
Update: I was able to offer a free download of this as a PDF file click here.
Late last Fall I wanted to try my hand at this digital scrapbooking craze I keep seeing all over blog-ville. I began to research digital scrapbooking software. I wanted something easy to use with not only lots of style options, but I also did not want to invest much money in case I was not able to figure it out. As you know, I am self taught in most of what I do creatively and there are times I am just not a good enough teacher to continue with a particular skill. The program I decided to use is Scrapbook Max. I have found it very simple to use and there are hundreds if not thousands of different kinds of elements that you can download. Now that I have some knowledge of the ins and outs of this program I decided to try my hand at a spring banner for the hearth.
I chose the Cotton Tail Kit to make the elements that would make up my banner and then printed them on card stock.
After cutting out each tag and backgrounds, I used foam pop ups to adhere the tags to the backgrounds to give them some dimension. Then using brads and millinery flowers embellished each.
Using an exacto knife I cut a slit 1 1/4" down from the top large enough to allow the ribbon to thread through it.
Next, with several different colors of pastel ribbon, I tied bows and then hot glued them between each letter and added just a tag to the beginning, end and between each word.
There you have my first digital scrapbooking project. If I can figure out how to upload the pdf files of this, I will share it with. If you have any ideas of how to do this or can direct me to a website, let me know.
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