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Cartoon Scrapbooks

My young daughter is a huge fan of the new PBS children’s series, “The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!” Interestingly, she was never a huge fan of the “Cat in the Hat” books, but once she saw the cat come alive in the animated series, she was hooked. All of a sudden she is all about the cat. She nearly fell over when she saw that Target is selling “Cat in the Hat” socks in their $1 bins and she just about ripped my arm off dragging me over to the aisle in the scrapbook store … Continue reading →

More Ideas for Baby Scrapbooks

Baby scrapbooks are considered the foundation of scrapping since most scrappers get their start by creating books for their children. However, just because a baby book is your first step into the world of scrapping, you don’t have to settle for elementary layout designs. There are thousands of embellishments, paper and ideas that can easily be incorporated into a baby scrapbook and more are debuting every day. For example, a couple of weeks ago I saw the cutest Dr. Seuss quotes for scrapbooks. The popular children’s book author has a slew of whimsical words of wisdom to add to scrapbooks … Continue reading →

Additions to Your Alphabet Scrapbook

Now that you know the basics of creating an alphabet scrapbook, you can take the project to the next level. By incorporating unique ideas and elaborate embellishments you can turn an ordinary ABC book into a letter book masterpiece. Favorite foods, movies and songs, are great themes to use for individual letter pages, but don’t limit yourself to just those ideas. Other themes that can spice up your layouts include: *Favorite inspirational quotes or Bible verses *Favorite vehicles *Favorite people *Words that describe the book’s subject *Important accomplishments *Milestone moments Keep in mind that when you design layouts for alphabet … Continue reading →

Alphabet Scrapbooks

Browsing around a scrapbook store should serve as inspiration, but often, when I stroll around my favorite shop, I tend to get overwhelmed. Scrapping products have come a long way from the basic acid-free albums and a few stickers and stamps. These days you can get high-tech gadgets that can slice, dice and digitize every inch of a scrapbook. I know this because I stare at one of these elaborate memory books each time I step foot in my local scrapbook shop. Last year the shop’s owner created a massive and absolutely awe-inspiring alphabet scrapbook filled with photos and memorabilia … Continue reading →

Use Stamps To Spruce Up Your Scrapbooks

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If you’re looking for ideas to spruce up your scrapbooking projects them stamps could be a great place to start. Stamps are a great thing to have on hand. Stamps can take an ordinary piece of paper and turn it into something magical. If you’re just starting to use stamps in your projects here are a few tips for getting the most out of stamping: Buy Generic Stamps: Sure that duck stamp might be cute, but if you can’t use it more than once then it’s going to be pretty useless after a while. Before buying specialty stamps try investing … Continue reading →

ABC Scrapbooks – Getting Started

I absolutely adore ABC scrapbooks! They are so much fun and such a great way to use up duplicate photos, leftover stickers, scraps of paper, old die cuts, all those millions of punchies you have, and more! But how do you go about getting started with an ABC album? It’s actually pretty easy! The glory of an ABC album is that they can be made for anyone. From preschoolers as a learning tool, to grandparents as a wonderful way to commemorate an occasion or as a brag book, they are always treasured. Another great feature of an ABC album is … Continue reading →

Cover Designs

In a previous post I detailed my attempt to turn my daughter’s old school tablets into kid-friendly scrapbooks. The recycled composition notebooks don’t rival traditional memory albums that you purchase in stores; however, they are ideal for children learning the ins and outs of scrapbooking. What’s more, they are also perfect for older scrapbook fans looking to experiment with different techniques, but are afraid to do so with expensive albums. For example, if you are interested in designing a photo collage as an album cover, but are afraid to do so because you don’t want to ruin an expensive scrapbook, … Continue reading →

Poetry in Motion

Do you often find yourself working harder on gift scrapbooks than ones you plan to keep for yourself? I force myself to be a more creative when crafting memory albums for others. Sadly, that’s why I don’t have many scrapbook layouts featuring personalized poems or detailed journaling blocks. Nine times out of ten, I neglect to take the time to include personal writings in my scrapbooks, even though they don’t require a ton of time or energy to complete. Many scrappers automatically swear off writing their own prose to add to scrapbook page designs. However, these one-of-a-kind verses are often … Continue reading →

Post-Holiday Scrapbooking

In just a few hours, holiday celebrations will give way to hangovers, a home that needs a good cleaning, and kids who don’t want to go back to school on Tuesday. Not exactly prime scrapbooking material. Still, just because Christmas and New Year’s are over doesn’t mean you should neglect documenting the rest of the season. Winter brings with it a litany of lovely scrapbooking opportunities. For example, you could design a layout of your kids participating in outdoor winter activities, such as making snowmen, catching snowflakes on their tongues, skiing, sledding or having a huge snowball fight. Another option … Continue reading →

ABC Scrapbook for Dad

In honor of Father’s Day, scrapbook stores are having a field day hawking books, paper and embellishments that will make dear ol’ Dad a memory book he can cherish forever. My local scrapbook shop has a gigantic display showcasing a variety of albums dedicated to dads. Most of the books are pretty standard and illustrate how you can use a bunch of nifty tools and rather expensive embellishments to make eye-popping Father’s Day scrapbooks. I flipped through those pretty quickly, but found one that really made an impression. In fact, if it weren’t so close to Dad’s Day, I would … Continue reading →