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Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast: Digital Scrapbooking HQ

Melissa Shanhun - Digital Scrapbooking Educator

Join Melissa Shanhun, founder of DigitalScrapbookingHQ.com, to learn what inspires scrapbookers and memory keepers to capture their stories and enjoy their hobby.

10 minutes 54 seconds

Happy Birthday! Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast
Need some inspiration for photographing and scrapbooking birthdays? Listen in as I share about birthday scrapbooking.

Today we are celebrating 7 years of Digital Scrapbooking HQ. In honor of that we're talking all about birthdays today (we've even got presents!)

Birthday Scrapbooking Tips

As the mother of 4 little ones I have lots of practice documenting birthdays. Here are some of my best suggestions for birthday scrapbooking.
- Basic pen and paper are key to my process. I keep notes of the party preparations and who's coming. I usually keep that in my planner.
- Delegate someone else to take photos during the party. This allows you time to manage the party.
- Choose the tallest relative to take pictures and record the happy birthday cake moment.
- Try to get detail shots and group photos from the event.
- Most people don't struggle with too few photos from a birthday party. Typically we have way to many! This article will help you organize those birthday pics.
- One more tool to help you organize photos is the Auto Curate feature in Photoshop Elements Organizer! Learn how here.
- Another great resource is templates with lots of photo spots. I love Katie the Creative Lady's templates. Or you can use the click and drag templates from the Digital Project Life store.
- If your photos are on your phone you may consider using the Project Life App. It's an easy way to get a great collection of photos on one page.
- Photoshop Elements 2018 review
- Set yourself up for success
Enter to Win Some Presents!
To celebrate I've gathered some amazing prizes. It's our birthday, but you get the gifts! Head here to see all the prizes and enter to win. But first, everyone gets an extended free trial to make it a 31-day trial at Big Picture Classes. Use this code to claim your trial today!DSHQ-BDAY (expires 9/14/2018 at 11:59pm EST)
Happy Birthday Scrapping!

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12 September 2018, 5:03 pm
44 minutes 47 seconds

Katie the Creative Lady: Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast
I'm so thrilled to catch up with Katie the Creative Lady in this special episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast.

Katie was a paper scrapbooker from the time she was 14 years old and has been happily addicted for more than 20 years. She started digi scrapping in 2005, and has been a contributor to our community with her blog, contributions to the Daily Digi and The Digi Show podcast from 2011-2014.

Listen in as we chat all things digi scrapping and printing!

All the Links

We talked about all kinds of apps and programs, here are the links. This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission.

Photoshop Elements

Project Life App
April

Over

Diptych

Rhonna Designs Suite

Katie's Memory Roundup

Adorama Pix layflat books

Katie's Digital Mixed Media

Microsoft Digital Image Pro

Mac Book Pro

Hockey Puck iMac Mouse

Wacom Bamboo Medium

Thanks so much for listening!

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17 April 2018, 1:00 pm
4 minutes 59 seconds

March Madness – Scrapbooking Inspiration from Calvinball & the Great Stash Bash: Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast

What inspires you to scrapbook? This month, I've been scrapping up a storm with Calvinball and organizing my stash too!

Calvinball

It's a totally fun, totally free, totally silly game for scrapbookers hosted at Get it Scrapped. Learn more here. It starts March 1 but you can jump in at any time.

I even have a podcast about the origins of Calvinball if you are keen!

The Great Stash Bash

Does your scrapbooking need a spring cleaning?

Whether you’re drowning in too much paper, have filled multiple hard drives, or just need support to organize your workspace, The Great Stash Bash will help you take real action and see immediate results.

And best of all, it’s free. Runs all March, hosted by Simple Scrapper, learn more here.

I've been inspired by Jennifer Wilson of Simple Scrapper, to share how Photoshop Elements Organizer can make organizing easy.

I'm answering your organizing questions and sharing how you can let your computer do the heavy lifting for you... and best of all I'm sharing it all on YouTube for free.

Watch the videos here and let me know what you'd like to see me cover next in the comments.

Happy organizing!

11 March 2018, 1:00 pm
8 minutes 38 seconds

Get Organized Supplies the Simple Way: Scrapbooking Inspriation Podcast
Today I'm sharing with you how I manage the piles of digital supplies that can become so overwhelming!

Have you ever looked in your downloads folder to see oodles of zip files containing who-knows-what gorgeous scrapbooking supplies?

Don't you just wish there was an easier way to manage your supplies so you can spend more time scrapbooking?

Here's the workflow I use to keep my supplies organized:
1. Download and unzip them all in one step into my Digi folder (without doing anything more)
2. PSE Organizer imports them automatically with the watched folders feature
3. Add some kits to albums for themes you often use (Christmas, for example)
4. Tag specific items you commonly search for
5. Use the advanced search features to find the supplies you need
How do you manage your supplies?

