LOAD 512 Day 9

Today's LOAD-prompt was to use 6+ photos on your page.
I used some another set of long-overdue photos from our 2008-trip to the States.

I still have to finish the journaling, but my mind was too fried tonight to write a nice story on the page.

I did some photo-editing on the 3 pictures on the right with the buildings. The perspective was distorted in the original photos so I corrected it in Photoshop (I actually liked the effect of the leaning buildings in the main photo, so I kept that one as-is).
I found this easy tutorial online that shows exactly how to correct distorted perspective in your photos.

To compare, here are the SOOC* and edited version of the Betsy Ross House:

SOOC

edited version

*SOOC = Straight Out Of Camera

LOAD 512 Day 6

Today's LOAD-challenge was to use a sketch provided by Lain. However, the catch was that you couldn't use it as-is, but had to change it around a bit.

I flipped it a couple of times to get the creative juices flowing...

Since I wasn't feeling too well tonight, I didn't want to bother with printing out photos etc, so I decided to stay in bed with my mini-notebook and try my hand at an all-digi page.
Some time ago I downloaded a bunch of freebies from the internet, which came in very handy now!
Here's the result of 2,5 hrs blood, sweat and tears:

It took that long to get it done because I created it entirely from scratch (i.e. without a ready-made template), and had to learn how to use drop shadows. (BTW, great video tutorial here)
All in all I'm quite pleased with the result!

Awesome idea: include a video on your scrapbook page!

I don't know about all you other scrapbookers out there, but sometimes I feel like photos alone simply aren't enough, and I wish I could include a video on my page. But that's just silly and impossible, right? Right??

WRONG!

I came across this video on YouTube that offers a perfect solution to include a video on your page using a QR code and your smart phone:


[fast forward to approx. 7.50mins]

In short:
1) upload your video to YouTube, Vimeo or a similar website.
2) convert the URL of the video to a QR code using an online converter service.
3) copy and print the QR code, and include it on your page.
4) when you want to watch/show the video, scan the code with an app on your smart phone to play the video.

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