DCL scrapbook Pages??

[dredick]

ME! I spend enough time on the computer without scrapping on it too! Besides, there's something so soothing about cutting paper. I like the tactileness of real paper, ribbon, brads.

I knew there was more of us out there!!

 

[dredick]

Can't wait to see them. I'm getting ready to start back to work, so I am going to slow way down probably....

My DS made a top 10 (that turned into a top 15) list of our DL/DCL vacation.... I wanted to document his picks and also why he chose each one....

I love the top "15" in his words! I'm going to have to end my cruise one like that!! Maybe give each son a top 5? Great idea!!!

 

[quiltymom]

Does any do paper scrapbooking anymore? I must be a scrapbooking dinosaur!!!

Yes - there's plenty of us out there! But I must admit that I do more digital than traditional scrapbooking these days, mostly because I take so many photos! The StoryBooks are so much smaller, and I can order two of the same thing for both kids, especially on things like vacation books.

I now use the traditional scrapbooking as a more traditional scrapbook to hold the memorabilia we've picked up along the way, and a few photos, too! If I didn't do it this way, my kids will need a forklift to get all of their scrapbooks out of the house when they finally move out!

And thanks to everyone for posting their ideas here. We're taking our first cruise next October, and I do appreciate the ideas ahead of time so I can plan away...

 

[LisaSp]

...I love looking at all the layouts in this thread--they are gorgeous. My digital pages don't look nearly as fancy or fantastic but I am happy with them!

I am a CM consultant and so I will never abandon my traditional albums LOL. But I am also enjoying making digital pages/storybooks. For our 2nd Disney Cruise this past Feb, I made a fantatsic 12x12 storybook. I used a lot of the new Disney and other vacation elements. I am thrilled with how it turned out. Here are just a couple of my pages using some of the Disney elements.

 

[jesters]

Credits: http://scrapmatters.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-8685

Christy,

Love your pages. I just bought SBC+ and will use if for our upcoming cruise. For the photos you get from Shutters, are you scanning them or adding them to a printed digital page (hybrid page)? Curious how to get all my Shutters pix (I always get lots-can't help myself!) into a digital scrapbook?

Also, do you share any of your template pages for others to import as .png files? Just curious because they are wonderful!

 

[DisneyCruiser2008]

Christy,

Love your pages. I just bought SBC+ and will use if for our upcoming cruise. For the photos you get from Shutters, are you scanning them or adding them to a printed digital page (hybrid page)? Curious how to get all my Shutters pix (I always get lots-can't help myself!) into a digital scrapbook?

Also, do you share any of your template pages for others to import as .png files? Just curious because they are wonderful!

Thanks so much! I have scanned in all of the Shutters pics! ugh!! Actually -- they have scanned really well, and we just have a cheapo scanner (Less than $100 from Best Buy).... I sure wish these cruise lines would convert to digital though -- all of the waste kills me. I bought a bunch of pictures too -- I just can't help myself. There is a great thread going over on the DIS Scrapbooking forum JUST for SBC+ users, and a few of us have started to share some of our templates... Go check it out -- the thread has been really helpful to me. If you have SBC + -- you would import the templates as a page file (not .pngs) -- and they are totally functional within that program. I haven't figured out how to save my templates as .pngs for programs other than SBC+ -- I'm sure there is a way though....

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1826831

 

[jesters]

Thanks so much! I have scanned in all of the Shutters pics! ugh!! Actually -- they have scanned really well, and we just have a cheapo scanner (Less than $100 from Best Buy).... I sure wish these cruise lines would convert to digital though -- all of the waste kills me. I bought a bunch of pictures too -- I just can't help myself. There is a great thread going over on the DIS Scrapbooking forum JUST for SBC+ users, and a few of us have started to share some of our templates... Go check it out -- the thread has been really helpful to me. If you have SBC + -- you would import the templates as a page file (not .pngs) -- and they are totally functional within that program. I haven't figured out how to save my templates as .pngs for programs other than SBC+ -- I'm sure there is a way though....

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1826831

Thanks! I will meet you over on the SBC+ thread!

 

[RLccweems]

...I love looking at all the layouts in this thread--they are gorgeous. My digital pages don't look nearly as fancy or fantastic but I am happy with them!

I am a CM consultant and so I will never abandon my traditional albums LOL. But I am also enjoying making digital pages/storybooks. For our 2nd Disney Cruise this past Feb, I made a fantatsic 12x12 storybook. I used a lot of the new Disney and other vacation elements. I am thrilled with how it turned out. Here are just a couple of my pages using some of the Disney elements.

I would so love to learn how to do the digital pages....where's the best place to start this? How easy is the CM digital pages to make? I don't have a CM near me to help me with this.

