Digital Scrapbooking

Scrap My Photos Challenge 3

I'm offering up some of my personal photos in the Scrap My Photos 3 Challenge over at Photoshop Creative Elements Community (PCEC).

Here's a couple of layouts that I've done in their recent Digital Scrapbooking challenges. Click on any image to view a larger version.

  
Scrap My Photos #1

   
Scraplift Challenge 8

 
Scrap My Photos #2

C'mon over and join the fun!

Learn to See More

My Aunt Bobbie used to have a saying when someone was looking for something they lost. She'd say, "First, take a long look. If that doesn't work, take a short look. And if that doesn't work, take another long look."

Well, I'm always on the "look out" for new creative ideas and I've used her advice many times. When I see something that catches my creative eye, the first thing I do is take a long look, meaning that I look at the overall design. Second, I take a short look focusing on each of the individual design elements. Then I take another long look noting how all of the pieces work (or don't work) together. This technique works equally well whether you are looking at a great design or a bad one. Of course the designer in me is constantly rearranging the design in my mind anyway :)

So the next time something catches your creative eye remember my Aunt's advice and soon your creative eye will be seeing more.

Thanks for looking ~Susan