Anyone taught a digi scrapping class?

[nesser1981]

My MIL's friends have asked that I give them a little class on digi scrapping, I haven't started working on what exactly I'll teach them yet. Any ideas?

First off I know I have to download elements and play with it, since I've never used it.

[MamaBee]

I have... keep it simple. If the person hasn't used Elements, and other digital scrapbooking software or even used PowerPoint... the whole layer thing will be a hard concept to understand... so I would recommend teaching a newbie by using a template and clipping masks.

[starxlr8]

Using PSE shouldn't be too challenging for you. Most things work like you would expect them to, especially for scrapping (vs. photo editing).

Though its tempting to start with a template, I would focus on setting up a 12x12 page, talking about the tools, showing the layers palette, placing a paper, cropping a photo and placing embellishments. You can introduce clipping masks with the photo cropping.

[DawnMarch]

I haven't taught a class, but I have taught some friends. I started with just the simple explanation of how to find online kits, download and unzip; open and drag paper and elements; how to move and resize. And how to apply a very basic drop shadow. Finally, a little about clipping masks to use templates.

[Tracyfish]

Get in touch with Megan Turnidge! She wrote up a fantastic simplified tutorial that she used for her class at church.

[nesser1981]

Thanks girls.