 

[LisaSp]

I would so love to learn how to do the digital pages....where's the best place to start this? How easy is the CM digital pages to make? I don't have a CM near me to help me with this.

The Storybook Creator Plus (SBC+) software is really super user-friendly. I had no idea what i was doing when i first started. There are good tutorials on the CM website that can walk you thru a lot of the process...

 

[minniesota]

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I am a CM consultant and so I will never abandon my traditional albums LOL. But I am also enjoying making digital pages/storybooks. For our 2nd Disney Cruise this past Feb, I made a fantatsic 12x12 storybook. I used a lot of the new Disney and other vacation elements. I am thrilled with how it turned out.

Looks like some fun elements! Since you are a CM consultant, do you have any info as to whether CM is any nearer to releasing SBC+ in a Mac version? I would love to invest in the software but I have a Mac! Thanks!

 

[mommylovesdisneymore]

These are beautiful!! I can't wait to go and then I willpost mine

 

[stlkeeler]

For the photos you get from Shutters, are you scanning them or adding them to a printed digital page (hybrid page)? Curious how to get all my Shutters pix (I always get lots-can't help myself!) into a digital scrapbook?

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I haven't made any scrapbooks (digital or otherwise) yet, but I am getting all my pics from our cruise ready to go. I have bunches of stuff for a traditional book (or two) stockpiled in my bedroom. I took my Shutters pics to a camera store to be printed. I have heard that Walgreens will do it, too. There is a release to print to take with you so that you don't have any copyright issues. I had no problems. I got reprints of the Shutters pictures and also had them make a disc so I can have another copy in case I need more. Here is the link for the release:

http://www.image.com/html/post_cruise.html

 

[LisaSp]

Looks like some fun elements! Since you are a CM consultant, do you have any info as to whether CM is any nearer to releasing SBC+ in a Mac version? I would love to invest in the software but I have a Mac! Thanks!

The jury is still out on that one....I have heard mixed reports...some say on the newer Macs that can run windows programs it works, some say it does not. I have not heard any "official" word on it yet. Our nat'l convention is this weekend (I couldn't go) so perhaps some news may come out of that. I know it is frustrating--I have a few Mac customers chomping at the bit to get at this software!!

 

[DisneyCruiser2008]

I love this pic of DS and Minne....

Credits: http://scrapmatters.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-9031

 

[DisneyCruiser2008]

Also -- I don't know if you all know, but there is a FLICKR group/pool of Disney digital scrapbooking pages.... I think there are over 500 pages in the pool now... so lots of inspiration... You can go look around, or join the pool if you would like.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/disneydigiscrappers

 

[castlegazer]

Christy - great pages! You have a really great eye for layout and design!

LisaSP - awesome pages!!!! I love the princess one! After our last trip I put a book together on the Photopass site and it came out a lot like that page - I really love the way that book turned out and the kids love it. It's a great way tp use both your photos and Disney ones too. If you guys haven't checked it, you should.

I posted a big long post this weekend and it didn't take. I am going to attempt it again now.

I was answering questions about speed with digital. This is why Ii switched. My pages take about an hour to do. I think that is just amazing! I spend a lot of time making thank you notes and hostess gifts and invitations in digital scrapbooking.

I also answered a question about size and printing. I scrap in 8 1/2 by 11" and print at home for the kids to have. I put the printouts into frames we have at home on a rotating basis. I then triple save my spreads - I save on a DVD, on the computer, and in cloud storage. I am wicked paranoid about this stuff. I also have seen that the prinouts don't last longer than five year, and then begin to fade. I also display the spreads on our large digital frames. I place the spreads into DVDs not just for storage, but also on other ones that have video and photos on them as actual DVDs to watch. I also use my spreads as desktop backgrounds.

I totally respect paper scrapping, but I find that digital fits my lifestyle so much better - speed, ease of use in other applications, and sharing capabilities.

I think both mediums have a nexus point in cost when you start factoring in printing costs. Digital is much less expesnive to buy kits which you can reuse again and again, but I spend about $100 every six months on ink and paper. Add that to an addiction to a very expensive digital designer and you come pretty close to having very similar costs.

 

[born2cruise]

I love all the pages posted there are so many creative minds. I have not done the digi thing yet and am totaly interested in it. I have done traditional scarping, but my stuff doesn't look as good as some of the ones posted. I looked at some of the kits and they are awsome, but I couldn't fine too many disney ones, I tried to download a free kit but I guess I don't have a program that suports it.

 

[dredick]

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[DisneyCruiser2008]

Here's the 2 pager I came up with for my Character Breakfast pics.....

CREDITS: http://scrapmatters.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-9154

CREDITS: http://scrapmatters.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-9153

 

[DisneyCruiser2008]

I got one more done....

credits: http://scrapmatters.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-9066