Hello everyone! I'm back again, this time to share a week of hybrid scrapbooking with you. If you've ever wanted to try out hybrid, hopefully something I share this week will be the spark you need to get started! But first, just what is hybrid scrapbooking?
Dictionary.com defines hybrid as:
anything derived from heterogeneous sources, or composed of elements of different or incongruous kinds: a hybrid of the academic and business worlds.
OR
anything of mixed ancestry
When we talk about hybrid scrapbooking we usually mean a mix of traditional paper and digital scrapbooking techniques. Usually it's the digital part that scares people off, but all that really means is that you are using your computer to produce some part of your page or project.
So here's the thing:
Have you ever printed off a journaling or title block to add to your page?
Page by Rebecca
Then you were hybrid scrapbooking.
Have you ever put a frame or a other element onto a digital photo before printing it out?
Page by me - brush by Karla Dudley
Then you were hybrid scrapbooking.
How about adding some word art to a page by printing it onto your cardstock?
Page by Rebecca
Page by me 0 word art made at Wordle
Then you were hybrid scrapbooking.
See? You probably already do this! Most of us use our computers everyday (and not just for reading blogs) and have probably done at least one thing on a scrapbook page that can qualify as hybrid.
Of course, hybrid scrapbooking can get more involved than that, and if you would like to do more, this week I'll show you how to use other computer techniques on your pages.
You will need to do a bit of preparation first though.
1. Make sure that you have the latest version of Adobe Reader installed. It's a free download that you can find here. This will allow you to open and use PDF files.
2. If you don't already have a photo editing program like Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, download and install the trial version of Elements that you can find here.The trial version is available for use for 30 days, counting from the day that you first launch the software.
3. Make sure your printer has ink!
Any questions? Please leave them in the comments!
Tomorrow I will share a few tutorials of some basic techniques that are very useful for hybrid scrapbooking.
Until then,
