Need some inspiration for photographing and scrapbooking birthdays? Listen in as I share about birthday scrapbooking. Today we are celebrating 7 years of Digital Scrapbooking HQ. In honor of that we're talking all about birthdays today (we've even got presents!) Birthday Scrapbooking Tips As the mother of 4 little ones I have lots of practice docum…

I'm so thrilled to catch up with Katie the Creative Lady in this special episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Katie was a paper scrapbooker from the time she was 14 years old and has been happily addicted for more than 20 years. She started digi scrapping in 2005, and has been a contributor to our community with her blog, contributions …

What inspires you to scrapbook? This month, I've been scrapping up a storm with Calvinball and organizing my stash too! Calvinball It's a totally fun, totally free, totally silly game for scrapbookers hosted at Get it Scrapped. Learn more here. It starts March 1 but you can jump in at any time. I even have a podcast about the origins of Calvinball …

Today I'm sharing with you how I manage the piles of digital supplies that can become so overwhelming! Have you ever looked in your downloads folder to see oodles of zip files containing who-knows-what gorgeous scrapbooking supplies? Don't you just wish there was an easier way to manage your supplies so you can spend more time scrapbooking? Here's …

Thank you for being part of the Digital Scrapbooking HQ community. I’ve been taking some time the past few weeks to plan what 2018 will look like and I can't wait to share it all with you! Some things are still in the planning stages, but I can share some of the fun that will be happening in the coming months! Take a listen to the Scrapbooking Insp…

It's time for another episode of my favorite things! In this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast I'm sharing my favorite tools, programs and communities for scrapbooking. Today, Alice Boll joins me to talk about ScrapHappy, a wonderful online group of scrapbookers. Alice is a Canadian scrapbooker, eh! She loves to travel and to share tip…

Today I'm going to talk to you all about Photoshop Elements Organizer! If you've been around here awhile you know how much I love Photoshop Elements Organizer. I have a brand new class that takes you through the most basic steps of how to use Photoshop Elements Organizer from the very beginning. Listen in to learn more about Organizing for Absolute…

Don't skip this episode where I talk about a cloud backup! Listen as I reveal why iCloud, Google Drive and Dropbox may be sucking your dollars and not protecting all your most important files. Cloud Backup Show Notes What does a cloud back up do? They take your files from your computer, upload them as encrypted files over the internet, and store th…

In this episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast, I'm sharing my favorite tool to take my photos and get them looking their best. RadLab is a plugin for Photoshop & Photoshop Elements that allows you to make creative edits to your photos using a simple visual editor. I love that I can just use a few clicks to get a consistent, professional l…

Have you attended a slide evening recently? Do you own movie projector? No, me neither! Technology that we once used to capture memories is becoming less common, but most of us have still got precious memories stored in old fashioned formats. This is where Forever Media Conversion can help. I was excited to see this service, but it's not yet availa…

Karen Fitting from Photos Kept Alive joins me to talk about a guaranteed, future-proof storage solution for your photos. Karen calls herself a digi-scrapbooker but enjoys hybrid projects combining digital and traditional styles. At Photos Kept Alive she shares her crafty projects as well as helps her customers with “all things photos” – including v…

It's time for another season of the Scrapbooking Podcast! This episode marks the beginning of a new series all about my favorite tools and techniques for all things scrapbooking. It's probably no surprise the first episode will be covering Photoshop Elements. Listen in as I declare my undying love for Photoshop Elements! My apologies for the audio …

Are you ready for a crazy, fun ride scrapbooking furiously for the month of March? I am! After warming up with Lain Ehmann's last Layout a Day (never fear Alice Boll will be running future LOADs!) I'm continuing my scrapping and I want you to be in on the fun! My first page did double duty as LOAD29 and Calvinball Layout 1, due to the whole time zo…

Does the idea of scrapbooking Christmas in December seem like just another thing to add to your to do list? Do you ghosts of December Dailies past haunt you when you sort through your supplies? Never fear, Alice is here! Learn how you can complete a Christmas album without the stress or guilt with Alice Boll from Scrapbook Wonderland. Alice joins m…

Lisa Harris joins me this week on the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast to talk about our favorite topic - Christmas! Aside from being an elementary teacher, wife, and mom to two grown sons, Lisa is a passionate, lifelong crafter. In 1999, she met and fell in love with scrapbooking, and she’s been doing it in one form or another ever since. In 2008,…

Bob Gager, Product Manager of Adobe Photoshop Elements, joins me in this episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Bob has been with Adobe for over 11 years, leading the product management team for Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements, Adobe's consumer digital imaging and digital video products, and other next generation phot…

Tameka Bond from Pixels2Pages joins me for another episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. I am a pixels2Pages Team Member and love to train and inspire people. I live in New York City and have 3 children ages 11, 14, and 17. By day I am employed as a full time paralegal, so time management is a must for me. Every spare moment I have I spe…

