Guest Post : Making Memory Keeping Simple by Katie Pertiet
Sometimes there’s just not a lot of time to scrap but you want to have a little memento of your travels or a special day and a little badge book is a quick, easy and inexpensive way to do that!
You can pick up a package of plastic badge holders in horizontal or vertical format at your local office supply store for just about $3.00.
Using either Word or an image editing program like Adobe Photoshop Elements, make a new document sized 3.5” x 2.375. Bring in your photo and scale to size. For my overlay I used Ali’s Travel Memory + Title Photo Overlays - scaling them 55% to fit onto my badge document.
I changed the colors of the overlays to maintain readability over each photo (view a tutorial from Ali on how to do this in Photoshop Elements here) and added a little note about what we were doing in each photo on top of the overlays. I saved each page as a JPEG file and then created an 8.5x11 letter-sized document and arranged all the pages for printing.
A nice thing about this type of mini book is you don’t need to have a large format printer. I can get 8 pages on one letter-sized paper.
After printing trim your pictures, insert them into the plastic sleeves, wrap up with some ribbon and call it done! Simple as that! A perfect way to document your spring break!
ABOUT KATIE : A professional graphic designer for over twenty five years, Katie Pertiet turned her passion for scrapbooking into a full-time business at DesignerDigitals, an on-line source for digital scrapbooking products. Her layouts have been published in Creating Keepsakes, Simple Scrapbooks, Memory Makers, Legacy, and BHG Scrapbooks Etc. Katie also designs products for Autumn Leaves, Creativity, Bo Bunny among others and licenses her designs in the home decor market. Her blog is called Cherish Each Day, her gallery can be found at DesignerDigitals, and her products are available at DesignerDigitals.
What a cool idea Katie! That's one that's so doable, and great for gifts!
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Oh holy cow this is CUTE!!! I can't wait to do this on our little spring break trip next week, yippee for easy, digital and macbooks that can go on vacation with us!!
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This would also be very sweet as a going away present or a quick memento that you whip up after a party, shower, etc. Thanks, Katie!
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This tag book idea is brilliant!!! Thanks for sharing.
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Love this idea!
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Wonderful and simple! Thank you!
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so, so cute! what a good idea!
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Awesome tutorial! This brings to mind the little business card holder I've had for eons...now I know just what to do with it! :)
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Oh my gosh, so cute, can't wait to make one :)
Great guest post :)
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Fantastic idea, thank you so much for sharing!
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That is such a great idea!!! Thanks for sharing it!
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Love this idea! Thanks for sharing. I can't wait to try it. :)
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bellissima idea!
grazie
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I love this idea! So simple yet so creative! Thanks.
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This would be great for toddlers to carry around as well since it has the plastic cover! I think I look more at the little books I've made for my grands than even my own.
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This is a great idea! I actually have everything I need to make one of these cuties! Thank you for such a great idea!
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Fabulous way to do this little album. I did one before and while I resized the pics I scrapped the layout. This is so much easier and fast and still looks great!
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What a great idea. I love it!
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This has got to be one of the coolest ideas ever! I love that it's small and totally portable. Thanks, Ali, for hosting Katie Pertiet. Way to go, Ladies!
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The 12 pack of badge holders was $5.49 at the Office Depot here.
Now that I have it I need to make something fun with it.
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I bought some at Wal-Mart in January and I believe they were cheaper...just and idea for next time. Have fun!
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Looks great, thanks for sharing!
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What a great idea and it could be used with many themes.
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Love this idea! I will be using this one for sure! Thanks!
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Katie: I love your projects and have gotten quite a few of your products on DesignerDigitals....I got acquainted with your work when I did Jessica Sprague's online class "Up and Running with Photoshop". As a new digiscrapper I love the looks of your designs---they are fun and classy and pair up super well with Ali's stuff....together you both INSPIRE me to be creative---thanks SOOOOO much.
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