Download your free software at www.scrapbookflair.com.

Create a folder on your desktop with the scrapbook pages and the photos that you will Be using to make your album. Just right click on your desktop screen select folder, name The folder then copy or drag your images into it. This will make your project easier to manage.

Open the scrapbook flair software. Select 'Create a new Project' Then select 'Blank Project'

Select the 8x8' paper size option from the drop down box on the left side. This program requires that you select a background so when prompted select the Burgundy background that shows up. You will then be able to use this background for a dark mat border around your pages, if you desire, we will go over this later, for now just open it and ignore it.

Then you will add a photo. On the left menu select 'Add Image' A box will pop up in the middle of your page click on the add image text again. You will now see a menu on the left that should show the contents of you desktop files. Click on the folder where you saved your images. Select your photo for your first page hit OK and the photo will now Be on your background.

Double click on the photo this will take you to a window that will allow you to adjust The color and saturation of the photo. Since we are using nostalgic papers adjusting the Color on your photos will enhance the overall look of your page. Select the desaturate option from the top menu. For my album I adjusted the slider to about -20. Then select the colorize option. If you add a little green and red and reduce the blue a bit you will achieve a sepia look. Hit OK to go back to your page.
Hint: you can also adjust the color of your scrapbook paper here if you would like a little more or less color in it. Sometimes I desaturate the color a bit on my papers to allow the photo to be more of the focal point this depends on the photo.

Now you will open the first saved scrapbook page this time you will select add embellishment from the left menu. The reason you select embellishment instead of Image is because these pages are saved as png files to save the transparent openings.

Move you page and photo around by clicking on the image and moving your mouse. The window on the right of your working page allows you to change the layer order of the images. You can reduce the size of your page now if you would like to have the dark burgundy background show as a border. Select your paper and resize using the handles on the corners of the page.

Now you just have to add some text. Select 'Add text' from the left menu then select your font and color choice and hit OK when you are done. You can move and adjust the size of the text box .

When you are done select export and save your file as a jpeg high quality. You scrapbook page is now ready to send out for printing.