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Digital Scrapbooking is fun! Add traditional embellishments and you’re now a Hybrid scrapbooker which is even more fun!
Scrapbooking Heaven is your Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking Destination with state of the art printing and scanning equipment onsite, along with digital photo and scrapbooking classes taught by experts in their field.
Join our published expert Patty Debowski, author of Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking and Card-Making with Photoshop Elements, and founder of TheDigitalScrapbookTeacher.com and see how fun and easy digital scrapbooking with Photoshop Elements can be! Patty utilizes digital demonstrations, hands on learning, and printed examples to help her students grasp the concepts she teaches.
All classes will follow the Photoshop Elements tutorials in Patty’s book which is available for purchase in our store. Extra tips and tricks will be handed out in class along with digital elements.
Bring your computer for hands on instruction. Classes fill up quickly so register early!
Please note that some classes have prerequisites because we want you to have the best experience possible.
Hands-On Digital Scrapbooking with Patty Debowski class schedule
Windows or Mac
All Versions of Photoshop Elements OK
The easiest way to learn digital scrapbooking is with a friend so bring one with you!
Bring your computer
Date |
Class (* denotes pre-requisite)
Please read class descriptions listed below |
Time |
October 22, 2008-Wednesday |
#100 C* Templates |
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
January 9, 2009-Friday |
#99A Organization (PC Only) |
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
January 10, 2009-Saturday |
#100 A Laying the Groundwork |
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. |
January 10, 2009-Saturday |
#100 B* Basic Digital Page |
12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
January 10, 2009-Saturday |
#100 C* Templates |
3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
January 11, 2009-Sunday |
#100 D* Basic Hybrid Page |
11:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
January 11, 2009-Sunday |
#300 B* Brushes |
2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Classes are $30 each.
Special 5 for $125
Become an expert; earn a degree in Digital Scrapbooking!
Digi-Degree (DD)
Complete classes: 99A (Mac users substitute one 400 series class) 100A, 100B, 100C & 100 D
Along with the honor of being part of our DD club you’ll get:
- Your name on our board of scholars
- A diploma suitable for framing
- A coupon for a free 12x12 print for 12 months
Dedicated Digi-Degree (DDD)
Complete classes: 99A (Mac users substitute one 400 series class),100A, 100B, 100C, 100 D, 200A, 300A, 300B, 300C, 300D, and 1 class from the 400 series of classes.
Along with the honor of being part of our DDD club you’ll get:
- Your name on our board of elite DDD scholars
- A diploma suitable for framing
- A coupon for a free 12x12 print for 12 months
- One free class digital scrapbooking class
- 100 photos scanned free
Class Descriptions
Digital Scrapbooking 99#A with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Organizing Your Digital Scrapbook Supplies and Photos (Windows Only)
Class Fee $30 + Optional Organizer DVD $20
This class is required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
This is the most important class you will ever take for digital scrapbooking! If you can’t find your photos and supplies in your computer you’ll be frustrated and won’t accomplish anything.
Organizing your scrapbook supplies and photos sounds boring but it’s essential to your sanity and easy to set up.
If you’re just starting out digital scrapbooking this is the perfect class for you to take. If you’ve already accumulated a lot of digital photos and supplies it’s not too late! Learn how to:
- Organize your photos so you can find them quickly by the person in the photo, the date the photo was taken, or the event.
- Organize your digital scrapbook supplies so that you can find them by color, type of element, designer, or theme in seconds flat.
- Set up the Organizer to suit your particular organizing style.
- Explore options for organizing that you never thought possible.
- Keep track of the digital supplies you’ve used in the event you need to find them again or want to submit your page to a magazine for publication.
- Set up different Catalogs to speed up your digi-scrapping.
Bring to class:
Many digital photos/and or digital scrapbook supplies you want to organize.
*It is highly recommended that you purchase the Organizer Catalog available at Scrapbooking Heaven for $20 for this class. Purchasing this item will save you at least 10 hours of work tagging the items (1000+) on the book companion DVD. We will install this DVD in class.
Class Includes:
Free mini digital kit
Digital Scrapbooking 100#A with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Laying the Groundwork
Class Fee $30
*It’s highly recommended that you take 99A Organizing Your Digital Supplies before you take this class.
Learn the essentials of digital scrapbooking with Photoshop Elements. Even if you think you already know the basics you’ll be surprised how much you will learn in this class. Learn how to:
- Import your photos and digital scrapbook supplies into your computer and understand where they are located on your computer.
