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Jessica Sprague has just announced 2 new classes over at jessicasprague.com. The classes are:

• Brush Abilities
• Beautiful Evidence : 20 pages in 20 days

I’m seriously considering both of these classes.  As I said in a previous post, I’ve been so impressed by Jessica’s teaching style and I’ve learned so much from the classes I’ve taken so far.  Jessica’s online classes are by far the best way to learn digital scrapbooking.  I learned more from a single class from her than I have by reading several books on digital scrapbooking.  There’s something about not only following along with her on video as she completes a page layout that let’s you really absorb the techniques rather than just reading instructions.

Brush Abilities

is an instructor-led, 2-week class in video form.  It includes teaching on both Photoshop Elements and Photoshop.  Like the title says, the class focuses on photoshop brush techniques.  She even includes ideas for organizing your brush collections.

Beautiful Evidence

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walks you through completing a 20-page album in 20 days.  Jessica Sprague will not only include page templates for the album, but also a huge kit full of digital scrapbooking goodies to complete your pages.

If you’re interested in either of these classes, visit JessicaSprague.com and click on “Online Classes” to sign up.  Registration starts today, so don’t delay.  Her classes fill up very quickly.

I never thought I would say this, but I’ve started digital scrapbooking.  I’ve always wondered why people would choose digital scrapbooking over traditional scrapbooking.  I mean really?  Give up those gorgeous embellishments, trendy papers, and all that shopping for the latest goodies in scrapbooking?  Well, now I know.

First of all, you don’t have to choose between digital scrapbooking and traditional scrapbooking.  You can do both on separate layouts, or you can even do both on the same page layout!  Combining both digital and traditional scrapbooking on a page is now known as hybrid scrapbooking (it sounds so green doesn’t?) Basically, the idea is to use your computer to create digital elements to put on your traditional layouts.  Some of you may already use your computer to type up your journaling.  That is a basic form of hybrid scrapbooking.

So how did I get started digital scrapbooking?  I was looking for a tutorial on photoshop elements to learn to edit my photos before printing them.  What I found was Jessica Sprague.  You might know Jessica from Creating Keepsakes or its sister magazines.  She is an expert in digital scrapbooking, but she also teaches photo editing from her website.  Her photo editing class is amazing!  I also can’t say enough about how professionally produced her classes are.  The classes are made up of online videos that you can follow along with your own software program.  Miss something as she’s talking?  Just pause or rewind and catch up with her. It’s a fantastic way to learn how to edit your photos.  If you’re interested in trying one of her classes, the one I took is called Photo Editing: Good-to-Great Workflow.

It was the forums that got me hooked on digital scrapbooking.  It’s hard not to get caught up in the excitement of digital scrapbookers.  Since I enjoyed Jessica’s photo class so much, I decided to try a digital scrapbooking class just to see what it’s all about.  I’ve always known scrapbooking is addictive, and now I know digital scrapbooking is the same way!  I’m almost embarrassed to say that I was having so much fun with the self-paced digital scrapbooking class that I spent nearly an entire weekend obsessed with finishing it.  (I think it’s supposed to be a 4-week class, but it’s also self paced so you can do it as you have time.)

I’m planning to blog more about my digital scrapbooking experience, but for now, if you’d like to check out Jessica Sprague’s beginning digital scrapbooking class, it’s called Up & Running WIth Photoshop (it covers both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements).