Making a Gift Calendar from Quick Pages!
I like to make holiday gifts from my digital scrapbooking pages!
One of the top gifts I love to make and to give my family each year is a Calendar!
I love to scrap the pages of each family member and have a theme for each of the months.
However, sometimes I just run out of time and need a little help, so this year I used the 12 Month Year-Around Quick Page Digital Scrapbooking Kit 1.
This Quick Page kit includes pre-designed holiday Quick Pages so you can create pretty digital scrapbooking projects FAST!
Basically the Quick Pages just need you to add your photos, and maybe a little text and you are done! That really saves time!
The 12 Month Year-Around Quick Page Digital Scrapbooking Kit 1 is great to make calendars, albums, or any scrap project that needs a variety of months or holidays!
I was able have a special and different page for each month with many pages having holiday themes included in them!
Also, I was able to quickly add my photos, some text and personalize with some extra embellishments from other kits I had and make my 2010 calendar gifts really quick! In fact I was able to make them so quickly I caught the one day special that gave me 35% off – so not only did I save time, but also I was able to save money!!!
Here is how I did it – First, I got the 12 Month Year-Around Quick Page kit and loaded each of the 12 pages into Photoshop Elements (you can use Photoshop too!)
I added some text and some photos – really it was that easy!!! If you are not sure how to work with Quick Pages in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements then get the Getting Started in Digital Scrapbooking Series it explains how to work with Quick Pages and gives a few tips and tricks on working with them.
Next, after I had finished making my Scrapbooking pages and added all my photos, text, and extra embellishments to make them personalized then I uploaded them to an online printing company.
I used the online printing company Snapfish.com, and created my 2010 calendars. I put the digital scrapbooking pages on the months I wanted (#1), and then when I had everything just right I pushed the order calendar button (#2)
I let them know how many I wanted, and paid them and now I just got notice that my calendars have been made and are in the mail – in plenty of time for me to wrap them and give them as Christmas Presents!
(PS. If you want to see video training of how to use an online printing company with your digital scrapbooking pages – then check out the Getting Started in Digital Scrapbooking Series as it shows how to do this!!! Lesson 6 for Photoshop Elements users and Lesson 5 for Photoshop Users! )
It is very exciting to give these special calendars each year to my family. It is a great way for us to remember the wonderful times in our life and I love how the scrapbooking pages make the calendar extra special!
Using the pre-made Quick Pages really helps save time too!
If you would like to see how you can take a regular scrapbooking kit and make scrapbooking pages that you can use for calendars, aprons, mouse pads and more then you should check out the Christmas Project page at Digital Scrapbooks and More’s main website!
Also see the Scrap Shop and all the Holiday Digital Scrapbooking Supplies you can buy, as well as the other Quick Page kits!
Have fun making all your holiday gifts – and try some Quick Pages to speed up the process!
Happy Holidays!
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Ps. When I got my calendar almost completed I realized it would be nice to have a cover page on my calendar — so to make things fast – I got a another Quick Page kit – Christmas Polka Dots Quick Page Digital Scrapbooking Kit 3 and used one of the quick pages from this kit to make the cover of my calendar!
All and all, my calendar was quick and easy to make and I didn’t miss any of the specials because my calendar scrap pages were made so quickly!!
See the Quick Page kit that I used for the cover of my calendar – the Christmas Polka Dots Quick Page Digital Scrapbooking Kit 3 includes pre-designed holiday Quick Pages so you can create Christmas digital scrapbooking projects quickly! All you have to do to finish this scrap page is add your photos, and you’re basically finished! (11×8.5″ home printing paper size)
Quick Page kits allow you to spend more of your holiday having fun, making memories, and snapping special Christmas photos, instead of spending all that time on scrapping!
Use the holiday-inspired Quick Pages to create beautiful Christmas projects instantly. Also, if you want to personalize the pages even more just add text and other embellishments you own to your project — but it is completely up to you! Do a little or do just a little bit more, either way Quick Pages are simple and quick to use!
Start scrapping all the Holiday events with digital pages that are perfect for digitally scrapbooking photos of Christmas events! Use the Quick Pages to slip photos underneath for a completed digital scrapbooking page!
Enjoy!
