We have the answer! Why not put those precious baby pictures to good-use AND do it FAST! …Want to know how to make adorable baby-themed digital scrapbooking projects in mere minutes?

The answer is: Use Digital Scrapbooking QUICK PAGES!

Quick Pages are essentially predesigned Digital Scrapbooking Pages.

For example, using these cute, baby-inspired Quick Pages below, all you really need to do is add your baby’s photos, some text, and you’re finished! It’s THAT easy!

With this particular Quick Page kit, you can see that most the scrapping has been done. The page has been designed and it already includes digital embellishments and frames on a predesigned digital scrapbooking page. All a new mom really needs to do is add digital photos of the baby and the page is finished! Within seconds, the page is done and can be emailed to grandma!

The Baby Digital Scrapbooking Quick Pages Kit 4 is an ultra-cute baby-themed Quick Page Kit, perfect for creating lasting memories of your newest, little addition within minutes! Also, the Baby Kit 4 is formatted for US Paper size (11 x 8.5″), so printing off your very own home printer is super-easy!

As a busy, on-the-go mom, Quick Pages are a great way to scrap the important things in life, and do it quickly, without having to sacrifice the look or quality of the page! And with the option of easily printing your projects off your very own home printer, you’re all set to go!

Once you try Quick Pages you will really be hooked on them!

You can buy and use Quick Pages for baby digital scrapbooking projects, holiday pages, and other digital scrapbooking themes! This means that you can make all of your digital scrapbooking projects look like you spent hours creating them (when it only took a matter of minutes!). Quick Pages are so easy and make digital scrapbooking so fast  that it makes scrapbooking precious baby photos easy to do- no matter how busy baby-life is!

Look at all of these other wonderful Quick Pages for Baby or other Quick Pages in our Scrap Shop.

If you would like to learn more about Quick Pages then see the Video below:

(This Video Shows more Information about Quick Pages! How to use them in Photoshop and Elements.  Also shows a Digital Scrapbooking Quick Page on the Amazon Kindle eReader)

Get Digital Scrapbooking and Special Photo Editing Tutorials Just for Baby Digital Scrapbooking!

It is nice for moms to get some training in digital scrapbooking too! Specifically made for moms, try out the new baby-themed digital scrapbooking and photo editing tutorials! You won’t find ANYTHING else out there that focuses on digital scrapbooking  or photo editing training, specifically for moms and scrapping baby pics! Digital Scrapbooks and More is the original maker of digital training for Mommy & Baby Digital Scrapbooking and Photo Editing Baby Projects!

Learn more about the special Mommy & Baby Package:

The Digital Scrapbooking Baby CD Package 1 using Photoshop Elements 7, is the ultimate baby package! It is designed specifically with baby-themed digital scrapbooking tutorials and Photo Editing Training centered around babies! This package also comes with several digital scrapbooking kits and an E-Book about baby layouts for digital scrapbooking pages! Whether you are pregnant, have a newborn, a toddler, or just want to digitally scrap special baby photos, this kit was designed for you!

Do you know an expecting mother with a baby shower coming up? Get her something unique; different from the regular gifts of baby blankets or toys! Get her something that she and her baby can enjoy for years to come: the gift of learning how to make precious baby books and albums! This special baby-themed package is mailed as a CD-set, which makes the perfect gift for your mom-to-be friend to learn digital scrapbooking, photo editing, and will allow her to scrap all of her special pregnancy or baby photos! Worried that she might not already have the Photoshop Elements software? No worries! If she doesn’t have Elements, she can get a FREE 30-Day Trial of Photoshop Elements directly from Adobe.com!

The Baby Kit Package was created specifically for moms that are new to digital scrapbooking! This beginner package comes in a CD-set that is mailed directly to you and includes everything: from comprehensive digital scrapbooking tutorial videos with training guides, digital supplies, photo editing training with cheat sheet guides, digital scrapbooking kits, and even a FREE 8 page E-Book on layout and design ideas!

