Tutorials

How to Create a Digital Scrapbook Sticker

October 15, 2018 by Ramona Leave a Comment

When I was a beginner Scrapbooker, I loved using stickers on my page! I was constantly buying packs of stickers to save and use! When I later switched to digital scrapbooking, I found that learning how to make my own stickers was even more fun than buying them! If you are interested in learning how to use shapes and papers to make your own stickers, then you're going to love this tutorial!

In the video below, I walk through the steps of turning a layered camera template into a sticker.

After the video check out the free pack of shapes I have for you in my Resource Library! They'll be a great resource to practice with, as well as to use in your scrapping!

Here is your pack of shapes. You can use these for your personal scrapping or any projects you make for others!

To add these shapes to your stash, simply fill out the form below and follow the instructions to find them in my Resource Library!

If you love to digital scrapbook and are looking for some inspiration to get you motivated, join my 30 Day Email Course:

In this course, I help you outline, plan, gather and scrap a family scrapbook to be enjoyed for many years to come! The course is Free and you'll get the first email, with the first set of instructions the day after you sign up! If you have an album you've been wanting to scrap but not sure where to begin, this course is for you! Click to sign up today!

Free Halloween Digiscrap Templates to Die For!

October 14, 2018 by Ramona Leave a Comment

Document your precious Halloween memories with these fun and spooky digital scrapbook templates! If you like paper pieces, then you’ll love this pack! I created these with the idea of using multiple papers or one paper to draw attention to the photos! Each paper piece is on its own layer. So grab your favorite Halloween kit and scrap your spookiest memories today!

Here are a couple of layouts using these templates:

To add these four templates to your stash, simply fill out the form below and follow the instructions to find them in my Resource Library!

If you love to digital scrapbook and are looking for some inspiration to get you motivated, join my 30 Day Email Course:

In this course, I help you outline, plan, gather and scrap a family scrapbook to be enjoyed for many years to come! The course is Free and you’ll get the first email, with the first set of instructions the day after you sign up! If you have an album you’ve been wanting to scrap but not sure where to begin, this course is for you! Click to sign up today!

Why Amazon Prime is a Crafter’s Best Friend

July 17, 2018 by Ramona Leave a Comment

Are you already an Amazon Prime member or are you still wondering if it is really for you? I can’t say enough good things about how much this has helped me, not only in my business but for all my crafts as well! From printer ink to quality paper to baker’s twine, you name it and I buy it on Amazon! The best part is that I don’t have to leave my house and search a store to see if they have it in stock. I can simply search it on Amazon, place it in my cart, checkout and it is on my doorstep within 2 days! I use it all the time!

I don’t just stop at craft items, either. I buy my kids clothing on Amazon, I buy groceries in bulk, I bought my Instant Pot from Amazon and it is the best! I also love the access to books and movies. Honestly, for either a yearly or monthly fee, it’s worth every penny!

You may be wondering, “How do I get started with a Prime membership?”

It is super easy! I have done it both ways with a monthly membership or a yearly membership. Choose which option works best for you! Click on this link HERE to get started. You can even try it out for a ONE MONTH FREE TRIAL! Yep, you read that right. And during that month, everything you order ships for FREE!

Here are a few of my favorite Scrapbook and Crafting items:

And then of course, I have to share my favorite printer! I have been using this for about 6 years with no issues at all! I even buy the ink here on Amazon and its far cheaper than at the store:

Next, there are lots of little things I buy such as buttons, baker’s twine, ribbon, etc.

How to Digital Scrapbook with a Template in Photoshop

July 5, 2018 by Ramona Leave a Comment

THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR DIGITAL SCRAPPERS, CRAFTERS, AND ANYONE INTERESTED IN USING A DIGITAL TEMPLATE TO CREATE A DIGITAL SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT! GRAB A FREE MINI KIT FROM THE LIBRAR AND THE TEMPLATE TO TRY THE TECHNIQUE FOR YOURSELF.

Scrapping with a template is a great way to save time and get a layout started. When I first switched from paper to digital scrapping, I saw templates everywhere and I couldn’t imagine how someone used one. I was a paper scrapper and had been for years. This meant that I was a pro at cutting shapes and frames and finding stickers to make my pages. It was a little hard for me to wrap my head around what it meant to “clip” a paper to a shape. It seemed too easy! But gradually, as I learned to scrapbook on my computer and find how easy it really was to clip and move and shadow these shapes, I fell in love with templates! I also love making them!

Let’s get started.

If you are using Adobe Photoshop to scrapbook, this tutorial is perfect for you. It can also be used similarly with other programs, but the clipping may look a little different. You can google the steps for your program to see how to use a clipping mask.

Here is the template I’m using today. It is available as a free download in my Resource Library.

Open the template in Photoshop. You’ll find in the download there is a PSD file (this is a native Adobe product and can only be used in Photoshop programs), a TIFF file which will work in most programs that allow layered files and PNG which is an image for each layer. They are in order and you can start with the biggest piece and build each one, adding one at a time. This is for programs like Canva that don’t open a layered file.

I like to start at the bottom and using the Place Feature I place a paper from a digital kit. It can be plain or patterned and this one will fill the whole space so there is no need to clip or merge or shadow. It just sits over the background layer of the template.

Now we’ll move on to the next layer. In this case, it is a scatter. You can either replace it with a scatter from the kit you’re working with or paints work really well too. It is completely up to you! I’m going to use paints for mine:

Next, we move to the next layer which is a large rectangle shape at the bottom of the cluster. I use the place feature to pull in this plain paper and then right click on it in the layer palette and choose the option to “Create Clipping Mask”.

I continue to pull different papers (some plain and some patterned) on to each layer and clip it. I do this all the way up until I come to the layer with the leaf. And you’ll notice that they all have shadows. I just use the drop shadow that came with the template and I don’t have to take the time to shadow anything:

For the layers that have leaves and/or flowers, I simply replace them with leaves/flowers from the kit. AND here is my digital hack for getting the same shadow on them as is on the papers (to save me time!). I hold down the Alt/Option key and drag the little fx from the last paper layer up to the new leaf layer. This copies the layer style from below on to this new layer! So quick and easy!

To complete, I continue using these techniques to add the rest of the papers/elements/photo. I also usually add a few of my own extra favorites from the kit I’m working with and here is my final layout: