When I digital scrapbook, I create a whole layout on one document in Photoshop.  After I am finished with the page, I copy and paste each half of the layout onto separate "pages."  That way I can place them in my "books" that are later published.  You'll notice that I leave margins around the edges of each page to make room for "bleeding." Bleeding is where the picture is printed all the way to the edges, and some of the picture is lost in the printing.  

The most pages I have done in one week was about 160, which was a book I made of my family reunion in July 2006.  For the most part, the pages were very simple, and I used very few embellishments (not only because of time constraint, but also because I have five brothers who aren't really into "frills").  It was quite a task.  My mom came out to take care of my kids so I could finish the project before Christmas.  NOTE TO SELF: Don't attempt to do that many in a week again.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

February 2003


I'm starting on 2003 now. I don't think it will take as long to make because I am not going to do all my pages like this one, there aren't as many photos (only about 1500). For most of the pages, I'm just going to drag and drop the photos into the pre-made templates in Blurb.com. I just don't have three years to finish one album. I need to get them done. I am still going to touch up every photo in Photoshop, so that each photo is 300 ppi (standard for commercial printing), and also adjust the levels in each photo. That will take a bit of time.
As for this page, I really like how it turned out. I found this fun penguin font, and I was able to add color to it with the brush tool. I had fun creating the look of snow for the borders by using the creative cutting tool and adding a bevel. I did have to smudge the inner edges, though, so that the lines wouldn't look so harsh. The background was fun to make, too. I LOVE the brush tool. Overall, I am pleased with the way it turned out.
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