Rookie Here

[DLunk]

Well, April thought I should post this scrapbook page. It's my first attempt at a serious page. Mostly she just wanted me to post it because I'm a guy.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3168/rustygabbycopygq6.jpg

[caulensmom]

yeah...its ok...for a dude....LOL!! :):D:D

[Kelli West]

Hey, that is great....for a guy!! You did a great job!!!

[crystalclark87]

For a guy or not, that is a great page! Good job!

[Kim Hansen]

Look at the extraction! WOW! Keep them coming.

[crystalclark87]

Good point Kim! I didn't even notice it the first time; I realised the dogs popped out.. but I didn't even notice the extraction! Looks great!

[JoDee:)]

Way to go!! It looks great! I love your extraction of the dogs!!!

[Alyson]

Awesome page!! And welcome to the forums! It's nice to have a guy on here that isn't scared to scrapbook. :D

[Jamie Hamblin]

Dido alyson!

[April]

Thanks for posting!!! Yay! Isn't it cool how he put the circles over the background paper? I thought that was a great idea. I'm totally impressed with the extraction work. VERY cool!

This is Keith's brother BTW :) He is super cool.

[Kim Hansen]

Keith's brother? Now, he's a REAL MAN! Not afraid! Is he Jill's husband?

[chryslergreen]

Cool page! The extractions are perfect. C'mon Keith - where's yours?

[Jill]

Hooray for DLunk! He isn't my husband, he is my awesome bro-in-law too! Keith has many a brother. I am still waiting for the day when my DH gets the scrapbook bug and comes up with something great as well. I am way impressed! My favorite is the extractions as well.
NICE!!!!

[Jill]

PS- He will be joing us at the retreat this weekend. You can all meet him in person!!!

[DLunk]

Thanks for all the nice comments! I'll see if I can come up with something a little more creative next time. I'm still trying to ease into it.

[Alishaw]

More creative?!*&#%$$^& You didn't extract all by yourself, did you? You did awesome!! Welcome!

[rizkid22]

Great extraction work! You are making you brother look bad. He has yet to honor his promise of a scrapbook page. Come on Keith!! You can do it!!

[Jenny McDonald]

Wow! That's awesome. You should post more pages so we can give Keith a hard time for not scrapping. :yep:
If your brother and my husband can you can too, Keith. Aaron will be at the retreat Thursday; maybe we can get him and your brother to convince you that your still a man if you scrapbook!

[renaenae]

My husband saw me looking at this thread and was excited that there was another "dude" who scrapbooked a dog page. He wanted me upload the page he made... he's pretty proud of it. This is his first attempt at scrapbooking. I didn't even force him to try it. I came home from work and he was excited to show me what he made, all on his own.

I hope I posted his page right... I've never posted one before.

[April]

HI RENAE!!!! I'm so happy to see you here! Tell Kyle he is awesome for making such a cool page!

[renaenae]

HI RENAE!!!! I'm so happy to see you here! Tell Kyle he is awesome for making such a cool page!

Yeah, he's funny. He's pretty proud of it. I told him the next page he should scrapbook should be of his car.

[peverill]

Hey you GUY's Rock. I think it is great that you are getting the vision! You both did a great job.

[Alishaw]

Renae..you've got in-house competition ;) Tell your DH we now expect him to post ALL his layouts. Welcome!

[renaenae]

It's true. I told him that maybe the two of us need to have a scrap off... but honestly, once he learns all of the ins and outs of photoshop he'll beat me for sure.

[Kim Hansen]

Way to go Keith--oops I mean Kyle. Looks great. I like the paw prints.

[Quinn]

Wow! Great layouts, guys!!! I'm very impressed! This just further proves my point that digital scrapbooking is more than just "scrapbooking." especially using photoshop, it becomes digital collage art. I love the term "digital scrap artist." That kind of art can really interest everyone! Welcome to the forum boys!!!

[a_c_danica]

I love it guys! both pages are great! I need to see more!!!!

[Jenny McDonald]

Wow! That looks great for his first page. I see an all guy scraping challenge in the making.

[Jill]

Keep um' coming boys!

[crystalclark87]

That is very nice! I love the compesition!
The only thing I would mention is the red eye. Use the red eye tool. I love the page though! Great job!

[A-to-Z]

Great job guys! Way to join in on the scrapbooking fun!! :)

[April]

Hey Kraig! So glad you came to the retreat :)

[DLunk]

Thanks for having me there, I had a lot of fun and learned some cool tricks.

[DLunk]

I couldn't sleep this morning so I decided I would try making another page to kill time.

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/767/sandiegocopybn0.th.jpg (http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sandiegocopybn0.jpg)
(click to enlarge)

[April]

Nice Kraig! I love the picture of Kim softly in the background.

[Kelli West]

Kraig, very nice!! I love the colors, and as April said how you have her blended in the background!! Look at you go!!

[Kim Hansen]

Kraig, I just want to say how impressed I was with seeing your love for your wife at the retreat. I smiled inside everytime I looked back at you two. You always had your arm around her and she was snuggling into you. Are you two still honeymooning? I hope you are like that FOREVER!!!! It's heartwarming. HAPPY TOGETHER--I love that!

[DLunk]

I would like to think we are still honeymooning :D She's very good to me.

Thanks everyone for your nice comments. I would like to think I'm getting better at this, but I sure am having fun anyways :cool:

[Kim Hansen]

That's wonderful Kraig!