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ScrapWow – The Scrapbooker’s Playground

ScrapWow is the newest thing to hit the scrapbooking world. I discovered it by accident when a friend sent me to her website and I realized it was hosted by ScrapWow. I wanted to find out more and was so excited and impressed, I just knew I had to share it with my scrapbook friends. The ScrapWow website offers you an innovative and easy way to have your very own scrapbook website that is entirely yours. It also offers you the opportunity to share your scrapbook pages online with all of your friends and family. It is really easy to … Continue reading →

Basic Time Management Strategies For Scrapbooking

We always here about time management and how it can make our lives easier, but how does that apply for our favorite hobby? It is easy really, but it does take a big commitment on your part to discipline yourself. Set Aside Time This seems like such a simple request, but often in our busy everyday lives, it is difficult to find the time to scrapbook. However, if you want to complete your layouts and fill your albums with beautiful pages, then it is an essential strategy for time management. Find time when you don’t really think you have it. … Continue reading →

What is a Scrapbook Page Exchange?

Page exchanges are so much fun. I have participated in hundreds over the years that I have been scrapbooking. They are great way to get pages done faster, and get more scrapbooking done. They are so much fun to receive in the mail too. A page exchange is typically hosted by someone. She will select a theme and then participants sign up. Perhaps it will be baby girl, or zoo, or school or birthday. You sign up for the themes you want. You then typically mass produce layouts of a designated number. An example: I hosted a baby girl page … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Week in Review for June 30th-August 5th, 2007

Looking for some great articles to get the best tips and advice in the scrapbooking industry? Look no further than here at families.com and what has been going on in the blog all week. Scrapbooking Week in Review for July 23-29, 2007 There are big plans coming in the upcoming weeks for the scrapbooking blog. New challenges, layouts, and articles to help with your projects and creative needs. Advice and tips from the experts, interviews, new products and hot techniques are all coming soon. Monday Layout Challenge: Use a Non-Scrapbook Related Item I am completely aware that today is not … Continue reading →

Finding Scrapbook Sketches Online

My favorite place to get inspiration is online. There are hundreds of websites that offer layout ideas and inspiration. I am addicted to sketches so finding the best sites to get great sketches was important to me. There are dozens of great sites that have sketches, but these are my favorites. Scrap Maps This is probably one of my favorite sites, because it is categorized perfectly, and its as simple as clicking on what you are looking for. A great site! Sketch Me If You Can This is a blog, but she has dozens of beautiful sketches to use. Scrapbook … Continue reading →

Where To Find The Best Sketches for Your Scrapbooking Layouts

Sketches make scrapbooking fast, period. Just choose the photographs you want on a layout and find a layout depicting that number of photos. You can choose our own papers, embellishments and other coordinating pieces to your layout, but the design is basically done for you. You just gotta love sketches! So how do you find all the wonderful sketches available to you? There are dozens of places to look. Find Them in Scrapbook Magazines Magazines are a great place to get sketches. Typically they have sketch ideas and then sample layouts. It is an easy place to find them, and … Continue reading →

Monday Layout Challenge: 30 Minute Layout

Scrapbooker’s often get into a rut when it comes to specific pictures. They envision this amazing layout, and the inspiration to create it just never comes. My hopes with the Monday challenges are that you get the pictures out of the boxes and onto the pages and not put so much focus on elaborate layouts. Today’s challenge is to create a layout in which you spend no more than 30 minutes on it. In order to create a layout in 30 minutes, it might be easier for you to use a sketch or scraplift from a message board. This is … Continue reading →