Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast: Digital Scrapbooking HQ: Recent Episodes
Melissa Shanhun - Digital Scrapbooking Educator
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… [Continue reading]
I'm so thrilled to catch up with Katie the Creative Lady in this special episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. [Continue reading]
What inspires you to scrapbook? This month, I've been scrapping up a storm with Calvinball and organizing my stash too! [Continue reading]
Have you ever looked in your downloads folder to see oodles of zip files? Here's the scrapbook supply workflow I use to get organized supplies! [Continue reading]
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 on the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. [Continue reading]
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. [Continue reading]
Today I'm going to talk to you all about Photoshop Elements Organizer! Listen in to learn more about Organizing for Absolute Beginners! [Continue reading]
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. [Continue reading]
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… [Continue reading]
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… [Continue reading]
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… [Continue reading]
It's time for another season of the Scrapbooking Podcast! This episode marks the beginning of a new series all about my favorite tools and techniques for all things scrapbooking. It's probably no surprise the first episode will be covering Photoshop Elements. Listen in as I declare my undying love for Photoshop Elements! My apologies for… [Continue reading]
Doris and Celeste explain Calvinball: Scrapbooking, sledging and all around fun [Continue reading]
Does the idea of scrapbooking Christmas in December seem like just another thing to add to your to do list? Do you ghosts of December Dailies past haunt you when you sort through your supplies? Never fear, Alice is here! Learn how you can complete a Christmas album without the stress or guilt with Alice Boll from Scrapbook Wonderland. Alice joins me on this episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. [Continue reading]
Lisa Harris joins me this week on the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast to talk about our favorite topic - Christmas! [Continue reading]
Bob Gager, Product Manager of Adobe Photoshop Elements, joins me in this episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Listen in as we chat about what's new in Photoshop Elements 14! [Continue reading]
Tameka Bond from Pixels2Pages joins me for another episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. I am a pixels2Pages Team Member and love to train and inspire people. I live in New York City and have 3 children ages 11, 14, and 17. By day I am employed as a full time paralegal, so time management is a… [Continue reading]
Carole Asselin of Scrapbook Campus joins me to chat about using PaintShop Pro for your digital scrapbooking. [Continue reading]
Listen in as we chat to about what we can do use metadata to make photo projects easier and faster as well as preserve our photo information for the future. [Continue reading]
Do your photos need help? There's simple (and quick fixes) you can make in Photoshop Elements [Continue reading]
Lisa Harris from My Kreative Pursuits joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Aside from being an elementary teacher, wife, and mom to two grown sons, Lisa is a passionate, lifelong crafter. In 1999, she met and fell in love with scrapbooking, and she’s been doing it in one form or another… [Continue reading]
Alice Boll from Scrapbook Wonderland joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. 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! You'll find her at… [Continue reading]
Did you know there are more than half a dozen programs you can use on your computer to create digital scrapbook pages? In today's episode of the Scrapbook Inspiration Podcast I'm joined by 6 fabulous ladies to talk about the different software programs out there for you to work with. Let's meet this week's guests!… [Continue reading]
Doris and Celeste explain Calvinball: Scrapbooking, sledging and all around fun [Continue reading]
Jennifer Wilson from Simple Scrapper joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Jennifer Wilson is an educator dedicated to helping women simplify memory keeping. She is founder of the Simple Scrapper community and editor of the Everyday Storyteller idea book series. Jennifer has co-taught with Stacy Julian at Big Picture Classes,… [Continue reading]
Leah Farquharson from Bluebird Chic joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. This is me. I’m pretty ordinary. I love cooking, photography, home, and making. Endlessly making. My childhood is filled with memories of me constantly being on the move or “bored”. My mom’s solution was getting me into just about any… [Continue reading]
