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Disney Scrapbooking Supplies

I have a friend or two who LOVE Disney. I would say that I like it as well. Who doesn’t? But, there are people that are obsessed with Disney. They are the ones that have season passes to Disneyland, or Disney World, and are also obsessed with all things Disney. I mean, who doesn’t love Mickey Mouse? I have a little girl, and I’m dying to take her to Disneyland next year for her 5th birthday. Although, I would not say that I’m a Disney die hard, the one time I have been to Disneyland, the minute I walked through … Continue reading →

Collage Fun

The word collage is from the French word “coller”, which means “to glue”. Collage is one of my favorite projects to do with children. Most kids really get into the project once they figure out that there isn’t just one right way to do it. At first they may glue five or six pictures that don’t even touch on the page. Show them examples of collages with tilted pictures and images that overlap. Once they get the idea, most kids almost tend to overload the page. To start you need is a board to glue things to. Pick something heavy … Continue reading →

How to Flatten Bottle Caps for Scrapbook Layouts

Bottle caps are a great addition to a scrapbook layout. In an earlier article, I discussed how to use them in your layouts. Now I’d like to focus on getting them onto your layout by flattening them and making them easier to use in your albums. Because bottle caps are very thick and really do create a lot of bulk in your albums, the most effective way to use them is to flatten them. It’s pretty easy and you will wind up with a nice thin embellishment that is pretty much the same thickness of a standard 3-dimensional embellishment. If … Continue reading →

3D Pictures

One thing I’ve learned with collage and altered books is that drawings don’t have to be flat. Even kids who are a little bored with regular coloring and painting will get interested in three dimensional pictures. There are so many things you use. Think about buttons, ribbon scraps, leftover caps from bottles, Popsicle sticks, different nuts, peanut shells, raisins, cheerios, dried beans, fruit loops, sticks from the yard, pine straw, and dried pasta of all different shapes – elbows, wheels, shells. Buttons can be eyes, pasta swirls can be hair, and pine straw can be fur or hair. Sticks can … Continue reading →

Product Review: The Wizard by Spellbinders

Recently, I stumbled across this awesome product, quite by accident actually. That seems to be the way I find all the cool new products these days. I’m an addict and have to have everything, but a die cutting system was not something I wanted….until now! With so many different die cutting systems available to scrapbookers now, it is challenging finding the right one for you. In a recent poll, scrapbookers were asked to vote for their favorite die cutting system and then explain why. The Wizard Embossing and Die Cutting System by Spellbinders won hands down! This system is a … Continue reading →