- Unzip folders you’ve downloaded from digital scrapbooking websites.
- Open your photos & digital scrapbooking supplies in Photoshop Elements.
- Back up your photos and digital scrapbook supplies to protect against a computer crash or natural disaster.
- Easily customize Photoshop Elements to make digital scrapbooking easier.
- Understand the different file types available in Photoshop Elements and how to use them.
- Add photos to a quick page.
- Add text to a quick page two different ways
- Recolor the quick page.
- Work with layers-Don’t worry it’s much easier than you think!
- Save and store your finished projects in various file types.
- Print your page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Class includes a digital quick page, and printing.
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
4 pre-selected photos on a camera card or cd to import. We will not have time to select photos in class.
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Digital Scrapbooking 100#B with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Basic Digital Page
Class Fee $30
*99#A & 100#A required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
You know the essentials so now we’ll cover the basics of how to make a digital page. Learn how to:
- Set up a new scrapbook page.
- Move and arrange multiple photos and digital scrapbook supplies on a scrapbook page using different techniques.
- How to crop an image on a scrapbook page.
- Mat a photo several different ways.
- Add drop shadows that look realistic and how to apply them quickly to all layers.
- Add text to your page including easy ways to resize and change your fonts.
- Work with multiple layers and layer styles.
- Save and store your finished projects in various file types.
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
6 pre-selected photos on a camera card or cd to import. We will not have time to select photos in class.
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Print your page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Digital Scrapbooking 100#C with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Speed Scrapping with Templates
Class Fee $30
*99#A, 100#A & 100#B required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
Are you all caught up on your scrapping or do you have piles of photos waiting to find a place in your scrapbooks? Have you tried to follow a sketch in a magazine to make a scrapbook page and ended up frustrated? A digital template is a FAST and EASY way to make a perfectly aligned page in minutes. Learn how to:
- Make a simple scrapbook page with a 12”x 12” template.
- Make a double page layout with a 24” x 12” template.
- Make a 12” x 12” scrapbook page with a 8 ½ x 11 template to make hybrid scrapbooking easy.
- Use an edge template.
- Use a text path to print your text in a shape.
- See that you can actually make a page in less than 5 minutes!
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
12 pre-selected photos on a camera card or cd to import. We will not have time to select photos in class.
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Class Includes:
12 x 12 digital template
24 x 12 digital template
8 ½ x 11 digital template
Edge template
Text path
Print your 12 x 12 page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Digital Scrapbooking 100#D with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Basic Hybrid Page
Class Fee $30
*99A, 100#A & 100#B required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
You’ve learned how to make a quick page and digital page now we’ll teach you how to add traditional embellishments to your page and make a hybrid page.
Learn how to:
- Use your photos to make custom backgrounds and titles.
- Work with multiple layers and layer styles.
- Add traditional embellishments so that they are in the right proportion to your page.
- Save and store your finished projects in various file types.
- Reinforce the skills you learned in 100#A & 100B
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
6 pre-selected photos on a camera card or CD to import. We will not have time to select photos in class.
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Adhesive
Scissors
Ruler
Traditional embellishments to use on your page that coordinate with your photos
Print your page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Choose your embellishment and get 20% off up to 3 items.
Digital Scrapbooking 200#A with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Fonts, Word Art & Journaling
Class Fee $30
*99#A, 100#A, & 100 #B required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
Fonts are lots of fun and easy to use too! Discover how to add a special touch to your page by using different fonts and adding word art.
In this class you’ll learn how to:
- Install fonts.
- Use different fonts together to create word art.
- Warp your text.
- Adjust your journaling for more pleasing results.
- Understand what leading, kerning, and anti-alias do to your type.
- Add creative touches for journaling.
- Create a pattern with words to make your own personalized scrapbook paper.
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
6 pre-selected photos, we will not have time to choose photos in class.
Any fonts you’d like to use in class.
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Digital Scrapbooking 300#A with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Wow I Didn’t Know You Could Do That!
Class Fee $30
*99#A, 100#A, & 100 #B required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
As you make a page you’ll learn added tricks and tips you didn’t know were possible with Photoshop Elements. You’ll be amazed how much faster you will digi-scrap after taking this class! Learn how to:
- Use Shortcuts galore
- Use and adjust the grid lines to help with page layout and design
- Change the color of your digital scrapbook supplies
- Change your program preferences easily to make Photoshop Elements work for you
- Print your page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
6 pre-selected photos, we will not have time to choose photos in class.
