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Last-Minute Father’s Day Scrapbooking

Time is running out for all of you slow scrappers. If you are looking to craft a memory book to gift to your Dad this Father’s Day, you can’t afford to procrastinate any longer. By now you should have all of your materials together, including the album, paper, embellishments, photos and mementos. To further expedite the construction process, it’s a good idea to have some general notes or sketches detailing how you want your finished layouts to look and what order you plan to display your page designs. When it comes to piecing together layouts, I typically work off of … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking: The Early Years

When I first toyed with scrapbooking as a hobby seven years ago, I had a single accordion album and a bunch of random photos. Clearly, I wasn’t well-versed in what it took to create dazzling layouts. Today, I still struggle to design eye-popping pages, but at least I have a bit more knowledge regarding what it takes to make the most of pictures, embellishments and blank pages. If I could do it all over again I would have ditched the accordion album earlier in my scrapbooking journey. Granted, the book is wonderful for beginners, especially since it sports a simple … Continue reading →

More Spring Break Scrapbook Ideas

You know you are a diehard scrapper when you actually look forward to the end of your spring break getaway, so you can go home and start crafting your vacation memory book. For scrapbook junkies a vacation is a means to an end. The minute they get home from the beach, the slopes or their favorite foreign city they get busy organizing their memorabilia, printing up photographs and shopping for embellishments. My aunt does it all the time. She and her family barely get through the door and she’s already sketching potential layouts. If you are looking to make the … Continue reading →

Scrappy Blog Mania

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A few years ago when I was scrapping a ton, scrapbook blogs weren’t all that popular. Maybe they were, and I just didn’t know it because I didn’t have a blog myself at the time. But, now that I currently run 4 blogs, aside from writing here, I have blogging on my mind. Big surprise huh? The thing that has amazed me is that in the year or so that I took off from scrapbooking after my 2nd child was born, it seems the scrapbooking blogging world exploded. When I am on message boards, and forums, everyone is promoting their … Continue reading →

Winter Themed Scrapbooking Papers

I love Christmas. It is my favorite time of year. But, I have a dilemma. I take way too many pictures all winter long. I just don’t want to miss a moment of the Christmas festivities and with cabin fever, I have to do something right? But, when you take a lot of pictures, that means you scrapbook a lot of pictures. So, I thought I’d put together a list of some Winter Themed Scrapbook papers that you might enjoy and that I have my eye on. Bo Bunny Press-Midnight Frost Collection– I love the name of this line. It … Continue reading →

Online Courses in Scrapbooking

Did you know that you could teach yourself how to scrapbook through Free online courses? It’s true! Maybe you want to learn how to use your Cricut better, or you want to learn about digital scrapbooking, whatever the case, there is probably a course out there for you! Here are a few courses currently being offered on www.twopeasinabucket.com: Digital 101-Everything you need to know about getting started in digital scrapbooking. Making the Most of your Die Cut Machine- This helps you learn more ways to use that Cricut, or other die-cutting machines! Super Sketches- Get a new sketch each for … Continue reading →

Fall Themed Scrapbooking Papers

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Fall is my favorite time of year. Absolute favorite. I love the leaves. I love the food. I love the crisp weather. I love the excitement of that first snow. Everything about it to me is perfection. So, I’m on the hunt for finding the perfect fall scrapbooking papers as well. So, I thought I’d share a few fall collections in the scrapbook world that are perfect for scrapping your fall photos this year. *We R Memory Keepers-Maple Grove Collection: This collection has everything you want in a fall scrapbook. Cute trees, fall leaves, and lots of words that make … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Another Decade

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Do you have old photos from 20 years ago that need a home? Are you scrapbooking for other people that have photos from before you were even born? Are you making a scrapbook for your Grandmother’s 80th birthday? If so, then there is a great resource out there to help you get creative with those photos. There is a website called Infoplease.com that has a year by year section. This would be a great place to start to get ideas on what was going on in that time period before you were even born. I clicked on the year 1977 … Continue reading →

How to Create a Sketch for a Scrapbook Layout

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I see sketches every where for scrapbooking layouts. They are on blogs, in challenges, swaps, contests, magazines. I was wondering, how does one go about making one of those sketches??? It might be easier than you would think. I am still learning. In fact, I just played around with it the first time last night. But, it was so much easier than I would have expected, and my computer software is pretty much ancient history. In fact, I think they have outlawed it because it is so old. But, I managed to squeak out a little pre-made sketch on my … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking for Others: Creating a Sample Album or Binder

Once you begin scrapbooking for others or getting paid to scrapbook, you might wish to put together a sample album or binder. This is quite a bit different from the Scrapbook Portfolio, and should actually be kept separate. A sample album or binder is usually a book of samples or sketches that the person can choose depending on the number of photographs or layout desired. So why create an album or binder with sketches or samples? It makes the job much easier when you have provided them with a visual guide to what their layouts will look like. If you … Continue reading →