Wednesday, September 30, 2009

DigiSketch Template FREEBIE

Follow the link HERE or click the image below to download a FREE 12x12 digital LO (example result shown). Associated zipped download includes:
- (1) 12x12 300dpi, layered PSD file
- Clippable placeholders for multiple photos, papers, and border
- (3) Text paths for curved title, journaling block, and text border
- Template works in both Adobe Photoshop Elements 5+ and Adobe Photoshop CS+.

LCS-DigiSketch-Waves01.zip

GET THE MOST: Maximize this template by rotating and/or flipping the entire canvas and/or individual layers to get additional LO pages.

Photo Frame Freebie

Follow the link HERE for my version of a simple and popular Photo Frame resembling a certain instamatic picture that no longer exists, but lives on in shoe boxes and our new digital creative world. ;)


Supplies: Paper, Alpha, Embellishments from the 'Oh Boy: Good Sport' collection, http://www.digitalscrapbookmemories.com/

Monday, September 7, 2009

*FREE Photoshop / Digital Scrapbooking Core Training

HERE is an opportunity for you to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements and how to create digital scrapbook layouts and so much more!!

For the time being, I’m offering 10.5 hours of comprehensive and quality training on Adobe Photoshop Elements and digital scrapbooking—absolutely FREE! No sign-ups required, no purchase needed in advance. The material covers fundamentals, intermediate, and advanced topics of using the Photoshop tools and techniques. It will help you in creating a solid foundation on which to build with future techniques and training.

Additionally I am providing add-on tools HERE that allow for use of features like layer masks normally only possible in the CS versions. If you need some digital supplies I have a small basic kit HERE to help get you started. Again all absolutely FREE!

*HOWEVER, I do ask that if you find the training and/or tools helpful and valuable in your learning and creative work; please make a donation HERE so I can continue to provide you and others like you with meaningful information and resources.



Some of you may say, “Okay, but it probably isn’t quality training.” To that I say, “What do you have to lose?” Nothing. Just some time. I’m confident, just as with other expert training I’ve provided over 20+ years, you will find new and/or better ways of doing something you didn’t know before. Please give it a try.

I know there are other options for Photoshop and digital scrapbook training out there. However, I believe in quality, accuracy, having options, and creating value. How many times have you read or seen a tutorial that wasn’t as informative as needed to truly guide you through a technique or learn about a tool? How much money have you spent to learn only a handful of skills, leaving you to have to purchase additional courses to learn a little more?

My training is different. You will quickly learn or enhance the fundamentals you may already know and then proceed to learn intermediate and advanced ways of using Photoshop Elements to accomplish numerous tasks. You will be able to learn as much or as little as you want 24/7 on your schedule—no waiting around for a class to start.

Ultimately, you can decide what the value of this training is to you compared to other options and donate accordingly. I am confident you will find no better value for this comprehensive knowledge and increasing your abilities.

Please take advantage of and pass the word along about our FREE Digital Scrapbook Core Essentials Training with Adobe Photoshop Elements. NOTE: You can also use the FREE Digital Scrapbooking Core Training link on the right to quickly get to the training.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The start of something GOOD

Thank you for taking the time to join me and have a read. I know you will benefit from what I have to offer through this blog and its related content. ;)

My objective is to share with you expert training and resources in computer software and technology to help you better learn, create, and share your life’s experiences through scrapbooking, paper crafting, and photography.

My passion for computing, technology, and memory preservation continues to grow from over 20+ years of expert use, exploration, and work as a computer instructor and creative consultant. My goal is to share value-added training, projects, resources, and services to help you do more, save time, and save money!

I love technology and most things digital--when they are working—right? I love to create useful and meaningful keepsakes for my family and for others. I love to teach the benefits of and how to use computers and today’s digital technology. I love to use my imagination and creativity to solve problems and simply make things better.

Here you will LEARN how to make the most of your creative time, CREATE new and exciting results from your captured moments of life, and SHARE your life’s experiences with others in imaginative ways.

READ ON to learn about your first creative opportunity.