Published on: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 //
Online scrapbook and ecard maker Smilebox has purchased Preclick, a company that makes software for big retailers so that customers can upload digital photos to their websites and then pick up prints at stores. In a blog post, Smilebox says that with the acquisition it now plans to...
Published on: Thursday, October 15, 2009 //
Serif has just released Digital Scrapbook Artist Compact, a free version of their popular software. Here are some details from the press release: Digital Scrapbook Artist Compact offers all the features expected of a fully functional digital scrapbooking product, including a fun selection of tools and creative content...
Published on: Monday, September 28, 2009 //
Everyone is talking about the recession. But just how has it affected UK consumers? New research conducted by Millward Brown via social media has found that UK consumers are reassessing their priorities in life and are acknowledging that they don't need to spend money to be happy. The research highlighted a renewed appreciation of the simple pleasures in life such as health, happiness, family and friends, home life and leisure time.
More significantly - the research showed that UK consumers were spending more screen time at home. 60% of the respondents said they were spending more time using the Internet, 22% playing video games and 14% watching TV.In answer to the current UK consumers' plight of having to spend less cash and more time at home; Serif Europe Ltd, the UK's leading independent design, publishing and creative software developer,has announced the release of a completely free version of their popular digital scrapbooking software, Digital Scrapbook Artist Compact, available to download here. It is not a trial or time-limited in anyway and offers all the features expected of a fully functional digital scrapbooking product.
This seems to be perfect timing for the free product launch from Serif as the research results went on to highlight that 72% of respondents felt that now is the time to avoid financial risk - while only 19% say now is the time to purchase goods, taking advantage of special offers or discounts. Furthermore, the results showed that UK consumers are currently the most conservative in Europe when it comes to future spending plans, with 55% (over half) planning to decrease spending compared to a European average of 31%.
Digital Scrapbook Artist Compact does exactly what it says on the tin - think of traditional scrapbooking, but with a modern twist and you are getting there. Go ahead and create your very own ‘memoir masterpiece' by using the tools and creative content such as embellishments, background papers and brushes to get you started in an instant. Your beautiful personalised scrapbooks will present special nostalgic memoirs for holidays, new births, weddings and many more significant milestones in your life in a very unique way. Enter into a whole new hybrid world of ‘old and new' by simply adding in your own photographs, scanning in old leaflets, tickets and other keepsakes. Once you have created your very own unique scrapbook on your PC - you can fuse together the ‘old and new' by printing off and adding traditional embellishments like ribbons, glitter and lace to really bring your scrapbook to life.
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Add embellishments and backgrounds to your designsSerif has unveiled a free version of its popular scrapbook software, Digital Scrapbook Artist.Digital Scrapbook Artist Compact can be downloaded from scrapbooking website DaisyTrail.com and allows users to create scrapbooks for their digital or hard-copy photographs.The software also offers the ability to...

