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For those of us who aren't very artistic, this should hopefully be very helpful.

There are TONS of blogs and digital scrapbooking websites that offer scrapbook templates you can use to build a page. Just find one you love, and then you can start from there. Here are some places you can find templates:
http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/page/2/
http://www.scrapbookflair.com/downloadtemplate.aspx
http://paisleepress.blogspot.com/

Once you find a template you like, you'll need to find background paper you want to use for your page. Here are some sites I found:

http://www.shabbyprincess.com/downloads.asp
http://www.scrapbrush.com/
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/home.php?cat=287&treem=1
http://www.cottagearts.net/samples.html
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/index.php?cat=738%20%3CBR%3E

A lot of these sites have "kits" which is basically everything you need to make a page - paper, letters, embellishments. Sometimes you can just download what you want, other times, you have to download it all.

Once you've done that and found the Jen pics you want to use, you can use this tutorial:
http://mistycatodesigns.blogspot.com/2007/03/layered-template-tutorial.html
or
http://paisleepress.blogspot.com/2009/01/layered-templates-101.html (I used this one)

You'll need Photoshop to do this, which you can DL here: http://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/win/cs2/Photoshop_CS2_tryout.zip

I've never used Photoshop, and I was able to make mine in like an hour and a half. That includes fooling around with all my pics and the background paper. It's very intimidating when you first open it, but the tutorial makes it VERY easy.

I HIGHLY suggest you surf the web. There are sooooo many blogs and sites devoted to this and soooo many freebies that you shouldn't have to pay for a template or paper or whatever. But they're usually only a few bucks, anyway, if you find one you really love.

I hope this helps! Also, if you've found websites, please post them!

Total Templates: http://ditterstemplates.blogspot.com/
http://www.digiscrapdepot...ebies/templates/107.aspx


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