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From the Editor
When I started digital scrapbooking in early 2003, I didn’teven know that what I was doing had a name. In 2004, when I
ound online digital srapbooking communities, I was excited
to have somewhere to go to ask questions. There was only
one community at that time that was specically or digital
scrapbookers. Inormation was pretty centralized and easy to
nd.
Now, I oten think about how overwhelming it could be or
someone just entering digital scrapbooking, with the over-abundance o inormation available. I have learned by talking
to many digital srapbookers that it is easy to miss a tool or tip
that can really make lie as a digital scrapbooker easier. I have
heard so many digi scrappers wish or a place to go to nd ev-
erything they need to know about digital scrapbooking in a
ormat that is easy to reer back to. I have seen many new dig-
ital scrapbookers having a hard time getting started because
they are simply overwhelmed by inormation and resources.My hope is that this Manual can be a place or digital scrap-
bookers to reer back to rom the beginning o their journey.
A tool to help them eel less paralyzed and more empowered.
- Steph
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About The Daily Digi
At THE DAILY DIGI, we are dedicated to bringingyou the best in digital scrapbooking on a daily basis.
The best quality products, the best resources, inor-
mation, tutorials, and more so you don’t have to
spend your time surng and navigating the internet
looking or it. Our daily posts include inormation,
tips, techniques, motivation, and new ideas on vari-
ous aspects o digital scrapbooking. The Daily Digi
is completely advertising ree and aliate ree: the
products we recommend are here because we have
tried them (typically paying or them ourselves) and
like them.
Our revenue source at The Daily Digi is our mem-
bership program: The Digi Files and The Digi Game.
Where our members get over $50 o digital scrap-
booking supplies, layouts ideas, techniques, tu-
torials, and exclusive collections or only $7.50 permonth.
About Us
Steph is the owner o The Daily Digi as well as own-
er, producer and host o The Digi Show. She has
been a passionate memory keeper or as long as she
can remember. She loves seeing people “make their
heart sing” through documenting their memories.
Katie a.k.a. Katie The Scrapbooklady is a contribut-
ing writer, team member, and Steph’s go-to-gal at
The Daily Digi. She is also the co-host o The Digi
Show and writes almost daily on her own blog.
Steph and Katie became acquainted several years
ago while working on a digital designer’s creative
team. They have ound that they work well togeth-
er and will oten email each other about the exact
same idea at the exact same time. They have en-
joyed this working relationship and riendship that
started online with a common passion or digital
scrapbooking.
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Getting Started
What Is Digital Scrapbooking?
At The Daily Digi, we like to dene digital scrap-
booking as anything that uses technology to docu-ment memories. This includes, blogging, Facebook,
Flickr, a Word Doc, and our avorite: using sotware
to create scrapbook pages. This book will be ad-
dressing things that will help you as you learn to
create scrapbook pages using sotware.
A lot o the terms we use in digital scrapbooking
can be conusing, so we put together a list o terms
and denitions to help beginners navigate throughit all.
Freebies
We know that we started downloading digiscrapping reebies even beore we knew what to
do with them. Not all reebies are created equally
and you will ll up a hard drive very quickly down-
loading everything you nd. Only download what
you truly love and know you are likely to use. As
most digi scrappers become more experienced,
they usually nd that they gain an appreciation or
quality digital scrapbooking supplies and down-load less and less reebies. This becomes especially
true as they start to buy supplies and compare the
quality to many o the ree products available. Here
are some more resources to help you nd and un-
derstand reebies:
• A list o resources or quality ree digital sup-
plies.
• Freebie 411
Downloading and Unzipping
Downloading digital products and unzipping
them can take orever! We have two tools that we’ve
discovered to speed things up:
1) DownThemAll
2) UnzipThemAll
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DownThemAll is a plugin or Fireox where you
can right click on a downloads page, select “Down-
ThemAll” and choose each item on that page you
want downloaded. It will then download all o the
items at one time. You don’t have to keep going
back and clicking each link individually. The two
drawbacks with DownThemAll is that it doesn’t
work on all sites and sometimes, even when you
only click the link one time, it will make it look like
you attempted several times and you will need to
get the links reset by an admin o the site. We are
not sure why this happens. I you don’t use Fireox(on a Mac or PC) then here are some others to try:
Chrome: You will need to install Download As-
sistant and then one o the other download manag-
ers they suggest in the list on that page.
