook layouts digitally. Among the cost of the items being much less, the ability to reuse items is an added bonus which I feel adds to the whole frugal scrapbooking thing. However, I was surprised to learn that many digital scrapbookers do not know how to reuse their elements and feel as if they will be creating the same layout over and over if they use the embellishments again. This causes them to purchase more and more kits of similar items that are slightly changed in appearance. This is not even close to … Continue reading →

How do you make the decision to be a digital scrapbooker as opposed to a traditional scissor and paper scrapbooker? Well, as any life decision you make the one that works best for you. However, you can also weigh the options and see if there is one that makes more sense to you. I am a paper and scissor scrapbooker, because I love the creativity possibilities it affords me. I like being able to alter items if I want, or create a card with my scraps. I also like the feel of the new supplies. I love the techniques that … Continue reading →

There are a wide variety of digital scrapbooking software products available to meet just about any needs. For even $10.00 you can get a program that does a simple job of allowing you to create a layout, but typically these programs don’t come with any other advantages. One of the top digital software programs available is Scrapbook Max®. It has been voted and rated tops among many scrapbookers for a couple of years now. The software is easy to use, helps you stay organized and allows you to completely customize beautiful layouts. Not only does Scrapbook Max® software have enough … Continue reading →

We have been discussing file formats for digital scrapbooking layouts and here are a few more to understand and become familiar with. .TIFF or .TIF A .TIF file is a non-lossy file format for saving graphic files. It is a very large file size, except it provides beautiful, crisp printing, true to its original because there is little to no file compression. .PSD The PSD format is the format for Photoshop. The benefits of saving in this format is that it will keep all of your layers separated for easy editing. PSD file formats can usually be opened with Paint … Continue reading →

File formats are important to understand when you are working with anything digitally on your computer, whether it is photographs or digital scrapbooking layouts or something else. For the purposes of this two part article, we will primarily be discussing digital scrapbooking layouts and the file formats that coordinate with them. There are seven standard file formats that a typical digital scrapbooker uses, or is familiar with. This is a brief summary of what they are and what they do. If you need more in depth information on file formats, you might wish to check out the Computing Blog here … Continue reading →

Digital scrapbooking is fun and rewarding but it also takes some work. You need to learn how to correctly save your digital layouts for several different options. You might need to save one way for printing the layout, another for sharing online and another to go back and edit the page. Here are the different ways to save your digital layouts and their formats. High Resolution Format This is the most common way to save your digital scrapbook layouts. Usually this format is used for the future printing of the layouts to get the most true color results from the … Continue reading →