1. Scour eBay for store closing sales: Several local scrapbook stores have recently closed in my area. I happen to think much of it is due to the high price tags in specialty stores--the best prices are at large craft stores like Michael's or Hobby Lobby. Owners are...
Published on: Monday, August 17, 2009
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Life is full of unique experiences and memorable events. But often our most significant moments are fleeting. So we rely on memories -- and the tradition of storytelling -- to keep them alive. Throughout the ages, women have found ways to preserve their family histories and honor loved...
Can you solve the mystery of these long-lost newspaper cuttings?Andrew Milne's uncle found the bundle – containing stories from 1894 – in the cellar of a house in Kendal and passed it on to his nephew. Cable engineer Andrew, 23, of Nevett Street, Callon, Preston, examined the book...
Published on: Monday, August 3, 2009
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Dickinson's store is on the ground floor of the Hastings Building on Central Avenue, next to Set Free Ministries' building, which was ravaged by fire over the weekend. Firefighters kept the flames off the Hastings Building, but Dickinson's store and the apartments upstairs were affected by smoke and...
Published on: Monday, July 27, 2009 //
OpenEdit, Inc., developers of the most powerful, fastest and flexible open source digital asset management software, will be showcasing a major release of their Digital Asset Management software, EnterMedia at the Henry Stewart Digital Asset Management Show in New York, June 1 and 2. This newest release of...
I have always been reluctant about committing the things in my life to exist on the servers of some web service. The biggest part of it I will readily admit is the generation I come from. A generation that believes in accumulating ‘stuff’. Stuff that for the most...
Published on: Monday, July 13, 2009
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave his take on the economy and how his company is responding to the downturn at the All Things Digital Conference. "People generally agree this is a different recession," Ballmer said. "To think that things would be back in a year seems naive to...
Philippe Kahn's history of entrepreneurship is nearly as old as the PC itself. He developed software for the Micral N, one of the earliest commercial personal computers, back in 1973. As CEO of Borland Software Corp. (BORL), he touted himself the "barbarian" of the software industry and embraced...
Scrapbooking enthusiasts are notorious for collecting the tools of the trade — colored paper, stencils, stickers, glitter — then failing to put them to use. "Now, not only are they overwhelmed with their pictures, they are overwhelmed with stuff. They're overwhelmed by the whole hobby," said Paula Wessells,...
This kit was made with men in mind when choosing colors and patterns to start the design. With a color scheme of blue, green, mustard and red and masculine textures of denim, plaid, and argyle, the items in this kit will allow for a scrapbook page to be designed for that special man in your life--for Father's Day, a birthday, or any occasion!
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Published on: Monday, June 8, 2009 //
Digital photography is modernizing how people create scrapbooks, adding a new multimedia dimension and global sharing capabilities. The Balancing Act TV show on Lifetime Television features Kathy Peterson, field correspondent and arts and crafts expert, who talks about a new website, www.scrapblog.com, that helps you creatively preserve memories....
Overall, there are many methods of scrapbooking that a person can utilize to document their memories. Each depends upon how creative or organized the scrapbook maker wants to be. It really doesn’t matter if you are creative or ‘artsy’, anyone can create a scrapbook of memories. Each scrapbook...

Browse and download this free kit of coordinating elements and papers for digital scrapbooking.By Darleen Araujo, independent designer for About.comThe Prim and Purple kit was designed with a color palette of green and purple with accents of ivy, lace, hearts and ribbon. It has a lovely antique, feminine...

Overall, there are many methods of scrapbooking that a person can utilize to document their memories. Each depends upon how creative or organized the scrapbook maker wants to be. It really doesn’t matter if you are creative or ‘artsy’, anyone can create a scrapbook of memories. Each scrapbook...

Making an album – even with backgrounds, borders and text is easy given the right software. Our Flagship Product is dg Foto Art - so much please check it out here! It is ideal for weddings and other celebratory albums, portraits etc - each one of its 1700+...

Looking for a new way to show Mom how much you care? Instead of relying only on their usual Mother's Day gifts and cards, an increasing number of people are starting a scrapbook in her honor."When recipients receive a scrapbook, the emotions are often overwhelming," says Lina Serpico,...

Digital scrapbooking, or computer scrapbooking, is the newest way to preserve your family memories. Using inexpensive, easy-to-use scrap book software, you can create entire scrapbook layouts and add fun fonts and graphics to take your scrapbook project to a new creative level. Some software packages like Corel Photo...
Traditional scrapbooking is an art form of expensive, painstaking and time-consuming. Different from traditional scrapbooking, digital scrapbooking save your time and money, and enable you to preserve so many memories in minutes. With digital scrapbooking software, you have everything to create digital scrapbooking, being guided step by step,...

She gave birth to you. She makes sure you're fed, clean and prepared for the day. She finds your keys and reminds you of appointments. It's time to get your mom a gift (by Sunday, Mother's Day, preferably).Since the best gifts are thoughtful ones, here are a few...
Published on: Monday, May 4, 2009
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Now you can use your photos to create a one-of-a-kind gift for your motherSAN DIEGO, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Give your mother the gift of memories this Mother's Day with a scrapbook page or personalized greeting card that you create online at CropMom.CropMom at http://www.cropmom.com lets you use...
KENNEBUNK — As you start cleaning out garden beds, consider adding a new feature such as a bird bath, a bird house, stepping stones. Join Garden Mosaics and you will learn how to create any of these items. The two-class session begins at 6 p.m. Monday, May 11.Would...
Indigo Rose Software announces the immediate availability of Scrapbook MAX!, a complete and easy-to-use digital scrapbooking software application for Windows. Scrapbook MAX! is the first software package to fully integrate digital photography with the look and feel of traditional paper scrapbooking, providing enthusiasts with the best of both...