If you need some help, Get Organized: Supplies will teach you the quick and easy way to get your supplies under control. Inside Get Organized: Supplies there's a worksheet to help you decide what organizing system will work for you and I'll walk you through the process step by step. Tame that shopping addiction and use all the beautiful products you've purchased with GetOrganized: Supplies.

Don't forget, everyone who purchases a class in January or February this year will be automatically entered to win a copy of Photoshop Elements 2018.

Happy Organizing!
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12 February 2018, 1:00 pm
8 minutes 50 seconds

Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast: Welcome to 2018
Thank you for being part of the Digital Scrapbooking HQ community.
I’ve been taking some time the past few weeks to plan what 2018 will look like and I can't wait to share it all with you! Some things are still in the planning stages, but I can share some of the fun that will be happening in the coming months! Take a listen to the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast! You can look forward to some new things:
- Tip of the Week on Facebook
- Get Organized: Supplies - the updated version of my most popular class EVER is on its way soon.
- and more to be revealed...
And more of what we already do!
- YouTube videos - did you know that I have over 100 free videos on YouTube? Here’s the latest one!
- Monthly podcasts (you can subscribe in iTunes)
- Digi scrapping and photo editing tutorials
- Layout shares, from me and the community!
During the year, I also promote some wonderful projects and classes from around the scrapbooking and photography world. Layout a Day with Alice Boll and the Scrap Happy Family is the next event I'll be part of and I will be sharing more about that very soon. What are your plans for 2018? All the best for a year filled with happy scrapping!

PS Welcome Banner from the Daily Digi (no longer available, sorry).

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27 January 2018, 1:00 pm
34 minutes 23 seconds

Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast: Scrap Happy
It's time for another episode of my favorite things! In this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast I'm sharing my favorite tools, programs and communities for scrapbooking.

Today, Alice Boll joins me to talk about ScrapHappy, a wonderful online group of scrapbookers.

Alice is a Canadian scrapbooker, eh! She loves to travel and to share tips, tricks and techniques to help other scrappers share their memories in a creative way. She is on a quest to make scrapbooking fun!

Scrap Happy Show Notes

One of my favorite things about scrapbooking is the community. I don't hang around with many scrapbookers in my day to day life, which is why I love online communities. Scrap Happy is one of those communities that makes my scrapbooking better.
- Scrap Happy is membership group that is more like a family. Connect together online with others over a shared love of scrapbooking.
- Scrap Happy can help motivate you to find the time to get your scrapbooking done and your stories told.
- There are 3 yearly events that help you actually get pages done. Layout a Day, or LOAD, can help you get so much of your scrapbooking done for the year.
- A community of people that supports you and comments on your layouts makes you feel great about creating. It can be so motivating!
- The LOAD theme for February 2018 will be "Choose Your Own Scrapbook Adventure". It will be filled with fun prompts and daily challenges to help you decide what your layout will be about.
- Scrap Happy has monthly sketches to use for inspiration (PSD file included). Sometimes there are even prizes!
- There are live events monthly. Things like "Happy Hour" are a great way to connect regularly. Alice also does a Scrapbook Live event monthly. Watch her scrap in real time!
- Scrap Happy membership for your first year is $149. With each LOAD costing $50, you pay for the membership just with the 3 LOAD challenges, and there is so much more offered. There is a 30 day money back guarantee if you try it and feel like the group is not for you. After the first year it's a $99 renewal fee.
- BUT if you sign up in the next 30 days you can use the code INSPIRATION10 you will save 10% on a new membership!
- If you'd like to dip your feet in the Scrap Happy water with February 2018's LOAD you can use the code DELIGHT15 to save $15 on your registration. Be sure to use by the end of 2017!
Top Tip

When you start with a story prompt, the hard part of scrapbooking is already done. Then you can go find your pictures based on that prompt. Working this way makes things go much more quickly. You will find that you tell stories you never would have thought to tell otherwise!

Happy Scrapping!

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11 December 2017, 9:14 pm
12 minutes 19 seconds

Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast: Photoshop Elements Organizer
Today I'm going to talk to you all about Photoshop Elements Organizer! If you've been around here awhile you know how much I love Photoshop Elements Organizer. I have a brand new class that takes you through the most basic steps of how to use Photoshop Elements Organizer from the very beginning. Listen in to learn more about Organizing for Absolute Beginners!