Internet Explorer: You can read reviews on vari-
ous download managers on Cnet
UnzipThemAll is an unzipping utility or PC’s thatallows you to unzip many zipped les at one time
ater downloading. There are a lot o tools similar to
this on the market. You can nd some resources and
reviews listed in this post on The Daily Digi.
I you need inormation on the basics o down-
loading, saving, unzipping, and what is included in
the typical digital scrapbooking supply older, see
this post on Ali Edwards’ site. She also covers some
useul inormation on unzipping on a Mac.
Problems unzipping
It doesn’t matter i you are on a Mac or PC, at
some point, you will encounter a problem with a
le when you try to unzip it. There are a variety o
errors you might see, such as: the le is corrupt, the
le is empty, etc. There are many reasons this could
be caused; there is a great resource at DigiShopTalk
listing most o them and what you can do to x it.
Usually, you just need to delete your les (and zips),empty your trash, temporarily disable your rewall,
and download again. Some o the errors can be
overcome by using an unzipping utility as previ-
ously discussed.
Sometimes, PC users will have a dicult time un-
zipping a le that was zipped on a Mac (the creator
o the zipped le is using a Mac). The easiest wayto get around that issue is or the PC user to use an
unzipping utility as discussed previously.
When a PC user unzips a le created by a Mac
user, the zipped le was created on a Mac, there will
oten be additional les with unny names when it
is unzipped. They are usually called .ds____ or Ma-
cOSx. These can be deleted without causing any is-
sues with the product les.
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Backing up
Anyone that is storing digital data needs to havea back up plan in place. We subscribe to the phi-
losophy taught in the Digital Asset Management
book: data should be stored on 3 sources in two
dierent physical locations. So, i you have data
on your computer, backed up to an external hard
drive (EHD), and backed up to an o-site location,
then your data would be stored on three sources
in two dierent locations (two o the sources are in
your house and one is your o-site backup). I you
have data stored on your computer, on an EHD and
also on an EHD that you take to a riend’s house.
Then your data is stored three dierent ways in
two dierent locations.
Does it seem overboard? Maybe, but i you can’t
imagine losing any o the data you have, it is bet-
ter to be very sae than even a little bit sorry. It willhappen, computers (Macs and PCs) have hard drive
ailures. Here are some additional resources:
• My Back Up Plan Right Now
• I Almost Lost It All
• Totally Geeking Out: a Digi Show episode
where backing up is discussed.
• How To Chose an Online Backup Service
• Reviews o Online Backup Services
• Using Flickr as a Backup
Shopping The amount o digital scrapbooking stores and
sites on the internet these days can be overwhelm-
ing. How does a new digital scrapbooker nd qual-
ity products? How do you go about nding and
buying products you want or need or layouts?
Each store has a group o designers, their own cart
system, and dierent ways o nding things in thestores. Not to mention sales, deals, and promotions.
We have some great inormation on The Daily Digi
with tips or navigating it all.
• Smart Shopping or Digi Supplies
• Power Shopping Digi Style
• By becoming a member o The Daily Digi, you
get to try out designers at a very low cost. This way, you can try new styles, new design-
ers, and nd out what you like the most.
• We have a list o all o the past contributors
to The Digi Files. These are designers that we
know have high quality products.
• Each Friday The Daily Digi does a Funtastic
Friday post where we shares deals, sales, and
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exclusive coupons rom past contributors.
We also share any great products or sales we
nd going on around the community.
