The Grand Hall houses our Scrapbooking and Crafts Retreat areas. Here you will find resources and information to make your retreat complete. Currently, we are focusing on Scrapbooking; however, in the future, we plan to add rooms for needlecrafts, and other crafty home decorating ideas. We are only limited by our imaginations here.
5 Computer Tricks for Scrapbooking
The origins of scrapbooking are, of course, as a paper craft, and in some ways are a loop of going from the paper books with photo-corners, to photo albums and sleeves in pages, to its current form - preserving our pictures and memories through time. Now, in this age of digital photography, one may be hard-pressed to find a 35mm camera user. Instead of pictures being stored in envelopes, or drawers waiting to be organized, and put in an album, they are stuck on memory cards, or hard drives waiting to be printed, and put in an album. So, why not take advantage of all that can be done with a computer when it comes to scrapbooking? Here are some ideas…
Take advantage of all of the fonts within word processing programs, as well as any photo editing, or scrapbooking software. Use them for journaling, or enlarge letters for page titles. Paper scrapbookers can them print and cut them out, while digital scrapbookers can place them within their layouts there on the computer.
Use photo editing software to fix or enhance photos, switch them to black and white, add special effects or captioning (with the above tip) to put more of a personal touch right into the pictures.
Resize, and crop pictures on the computer before printing them out. Pictures can be arranged on a blank page, grouped, or collaged and then printed out as one image to be cropped into a paper scrapbook page layout.
Clipart is everywhere! Printable digital elements can be used to embellish paper scrapbook layouts. Even printed digital layouts can be embellished with separately printed clipart to add dimension and depth to scrapbook pages.
Digital layouts can be found online. Once downloaded, digital photos can be placed in the layout. Create a CD to keep a digital album, or print out the layout at home, or through a printing service. Design a pre-made layout to print out, and adhere developed, or printed photos for placement into a scrapbook album.
Digital photography is here to stay, and technology is making it easier everyday to store, organize and preserve our pictures, and our memories. Whether with a specific computer scrapbooking software package, or individual clipart elements, using a computer to assist in scrapbooking can add a unique personal touch to page layouts without taking away from the traditional paper craft artistry of scrapbook albums.
Our Retreat Coordinator's blog showcasing the paper and digital scrapbooking products she sells as an Independent Top Line Creations Consultant. This is where you'll find more in-depth information about the products in our Scrapbook Shoppe as well, including the most recent product launches, and customer specials. And visit ScrappinWAHM.com to learn more about Top Line Creations.
