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100 Days

Today is the 100th day of school for my child.  To mark the occasion she and her classmates were asked to bring in 100 of their favorite items. Yes, the assignment that parents from coast-to-coast dread each year. It’s even more dreadful when your kid reminds you that she needs said items two hours before they’re due. So, you run around like a nutcase looking for 100 what to cram into a Ziploc bag? Cheerios, LEGOs, coffee beans… blood, sweat, tears? When all is said and done, hopefully you remember to snap a photo of your kid holding up his … Continue reading →

Experimenting with New Designs

Many avid scrapbook fans also dabble in book-binding.  Newbies may be intimidated by the prospect of making their own scrapbook covers, but once you start experimenting with new techniques, the idea of designing a memory album from cover to cover is not as challenging as you may think. There are many advantages to crafting your own covers.  For starters, you get full reign over creative control.  You can design a cover of any shape or size.  In addition, you can use a variety of your favorite materials to embellish your cover.  For example, one of the first covers I attempted … Continue reading →

Finding the Right Album

Recently, Kohl’s had a super sale on scrapbooks. In addition to the already low prices, I used a 20 percent off coupon to further reduce the blow to my wallet. I ended up walking away with two leather post-bound scrapbook albums. I could have easily scooped up three times that amount, as the store had a seemingly endless array of leather albums in a rainbow of colors, including chocolate, asphalt, lavender, sky, cinnamon and green apple. In addition, they came in an array of sizes from 12×12 to 6×6. I chose the traditional 12×12 albums that came with a display … Continue reading →

Clean Scrapping Styles

I always chuckle when my friend comments about my “clean” scrapping style. In my world of budget scrapbooking, “clean” is code for “cheap.” The more embellishments I add to a page, the more the layout costs, so when money is extra tight I simply create streamline designs that are not completely nude, but don’t feature a plethora of stickers, stamps and die cuts either. Another way to keep your layouts as simple and clean as possible is to limit the number of photos you feature on a single page. I know this technique somewhat negates the concept behind scrapbooking. After … Continue reading →

Inspired Organization

The number one complaint of the average scrapper is time, or lack of it. Today’s scrapbook fans don’t have to deal with a shortage of tools, embellishments or photos; rather, they struggle with setting aside enough time to incorporate all of their items and ideas into fabulous layouts. One of the best ways to make the most of your scrapping time is to pre-plan your layouts. Organization is key to designing sensational scrapbook pages in a limited amount of time. If you are looking for ways to keep track of your ideas and embellishments, then consider purchasing a page planner. … Continue reading →

Visually Appealing Pages: Part Three

Welcome back to my three part series on “Visually Appealing Pages.” Today we are going to wrap this up with a few more ideas to make your scrapbook pages come alive. Memorabilia are a nice touch to your page but don’t always look nice pasted directly onto the page. If you want to keep some of your memorabilia, paste an envelope to the page and tuck them away inside. An envelope could hold pamphlets, movie ticket stubs and other papers. You can also make your own envelope, using your favorite patterned or colored paper. You could also incorporate stamps and … Continue reading →

Alter This! – Alena Hennessy

Alter This!: Radical Ideas for Transforming Books Into Art by Alena Hennessy is a great book for the altered book beginner because it explains so many techniques for transforming books, including projects for hardbacks, paperbacks, board books, and even phonebooks! Altered book pros will find inspiration for fun and creative projects and ideas for taking their artwork a step or two further. And scrapbookers will find many techniques that they can use in their own albums. With altered books, before you add too much to a paper page, you will need to make it sturdier so that the paper doesn’t … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Week in Review for April 1-6, 2008 with a Few Extras

I don’t know what it was like for you in your neck of the woods this past weekend, but our area was absolutely beautiful and was the closest resemblance to Spring that we’ve had since last year. We got some flowers planted, grass seed poured and enjoyed the outdoors as much as we could. Days like those are hard to find to scrapbook, because you want to enjoy the weather, but you can always do it at night or early in the morning. Remember to make time for it, while still enjoying the beautiful weather. Here is what has been … Continue reading →

The Reasons for Scrapbooking From a Real Life Scrapbooker

In the many years that I have been scrapbooking, I have been asked more than once, my reasons for scrapbooking. While my main reasons haven’t ever changed, my goals and layouts and what they reflect have changed. Most people scrapbook to preserve their memories. Some people scrapbook because it is a creative outlet that allows them to be artistic and utilize photographs in the process. While both of these hold true for me, there is a deeper meaning for me, and I hope that my real life scrapbooking will make you reconsider your own layouts and moments that you choose … Continue reading →

Top Five Favorite Scrapbooking Album Companies

Albums are a definite must have supply for scrapbooking. Without them, there certainly would be no scrapbook, and with them, you have a beautiful legacy to pass along. Do you struggle to find an album that works for you? I recently took a poll on my website to find out what the top scrapbooking album companies were. The poll listed ten popular scrapbooking supply companies that carry albums and over 390 votes came in. I did not include an “other” category, simply because that wouldn’t help in discovering the top five. The poll was set up so that you could … Continue reading →