I was determined to get a few minutes to digital scrapbook this weekend.  And a few minutes was all I got…at the very end of the weekend (it counts as the weekend if I haven’t gone to bed on Sunday night, right?…even if it’s actually Monday morning?  LOL!)

Rarely do I trust my camera to my kids…and almost never out of my sight. But I do try to send a camera with them…especially at events like this family hike.  Unfortunately my favorite photo from the trip was blurry…BADLY blurry    :(

There are several creative ways to include a photo like this in digital scrapbooking.  This time I’m using my favorite way:  make it BIG and blend it in.

I placed the photo on the right hand side of my spread and changed the blending mode to soft light.  The faces weren’t as clear as I would’ve liked, so I duplicated the photo layer and erased all but the faces area, to help them stand out.  Unfortunately that made my text difficult to read.  I tried white text, but it looked odd on the page, so I also partially erased the photo under my text until it was easy to read.

A beaver from Forest Friends, a couple of trees & a splash from On The Water, and an embellished word art title from On the Trail word art & this spread was completed super quick.

Oh, and notice my journaling…I started my journaling as if it were a newspaper article.  The headline reads:  NINE CIVIL ENGINEERS BUILD DAM TO CROSS WATERWAY (Cove, Ut) — a quick & easy attention grabbing device.

Hope this inspires you in your memory keeping!

5 Comments

  2. PeggyNC

    Thank you so much, Chelle! I have way too many blurry photos that are the only photos for those events, this will help a lot!! I love all your tutorials =)

  3. Beverly Becraft Blair

    Wow, that is great and love the layouts! Thanks so much for sharing the tips.

  4. Cara

    I love this idea, Chelle! Isn’t it always the best photo that’s blurry?? So frustrating. Thanks for sharing this – I’ll definitely use it. :)

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