Organizing
Ater downloading lots o reebies and doing a
little shopping, you might wonder: How do I orga-
nize all o this stu so I can nd it later? There are
a lot o dierent systems and even programs that
will help you do this. We can share all o those with
you, but the only way or you to know i somethingwill work or you is to try one o the systems out
and see how it goes. Most digital scrapbookers will
need to make adjustments in their organization
system as they go and that’s okay! Here are some
more resources on organization and systems:
• See how Steph, Katie, and Ali Edwards organize
their digital supplies in the post Digital Scrap-
book Organization 3 Ways • Organization ACDsee Style explains how to use
the ACDsee program to make organizing easier.
• Using Lightroom to Organize Digital Scrapbook
Supplies (ree class) by Kayla at Digiscrap 101
• Listen to The Digi Show episode “Get a Prenup”
all about digital scrapbook organization issues.
• There’s an entire section at The Daily Digi de-
voted to organization so be sure to check it out!
• Managing and Using Fonts by Veronica.
• Organizing Fonts
What program/software should I use?
There are a lot o dierent programs on the market
that can be used or digital scrapbooking. Most o
the tutorials and resources in the digital commu-
nity are or Adobe products: Photoshop Elementsand Photoshop.
Since we primarily use Adobe products, that is
what we recommend. You can oten get discounts
on their products through educational pricing (you
just need to have a child in school, homeschool, or
be in school yoursel). They oer thirty day ree tri-
als on most o their products.
I you aren’t sure what to use, you can nd a helpul
guide on The Daily Digi that lists some questions to
ask yoursel to help you gure out which sotware
is best or you.
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Start Scrapping
What Photos Do I Start With
For many beginners, the rst impulse is to start
at the beginning o your digital photo collectionand work orward. We like to encourage scrappers
to start where they eel inspired. Pick some photos
you are excited about and start there. Many times,
the photos we are most excited about are some
we’ve just taken. It might be a photoshoot, it might
be an event (a birthday or holiday), it might be a
vacation. Look through your photos and see what
makes you excited to get going and start there.Many scrapbookers nd when they move to digital,
they no longer eel compelled to get “caught up”
or to “scrap in order”. I scrapping in order is one o
the things that makes you happy, then keep doingit. I a desire to get caught up is giving you guilt,
then let go o it! In this digital age, with the amount
o photos we take, it’s not very realistic or us to
document every single memory we make. Follow
your heart and do what makes you happy!
Here’s some inormation on scrapbooking out o
order:• Why I don’t Scrap in Order by Janet Phillips
• Some o My Favorite Pages
• You Don’t Have to Scrap in Order
• Un-Chronologically Organizing My Albums
How To Start
I you are sitting down to make your very rstdigital layout, you might eel overwhelmed about
where to start. The best advice we can give is to
just dive in and try! Once you open your program
the next step is to start working with photos and
digital scrapbook supplies. The nice thing about
digital scrapping is that even i you make a “mis-
take” you can always hit the undo button, so don’t
be araid to have un and experiment.
• Doing My First Layout (resources or many di-
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erent programs).
• How To Use Quick Pages In Photoshop by
Paislee Press.
• Free Fiteen Minute Class by Jessica Sprague
• Making a Layout by Kami and Suzy (ree kit
included)
• Creating Your First Layout in PSE by Misty Cato.
Templates
A digital template is very similar to a sketch in
paper scrapbooking. It is a layered le (oten in aPSD le ormat or use in Adobe products as well
as a layered TIFF le or use in other programs as
well as Adobe). A template has the design part
done with spots or photos, papers, and elements.
You just drag in your photos and supplies and
then “cut” them to t the spots provided. Using a
layered template is a great way to get started in
digital scrapbooking:• Check out Steph’s FREE class on getting started
in digital scrapbooking with a layered template.
The class includes supplies and three tem-
plates.
• Layered Templates 101 with Paislee Press
• Using a Layered Template in PSE with Kami and
Suzy at Scrap Orchard
•
Creating Layouts with Layered Templates by Ali
Edwards (includes layered templates)
• Using a Layered Template in PSE by Misty Cato
• Using a template with Sahlin Studio
• How to make your own digital template
• Listen to The Digi Show episode all about tem-
plates and why we love them.
