Start Digital Scrapbook Classes: Which Classes Should You Take First?
Start digital scrapbook classes: A guide to getting started with digital scrapbooking classes by Anna Aspnes Designs. If you’re new to digital scrapbooking and wondering where to begin, you’re in the right place. With so many memory-keeping options—photo editing, image blending, templates, storytelling—it can feel like a lot.
The good news is that you don’t need to learn everything at once. A simple, structured path will help you build confidence, develop your skills, and most importantly, complete your projects.
Start Digital Scrapbook Classes Here (Free Classes First)
Start with the free classes for Adobe Photoshop and Elements with bonus digital scrapbook supplies:
Watch this video class to learn digital scrapbooking in the FREE Affinity Studio software.
Option 1: Digital Scrapbook Blending With Collections
The blending classes will teach you how to custom-blend your photos with ArtPlay Collection digital scrapbooking supplies to create layout designs:
Each one demonstrates digital scrapbooking blending techniques:
1. FREE Basic Photoshop Brushes Digital Scrapbook Class
Learn how to load, use, and save brushes in Adobe Photoshop and Elements for use in your digital scrapbook pages.
2. Digital Scrapbooking Design Mastery with Photoshop Brushes
Learn the design principles and element properties of digital scrapbooking using Photoshop Brushes for Adobe Photoshop and Elements
Digital Scrapbooking Design with Photoshop Brushes
3. Modify Designer Clipping Masks
Learn how to use Photoshop brushes to modify your masks, make each one work better with your photos, and improve your photo blending.
4. Design Custom Clipping Masks
Learn how to use Photoshop brushes to design and build custom clipping masks tailored to your own photos and digital memory-keeping pages.
5. Custom Digital Photo Masking
Learn how to blend your photos into a digital scrapbooking page using a photo book project, using Photoshop brushes and layer masks.
6. Master Adjustment Layers
Learn how to improve your blending of photos into digital scrapbook pages using adjustment layers to improve color and contrast.
These classes are the best for exploring the more artistic side of digital scrapbooking and memory-keeping while still keeping the focus on your photos in your memory-keeping and storytelling.
Option 2: Digital Scrapbook Storytelling Photo Books
1. Storytelling Approach to Digital Scrapbooking
- Learn the steps for creating a digital scrapbook photo book.
- Turn your memories and photos into a meaningful, beautifully crafted album
- A start-to-finish approach to tell you stories.
2. Improve & Enhance Your Digital Photos
Digital Photo Editing Techniques
- Enhance clarity, color, and contrast
- Strengthen your images without over-editing
- Create a repeatable editing workflow
3. Add Efficiency to Your Digital Scrapbook Process
Simplify Digital Scrapbooking Albums
- Reduce decision fatigue
- Streamline your workflow
- Finish more pages with less stress
4. Reduce Photo Taking Overwhelm
- Learn how to take fewer, more meaningful photos
- Capture moments with storytelling scrapbooking in mind
- Make memory-keeping and photo book projects easier to create
Option 3: Learn Digital Scrapbooking with Ease
Digital scrapbooking isn’t about learning everything—it’s about learning what matters most.
Whether you want to create photo books, improve your photos, hone your digital artistry skills, or become more efficient in your digital scrapbooking, you can customize your learning by choosing the classes that support your goals, your stories, and the way you want to create.
Three of my must-have favorite classes to enhance your digital scrapbooking skills:
1. Digital Scrapbook Organization 101
Whether you’ve been collecting digital kits for decades or you’re new to the craft, practicality-meets-psychology in a class that will guide you step by step through setting up a digital organization system that serves your workflow, your preferences, and style.
Digital Photo Editing Techniques
2. Flat to Fabulous Digital Scrapbook Techniques
10 ways to level up your digital scrapbook pages using a variety of Adobe Photoshop and Elements techniques to take your pages from simple to stunning.
Flat to Fabulous Digital Scrapbook Techniques
3. Master Digital Scrapbook Drop Shadows
Learn how to add depth, realism, and dimension to your digital memory-keeping pages using layer styles tools, and techniques in Adobe Photoshop and Elements.
Option 4: BONUS Photo Extractions
When you’re ready, you can take a deeper dive into my photo extraction classes to expand your creative possibilities. Extraction is the process of removing a subject from its background, allowing you to place your photos into new environments, incorporate them more seamlessly with ArtPlay digital scrapbook supplies, and create more customized, story-driven designs. It’s a powerful skill that gives you more flexibility and control—while still keeping your photos clear, intentional, and at the heart of your pages.
Combine These Start Digital Scrapbook Classes Approaches
You can, of course, learn how to create your own memory-keeping layouts by mixing and matching any of these digital scrapbook classes.
This is often the sweet spot—using digital scrapbooking supplies with a proven structure to your stories, meaningful while adding artistry to make your photo book projects and albums beautiful.
You don’t have to choose between clear photos and creative design. You can absolutely have both.
Simple Path to Begin Digital Scrapbooking
Final Thoughts in Beginning Your Digital Scrapbooking Journey
You can’t go wrong with either of these series.
Start simple. Build momentum. Let your photos and stories lead.
Your photos are the memory.
Your story is what matters.
Everything else supports that.
Please let me know if I can assist further—I am always happy to help.