Show Notes
- Organizing for Absolute Beginners has 8 modules and it takes you through everything from understanding how Organizer works, to getting your photos printed or doing a slide show.
- The class has high quality videos that show you exactly what to do.
- If you've always put of organizing your photos you are actually in luck! It will be easier to start now that technology has finally count up.
- You are able to customize how your photos are stored on your hard drive. Create folders that make sense to you and how you organize.
- In this class we'll cover automated organizing. Organizer monitors the new files that you have imported. You can automate the downloads with Photo Downloader or you can have it watch the folders for new photos.
- Are you familiar with Face Recognition? It is awesome! PSE is one of the first products that implemented Face Recognition. You can use it along with your contacts and FB friends list. It makes it so easy to tag people.
- Photoshop Elements Organizer now has Smart Tags. It can look at your photos and see that it has a rose, or a kangaroo, or you're playing golf. It adds those tags automatically to your photo.
- You can also get an interactive map of where you've taken your photos.
- You can still organize your photos by the date they were taken, which many people still love to do.
- PSE Organizer has visual similarity searches. Find one photo and then do a search to find all the photos in your library that are similar.
- Now Organizer can find your best photos with the Curate feature. If you have a folder of photos Organizer can suggest which photos are the best.
Top Tip

Photoshop Elements is still available as a single purchase and then you use it for as long as you want to. No need to pay monthly or yearly fees. Get your free trial of Photoshop Elements today!

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10 November 2017, 1:00 pm
Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast: Cloud Backup
Don't skip this episode where I talk about a cloud backup! Listen as I reveal why iCloud, Google Drive and Dropbox may be sucking your dollars and not protecting all your most important files.

Cloud Backup Show Notes

What does a cloud back up do? They take your files from your computer, upload them as encrypted files over the internet, and store them in their own secure servers. They also have backups, so that if anything goes wrong on your end, your data is protected. One benefit of an online backup service is that it's fully automated.

Top Tip: Do Your Research
1. What does it cover? (Number of files and megabytes)
2. How many devices are included?
3. How often the devices need to be connected?
4. Can you start with a seed drive?
Learn more about backing up here.

I have a free PDF for you to help you make the best decision for your life: Backup Worksheet

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5 October 2017, 1:00 pm
7 minutes 44 seconds

Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast: Get Totally Rad Photos with Radlab
In this episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast, I'm sharing my favorite tool to take my photos and get them looking their best.

RadLab is a plugin for Photoshop & Photoshop Elements that allows you to make creative edits to your photos using a simple visual editor. I love that I can just use a few clicks to get a consistent, professional look for your photos.

Did you know RadLab works perfectly with Photoshop Elements?

All you need to do is:
- Open your photo
- Click the little RadLab button
- Edit with the Stylets or Recipes
- Click Finish
- Save
- Enjoy your Totally Rad Photo!
Get Totally RadLab here.

Download my RadLab Recipes

If you have Radlab you can use these to edit your own photos.

Sunlit Girl recipe

Joy Recipe

Enter to Win a Copy of Radlab

Check out our 6th birthday celebration giveaway here.

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7 September 2017, 1:00 pm
27 minutes 22 seconds

Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast: Rescue your Slides with Forever Media Conversion
Have you attended a slide evening recently? Do you own movie projector? No, me neither! Technology that we once used to capture memories is becoming less common, but most of us have still got precious memories stored in old fashioned formats. This is where Forever Media Conversion can help.

I was excited to see this service, but it's not yet available in Australia, where I live. I asked Monica Bradford, fellow memory keeper and Big Picture Classes teacher, to try it out and share her experience with the Digital Scrapbooking HQ community. Monica has been working with me on customer support and is a contributing writer here at Digital Scrapbooking HQ. Read on to see some of the gems Monica uncovered thanks to a little help from Forever.

Listen in as we chat to about the process and some of the gems she uncovered.

You can see Monica's full review here.

Take a Look at Forever

Create a new, FREE Forever account here. Then download the mobile app for Android or Apple and play around with your account to see its potential.

As an example, take a look at the album I am using to store all my scrapbook layouts from 2017.

Save on Forever Storage

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Forever guarantee

Free trial of Forever

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21 August 2017, 1:00 pm
24 minutes 38 seconds

Forever Storage for your Family’s Photos
Karen Fitting from Photos Kept Alive joins me to talk about a guaranteed, future-proof storage solution for your photos.

Karen calls herself a digi-scrapbooker but enjoys hybrid projects combining digital and traditional styles. At Photos Kept Alive she shares her crafty projects as well as helps her customers with “all things photos” – including video transfer, scanning, scrapbooking and weekend events. What she loves most is listening to the stories that go with the pictures. Karen lives in Northern California with her husband and Cocker Spaniel-child.

Listen in as we talk about the only service that is truly a safe storage solution for your photos.

Take a Look at Forever

Create a new, FREE Forever account here. Then download the mobile app for Android or Apple and play around with your account to see its potential.

As an example, take a look at the album I am using to store all my scrapbook layouts from 2017.

Save on Forever Storage in August

25% off storage for August with code AUG2017

Links

Forever guarantee

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Free trial of Forever

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15 August 2017, 1:00 pm
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