Wednesday Wonder – Scrapbook Planning

Planning for Fun, planning scrapbook pagesToday is an excellent day to talk about scrapbooking, because I am heading out tomorrow afternoon to go with one of my daughters and some friends to a scrapbook retreat! This will not be quite the pampering event that Kathy and I are accustomed to with another group of friends, because at this location…. we all have to be responsible for a meal! YIKES. Can scrapbooking be fun if we have to cook, too? I’m sure we’ll manage. Thank goodness for things like lasagne that can be made ahead, to take and toss in the oven! Can you guess what I’m taking? wink, wink

My sweet Aussie friend, Melissa Shanhun, from Digital Scrapbooking HQ, has a great guest post about scrapbook planning and scheduling over at the The Daily Digi blog. Even though Melissa teaches digital scrapping, the info she shares in this post is appropriate for any method of scrapbooking.

I have to admit, there have been very few time I have planned a scrapbook.  I mostly create pages from photos that I love, or from prompts I receive at events like the Layout A Day challenge, which begins again, February 1. However, Melissa talks about pages she plans for through the year, and I think that without really thinking about it, many of us create our scrapbook pages like this. We DO have a plan for some pages, in the back of our mind.

It would be silly of me to tell you everything Melissa said in her post about scrapbook planning and scheduling, so run on over and check it out!

You can check out the LOAD215 Challenge here. 

Cheers to YOUR Artful Adventures!

KS

Wednesday Wonder – Photoshop Elements Shortcut Keys

Melissa Shanhun ABCS of PSEHave you ever used Photoshop Elements?  Many people have a love/hate relationship ship with digital software – especially when it comes to using them for design.  If you can maneuver your way around a program you can do all kinds of amazing things! Maybe you’d like to do digital scrapbooking, try your hand at designing a card, or even go digital with art journaling!  Whatever you’d like to do, knowing the shortcut keys can be such a time saver!

My friend, Melissa Shanhun, teaches Photoshop Elements (PSE) over at DigitalScrapbookingHQ.com.  Currently she is going through a series called the ABC’s of PSE.  She has daily tips she is putting up on her DigitalScrapbookingHQ Facebook Page.

Melissa Shanhun ABCs of PSE

Click on image to link to training!

You can also sign up for her training here!

Melissa also has great tips for handling all your digital image files for scrapbooking, as far as organizing goes!  Be sure to go visit her on Facebook and on her site, and tell her I sent you over!

Enjoy your Artful Adventures!

KS