Beyond the First Layout
When you are ready to learn more o the ins and
outs o your program and digital scrapbooking,
here are some resources that are a great value:• Jessica Sprague has lots o great classes on all
dierent topics in digital scrapbooking.
• How to use Photoshop or Digital Scrapbook-
ing is also a great online class.
• Renee Pearson has a class or beginners called
“Back to Basics”.
• Several classes on various digital scrapbooking
topics at Big Picture Classes.• Learn new techniques and eects at The Daily
Digi.
• Learn some tips and tricks to save you time at
The Daily Digi.
Drop Shadows
Hang out in digiland or very long and you are
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bound to see and hear about drop shadows. Drop
shadows really can make or break a layout, so most
scrappers want to get them right. I you would like
to learn more about shadows, check out thesesites:
• There is a large drop shadow section at The
Daily Digi with lots o videos, links to tutorials,
resources, and tips or various programs.
• Peppermint’s class on drop shadows (or PSCS)
• Advanced Drop Shadows at Mscraps
• Better Drop Shadows tutorial by Peppermint
• Create Realistic Drop Shadows with SahlinStudio
• Shadowing Clear Elements and Pockets on
Traci Reed
• Drops Shadows with Mscraps
• Advanced Drop Shadows with Mscraps
There are several designers who have made drop
shadow styles to make it easier on scrappers thatmight not want to spend valuable scrap time
tweaking shadows:
• Kristin Rice
• Flergs
• One Little Bird (Peppermint)
• Acrylic Shadows by K Studio
• K Studio (regular shadows)
• Free Shadows and Tutorial by Megan
Great Looking Pages
Understanding basic design principles and digital
scrapbooking techniques will help you put to-
gether beautiul pages that represent the special
memories you are documenting. I you take a little
extra time to learn about topics such as: placement
o photos and embellishments, size and scale o
items, use o color, and good photography, you will
be more satised with the end result. There are a
lot o great resources to help you create your verybest pages:
• The Daily Digi has a large section o design
help posts.
• Learn how to use specic digi supplies (ribbons,
fowers, styles, etc.) by reviewing these posts.
• Sign up or a ree 12 part email course on de-
sign rom Debbie Hodge o Get it Scrapped.
• The photography posts at The Daily Digi arelled with tips and resources to help you cap-
ture your memories in their best light.
• Katrina Kennedy’s Capture Your 365 site is a
wonderul place to go or photography inspira-
tion.
• Digital Photography School is a great resource
or all things related to digital photography.
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Journaling
Every digital scrapbooker should know about theimportance o journaling. So many scrappers worry
about the RIGHT way to journal, but we like to
talk about the WRITE way to journal — because
there is no right or wrong way to journal. When
you include the written word and combine it with
photos, the memory is ully documented. Without
a story, your pages don’t have a voice and many
precious details will never be shared. The best way
to grow your journaling skills is to keep on writing,
even i it’s just the very basic details to explain a
photograph. Everyone has a unique perspective
and your pages will be much more meaningul i
you share your own!
• There are many journaling posts at The Daily
Digi with lots o ideas, examples, links to tutori-
als, and resources.• I you’re looking or great onts to use or jour-
naling and titlework, be sure to check out the
“Type” category o posts.
• Listen to The Digi Show Episode “Wordy Mc-
Gee” to hear some tips and ideas or journaling.
• suzyQscraps has lots o posts with journaling
ideas and tips.
Keeping Track of Supplies
There are a couple o really good reasons to keeptrack o the supplies you used on a layout:
1. Later on, you can reer back to the list i you
need or want to know who made a supply you
used on a layout.
2. I you share your layouts online, it is proper
ettiquette to post a list o supplies used. This is
considered a common courtesy or your ellow
scrappers and may be required by some de-
signers in their Terms o Use (TOU).
There are several dierent methods to keep track
o what supplies you used on a layout:
• Keep track in a word doc, excel spreadsheet, or
text le.
• Add a layer to the le with the supplies used
and put it in the bottom o the layers stack or
make it invisible.
