About The Chicks:

The 3 Pixel chicks are friends, wives and moms just trying to navigate the journey of life. They share a love of photography, Photoshop, digital scrapbooking, crafting, and most of all family. Join us as we struggle to get organized, raise our children, put healthy meals on the table and make a difference in our own communities. As teachers, Girl Scout leaders and school room mothers, we're always looking for something fun to do with the kids.

We'll share what we learn as we navigate through each day. We'll let you know what works and what doesn't work!

What You'll Find Here:

Welcome to 3 Pixel Chicks: your online source for digital photography tips, Photoshop Tutorials, crafts and cards you can print, digital scrapbooking supplies, gifts you can make and fun things to do with kids.

Do you have a hard time following written tutorials?

So do we! That's why we've created easy-to-follow video tutorials that take an irreverent look at digital photography, Photoshop techniques, and crafting with photos. We've presented the material in the same way that we help each other, as though you were right in front of the computer with us!

Looking for stuff to do with kids this summer?

So are we! At 3 Pixel Chicks, you'll find projects your kids can do and fun craft projects to do with your kids. Check back to learn what our pro has to say about photography for kids and our crafty moms share photo crafts.

Do you like to scrapbook or make gifts and cards?

So do we! We'll show you how to create quick and easy cards with our digital templates. Grab some of our digital scrapbooking freebies and greeting cards that you can print from home. Join us as we make photo books, printable gifts, hybrid crafts, and homemade gift ideas from recycled items. We'll even share ideas for homemade gifts kids can make.

Coming Soon:

Photoshop tutorials

• Learn cool techniques you'll actually use!

• Learn how to improve digital photos

• Explore techniques for photo retouching and restoration.

• how to combine digital techniques with traditional scrapbooking (hybrid scrapbooking)

• Our multimedia lessons will guide you through the process in a fun and easy-to-learn way!

Digital Photography lessons

• Pro photography tips

• Photographing kids, photographing dogs, and travel photography.

• Learn how to get better photos right from your camera and how to fix photos in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements

• Fun photo challenge workshops.

Scrapbook Design tutorials

• Learn how to make a scrapbook page start to finish

• Discover ways to make scrapbook pages look better

• Learn about color theory and how to choose a color scheme

• See for yourself how scrapbook sketches and scrapbook templates can help you make better scrapbook pages.

Digital Scrapbooking techniques

• Learn how to scan photos, documents, slides and negatives

• We'll give honest scanner and printer reviews

• Discover how to print photos that look just like lab quality photos!

• Stock up on layered templates and quick pages so that you can get caught up.

• Learn how to scrap better and faster with our team of published scrapbookers

Greeting cards and Photo cards

• If you like making handmade greeting cards, you'll love making our digital greeting cards!
• With our greeting card templates, you can make personalized thank you notes, birthday cards, calling cards and more in a snap.
• Like to make homemade cards with your scrapbooking supplies? Use our card sketches to jump-start your creativity

 

Freebies and Challenges

• Just getting started in digital scrapbooking and making cards? Don't forget to check out our freebies! Our free craft ideas are a great way to try out digital techniques before you buy!
• Need inspiration? Join us for our photo-a-day challenge, craft and digital scrapbooking challenges. We'll inspire each other to try new techniques and create homemade gifts sure to please even the most persnickety recipient!