Do you need this for a mom that uses Photoshop? The Digital Scrapbooking Baby Package 1 for Photoshop has it all! The Getting Started CD for Digital Scrapbooking, 3 Baby Photo Editing Tutorials, Digi Scrapbooking Supplies and MORE! The ultimate Baby Gift!

Get Quick Pages and Digital Scrapbook Training:

Getting Baby Quick Pages and special Digital Scrapbook Training for Baby Digital Scrapbooking is a great way to start recording all the precious memories of a new baby!

Happy Scrapping and make sure you take advantage of this incredible digital time-saver…. Quick Pages!

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Get training to learn digital scrapbooking, Photoshop or Photoshop Elements ~ buy the Getting Started Series for Digital Scrapbooking in either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

The Kindle is a great way to view my digital scrapbooking albums that I want to keep  digital versions (and not print-out). Or even if I do have the Scrap Page that I’ve printed, keeping a digital version on the Kindle is a handy way for me to carry my digital scrapbooking pages and easily show off them off to family and friends (without having to lug-around a computer!).

Here are the advantages of putting your digital scrapbooking pages and albums on a Kindle DX Reader:

• Saves money – the cost of all the paper and ink you spend when printing-out your digital scrapbooking page on your home printer is a huge expense. Obviously, not printing your pages, but keeping them easily available to be viewed or shared lets you enjoy your digital creations without throwing money down the drain on paper, ink, and other supplies. However, if you want a printed version of your digital scrapbooking page– you can always have both- a printed one and a Kindle PDF version too!
• Takes up less space – I have a whole hallway closet and a guestroom closet filled with photos and scrapbooking albums – I really don’t have space for one more book! With the Kindle, I can put many different photos or digital scrapbooking albums on my Kindle! Wow- I’ve probably compacted a whole closet worth of stuff into one small reading device! It’s truly helped me clean up so much of the clutter!
• Easy to take places and show people. Unless someone goes through my hall closet and gets a scrapbooking or photo album down from the shelf, then my scrap or photo books aren’t viewed often. But with the Kindle, I take it with me on car trips and read with it on the plane… showing friends and family all my digital photos and digital scrapbooking albums both easy and convenient. I can go to the park and watch my nephew play baseball, and in the breaks, show friends my digital scrapbooking pages then too (which is always a great way to start conversation with other moms and make new friends as well)!

But because this is an honest product review of the Kindle, here are few down sides:

• Black and White Screen: The Kindle display screen is not color, but black and white. This isn’t the best way to view photos and digital scrapbooking pages or albums that are made for color. I know this is a bit of a disappointment when we design our digital creations to be colorful, but at least it can still show photos and the design of a digital scrapbooking project… It does have gray scale, so it will show some of the detail. Of course, you can make a digital scrapbooking page, save it in color, and when Amazon puts out a color Kindle (someday in the near future, I hope!), then all the PDFs files and digital scrapbooking pages should be  able to transfer to newer versions of the Kindle as well! Also, if I bring my Kindle DX to my Sister’s house and if she wants to see one of the albums in color, then I can plug my Kindle into her computer and transfer my album to her computer for a better viewing. I know the color thing is a disadvantage when viewing my digital scrapbooking pages (that I’ve turned into PDF files) but on the other hand, they will be ready when the technology catches up and color is available!
• Detail and Quality of images: This is like the black and white thing – not yet, but will be coming.  For reading and general images it is fine, but for more details within digital scrapbooking pages, their quality isn’t up there quite yet.

Ok, saying all that, here are some recommendations for putting your digital scrapbooking pages or albums on your Kindle DX:

Tip 1: First turn your digital scrapbooking page or album into a PDF file format. One simple way to make a digital scrapbooking page in either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements into a PDF is to simply go to: Menu > File > Save As > PDF format.

You can also make digital scrapbooking pages or albums if you have the Adobe Acrobat full featured program. There are also some other ways to do this, but these will have to wait for another blog!

Tip 2: If you want to match the layout of the Kindle reader, use digital scrapbooking pages that are 8.5 x 11″. Or if you plan to rotate the Kindle to the side, then format your digital scrapbookint projects to  11 x 8.5″.