Margareta Carlsson from Paper Pile Kitten joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Margareta Carlsson lives with her husband in Stockholm, Sweden. A life long paper crafter and a scrapbooker since 2003, she is the founder of several scrapbooking online services, such as Use Your Stash.com with ScrapStashKitClub.com, OrganizeYourStash.com and MyDreamDecember.com. Listen in… [Continue reading]
Cara Vincens from the Hooting Pirate joins me for the next episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Hi, I’m Cara, I’m a Canucklehead (Nova Scotia) living in Luxembourg with my tall, dark and hot hubby. He’s French and the reason I came here in the first place. Wouldn’t we all do anything for love? Though, it’s… [Continue reading]
Heartfelt Photo Gifts with Jackie Lyals. Listen in as we chat about the upcoming Christmas season and her contribution to the Creative Christmas bundle. [Continue reading]
Beth Soler from Scrapping Wonders joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Beth has been scrapping and crafting for ten years. She loves preserving and sharing family memories, recording history for her husband, three active kids, extended family and friends. Beth is a phone-photo ninja, stealthily, snapping pics, then swiftly and skillfully… [Continue reading]
Kristie Sloan from Artful Adventures joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Kristie Sloan takes you on Artful Adventures at KristieSloan.com. She has enjoyed arts and crafts as long as she can remember, and currently focuses on scrapbooking, card making, art journaling, and mixed media. She enjoys learning techniques, breaking them down into… [Continue reading]
Jen Wright from Jen Wright Designs joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Hi I’m Jen, a blessed wife and mom of 2. I am a scrapbook designer, blogger and crafter that loves to play with real & digital paper. I do this through creating digital kits, hybrid projects and mini albums.… [Continue reading]
Make Family Memories with Connie Hanks. Listen in as we chat about her contribution to the Creative Christmas Bundle. [Continue reading]
Karen Fitting from Photos Kept Alive joins me as we kick off this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Karen calls herself a digi-scrapbooker but has been enjoying 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,… [Continue reading]
Margareta Carlsson from Scrap Stash Kit Club joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Margareta Carlsson lives with her husband and two cats in Stockholm, Sweden. A life long paper crafter and a scrapbooker since 2003, she is the founder of several scrapbooking online services, such as UseYourStash.com with ScrapStashKitClub.com, OrganizeYourStash.com… [Continue reading]
Today the Creative Christmas bundle goes on sale! Check out Alison's contribution and buy your own copy now! [Continue reading]
Lisa Harris from My Kreative Pursuits joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Aside from being an elementary teacher, wife, and mom to two grown sons, Lisa is a passionate, lifelong crafter. In 1999, she met and fell in love with scrapbooking, and she’s been doing it in one form or another… [Continue reading]
Gina Zee from GinaZee.com joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. At GinaZee.com you will see a variety of ways to use things you might otherwise throw away. Various home projects and crafty endeavors are tackled with an eye toward using something you have, instead of purchasing new. Gina will challenge your thought… [Continue reading]
Cassel from Scrapbook Campus joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Carole has been an avid PaintShop Pro user for over 10 years and has taught digital scrapbooking online and in-person to hundreds of users. Over the years, she has written hundreds of tutorials and since opening the Scrapbook Campus two years ago,… [Continue reading]
Jen Funk Weber from Funk & Weber Designs joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Hi I'm Jen Funk Weber! I learned to embroider about the time I learned to read. I also learned to sew, thanks to a crafty mother and an unattended sewing machine. Barbie clothes and furnishings were my first specialty. As… [Continue reading]
Cara Vincens from the Hooting Pirate joins me as we kick of this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast. Hi, I’m Cara, I’m a Canucklehead (Nova Scotia) living in Luxembourg with my tall, dark and hot hubby. He’s French and the reason I came here in the first place. Wouldn’t we all do anything for… [Continue reading]
Hear from the Author of Truth in the Tinsel: An advent experience for little hands [Continue reading]
Become a happier scrapbooker. Learn to use your program and forget Photoshop frustration. Here's how [Continue reading]
Want to hear about Christmas crafting for someone who is in love with the season? Listen in and get inspired by Margareta Carlsson. [Continue reading]