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Class Includes:
Free mini digital kit
Digital Scrapbooking 300#B with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Brushes
Class Fee $30
*99#A, 100#A, & 100#B required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
Brushes are the equivalent of a digital rubber stamp but with many more advantages. With a digital brush you can stamp in any size and color without ever buying another stamp pad, plus they’re neatly hidden in your computer requiring no special storage boxes. In this class we’ll make a scrapbook page using brushes and you’ll learn how to:
- Load/Install brushes
- Stamp Brushes in different sizes and colors
- Use special techniques with your brushes
- Make and save your own brush
- Use brushes to make your own scrapbook paper
- Print your page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
6 pre-selected photos
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Scanned image you want to turn into a digital brush
Class Includes:
Free brush kit
Digital Scrapbooking 300#C with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Adding Textures
Class Fee $30
*99#A, 100#A, &100#B, required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
Textures make a big difference in how realistic your pages look. Learn how to:
- Use the textures in Photoshop Elements to make realistic looking digital cardstock and other digital papers
- Make and save your own textures from photos and digital scrapbook paper
- Make a page with one of your photos turned into a puzzle and remove some of the pieces
- Print your page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
2 photos that you’d like to turn into a puzzle
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Class Includes:
Digital Textures
Digital Scrapbooking 300#D with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Blending Modes
Class Fee $30
*99#A, 100#A, & 100 #B, required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
Have you seen the fancy digital scrapbook pages in magazines and can’t figure out how to get the same result? Blending Modes are how you can achieve those fantastic results and are super easy to apply. Learn how to:
- Use Blending Modes to alter your digital scrapbook supplies
- Apply Blending Modes in different ways and how they work
- Adjust photos on your scrapbook pages for super results
- Make digital scrapbook paper by layering papers together using Blending Modes
- Use brushes and Blending Modes together for spectacular results
- Print your page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
6 pre-selected photos, we will not have time to choose photos in class.
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Class Includes:
Free mini digital kit
Digital Scrapbooking 400#A with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Montage
Class Fee $30
*99#A, 100A#, & 100#B, required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
A montage is several images blended together to create one beautiful image. If you’ve tried this on your own you know it’s not an easy technique to master. In this class we’ll blend several of your photos together to create a beautiful montage and you’ll learn how to:
- Use several different techniques to create a montage
- Combine photos together to create a montage
- Combine photos with digital scrapbook paper.
- Print your page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
6 pre-selected photos, we will not have time to choose photos in class.
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Class Includes:
Free mini digital kit
Digital Scrapbooking 400#B with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Actions and Layer Styles
Class Fee $30
*99#a, 100#A, 100#B, required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
Actions and Layer Styles allow you to customize the project you’re working on with the click of a button. Imagine changing your letters or mats into Chipboard instantly with the click of a button. You’ll learn:
- How to install Actions and Layer Styles for your version of Photoshop Elements
- How to Use Actions and Layer Styles
- The best places to purchase Layer Styles and Actions
- Print your page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
6 pre-selected photos, we will not have time to choose photos in class.
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Class Includes:
Free mini digital kit
Digital Scrapbooking 400#C with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher (2.5 hours)
Plastic Surgery without a Medical License
Class Fee $30
*#99A, 100#A, & 100B, required unless you can convince the teacher otherwise!
Do you look at pictures of yourself and wonder what happened? We’ll make a scrapbook page showing the new improved you after you learn how to:
- Remove and/or soften wrinkles
- Perform liposuction
- Whiten teeth
- Perform a boob job/lift/reduction
- Fix a problem nose
- Remove Blemishes
- Remove Red Eye even when Photoshop doesn’t do it right for you
- Have a lot of fun distorting a photo
- Print your page and receive a coupon for 50% off a second page
Bring to class:
Book Companion DVD or Organizer catalog copied onto your computer
Book-Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski
6 pre-selected photos that need to be “improved”, we will not have time to choose photos in class. If you don’t have any pictures that need to be “improved” the teacher has plenty of herself you can use!
Do you want to work with photos not on your computer? Bring them to Scrapbooking Heaven in advance to have them scanned and e-mailed to you as digital media. (No charge for class photos)
Class Includes:
Free mini digital kit