Digital Scrapbooks and More has many 8.5 x 11″ (or 11 x 8.5″) supplies available at the Scrap Shop that make it easy to create digital scrapbooking pages at this size!

Also, our training talks about some tricks on making 12 x12” digital scrapbooking pages fit into the 8.5 x 11 paper size! Check the Getting Started Training for Digital Scrapbooking for more help doing this!

Tip 3: Put your PDF digital scrapbooking page on your Kindle DX.

One way you can do this is to plug your Kindle DX into your computer and transfer the PDF file to the Kindle.

Another way is to email the PDF file to your special email (made by Amazon for your Kindle) and Amazon will make it available to your Kindle.

(Note: This last way you may be charged a fee by Amazon).

Now show everyone your great digital scrapbooking pages!

Once you have set up your digital scrapbooking pages in your Kindle Reader, go ahead and show them to everyone!

Happy Scrapping and try this new trick for using your Kindle to show off your Digital Scrapbooking Pages!

Cheri

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If you want to know more about the Amazon Kindle Reader then you might want to look at these other blog articles:

• Blog Article 1: Use the Amazon Kindle for a more Green Digital Scrapbooking Experience!
• Blog Article 2: Helping Digital Scrapbookers read Digital Scrapbooking Blogs, Articles, and Training on The Amazon Kindle eBook Reader!

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I have really been wanting to “go green” and get my books, manuals, blogs, articles, and even training guides in one compact place.

When I found out about the wonderful e-Book Reader  ~ the Amazon Kindle , I was totally sold.

It gave me a chance to go paperless (aka "green"), clean up my clutter, save money, and read e-books in my favorite reading chair once again!

In this blog I want so explain how you can read digital scrapbooking articles, Newsletters, Step-by-Step guides, Cheat Sheet training guides, and even read our Digital Scrapbooks and More Blog on the Kindle too!

So, get a Kindle, and sit back, relax, and read the Digital Scrapbooks and More blog! Yes, one of the exciting things you can do on a Kindle is read our blog!

Once you have got a kindle it’s really easy to stay tuned with the Digital Scrapbooks and More blog. Here is how you do it:

This web link will take you to where you can buy a subscription to our blog.

Why do you want to subscribe to the Kindle Version of our Blog?

You might say why do I want to pay $1.99 a month to get all the Digital Scrapbooks and More blogs “beamed” to my Kindle?

Here are some of the reasons to add the Digital Scrapbooks and More Blog to the Kindle:

· Automatically delivered to your Kindle so that you can stay comfortable and enjoy it within your favorite reading chair, at the pool, in the park (wherever you can get Amazon’s direct connection service).

· Amazon takes our blog and makes it formatted to work with the Kindle, so the reading experience will be best adapted to the Kindle. Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so that you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connected! And unlike RSS readers, which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you the full text content and images, and are updated wirelessly throughout the day!

· You can try out the blog for 14 days absolutely FREE!

· The cost of the Digital Scrapbooks and More Blog is only .99 cents a month- that’s less than the cost of one cup of coffee!

To sign up and get the Digital Scrapbooks and More blog on your Kindle, go to this web link where you can buy a subscription to our blog.

Read More Digital Scrapbooking Items on Your Kindle DX!

Now blogs are not the only thing for our digital scrapbookers and the Kindle user! You can also get greater digital scrapbooking information for FREE on your Kindle reader.

When you sign up for our FREE News, we often send out Digital Scrapbooking Articles that can be read in PDF format.

You can read these PDF digital scrapbooking articles on your Kindle!

Download the articles to your computer and then transfer them directly to your Kindle!

If you have Kindle and want to try reading one of our FREE Articles in your Kindle, save this article about Kids and Digital Scrapbooking in PDF format. After saving to your computer, try adding this PDF article to your Kindle DX! (All Articles are for Personal Use Only!)

Remember, sign up for the FREE Digital Scrapbooks and More Newsletter, you can get more digital scrapbooking articles for FREE and then read them on your Kindle DX!