Carole Asselin of Scrapbook Campus joins me for this episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Carole has been an avid PaintShop Pro user for over 10 years and has taught digital scrapbooking online and in-person to hundreds of users. Over the years, she has written hundreds of tutorials and since opening the Scrapbook Campus four years ago,…

Mary Moseley of Be PhotoWise joins me for this episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Listen in as we chat to about what we can do use metadata to make photo projects easier and faster as well as preserve our photo information for the future. Metadata: Your Gift to the Future Adding Descriptions (metadata) to Digital Photographs. Your Gif…

In today's episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast, I talk about my new class: Fast Photo Fixes at Big Picture Classes, plus two techniques I use to fix my everyday photos. Classes mentioned in the podcast Fast Photo Fixes How to Scan and Digitise Photos Document the Magic | Photos & Keepsakes Captured | Tweens & Teens Adjust levels This sh…

Lisa Harris from My Kreative Pursuits joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Aside from being an elementary teacher, wife, and mom to two grown sons, Lisa is a passionate, lifelong crafter. In 1999, she met and fell in love with scrapbooking, and she’s been doing it in one form or another ever since. In 2008, s…

Alice Boll from Scrapbook Wonderland joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Alice is a Canadian scrapbooker, eh! She loves to travel and to share tips, tricks and techniques to help other scrappers share their memories in a creative way. She is on a quest to make scrapbooking fun! You'll find her at ScrapbookWo…

Did you know there are more than half a dozen programs you can use on your computer to create digital scrapbook pages? In today's episode of the Scrapbook Inspiration Podcast I'm joined by 6 fabulous ladies to talk about the different software programs out there for you to work with. Let's meet this week's guests! Carole Asselin (Cassel) from Scrap…

Doris Sander and Celeste Smith from the Get it Scrapped design team join me today on the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast Listen in as we chat to about the origin of the scrappy game Calvinball! Links discussed in this episode: Celeste's site Doris's site The Calvinball challenge is now hosted at Scrap Happy! That crazy picture Doris & Celeste's Ta…

Jennifer Wilson from Simple Scrapper joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Jennifer Wilson is an educator dedicated to helping women simplify memory keeping. She is founder of the Simple Scrapper community and editor of the Everyday Storyteller idea book series. Jennifer has co-taught with Stacy Julian at Big …

Leah Farquharson from Bluebird Chic joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. This is me. I’m pretty ordinary. I love cooking, photography, home, and making. Endlessly making. My childhood is filled with memories of me constantly being on the move or “bored”. My mom’s solution was getting me into just about any cr…

Margareta Carlsson from Paper Pile Kitten joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Margareta Carlsson lives with her husband in Stockholm, Sweden. A life long paper crafter and a scrapbooker since 2003, she is the founder of several scrapbooking online services, such as Use Your Stash.com with ScrapStashKitClub.c…

Cara Vincens from the Hooting Pirate joins me for the next episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Hi, I’m Cara, I’m a Canucklehead (Nova Scotia) living in Luxembourg with my tall, dark and hot hubby. He’s French and the reason I came here in the first place. Wouldn’t we all do anything for love? Though, it’s not like he had to twist my ru…

Jackie Lyals from Be Photo Wise joins me as we wrap up this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Since 2007, scrappers Mary Moseley and Jackie Lyals have been teaching people the why’s and how’s of getting their printed photos and digital images and videos organized, backed up and accessible so that they can be displayed for family and f…

Beth Soler from Scrapping Wonders joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Beth has been scrapping and crafting for ten years. She loves preserving and sharing family memories, recording history for her husband, three active kids, extended family and friends. Beth is a phone-photo ninja, stealthily, snapping pics…

Kristie Sloan from Artful Adventures joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Kristie Sloan takes you on Artful Adventures at KristieSloan.com. She has enjoyed arts and crafts as long as she can remember, and currently focuses on scrapbooking, card making, art journaling, and mixed media. She enjoys learning tech…

Jen Wright from Jen Wright Designs joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Hi I’m Jen, a blessed wife and mom of 2. I am a scrapbook designer, blogger and crafter that loves to play with real & digital paper. I do this through creating digital kits, hybrid projects and mini albums. I am so inspired by everything…

Connie Hanks from Clicky Chick Creates joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Connie Hanks is a mommy, wife, photographer, scrapbooker, crafter and volunteer-extraordinaire who never outgrew seeing the world as colorful as a fresh box of Crayola crayons! Her laid-back SoCal approach, along with her colorful Lat…

Karen Fitting from Photos Kept Alive joins me as we kick off this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Karen calls herself a digi-scrapbooker but has been enjoying hybrid projects combining digital and traditional styles. At Photos Kept Alive she shares her crafty projects as well as helps her customers with “all things photos” – includi…