Inside the self-paced Digi Scrap from Scratch class is everything you need to get you started creating your own pages from scratch. Apart from the video lessons and handouts, five talented designers have shared 6 mini-kits so that you can create gorgeous pages. Suzy Q is one of the talented designers who contributed a kit, and you… [Continue reading]
Do you love photography? Do you love capturing memories? Katrina does! Take a listen to why my friend, Katrina Kennedy of Capture Your 365, loves to scrapbook. More about Katrina: You can learn more about Katrina here. If you'd like to keep up with Katrina: Follow her at Capture Your 365 Twitter Facebook Pinterest Flickr… [Continue reading]
To celebrate two years of scrapbooking fun at Digital Scrapbooking HQ, I've invited some of my favourite scrappers to share why they scrapbook. Take a listen to why my friend, Margareta Carlsson of Scrappypedia, loves to scrapbook. More about Margareta: If you'd like to keep up with Margareta: Visit her website Scrappypedia Like her on Facebook… [Continue reading]
To celebrate two years of scrapbooking fun at Digital Scrapbooking HQ, I've invited some of my favourite scrappers to share why they scrapbook. Take a listen to why my friend, Suzy Iverson of Suzy Q Scraps, loves to scrapbook. Suzy is a mom of two and a digital designer, she loves writing and creativity. More… [Continue reading]
To celebrate two years of scrapbooking fun at Digital Scrapbooking HQ, I've invited some of my favourite scrappers to share why they scrapbook. Take a listen to why my friend, Lain Ehmann of Layout a Day, loves to scrapbook. More about Lain: Lain is a scrapbooking superhero with many amazing events that take place on… [Continue reading]
To celebrate two years of scrapbooking fun at Digital Scrapbooking HQ, I've invited some of my favourite scrappers to share why they scrapbook. Take a listen to why my friend, Monica Bradford of ScrapInspired.com, loves to scrapbook! More about Monica: You can learn more about Monica here. If you'd like to keep up with Monica: Visit… [Continue reading]
So, why does Melissa scrapbook? Tune in the hear what turned Melissa into a scrapbooking teacher and why she still makes the time to scrap every week. [Continue reading]
Listen in to hear how long time instructor Cara Miller is finally getting her photos into scrapbooks: Ba Da Bing! Cara Miller has been teaching Cricut for many years, in person and on line. She's got a successful line of Whispers that help hundreds of women create with less fuss and more fun. But the truth was, most of the photos from her lifetime were sitting untouched in boxes. Tune in to here what got her scrapping [Continue reading]
Today I'm sharing my latest inspiration kick - idea books. Listen now: You no doubt remember the 'good old days' of countless scrapbooking magazines (and even a digital scrapbooking magazine) to choose from, where you could snuggle up with a cup of tea and enjoy reading about your favourite hobby. Well, the good days aren't… [Continue reading]
What's my big secret to scrapbooking over 100 pages each year? Scrapbooking more! Tune in to hear how and why I challenge myself to scrapbook more often. Monthly, daily-layout projects seem to be the sweet spot for me. I've completed about 250 layouts this way since 2009 when I took my first attempt at December… [Continue reading]
Debbie Hodge joins me to chat about her journey from paper to digi, how she put together a class that takes you beyond the rule of thirds and helps you tap into what the experts do to create pages that look stunning and tell the stories of your life. One thing I like about Debbie,… [Continue reading]
Would you like to make your photo processing simpler? Listen in and I'll tell you how you can save time getting your photos off your camera which will leave you with more time for getting them onto your scrapbook pages. Links Learn More about Photo Freedom Learn how I use the Eye Fi Card Buy… [Continue reading]
Take a look through your scrapbook album today, as see how you can be inspired by your own pages. Listen in for tips that will help and encourage you to get scrapping again and complete some of those layouts that you've been meaning to do. For even more inspiration, be sure to subscribe to the… [Continue reading]
I'm sharing today a little about the December Daily podcasts and a few reasons why you might be interested in trying December Daily for yourself. Listen In: Here are a few other places where you can find Melissa: Pinterest Twitter Facebook Scrapstacks Your Gift: December Daily Word Art Here's my gift to you! A little… [Continue reading]
Welcome to the first episode for the December Daily Podcast for December 2012. In this episode I introduce the concept of December Daily and what I've included in my first three years of this project. Links Mentioned Ali Edwards - December Daily Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas watch for her 2012 Journal Your Christmas to be… [Continue reading]