See how easy it is to read the digital scrapbooking articles on your Kindle Reader!

Read Training Guides on Your Kindle Reader too!

There’s more that you can read on your Kindle DX too! Try the Digital Scrapbooks and More training guides from purchased Digital Scrapbooking or Photo Editing tutorials! For example, if you bought the Getting Started Series in Digital Scrapbooking for Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, then you have several PDF Step-by-Step Training Guides with detailed steps of the lessons learned with text instructions and photos. These Step-by-Step Training Guides are great to add to your Kindle  to read in your favorite chair or just next to your computer as you try to do each of the steps. Have you ever tried to read a PDF file while working on a program on your computer?! Too hard!  That is one reason why I used to print out my training guides, like the Step-by-Steps or Cheat Sheets. But now I just load these training guides into my Kindle and I can read it while I keep my computer screen filled with my digital scrapbooking program like Photoshop!

If you would like to try a FREE Step-By-Step PDF File for your Kindle Reader then just click on this link to get the FREE Getting Photos from a Scanner into Photoshop Elements. (All Step-by-Step Training Guides are for Personal Use Only!) Once you save the PDF to your computer, transfer the PDF to your Kindle DX, and enjoy!

(Note: For more completed directions follow the instructions that come with your Kindle for transferring PDFs to your Kindle )

The nice thing about putting your training guides onto your Kindle is that you don’t have to print them out to follow along… load your Step-by-Step training guides or Cheat Sheets to see how this works in the Kindle reader today by loading the Step-by-Step Guide above and try it out!

See how fun it is to learn about Digital Scrapbooking? All while you are reading on your Kindle e-Book Reader!

Check back tomorrow as our blog will cover how to make and put a Digital Scrapbooking Page or Album into your Kindle Reader!

Happy Scrapping, and Learning about Digital Scrapbooking on a Kindle!

-Cheri

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If you want to know more about the Amazon Kindle Reader then you might want to look at yesterday’s blog article: Use the Amazon Kindle for a more Green Digital Scrapbooking Experience!

 More than just having a lot of books, my biggest problem is actaully all the PDF files, guides, or E-Books I end up printing! These days, so many things come as PDFs – manuals, newsletters, instructions, and more! I like that everyone is going green and making all these things available as a  PDF, instead of printing on paper, and I want to do my part to help the enviroment and waste less paper… but can I be honest here? I’ll admit it: I don’t like reading at my computer! I want to sit in my comfortable chair, with my feet up and resting on it’s coordinating ottoman, with a “well lit light” by my side!

So what do I do? Do I print-out all my PDF files- such as manuals, newsletters, and other items that come in PDF format and continue putting them in more plastic binders (and read in my comfortable chair), or do I sit uncomfortably in front of my computer? But the “green” PDF file is not green and environmentally-consciousness once I decide to hit the “print” button. Not to mention, the printing itself ends up being very expensive, so much money is wasted in the paper, ink, and in binders to hold of it. My bookcases are overflowing with these binders – holding printed PDFs!

The Digital Scrapbooks and More Training Guides are an example of a “green” product. All paper-documents (the Newsletter, Articles, Step-by-Steps, and Cheat Sheets) are all PDFs, and save the lives of a lot of trees. But man, how do I resist the urge to stay away from printing AND still sit in my comfortable reading chair?

So how did I solve this problem? I got an Amazon Kindle DX eBook Reader!

What is a Kindle, you might ask?

Well let me explain: For one, I think that the best way to describe a Kindle, is that I think a Kindle is what an IPod is for music …but the Kindle is for books! Yes, it is a light portable e-Reader that can hold books, magazines, newspapers, PDF files, and even blogs!

This is perfect for me! I can put all those books I love on my Kindle DX eReader; I can also put all my PDFs on it too! I can even put our blog on my Kindle reader – yes, Digital Scrapbooks and More blog is one of the most popular hobby Blogs that you too can get from Amazon to read on your Kindle!

Over the next few blogs I will try to cover more about what the Kindle is, how it can help the digital scrapbooker, and how you can add our Articles, News, Step-by-Steps, Cheat Sheets and Blog to a Kindle Reader too!

