There are also ways to create personalized digital scrapbook pages using Photoshop Elements. A digital scrapbook is just like a regular scrapbook except it is online and avoids the mess of a traditional scrapbook. This takes a little more work but allows you to let your creative juices flow instead of just relying on Photoshop Elements to do your work for you.
The things you need to make this work is the photographs you want on your scrapbook page as well as backgrounds and elements saved to your hard drive. Once you have chosen what items you want to use, it is time to get to work on the Photoshop elements layouts.
Start off by opening a new layout (Ctrl+N). Enter the dimensions you want the layout to be. Regular scrapbook pages are 12” x 12” but you can also make it regular paper size or anything you want for a digital scrapbook page. The next step is to open a photo (Ctrl+O). Find the photo you want to use and double click on it. Use the Move Tool (V) and drag the photo onto the blank layout.
Next, add the paper and any graphics elements (words, letters, images, etc…) you want to use on the page. Navigate to the folder where these images are (Ctrl+O) and, using the Ctrl key, click on the page and all the elements you want to use to import them at once. Use the Move Tool (V) to drag each element and page onto the layout.
Next, organize all the layers in the layout. The background paper layer should be at the bottom of all the other layers. Next resize and move the photo and graphic elements as desired. To re-size the items, make sure their layer is selected and click Ctrl-T. Once everything is moved to where you want them, add any text you want and then save the file. This page now begins your new digital scrapbook.