• Use some actions that will add the supplies youused to a layer as well as to the metadata o the
layout.
Sharing Your Layouts
Your layouts will mean so much to your riends and
amily so be sure to share them! Many digi scrap-
pers love that they can email pages to their loved
ones, share them on a private or public blog, and
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upload to online galleries. When you share your
creations in online communities, you also connect
with other digital scrapbookers and oten nd
riends and un opportunities to grow as an artist. I you want to post online, there are a ew resources
that will help you:
• Posting to online galleries (including a tutorial
or resizing a layout to post)
• All about credits
• A Flickr tutorial or photographers and digital
scrapbookers
• Something un or you on Flickr (our fickrgroup that you can post layouts to)
• Resizing and Saving Layouts to Web with Misty
Cato
Putting It All Together and Printing
When your layouts are nished, you will most likely
want to print them or ull enjoyment. While some
digital scrapbookers leave them only in digitalorm, we love to see the printed page! It can be
conusing to know where to go or printing servic-
es so we have some great posts to help you out:
• How to Guide: planning an album or photo-
book All about albums
• How to Guide: printing photobooks and al-
bums or digital scrapbookers
•
Twelve dierent photobook companies re-
viewed
• Layout printing reviews: companies compared
• All about albums (how to store your printed
layouts)
Enjoying the Process
Digital scrapbooking can be a rewarding way to
enjoy your memories and express yoursel creative-
ly. We believe it should be un, but we also real-
ize that sometimes you might eel “stuck” or like
you’ve “lost your mojo”. That happens to everyone
and it’s perectly normal. Here are some ways youcan keep your “heart singing” with the joy o digital
scrapbooking:
• Overcoming Road Blocks
• Make the most o your creative time with our
time saving tips.
• Finding your mojo
• Get inspired rom your own archives
• Where does inspiration come rom? • Listen to The Digi Show podcast to hear our
experiences and get to know people all around
the digital scrapbooking community
• Read The Daily Digi site to keep up with ideas,
designers, products, and more rom all over the
digital scrapbooking community. There’s some-
thing new every day at The Daily Digi!
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We asked some design-
ers and digi scrappers
what they wish they
would have known
when they rst started
their journey into digital
scrapbooking. Here’s
what they said:
From Our Team: Wendyzine Terms o use (TOU).When I rst started, I
deleted all my TOU les.
Now when I go back to
something old, I have
no idea what the terms
are!
Shadowing...I think
most o us overshadowwhen we rst start, or
don’t shadow at all.
I’ve learned so much
about shadowing now
that I cringe at all my
previous graphic design
projects outside o the
digi world! LOL
Saving layered les. I
cannot tell you how
many times a customer
contacts me about how
to print layouts when
they cannot make ad-
justments because they
didn’t save the layered
les.
Amelia Biggest or me would
be organization rom
the very beginning
(Picasa or something
similar!) That and how
much I was going to all
in love with it!
Heddy I wish I would have
known about... Organi-
zation o supplies - via
tagging or olders
Clipping masks (and
how to use templates)
Backing up supplies,
photos, and layouts
Shadowing
Trina Organization, orga-
nization, organiza-
tion. When I started I
originally took all the
elements out o each
kit and grouped them
by ribbon, button, etc ...
talk about a nightmare!
The importance o sav-
ing credits (so you can
upload, know where
to upload to or closed
galleries, and properly
credit the designer too!)
Templates are NOT
cheating (I used to think
that, but I gured out
they’re just another tool
to use)
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Jenn Lyndsay The dierence be-
tween 300 dpi vs 72
Melissa Lewis Your style will change
drastically so don’t go
and buy $100’s in the
rst month. Try a ew
things and decide what
you like.
How to resize pictures
without distorting them
- I see this SO oten in
new digital scrappers.
From The Digi
Community:Ali Edwards The thing I really wished
I knew when I rst start-
ed scrapbooking (either
digital or paper) was
that the actual story
itsel, my words written
out on the page, was re-
ally the most important
thing. I love the photos.