Margareta Carlsson from Scrap Stash Kit Club joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Margareta Carlsson lives with her husband and two cats in Stockholm, Sweden. A life long paper crafter and a scrapbooker since 2003, she is the founder of several scrapbooking online services, such as UseYourStash.com with Scrap…

Today I'm chatting with Alison Day as our AWESOME Creative Christmas Bundle goes live later today! Alison Day started creating scrapbooks to preserve her family’s memories about 6 years ago. Today she enjoy this hobby even more but has added card making, home decor and even some art journaling to the mix. She recently had a layout published in the …

Lisa Harris from My Kreative Pursuits joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Aside from being an elementary teacher, wife, and mom to two grown sons, Lisa is a passionate, lifelong crafter. In 1999, she met and fell in love with scrapbooking, and she’s been doing it in one form or another ever since. In 2008, s…

Gina Zee from GinaZee.com joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. At GinaZee.com you will see a variety of ways to use things you might otherwise throw away. Various home projects and crafty endeavors are tackled with an eye toward using something you have, instead of purchasing new. Gina will challenge your tho…

Cassel from Scrapbook Campus joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Carole has been an avid PaintShop Pro user for over 10 years and has taught digital scrapbooking online and in-person to hundreds of users. Over the years, she has written hundreds of tutorials and since opening the Scrapbook Campus two years a…

Jen Funk Weber from Funk & Weber Designs joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Hi I'm Jen Funk Weber! I learned to embroider about the time I learned to read. I also learned to sew, thanks to a crafty mother and an unattended sewing machine. Barbie clothes and furnishings were my first specialty. As a member o…

Cara Vincens from the Hooting Pirate joins me as we kick of this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Hi, I’m Cara, I’m a Canucklehead (Nova Scotia) living in Luxembourg with my tall, dark and hot hubby. He’s French and the reason I came here in the first place. Wouldn’t we all do anything for love? Though, it’s not like he had to twist …

Amanda White is a mommy, blogger and all round fun person. I'm so happy that she's here today to share her daily December project with you. I discovered Truth in the Tinsel a couple of years ago and loved the idea of creating something memorable and fun each day. Listen in to hear how Amanda provides an Advent Experience for Little Hands Amanda's D…

Let's talk about knowing your program! If you have a digital camera you likely have a program that you use to import and edit your photos. If you are using Photoshop Elements you may have noticed the many tools available in the sidebar. Take a listen as I talk about how you can learn more about the tools and actually begin using them. You can learn…

Listen in as I talk with my friend Margareta Carlsson about her passion for Christmas creativity. My Dream December Margareta has been working hard on a fun and creative one stop spot for all your Christmas crafting. Premium members will get digital supplies, printables and a Christmas/Holiday planner to help create their Dream December and sail sm…

Inside the self-paced Digi Scrap from Scratch class is everything you need to get you started creating your own pages from scratch. Apart from the video lessons and handouts, five talented designers have shared 6 mini-kits so that you can create gorgeous pages. Suzy Q is one of the talented designers who contributed a kit, and you can listen in as …

Do you love photography? Do you love capturing memories? Katrina does! Take a listen to why my friend, Katrina Kennedy of Capture Your 365, loves to scrapbook. More about Katrina: You can learn more about Katrina here. If you'd like to keep up with Katrina: Follow her at Capture Your 365 Twitter Facebook Pinterest Flickr Celebrate Katrina has donat…

To celebrate two years of scrapbooking fun at Digital Scrapbooking HQ, I've invited some of my favourite scrappers to share why they scrapbook. Take a listen to why my friend, Margareta Carlsson of Scrappypedia, loves to scrapbook. More about Margareta: If you'd like to keep up with Margareta: Visit her website Scrappypedia Like her on Facebook Fol…

To celebrate two years of scrapbooking fun at Digital Scrapbooking HQ, I've invited some of my favourite scrappers to share why they scrapbook. Take a listen to why my friend, Suzy Iverson of Suzy Q Scraps, loves to scrapbook. Suzy is a mom of two and a digital designer, she loves writing and creativity. More about Suzy: You can learn more about Su…

To celebrate two years of scrapbooking fun at Digital Scrapbooking HQ, I've invited some of my favourite scrappers to share why they scrapbook. Take a listen to why my friend, Lain Ehmann of Layout a Day, loves to scrapbook. More about Lain: Lain is a scrapbooking superhero with many amazing events that take place on her site each month. Think scra…

To celebrate two years of scrapbooking fun at Digital Scrapbooking HQ, I've invited some of my favourite scrappers to share why they scrapbook. Take a listen to why my friend, Monica Bradford of ScrapInspired.com, loves to scrapbook! More about Monica: You can learn more about Monica here. If you'd like to keep up with Monica: Visit her website Scr…