Kelleigh Ratzlaff is a papercraft template designer and will be our workshop co-host for Create Amazing Papercraft Keepsakes. Listen in the hear more about Kelleigh. Kelleigh joined me to talk about: How she became a hybrid creator Her inspiration for her creations How to save ink when printing your creations. How you can learn to… [Continue reading]
Monica Bradford is an inspirational scrapbooker, who shares with the world at Scrap Inspired. Monica is taking her school teaching experience to help us journal on our pages at True Scrap 4. Listen in to meet Monica and how she finds and uses inspiration. Monica joined me to talk about: Using Pinterest to dip in… [Continue reading]
Katrina Kennedy is an inspirational photography teacher, scrapbooker and owner of Capture Your 365. I have found Katrina's teaching so practical, even with my little point and shoot and my iPhone, I can improve my photos. Katrina joined me to talk about: Learning photography a day at a time with Capture your 365 Katrina's True… [Continue reading]
Join Stacy Julian and Melissa Shanhun to chat about scrapbooking, being present in the moment, the world of online classes and the {free} Big Idea Festival. Stacy became a scrapbooker years ago and became the founding editor of Simple Scrapbooks magazine. Stacy's book Big Picture started her on a journey that lead to pioneering online… [Continue reading]
Join Lynnette Penacho and Melissa Shanhun to chat about digital scrapbooking, designing templates and staying inspired. Listen now: Lynnette's Top Tip for Inspiration Step away from the computer! Yes, really, listen in for more... More about Lynnette Nettio Designs Nettio Designs at Sweet Shoppe Designs Follow Lynnette on Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook Looking for Inspiration? Masterful Scrapbook Design -… [Continue reading]
Join Melissa Shanhun and Jennifer Wilson from Simple Scrapper to hear about doing things backwards, creating a book and scrapbooking in all its forms. Jennifer runs Simple Scrapper where she provides stress-free solutions for memory keeping and I’m very excited to have her here today to talk about her new book and a little bit about how… [Continue reading]
Join me to hear a snippet of my Finish What You Start Class - and come away with some fresh inspiration: Learn how to start projects you'll actually finish Gather photos for a project Listen now: In April I was thrilled to teach at True Scrap 3 - and I'm now excited to share that… [Continue reading]
3 Ways to Scrapbook When you are Busy Listen in to hear my thoughts on scrapbooking and how I fit it in with a 6 week old and toddler! Pair Words and Photos Use a tech tool like If this then that or Memento App to send your Instagram, Flickr or phone photos to your blog. The… [Continue reading]
Katrina Kennedy is an inspirational photography teacher, scrapbooker and owner of Capture Your 365. Katrina joined me to talk about: How sitting next to Debbie Hodge changed her life! Why she keeps coming back to True Scrap Why she's teaching low light photography WITHOUT a flash Why I can't wait for this class Katrina's top… [Continue reading]
Lain Ehmann inspires scrapbookers to capture their stories in a simple and fun manner. Through her blog, podcast, videos, and classes, she shares her unique passion and energy for this amazing hobby of ours. She's also the founder and producer of True Scrap, the galaxy's ONLY live, virtual paper crafting event. You can find out… [Continue reading]
Jen is a creative type who has been stitching since she was about five years old. After she and her husband Mike started designing cross-stitch patterns, they’ve been publishing them selling them throughout the USA. They launched their own website FunkandWeber.com a couple of years back. Jen talks with me about her creative journey and… [Continue reading]
Gretchen Schimdt is a creative and passionate scrapbooker and has shared her talents through her inspirational published layouts, teaching, and guest designing. Gretchen joins me to talk about her art and her upcoming class at True Scrap 3. I enjoyed talking with Gretchen about: How she first learnt about scrapbooking How everyone can benefit from True… [Continue reading]
Do you know Anna Aspnes? Anna was one of the first digital scrapbook designers selling her designs for over 9 years now. Anna also is one of the 15 A-list instructors at True Scrap 3. I spoke to Anna earlier this month and chatted with her about: How she got into to digital scrapbooking space… [Continue reading]
Erin Bassett is a talented woman who adds creativity to everything she touches! Erin also is one of the 15 A-list instructors at True Scrap 3. I was excited to have the chance to speak with Erin earlier this month and chatted with her about: What exactly mixed media is? What keeps her coming back… [Continue reading]