I love the embellish-
ments and the processo design. But in looking
back what I wished I
would have spent more
time on was getting
those most meaningul
stories written down.
CD Muckosky I wish I would have
known about masks
when I rst started digi
scrapping. I did a lot
o permanent erasing
and then I would move
things and have to start
over...not cool! I Love
how I can “erase” things
with a mask and then
just add it back in when
I change my mind (
which I know I WILL at
least a ew times!)
Katrina Kennedy I wish I had known it
was okay to put just a
photo and a ew words
on a page. I struggled
to be like everyone else
with embellishmentsthat weren’t me. My un
really began when I let
all o that go.
Peppermint Granberg (One
Little Bird) I wish I would have told
more stories on my
early pages! I was so
excited to play with ev-
erything - the elements,
my photos, the page
design - that I lost sight
o the entire goal, which
was to document some
actual memories. I wasbasically making a really
pretty photo album. :)
Anna Aspnes Add the story behind
the photos in whatever
way works or you. The
art keeps the process
un but it is the orgot-
ten little details that you
will treasure in years to
come.
Debbie Hodge I wish I’d understood
that the key to getting
looks that I love is to
have them make sense
visually. And the key
to having a page make
sense visually is to layer
elements realistically
and add drop shadows.
Kayla Lamoreaux I wish I would have
known how important
non-destructive photoediting was. I edited
and fattened so many
photos. I’m so glad I
ound a program where
I can edit a photo and it
still preserves my digital
negatives. I I could only
go back in time...
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Krista Sahlin What do I wish I would
have known when I rststarted digi scrapping?
I wish I would have
known to jump into a
scrapbooking commu-
nity right away. This is
the best place to learn
at a aster pace, get
wonderul ideas and
inspiration, ask othershow they’ve done a
technique & to partici-
pate in challenges that
encourage you to try
something new and
learn in the process.
Crystal Livesay I wish someone toldme at the very begin-
ning that it wasn’t a
competition. Back
when I started it was
all about what teams
you were on and how
many views/comments
you got, it all got very
competitive.. I am grate-ul that I learned that
isn’t what is important,
but the act o actually
preserving memories
and telling our storiesthat matters.
Elise of Elise’s Pieces Designs Save your layouts in
their layered ormat
beore fattening! The
pages in my rst printedphotobook all have an-
noying borders because
I hadn’t accounted or
the printing company’s
bleed lines. I I would
have saved the pages
in psd ormat, it would
have been such an easy
x.
Laura Banasiak I wish I had known
about the drag and
drop unction in Pho-
toshop. It would have
taken a lot less time
than ‘Select All’ + ‘Copy’
+ ‘Paste’! (rom Steph:
the “drag and drop”
method is using the
move tool to move an
item or photo onto acanvas by dragging it
and then dropping it).
Meredith Cardall I wish that templates
had been available
when I rst starteddigital scrapbooking.
Templates are a great
jumping o point or
layouts and they really
take the “ear” out o
digital scrapbooking!
Secret Stash (Erin) How to properly resize
photos proportionately
or my pages!
Tracie Stroud I wish I had known
that mommy brain
would set in one day
and I wouldn’t always
be able to remember
exactly when I took ev-
ery single photo. I look back on some o my
early layouts, and while
I know approximately
the time rame the pho-
tos were taken, there
are many that I can’t
narrow down exactly.
Now I try to include a
date at the very least onevery single layout, and
preerably a little more
inormation about the
photo and/or event.
Jennifer Labre Back up your les! This
includes all o your
photos, scrapbook sup-plies and your layouts.
Back them up on DVDs,
EHDs (external hard
drives), anywhere you
can and use multiple
sources. I’ve lost photos
and scrapbook pages
that I can’t get back. It
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can happen to anyone
at any time. So start a
back-up system right
away.
Heather T. I wish I’d known about
some o the major gal-
leries (DST, MSA, etc.)
where people post
layouts that you can use
not only as models, but
as resources or where
to purchase the stu
you like the best. There
wasn’t anything nearly
as useul as The Daily
Digi when I started, and
I spent a LONG time
emulating, and buying,
styles that I didn’t really
resonate with, just be-
cause I didn’t know any
better (and I’m kind o a
dork *giggles*).
