"Moments" - Dabbling with Digital

Hope everyone had a great Christmas holiday - I have had a lovely time relaxing with my family.  I wanted to get back to some digital scrapbooking  and so today I have a quickpage to show you, that I did literally in a matter of minutes.  Quickpages differ from templates in that all the work is already done for you, all you have to do is slip your photo in, add journalling and a date - that's it, done!

Here is my page.

This page was designed by Karen Funk, and was a freebie from Design House Digital (unfortunately I think it is no longer available.)

Even if you are not 'in' to digital scrapbooking, quickpages and templates are great starting points for inspiration for 'traditional' layouts.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Wishing everyone all the very best for 2013.

Michelle

Dabbling in digital - Reason to Smile Layout

Hi Everyone

Hope everyone has been enjoying this holiday weekend.  Today I decided to play around with Photoshop, which I haven't done in ages.  I did some online lessons with Jessica Sprague, the basic class is excellent for complete newbies like me - but I soon realized that I had forgotten a lot!  No problem as the online lessons are always available to you once you purchase them.

I have collected quite a few paper packs, kits and templates since starting digital scrap booking, so thought that it was about time I pulled them out and played with them.  Here is my layout.

These photos were taken on a recent road trip we took over the summer to New Mexico.  My oldest daughter, Lauren was home for a few weeks from university, she is up in Tacoma, WA.  It was a hot sunny day, we were waiting in a shady spot for everyone to decide what we were going to do next - the perfect opportunity to have a silly 5 minutes.  My other daughter Phoebe, with camera in hand, managed to capture the moment.

For this layout I used a template called Half Pack 43 by Cindy Schneider available here from Sweet Shoppe Designs.  The paper I used is from a kit called Remember to Smile by Kristin Cronin-Barrow, also from Sweet Shoppe Designs.

I'm quite pleased with the way this page turned out - I may tweak it a little and play around with some of the other digital elements in the kit, I will be sure to post the 'final' page before I print it out.

Michelle