Digital Designs for Scrapbooking (Spiral-bound)

by Renee Pearson (Author) "Using photo-ready page templates is the easiest, fastest way to learn as you go..." (more)
Key Phrases: Photoshop Elements, Sedona Collection, Morningside Collection (more...)

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Product Description
This full-color, digital how-to book and CD takes Simple Scrapbooks’ popular “Simple Schemes” digital! Whether or not you have ventured into digital scrapbooking before, you will appreciate the personal training you receive from Digital Designs for Scrapbooking. Editorial Board Member at Simple Scrapbooks, Renee Pearson, brings a friendly face to digital scrapbooking with clear step-by-step instructions and accompanying screen-shots that take scrapbookers through everything they need to know to complete four digital albums. Along the way, Renee offers additional tips and techniques for effectively using Adobe PhotoShop Elements to design beautiful scrapbook pages. Features include: 164 pages with 4 complete digital album projects (each project has its own tutorial with screenshots), accompanying CD contains the equivalent of 4 digital scrapbooking kits, a generous supply of Simple “Digital Schemes” (scrapbook page layouts), over 400 individual digital page elements, bonus gallery of pages designed by Simple Scrapbooks’ celebrities, and a trial version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.

About the Author
Renee Pearson is on the editorial board of Simple Scrapbooks magazine and is a regular contributor to both the magazine and its popular Digital Scrapbooking series. This rising star in the digital scrapbooking world has years of experience in professional graphic design and marketing communication. She loves to combine her digital design and illustration skills with her love of scrapbooking. She's very happy to have this opportunity to share her talent and her uniquely attractive digital projects with other scrapbookers who are interested in expanding their digital skills.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 164 pages
• Publisher: Primedia Scrapbooking (October 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933516054
• ISBN-13: 978-1933516059
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #129,146 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Beginning Digi-Scrap book!, January 7, 2007

By	Karen L. (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This is EXACTLY the book I was looking for. I already knew that I wanted to digi-scrap, I had PSE, photos loaded and was READY TO GO! The PSE program is a little complex, so I was getting overwhelmed. I was also getting overwhelmed with all the sites dedicated to "how tos" and all of the downloadable kit options. I was spinning my wheels. I needed a step by step "how to" book to get me going quickly (I was anxious to get started) and to keep me focused.

This book is perfect. It came with a CD full of digi scrap kits. (Also came with a CD for a trial version of PSE for mac or windows, in case you don't have it yet and were on the line about purchasing). Each chapter describes step by step, with pictures, how to create a page using their digi kits on the CD and your own photos. Each chapter builds on the skills learned in the previous chapters. I found each chapter going very quickly for me (10-20 minutes each) -- I am well versed in computing but not the PSE program. This is a very effortless way to learn.

The are 5 different kits, I believe. They are very attractive sets. These sets can be used to create your own pages, outside of the tutorials.

Without this book, I don't think I would have gotten off to such a fast, positive start. I may otherwise be still thinking about wanting to get started and wondering if I could learn. It seems very effortless now. Probably the best "how to" book I've ever used (I'm usually not a fan).

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book Available for Learning Digital Scrapbooking , May 15, 2006

By	E. McParland (Castle Rock, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is absolutely the best book available for learning the ins and outs of digital scrapbooking. It comes with a disk that includes 4 collections of digital paper designs and digital elements to use with those papers. The disk alone is worth the price of the book.

Renee is practical and very easy to understand. She gives detailed, step by step instructions to help you create beautiful scrapbook pages. She also easily explains the basic and the advanced features of Photoshop Elements.

This is not just a book of pretty pictures, this is everything you need to start creating beautiful digital scrapbook pages.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!, May 5, 2006

By	C. Basler (Waunakee, Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book after taking an online class with Renee and it was even better than I expected. It really gives great instructions on the "HOW". In addition, she manages to show some different styles and lots of tricks and tips that I would never have gotten on my own. Definitely a must have for the digital scrapper. And lots of goodies on the enclosed CD. Four different sets of digital papers/embellishments. These alone are worth the price of the book. It has a nice wirebound binding covered with paperboard so that it lies flat when I'm trying new things out.