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iScrapit Mobile Scrapbooking Class
After receiving all of your wonderful notes and much encouragement, I’m excited to announce that iScrapit: Mobile scrapbooking for iPad & iPhone, is now back and open for registration.
In iScrapit, you’ll learn how to create beautiful digital albums using Apple Keynote for iPad or iPhone. Over the course of 3-weeks, I’ll cover everything from adding images and text to animations and transitions. You’ll also learn how to convert your digital kits and templates to sizes that work with your mobile device and how to take your Project Life mobile.
As an iPad and iPhone user, I’ve been amazed by all the creative uses for these small devices. And I’m sure I wouldn’t have been able to attempt Project Life without them.
I’m happy to share this sneak peek into iScrapit.
Sign-up now and take advantage of the early registration discount!
Tiffany Tillman’s It’s Elemental is back
Embellishing strategies for digital scrapbookers
Elements are the single component that sets our scrapbooking albums apart from photo albums and journals. We fill-up our pages with neat little pieces, which highlight our unique personality and creativity.
It’s Elemental with Tiffany Tillman is the roadmap for successful embellishing on a digital scrapbook page. You’ll learn Tiffany’s secrets for building rich element clusters, producing scenic, embellishment-heavy layouts, and everything in between using goodies by popular digital designer, Creashens.
Registration is now open. Tiffany will discuss her new class during a live video Webinar on ReneeTV soon. Stay tuned for the date and time. You’ll be able to learn more and ask questions you may have about the class. We’ll announce that date soon!
New Tiffany Tillman Workshop!
She’s at it again! Our own very talented Tiffany Tillman has a new, self-paced workshop: The Digital Scrapbooker’s Guide to Blending.
Advanced digital scrapbookers are known for blending photos into page backgrounds, textures, and other photos. Their layouts are inspiring, expressive and often jaw-dropping. Now, you can build them too! Join instructor Tiffany Tillman in creating one-of-a-kind digital blended pages using Adobe’s versatile blending tools built into Photoshop & Photoshop Elements.
Tiffany will guide you through blending techniques using Layer Masks, Brush & Selection tools, Gradients, and compositing — the technical art of combining separate images into a new reality. At the end of this self-paced workshop, you’ll possess the blending skills to create amazing digital scrapbook layouts.
Don’t forget! Our class videos are viewable on your iPad or iPhone.
Learn more about The Digital Scrapbooker’s Guide to Blending.
New! iScrapit Mobile Scrapbooking Class
As an iPad and iPhone user, I’ve been amazed by all the creative uses for these small devices. And I’m sure I wouldn’t be able to attempt Project Life without them.
I previously posted a little about my mobile memory-keeping contribution to the new e-book, “Everyday Storyteller.” Now I’m happy to share this sneak peek into my new class, iScrapit, currently open for registration.
Due to a technical problem the recording of my promotional webinar was defective. We are working on either a special video or scheduling another webinar. Sign-up now for our e-mail notice list!
iScrapit & Live Chat with Renee
After much anticipation and excitement I’m finally pleased to announce my brand new class, iScrapit: Mobile scrapbooking for iPad & iPhone, is now open for registration.
In iScrapit, you’ll learn how to create beautiful digital albums using Apple Keynote for iPad or iPhone. Over the course of 3-weeks, I’ll cover everything from adding images and text to animations and transitions. You’ll also learn how to convert your digital kits and templates to sizes that work with your mobile device and how to take your Project Life mobile.
Sign-up now and take advantage of the early registration discount!
Chat with me!
Join me Thursday night, May 17, at 9pm EDT for a live interactive video chat at ReneeTV. I’ll take your iScrapit questions and share a few of my favorite tips for mobile scrapbooking.
See you then!
New! iScrapit Mobile Scrapbooking Class
As an iPad and iPhone user, I’ve been amazed by all the creative uses for these small devices. And I’m sure I wouldn’t be able to attempt Project Life without them.
Tuesday I posted a little about my mobile memory-keeping contribution to the new e-book, “Everyday Storyteller.” Now I’m happy to share this sneak peek into my new class, iScrapit, opening next week.
Don’t miss the early registration discount period. Sign-up now for our e-mail notice list!
Blog Hop + Freebies + Giveaway
Continuing in the spirit of blog hopping, we’re celebrating International Scrapbook Day with our friends at Design House Digital. If you have no idea what’s going on, head over to the Design House Digital blog for the low down. If you came here from another participating blog, welcome! Today’s post is chock full of goodness so read on!
1. A Tip
A well-placed drop cap can add visual interest to an all-text blog post. You can create your own in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, but why do that when designer Jessica Hische provides a beautiful collection of illuminated alphabets at Daily Drop Caps? Jessica even provides the code and instructions to drop into your post. It doesn’t get any easier than that! Check out how I used one below.
