I Just Had To Do It

I just had to do it…stay up until I finished organizing my files. Well, they’re done!! Then, of course, I had to play around and see exactly how effective this would be for me — so I put together this layout. Kaleya loves Dora (and every other Nick Jr/Noggin show there is). Eventually I’d like to do a couple of pages of her favorite TV shows at this age - what I find the funniest is how she can sing along to them. But, this is the first Dora page… It is a bit more chaotic than I’ve been doing, but I like it! Pieces from everywhere! Credits can be seen here.

And I Am Still…

…organizing. Yes, that’s right. Two days later and I’m still organizing my digifiles. However, I am EXTREMELY satisfied with the outcome thus far. Thanks to Gina for sharing how she does it, for I find that this works so much better for me! It is taking a long time b/c I have so many things I’ve downloaded, plus, I am making a concerted effort to make sure each file name is appropriately labeled.

Let me share a few pics!

As Gina, I have an overall list of folders with titles such as Alphas, Kits, Numbers ,Elements, Punctuation, etc. Then, within each folder, I have subfolders. I have the view customized so that I can see the preview page (if appropriate) or the first letter of the alpha/number set, or just several images of what is in it.

This is the view of my Kits folder. I am loving this. I can see all my colors right away and this gives me my initial inspiration. I keep all the pieces together in these folders.

I then make a copy of each piece of the kit and file it in the appropriate place. For example, within my elements folder, I have sub-folders for the different types: brads, tags, ribbons, staples, stitching, overlays and more:

And then, for viewing what I have in each subfolder, I switch the view to “Thumbnails” so I can see everyting. I have a Papers folder that has categories such as Patterned Paper, Solids, and Textured paper, as well as folders for various paper kits that I’ve collected:

And, this is a glimpse into my Word Art subfolder:

Again, credits to Gina for sharing her method!

DigiScrap Organization

Last night, I was catching up on Gina’s blog and read a post of hers where she described how she recently organized all of her digital stash on her computer. I love her system! I initially purchased DigiScrapRoom, but found that it did not work well for me - I was just not effective in using it and I wasn’t quite happy with how it operates. So, I have started getting all my folders organized and looking pretty and I am so, so happy!

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0

I am in love with this program! I just downloaded a tryout version and I love it! I have up until now been using a program that is very similar, as I didn’t think I could afford PSE. However, now after having tried it, I’ll have to fit that in my budget somewhere and soon!

Regarding my layouts specifically, I have been trying to learn how to do more advanced features. Over the weekend, I learned how to type text vertically and I also learned how to rotate images. I think I need to pay more attention to the tutorials that I see here and there, so that I learn more!

Here are some pages that I made over the weekend for a couple of challenges — each one for the book I’m doing for Kaleya. Credits can be seen in the Kaleya DigiScrap Album link on the sidebar.

Welcome to my new blog

Here we go again - -yet ANOTHER blog! Oh well, what can I say. I have so many different interests, I find that a separate blog for each one helps keep the site most relevant for the different online communities in which I share my hobbies. So, welcome to my DigiScrap blog!