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Scrapbooking Week in Review for May 12-18, 2008

School’s almost out, the days are getting longer and warmer and we had another great week in the scrapbooking blog. Who could ask for much more? Hopefully by now you have noticed that I have changed things up a bit this month and that there are now new ideas and step by step directions included more often. Here’s what has been happening in the scrapbooking blog. What is Hybrid Scrapbooking? If you are active in the scrapbooking community at all, you might have seen reference to a new term dubbed hybrid scrapbooking. But what in the world does it mean? … Continue reading →

Wood Stamp Storage and Organization Tips

Wooden stamps have been around a very long time, long before scrapbookers were using them in their albums. So how do you store these little wooden items? It isn’t as cut and dry as the acrylic stamps since wooden stamps tend to take up so much more space, and if you have a lot you are looking at some serious space needs. For years I have been looking for that perfect solution, but long ago I realized that it is totally a personal choice. So what might work for me, might not work for you and so forth. Here is … Continue reading →

Making Words For Your Scrapbook Layouts

Using words in your scrapbooking layouts is quite the rage right now. It is very in style and can tell a story without actual journaling. From dictionary definitions, to simple words throw around a layout, adding words or phrases can create an eye catching layout that simply makes the pages unique. Words, entire alphabets or just a portion of them, phrases and quotes can be incorporated into your scrapbook pages using such items as letter stickers, letter or word rub-ons and letter, word or phrase rubber stamps. You can also use your computer and printer to get the same effect … Continue reading →

Using the Back of an Acrylic Stamp to Create Backgrounds

Acrylic stamps or clear stamps are some of the most popular stamps right now. They are much easier to use, organize and store than the traditional wood and rubber stamps. Plus, there are a variety of different uses they have that wood stamps just don’t. Let me show you one of my favorite ways to use an acrylic stamp. I love making backgrounds with the backside of my acrylic stamps. It gives the stamped image an extra pop that it might not have had otherwise. Plus there is no need to color in the image, because its done for you … Continue reading →

Using Watercolor Pencils With Your Stamps

The ease and versatility of a water color pencil is amazing. There are so many cool ways to use water color pencils in your art, which can then be turned into scrapbook layouts and cards to give to others. They are very simple to use, easy to locate at a variety of stores, as well as being fairly inexpensive. I would like to show you how cool using water color pencils to color in your stamped images can be. There are several ways that you can use water color pencils to achieve different effects in your artwork. To begin with, … Continue reading →

Coloring Your Stamped Images

Once you have stamped an image onto a piece of paper or cardstock, there are several things you can do, or not do. We will discuss these ideas and you can choose the one that works best for your project. A stamped image can look great all by itself, but most stampers and scrapbookers decide to color in their image or alter the image in some way. Many choose colored stamp pads to add the color that way. For the sake of this article, we are going to assume that you are looking for different ways to color in the … Continue reading →

How To Get Faux Burnt Edging For Your Scrapbook Layouts and Embellishments

Learning new techniques is one of my favorite things to do. When that new technique is something that is as versatile as creating a burnt edge look, I go a bit crazy. I have used the technique on dozens of layouts lately. I’d like to show you how to create your own faux burnt edge look. To get started you will need the piece that you plan to add the burnt edge to. I used a tag in my example, but you could use a mat or a other type of embellishment. The look will even work on photographs. You … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Week in Review for January 7-13, 2008

The scrapbooking industry is buzzing with new information, techniques and products. This happens each year in January as many scrapbooking designers unveil their new lines, their new tools and the latest and greatest embellishments that everyone must have. I look forward to bringing you many of those items in the upcoming weeks and giving you a glimpse into the future of scrapbooking. Therapeutic Scrapbooking Do you ever wonder if you would benefit from some honest to goodness therapy? We all hit rough spots in our lives, it is part of normal living. However, if you pick up the average scrapbookers … Continue reading →

Creative, Inexpensive Scrapbooking Storage Solutions

There is nothing better than being organized. That in itself can help save you money in the long run. However, getting to that point, sometimes seems like a long battle. It can get expensive if you are tempted by all the great storage devices and items that come out for all the great scrapbooking supplies available. There are certainly some alternatives. For Magazines and Idea Books It becomes difficult to sift through books and magazines for that perfect idea you could have scrap lifted, or what about that cool technique you wanted to try. Honestly, the most effective way to … Continue reading →

My Favorite “Go To” Techniques Part 1

We all have them. They are our favorite techniques that we go to time and time again. They are like old friends that you can really count on. What are some of your favorite “go to” techniques? I would like to share some of mine with you. Using paint There are some many things that I love about using paint on my projects. I love that it is a little (sometimes a lot) messy and can cover up other mistakes. Here are some of my favorite things to do with paint. 1. Mixing custom colors. I love that I can … Continue reading →