2. A Free Kit
appiness is a free massive digi kit. Design House Digital is celebrating International Scrapbook Day all week, and you can pick up this gorgeous collaborative kit, Retrospect, for free! To get it, you need to collect all of the letters in a special phrase. Each participating blog in today’s hop has a secret LETTER for you to collect as you pass through. Get more info at the DHD blog.
3. A Challenge
If you’re doing the Design House Digital layout challenge, my contribution is to add a drop cap to your journaling. It doesn’t have to be elaborate, a simple alpha will do.
4. A Giveaway
Add a comment below and tell me how you’re enjoying the hop so far. You could win a $10 gift certificate to Design House Digital. The giveaway has ended.
Got all that? Good.
I’m sure you’ve figured out that the drop cap was a tip-off. The letter you need to pick up from me for the fabulous Retrospect kit is…
Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop on the hop is Celeste Knight’s place.
Everyday Storyteller Blog Hop Stop 19
Because my camera of choice is my ever-ready iPhone, I’ve developed a simple workflow to keep track of daily photos and memories. This preparation significantly speeds up my Project Life page creation. Here’s how the first part works:
TIP!
On your iPhone or iPad, setup an album called “Everyday Photos” and at the end of each day, add the best of that day’s photos from the Camera Roll or Photo Stream to your everyday album. If you’re a prolific shooter, set up an individual album for each month.To add a new album, go to the Photos app. Tap Edit in the top right corner just above the Camera Roll. Tap Add in the top left corner. Name your new album and click Save. Done!
The rest of my Project Life prep steps are included in the new e-book, “Everyday Storyteller: 33 Practical Ideas from Real World Scrapbookers,” available this Friday!
In “Everyday Storyteller,” I’ll show you how to record your stories…every day…using either your iPhone or iPad! Collect each day’s photos, journaling, the date, a location map and even a thumbnail of the kits I plan to use. It’s all in “Everyday Storyteller,” available this Friday, May 4th!
Party Over There! I’m personally inviting you and a friend to be my guests at the Everyday Storyteller Launch Party this Friday, May 4, at 8:30pm CDT. All you need to do is register at the Everyday Storyteller site to make sure your name is added to the VIP list. There’ll be over $700 in prizes given away!
Giveaway Over Here! And speaking of giveaways, I have a copy of the book to giveaway to one lucky blog reader. To enter, leave a comment below before 11:59pm CDT tonight answering the question: What’s your favorite part of the memory keeping process? The giveaway has ended.
See you at the party Friday night and thanks for stopping by! Visit Lynnette Penacho at Nettio Designs next for another memory-keeping tip!
More Blogs, More Tips!
- Cheryl Ashcraft
- Anna Aspnes
- Katie Clemons
- Elise Blaha
- Paula Gilarde
- Sara Gleason
- Michelle Hernandez
- Debbie Hodge
- Katrina Kennedy
- Amy Kingsford
- Cindy Liebel
- Crystal Livesay
- Robyn Meierotto
- CD Muckosky
- Nancy Nally
- Christine Newman
- Ashli Oliver
- Amanda Padgett
- Renee Pearson « YOU ARE HERE
- Lynnette Penacho
- Elle Price
- Heather Prins
- Traci Reed
- Lauren Reid
- Amber Ries
- Kristin Rutten
- Betsy Sammarco
- Jenn Smith-Sloane
- Jessica Sprague
- Melissa Stinson
- Amy Tan
- Tiffany Tillman
- Jennifer Wilson
Wanna Learn How: Distorting Shapes
Hey RP fans! Deena Boese from Creating Keepsakes magazine back at the table with another Photoshop tutorial! I was recently talking with a reader who mentioned that all her digital layouts were starting to look the same. She was seeing the same boxy grid designs reappear throughout her albums and wanted to learn how to add some visual variety. I encouraged her to get to know the Photoshop mode called “Free Transform”. It allows you to take any shape and add perspective or distort the edges to create modern shapes. So today we’re going to break out of our box and shake things up a bit with this super simple technique.
Here’s a layout where I used Free Transform to add interest to my text boxes and help create additional movement.
What’s Cool? by Deena Boese, as seen in the July/August 2010 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.
In this layout, I used it to create the slanted rays as well as skew my title text.
State of Mind by Deena Boese, as seen in the February/March 2009 issue of Digital Scrapbooking magazine
Wanna learn how? Read on! (more…)
Calling All Storytellers
Hello fellow storytellers! I’m so proud to announce my participation in a brand new idea book—Everyday Storyteller: 33 Practical Ideas from Real World Scrapbookers. Go behind-the-scenes with real world memory keepers to learn practical ideas for skillful scrapbooking.
Come to the Party
I’m personally inviting you and a friend to be my guests at the Everyday Storyteller Launch Party on Friday, May 4 at 8:30pm CDT. All you need to do is register at the Everyday Storyteller site to make sure your name is added to the VIP list—and to be one of the first to know when Everyday Storyteller is released. Oh! Did I say there’ll be prizes at the party? There’ll be prizes at the party!
See you there.