| Digital Scrapbooking Templates - what are they, and | | | | conveniently without having to get all your supplies out |
| how can they save you time, reduce your hobby | | | | to work on your projects. All you need is enough |
| costs, and liberate your creativity all in one go? | | | | space for a laptop computer and you can scrapbook |
| In just the last few years there has been such a huge | | | | anywhere. |
| surge in computer use that many people now have an | | | | Another benefit of digital products is that they save |
| internet connection, and use it. | | | | you time by eliminating many of the usual repetitive |
| - To keep in touch with friends and family, by email, | | | | tasks as you create a series of pages for an album, |
| social networks, | | | | and save you wasting photos through cutting errors. |
| - For entertainment - music, videos and TV online, and, | | | | Also, its easier for your computer to search for that |
| of course, | | | | elusive embellishment, saving you the frustration of |
| - For crafts such as scrapbooking. | | | | hunting through paper stock for that special paper or |
| In fact, the internet is changing our lives in many ways, | | | | tag... |
| and for scrappers, that provides the opportunity to get | | | | Digital scrapbook products are usually less expensive |
| into digital or online scrapbooking in some form. Going | | | | than their physical equivalent, and they can be used |
| online to scrapbooking websites provides fast and | | | | over and over again. With so many internet |
| easy access to the work of expert designers and | | | | scrapbooking templates available at little or no cost, |
| crafters, bringing a wealth of high quality scrapbooking | | | | you have access to as many sketches, templates, |
| ideas and resources, as well as downloadable digital | | | | papers, and embellishments, as you could possibly |
| products, into the home of the average scrapper. | | | | need, so you'll probably spend much less than you |
| Instead of having the expense of traveling to your local | | | | would normally spend on your stash. |
| scrapbook store (LSS) to browse products, see a | | | | Here are just a few more benefits of the digital |
| demo or participate in a workshop, you can now view | | | | approach to scrapbooking: |
| scrapbook sketches and example layouts online, | | | | - Easy to find and share layout ideas |
| watch streaming tutorial videos, and even more | | | | - You can re-use digital "papers" and embellishments |
| conveniently, use downloadable scrapbooking | | | | many times over, with zero replacement costs |
| templates. These you can open in your favorite digital | | | | - Very much easier to duplicate your scrapbook pages |
| scrapbook software (such as Photoshop Elements), | | | | or completed album. So if you want each granny to |
| adapt the design as you wish, then drop in and adjust | | | | have the same album, with extra copies for a couple |
| your digital photos. Just as when paper scrapping, you | | | | of aunts and a favorite uncle, you just create the |
| need to personalise the page layout by adding your | | | | album once. |
| embellishments, journalling, tags etc. | | | | - You have easy online access to resources for |
| If you're not yet up to speed with computer | | | | every season and every kind of life-event |
| scrapbooking, you can create paper pages by printing | | | | You can think of your digital scrapbooking templates |
| off your downloaded template, and either use these | | | | as a fast start to page layout designs. You can use |
| as the basis for building a traditional scrapbook page, | | | | them either in your paper-based projects, or you can |
| or to store in your ideas file for later use. | | | | create pages and albums completely on your |
| Digital scrapbook templates and supplies save you | | | | computer, then share the finished project with friends, |
| time and money by reducing the amount of stock you | | | | family and fellow scrappers easily and freely across |
| need to store, and make scrapbooking possible | | | | the internet. |