I have a favorite blog listed - Ikea Goddess: http://ikeagoddess.blogspot.com/. She adds free kits that she finds to her blog every day. Look for the items that say "Quick Page" (you can click on them to make them larger). These are pages that are already completely designed. You just have to drop in a photo.
Look at Monday's listings and you will find the link for this quick page:
http://misstiina.com/blog/team/ It is a ways down the page...you have to look for it. It says download here. You are going to download it and tell your computer to save it in a folder (just follow the steps) I have a special folder for all of my downloads so that they are easy to find. Most computers come with an extraction tool - you will have to extract the file because it has been compressed to take up less space on the Internet and so it will take less time to download. You can also get extractors for free off of the net.
Next, you are going to open your photo editing software. I use Creating Keepsakes scrapbook Designer (pretty cheap at Target or Walmart) Choose to design a blank page and then add this Quick Page to your blank page. Next, add the photos that you want ( you may have to crop your photo or re size it a little) and then you will click on "back one layer" that will make your photo go behind the layout and only show through the clear space that has been designed for it. Then, you chose to EXPORT your page....not Save. Your program should give you a choice to save your photo as a different kind of file and choose JPG - your program may already do this and that is great. If you get the Creating Keepsakes then you will have to do it the export way. I always export mine to a special folder called BLOG PICS.
Making any sense. It is something that you have to play around with. Be patient because once you figure it out.....you can have lots of fun with it. Here are 2 examples of the same layout.