Special Note: You can read our Blog on the Kindle!

This first blog article on the Kindle DX will go over some of the features, in case you are not familiar with this e-Reading Device!

Before I begin this product review, I must mention that there are 3 versions of the Kindle and the only one I will review is the Kindle DX. The reason for this is because this one really solves my big problem …needing something that easily handles PDFs!  I really wanted to read them in my comfortable chair and while the other Kindle readers could have Amazon convert your PDFs (at cost) – I wanted one that I could load my PDFs directly to my reading device… and I didn’t want to be charged either! So, the Kindle DX was a clear winner in my mind, and this is the Kindle model I will be reviewing in this blog (and the next few blogs).

Here is the list of the Kindle DX Features that Amazon provides:

· Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines

· Carry Your Library: Holds up to 3,500 books, periodicals, and documents

· Beautiful Large Display: 9.7″ diagonal e-ink screen reads like real paper; boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and sharp images

· Auto-Rotating Screen: Display auto-rotates from portrait to landscape as you turn the device so you can view full-width maps, graphs, tables, and Web pages

· Built-In PDF Reader: Native PDF support allows you to carry and read all of your personal and professional documents on the go

· Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle DX, anytime, anywhere; no monthly fees, no annual contracts, and no hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots

· Books In Under 60 Seconds: You get free wireless delivery of books in less than 60 seconds; no PC required

· Long Battery Life: Read for days without recharging

· Read-to-Me: With the text-to-speech feature, Kindle DX can read newspapers, magazines, blogs, and books out loud to you, unless the book’s rights holder made the feature unavailable

· Big Selection, Low Prices: Over 285,000 books; New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases are only $9.99, unless marked otherwise

· More Than Books: U.S. and international newspapers including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, magazines including The New Yorker and Time, plus popular blogs, all auto-delivered wirelessly

For more details go directly to Amazon to Read about this Product!

Here are a list of reasons why I really like the Kindle DX:

· Many of the e-books I want are significantly cheaper as an e-book than their paper versions! (which also helps pay for the Kindle!)

· I save my extremely-limited bookcase space

· I save money on printing

· I have gone “green” since I am not printing e-books, training guides, blog articles, etc!

· Looking and reading PDFs was a big deal for me (and is the main reason I went for the Kindle DX model) because now I can effortlessly read all of the Digital Scrapbooking PDFs- like training guides (Step-By-Step Guides, Cheat Sheets, etc!).

· As mentioned before, I can read everything in my favorite chair and if I decide that I want another book , magazine, the Digital Scrapbooks and More Blog, or a Digital Scrapbooks and More article, then I don’t even have to get out of my comfy chair to get it! I just switch to that book , article, or blog- right on the Kindle reader!

While I really like the Kindle DX,  there are  two down points for me: The first one is the price, at $489 the Kindle DX is very expensive.  But when I think about how much ink I buy to print out my PDFs, and also, if I remember the fact that many of the books are much more expensive as physical books, then I relax about the price a bit. I save money by buying the books I want as cheaper, e-book Kindle versions, and truthfully, in about a year (for me at least), the Kindle will pay off and begin to save me money!

The second down point for me, is that the Kindle screen display is only available as black and white. I really like color, and with modern TVs and computers obviously displaying in color, this is a very big down point for me.

However, the gray scale does help. I will be especially happy when colored Kindle screens become available, but in the meantime, I think I can get by with the black and white display, especially when it does show pictures and images. And really, many books I own don’t have pictures anyway… but I must confess, I always like it when they do!

Well, for me, getting the Kindle DX eReader was the first step to solving my overflowing bookcases problems! Now I must unload my overflowing shelves and replace it all with one small Kindle! YAY!

Check back tomorrow when this blog will review how the Kindle can help the digital scrapbooker by adding our Articles, News, Step-by-Steps, Cheat Sheets, and the Digital Scrapbooks and More Blog to a Kindle Reader!

Happy Scrapping and “Go Green” with the Kindle!

Cheri

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