Ep. 1: Framed Three-Photo Block

Course Type: Self-paced
Format: Video, Screencast, Online
Length: approx. 60 minutes
Subject: Hybrid scrapbooking
Instructor: Jessica Sprague
Difficulty: Beginner/Intermediate

Now you can take scrapbooking classes right from home, and learn awesome techniques to add flair and fun to your projects!

This revolutionary online class combines great digital techniques with hands-on, video instruction for completing the page from its printed components through completion. At the end of this class, you'll have a gorgeous page ready to slip into your scrapbook album!

Even if you've never opened Photoshop before, this class is a great way to begin adding digital techniques to your paper scrapbooking process! Want to try a FREE class? Check it out:

Watch a 30-second preview

In Episode 1

In this one-page layout, we'll focus on recording a single quotation - we'll actually be setting the quote in two different fonts, with semi-transparent quotation marks to really play up the words.

You'll experience a smooth transition from the video class into the Photoshop instruction, and then back to the video to assemble and complete the project. You'll LOVE how easy it is to learn amazing techniques you can use in dozens of different pages!

What You'll Learn

In the Photoshop screencast (recorded in both Elements and CS4), I'll show you how to:

Convert photos to black-and-white using automated tools
Add and resize three photos to create a photo block
Create a border around the photos to frame them
Add a title in two fonts
Add semi-transparent quotation marks
Add journaling strips in white type on red patterned paper
Print the project onto a letter-sized sheet of photo paper to cut apart and assemble

In the video class, I'll show you how to:

Cut apart, assemble, and adhere your project
Round corners
Add glitter to punched shapes to create custom embellishments
Complete the project with an eye toward the flow of the design

What You'll Need

For all the Scrapbook Alchemy classes, you'll need a few basic tools:

Photoshop Elements 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, Photoshop CS2, CS3, CS4, and CS5
An inkjet printer capable of printing photos (letter-sized is fine, no need for a wide-format)
Photo paper
Scissors
Trimmer
Adhesive
Pencil

Scrapbook supplies you'll need:

Cardstock
Patterned paper
Paper flowers
Flower punch
Glitter
Liquid glue
Buttons

I'll provide you with all the downloads you'll need, and professional instruction to help you learn how to scrap the hybrid way! And don't forget: Just like all our classes here at JessicaSprague.com, you'll have access to your course material FOREVER!

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