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Locks of Love… and Hate

When was the last time you had a great hair day? Did you document your perfect do for posterity sake? Good hair days are an extremely rare occurrence in my life. In fact, I didn’t even like my tresses on my wedding day. I neglected to schedule a styling dry run prior to the big day and it showed. Needless to say, I have plenty of scrapbook layouts featuring photos of me with hair styles that I absolutely hate. Conversely, my young daughter barely has a day where a single strand of her hair is out of place. It’s just … Continue reading →

Spicing Up Easter Layouts

For scrapbook designers looking to put a little hop into an otherwise boring Easter-themed layout, consider channeling your inner Jerry Seinfeld or Maya Angelou. Sharing a smile along with Easter photos of your family members can go a long way to liven up a traditional holiday page design. For instance, rather than simply adhering a bunch of pictures of your children participating in an outdoor egg hunt on plain scrapbook paper, pepper the space with silly Easter jokes, such as: What did the eggs do when the light turned green? They egg-cellerated What kind of plants do eggs keep? Eggplants! … Continue reading →

St. Patrick’s Day Layouts

If you have leftover green embellishments from Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day is a great time to put them to good use. Green cardstock, paper and ink can all be employed to create a festive St. Paddy’s Day layout. In addition, the holiday inspires many people to journal about the day’s activities, whether it’s attending a parade, hosting a party, setting a leprechaun trap or searching for a pot of gold with your kids. Take the photos you snapped of the festivities and place them near a journaling block that details the day’s events or simply add some short captions around … Continue reading →

When You Hate Your Handwriting

Hate is such a strong word. Still, there are some scrapbookers who refuse to handwrite journal entries, page titles or photo captions because they despise the look of their chicken scratch. Fortunately for all of you haters out there, free fonts are just a click away. ScrapbookingFonts.com is a saving grace for people who shy away from adding their own handwriting to memory album layouts. The site has a slew of cursive fonts to choose from. You can either print out the fancy writing and add it to a traditional scrapbook or use the fonts directly on the page of … Continue reading →

Meaningful Thanksgiving Layouts

Uncle Frank chowing down on pumpkin pie, grandma serving up her famous green bean casserole and the kids fighting over who gets the turkey wishbone. We’ve all created scrapbook layouts using photos of the aforementioned events, but do you really want to go another year filing the same ol’ images in the same ol’ spots and accenting them with the same ol’ embellishments? This Thanksgiving why not add some pizzazz to your page designs by adding touching sayings that reflect the true meaning behind the holiday. If you don’t want to exercise your creative muscle and write out a few … Continue reading →

More Picture-Perfect Layouts

As I mentioned in my previous posts, you really can’t create a decent scrapbook layout if your shots stink. Learning how to take pretty photos will go a long way to making your page designs pop. Fortunately, it’s not too hard to hone your picture-taking skills. What’s more, even if you don’t master channeling your inner Ansel Adams, there are ways you can add spice to your scrapbook images. For example, when in doubt, consider switching to black-and-white. Colorless prints are great options for wedding, anniversary, or prom layouts. For starters, black-and-white photos are quite flattering. Not only do they … Continue reading →

Scrappy Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

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Valentine’s Day is all about showing the ones you love how much you care. What better way to do that then by using your scrapbooking supplies to make something for your Valentine? Here are a few ideas to help you get your inner cupid going. * Create a Fairytale mini scrapbook about how you met your significant other. Write it in a way, where it reads like a fairytale. Once upon a time…. