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All Boot Camp locations have been hand selected by us with your safety and comfort as our main concern.
Digi-Degree Weekend Boot Camp $249.99
Special Bonus! Sign up 60 days before camp starts with a friend and receive:
$10 in digi art and $25 in free prints from www.PolkaDotPotato.com
Boot Camp Includes
Two Fun filled Days of Classes 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m
2 Goodie bags
Special tee shirt available only for Digi-Degree Boot Camp attendees
Raffles and prizes
Beautiful, spacious, safe, clean, cool, hotel meeting room
Printed Digi Degree Certificate (suitable for hanging on your living room wall)
Discounts on all Digital Scrapbook Teacher Products sold in class
Want to stay for the weekend?
All of the hotels we’ve selected are beautiful and perfect for a weekend getaway!
In some locations we have negotiated discounted rates for your stay. If there is no discount information that is because the “discounted” rate offered to us was higher than the rates normally offered by the hotel.
Check out our Basic Photo Editing class offered the night before!
*We will be teaching Photoshop ELEMENTS ONLY. If you only have Photoshop, I would suggest downloading a free 30 day trial version of Photoshop ELEMENTS the week before and using that in class.
**Book & Organizer Back-up Catalog purchase mandatory because we will be working from them in class. Purchase in class or prior to class via our website. Mac users please email me. All of the Digital Scrapbook Teacher’s products will be for sale in class at a discount.
Cancellation Policy
Because I have to pay for all expenses in advance I have to be strict on my cancellation policy, I know you will understand. By purchasing this class you are acknowledging that you understand the cancellation policy.
Cancel 60 days prior to bootcamp and receive a full refund less a $100 cancellation fee. Cancellation dates for each Boot Camp are included in their description.
No refunds will be given after 60 days but you can send someone else in your place
Bring a friend promotion
If signing up with a friend, please list your friend’s name when you finalize your order. If you’re a really nice friend and you’re paying for your friend, please list their name and email address in the comments section so we can also keep them updated on weekend information via email.
T-Shirts
You’ll receive a special Digi-Degree t-shirt for coming to Boot Camp available only to attendees. Be sure to select the correct size of shirt when completing your order.
Sorry 2nd purchase coupons cannot be used for this item.
What to bring to class:
Your computer with Photoshop ELEMENTS installed (please plan to do this at least 5 days in advance of class)
Computer mouse - wired is best (trust me on this)
Sweater or light jacket
Extension Cord
Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements by Patty Debowski*
Organizer Back Up Catalog*
Desire to have a great time!
*Available for sale in class
Saturday-9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
These classes will be taught throughout the day on Saturday but not in this exact order.
Digital Scrapbooking 99#A with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher
Organizing Your Digital Scrapbook Supplies and Photos
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 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.
- We will discuss 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.
Bring to class:
- Many digital photos/and or digital scrapbook supplies you want to organize.
We will install our Organizer Catalog-Back up in class. Mac users will also learn organization techniques that can be applied in the organization program that they use. We will include time to organize photos for both Window and Mac computers.
Class Includes:
Free mini digital kit
Digital Scrapbooking 100#A with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher
Laying the Groundwork
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.
Class includes a digital quick page
Bring to class:
4 pre-selected photos on your computer, camera card or CD to use. We will not have time to select photos in class.
Digital Scrapbooking 100#B with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher
Basic Digital Page
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:
4 pre-selected photos on your computer, camera card or CD to use. We will not have time to select photos in class.
Sunday-9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
These classes will be taught throughout the day on Sunday but not in this exact order.
Digital Scrapbooking 100#C with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher
Speed Scrapping with Templates
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.
- Understand how to make,crop, and print a double page layout with a 24” x 12” template.
- Understand how to make a 12” x 12” scrapbook page with a 8 ½ x 11 template and add traditional embellishments to make hybrid scrapbooking easy.
- Use an edge template.
- See that you can actually make a page in less than 5 minutes!
Bring to class:
6 pre-selected related photos on your computer, a camera card or CD to use. We will not have time to select photos in class.
Class Includes:
12 x 12 digital template
24 x 12 digital template
8 ½ x 11 digital template
Word Templates
Edge template
Text path
Digital Scrapbooking 100#D with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher
Basic Hybrid Page
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.
- Use a text path to print your text in a shape.
- Reinforce the skills you learned in 100#A & 100#B
Bring to class:
2 pre-selected photos on your computer, camera card or CD to use. We will not have time to select photos in class.
Traditional embellishments to use on your page that coordinate with your photos if desired
Digital Scrapbooking 300#B with the Digital Scrapbook Teacher
Brushes
Brushes are the equivalent of a digital rubber stamp, punch or die cut 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 you’ll learn how to:
- Load/Install brushes
- Stamp Brushes in different sizes and colors
- Use special techniques with your brushes
- Use brushes to make your own scrapbook paper
Class Includes:
Free brush kit
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