Realmac Software on Tuesday released an update for its digital scrapbook utility, . The update adds several small features and fixes a number of bugs.Among the changes with LittleSnapper 1.0.3 are improvements when copying out snaps via the Edit menu; sites with absolute-positioned CSS elements are now snapped...
Several different programs for scrapbooking with your computer are available. When deciding what is the best digital scrapbooking software for your needs, there are a number of factors to consider. Do you like to edit your images before adding them to your layouts? For example, do you do...
Ease of Use – Digital scrapbooking software features and tools should be easy to find and operate, and digital scrapbooking software should be simple for both scrapbook novices and computer novices to use and understand.Variety of Scrapbooking Images – Top digital scrapbooking software packages offer a wide variety...

Photo Collage Creator is advanced digital scrapbooking and photo collage software that turns ordinary digital pictures and text into personalized works of art. The program combines three amazing functions: dozens of pre-designed fabulous collage templates, more than 50 photo frames, special mask effects, and flexible publishing formats. Photo...
Published on: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 //
To some traditional Scrapbooking is an art form, but like most art the slightest mistake can turn your masterpiece into a mess. But with digital scrapbooking software, you can go beyond the limitations of paper and cloth and take your scrapbooking in new directions. With digital scrapbooking software,...
Published on: Thursday, April 9, 2009 //

Let's all give a warm welcome to Darleen Araujo, the new digital scrapbooking kit designer for About Graphics Software. I think you're going to love her new kit which was inspired by a scene from an Italian countryside. Darleen describes it best herself:
"This kit was built upon the colors in an Italian photo I had taken. The color palette consists of beige, green and clay tones with a pop of blue to add interest. The title means Countryside (Scenery). Whether you use the kit to display your favorite vacation photo or a family memory, you'll find everything you need to make it special."
The free kit can be used with any graphics software and includes a quick page for a fast and easy scrapbook page.
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Published on: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 //

Quick pages are an easy way to create digital scrapbook pages. A quick page is a pre-designed digital scrapbook page with photo cut outs for inserting your own pictures. Rather than assembling papers and decorative elements to create a scrapbook page from scratch, you need only plop your...
Published on: Sunday, April 5, 2009 //

TumaSoft, LLC releases Preset Viewer 2.0, the first stand-alone browser for Photoshop presets including brushes, styles, shapes, patterns and swatches. The program, which allows its users to find, preview and organize Photoshop presets, was created by John Tuma as a gift for his wife. Along with it's search...
Published on: Saturday, April 4, 2009 //
Well, this is Gina Chen, Family Life editor, busting into Scrapbook Mom's blog again. This time I just have to tell you about my experience with digital scrapbooking. I tried it for the first time a few weeks back. We had gone to California to visit my in-laws,...
Published on: Friday, April 3, 2009 //

"Cherrie's Jubilee" is a general purpose digital scrapbooking kit in a cherry and cherry blossom theme with a color scheme consisting of burgundy, purple and lavender tones, perfect for spring. With plaid and floral elements, it can work for both masculine or feminine styled scrapbook pages. These elements...
Published on: Saturday, March 28, 2009 //
Getting your traditional scrapbook pages into a digital form can be done with two different methods. You can either use a high-quality digital camera to photograph the page or scan the page into your computer. Either method can turn out an excellent photo of your scrapbooking page, but...
Published on: Thursday, March 26, 2009 //

This isn't the first time we've looked at digital scrapbook software that allows users to display their digital photographs in a scrapbook. However Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist is a far more intensive program than any we've looked at before. Not only can you import and edit your pictures,...
Published on: Saturday, March 21, 2009 //
SAN DIEGO, March 10, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Scrapbook enthusiasts are putting away scissors and glue and going online to CropMom to create one-of-a-kind digital scrapbook pages using their treasured family photos. The online scrapbook pages created at CropMom look like the real thing, complete with digital stitching,...
Published on: Saturday, March 14, 2009 //

REDMOND, WA -- 03/05/09 -- Smilebox Inc., a leader in photo sharing and preservation, announced today the immediate retail availability of its popular service at select retailers nationwide. Smilebox is currently available at Fry's and Office Max stores and at Amazon.com for $39.99 for the Smilebox software, perpetual...