Scrapbooking Tips

This section of Digital Scrapbooking Central is dedicated tips that other scrapbookers have passed on along the way. Feel free to add your tips!

  1. Digital Scrapbooking Tip - try using the film index of your film roll as the border for your template. It gives a theme-feel and also allows for you too see everything that is included.
  2. Digital Scrapbooking Tip - try taking a 5 different pictures everyday for a week. You will be surprised how many opportunities there are for great shots! When the week is over take the best ones and use your creativity to make a new digital scrapbook.
  3. Digital Scrapbooking Tip - try making a scrapbook of entirely black & white photos. The black & white style really gives your medium a classic, nostalgic look.
  4. Digital Scrapbooking Tip - using stickers as a finishing touch can really bring your printed digital scrapbook to life. It allows for a textured feel but make sure you are sure of the placement because once its on there it may be hard to take off!
  5. Digital Scrapbooking Tip - a really interesting idea for a digital scrapbook page is to take multiple photographs back to back while an event is happening. This way you can lay the pictures out in a way that shows everything that is happening on the scene.
  6. Digital Scrapbooking Tip - For a digital scrapbooking project for a close friend, significant other, or family member, make a scrapbook showcasing a collection of some of your favoritie quotes.  Whether they are quotes from movies, song lyrics, poems, or inside jokes, this project is sure to bring out your inspiration.  You can use different fonts for the quotes and edit in some of your favorite photos.  These Digital Scrapbooking projects are great for birthdays, anniversaries, or just showing someone how much you care.
  7. When using a new Digital Scrapbooking program or new Digital Scrapbook software, always make sure you go through all of the toolbars and menus and have an understanding of what your options are.  You be be surprised to find a feature that you had always wanted to have but never knew was there!