Wimpychompers I wish I knew how to
correctly work with
shadows, those thingscan really make a page
beautiul. Oh and titles,
those can really ruin a
layout i not done cor-
rectly.
Miss Mint |Peppermint Creative I wish I would have
known the importance
o securing both my
designer name & store
name on every social
networking platorm
possible. There’s some
random dude on
YouTube who took the
username Peppermint
Creative beore I could
because I didn’t think
to take it until recently.
D’oh!
Kristin Rice I I had to pick just one
thing, I think it would be
how to check or quality
on designs. Knowing to
check or stray pixels,
and to view designs at
100% would have saved
me rom wasting a lot
o time on layouts withproducts that were low/
poor quality.
Kat, Designs by Kat I wish I knew how easy
it is working with and
making shapes. Nowthat I know, designing
with shapes saves a lot
o time.
Queen of Quirk I wish I had known how
to recolor elements and
papers to stretch my
scrap stash even urther.
I was always in awe o
those who could do it
well. :)
Yin of Yin De- signs I wish I knew how
quickly digital supplies
would food my hard
disks and that I had
been selective in down-
loading them accordingto my style. It probably
is not possible without
hindsight, but I also
do wish I could have
known how to catego-
rize the supplies accord-
ing to how I now tend
to search or them!
Jenn Barrette When I rst started I
wish I had known not
to compare mysel to
other scrappers. There
is so much talent in this
community, and I ound
mysel eeling down
about my pages. Finally,
I learned to scrap or
mysel and my amily.
Not worrying about the
trends, gallery stand-
outs and how many
comments my layouts
get in the galleries. I am
a much happier scrap-
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per now!
Scrapping with LizBought products are
so much better then
reebies! When I rst
started digi-scrapping
I only used stu I could
nd or ree. Ater buy-
ing my rst ew kits I
realized it was denitelyworth the money.
JennCk Designs I wish I had known my
program better. I’ve
learned a lot over the
years, but it was rus-
trating at rst!
SuzyQ Scraps When I rst started
digital scrapbooking,
I spent hours search-
ing or and download-
ing reebies ... only to
nd that a lot o those
reebies were lackingin quality. I thought
I was going to save
mysel a lot o money.
What I ended up do-
ing was wasting a loto my valuable time. I
wish I had known early
on where some o the
best sites were so that
I would have spent
less time downloading
poor-quality reebies
and more time scrap-
booking.
Studio Flergs One thing I wished I
had done back then
that I do now... time sav-
ing actions & templates
or repetitive tasks. I
have actions & tem-
plates saved or every-
thing now, trim & save,
alpha maker & cutter,
ad maker, bundle pre
viewer etc... such a big
time saver or me and it
is perect each & every
time within seconds!
Kate Hadfield I wish I had realized
that I would never be“caught up” and would
always have more
photos than I could ever
manage to scrap!
Lisa Sisneros I wish I would have
known that shadow-
ing makes or breaks alayout--it’s really worth
the time and eort to
seek out the best tech-
niques and learn how
to shadow your layouts
well. Some o my rst
layouts had such ter-
rible shadowing and
it makes them look so,well, fat, LOL!
Gina Cabrera of Digital Design Essentials I wish there would have
been more user riendly
tutorials or shopping
carts and web design.
Veronica
Spriggs I wish I had known rom
the start the very spe-
cic needs o a digital
designer and the proper
questions to ask when
selecting a web host
to meet my needs. I’ve
had some horric expe-
riences with web hostsand know there are lots
o designers out there
who share my plight.
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Chelle of Chelle’s Cre-
ations I wish I’d started us-
ing shortcut s rom
the beginning. They
make scrapping so
much aster, my avorite
shortcut (in ps/pse) is
using Alt-Click & Drag
to duplicate elements,alphas, layers...every-
thing.
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