Challenging Challenges and my Weekend .....

This project first began because I admired scrapbook pages on other blogs. They made me want to try my hand at this too, so I began visiting other blog sites ~ lurking, looking and, I hope, learning.

Karen at Scraps of Mind has a blog which I find very informative for more than just scrapbooking. She included links to other sites with free scrapbooking bits and pieces as well as her Challenge - to create a scrapbook page about myself. I decided to give it a shot and Karen has been offering encouragement all along the way. (With thanks also to Digi Debz at Scrap Finder Freebies for the floral medallion, ribbon, frame and tag I used on the final page.)

I ended up missing the Challenge deadline as I had to teach myself more about using Photoshop Elements in order to begin. This was what I was supposed to be doing at the cottage last weekend, but didn't really make much headway.

This weekend was a different story though. I worked my way through a couple of tutorials to try a get a handle on layering. Then I played with a couple of filters and colour swatches. I really did not complete the Challenge which was to create a page that was About Me because I got sidelined when I started colourizing an old baby picture of me that I had scanned. My Challenge result is the last photo!

First step:
Finding a baby picture from the old photo album somewhere in the basement and scanning it.









Second step:
Remove the colour and change it to a black and white photo.










Many, many, many steps later:
Tired but pleased with my efforts, I ended up with my very first digital scrapbook page!! On the whole, I am happy but already see some things I wish I had done differently. Oh well, next time!


Now I am going to have to figure out what the filters are all about! LOL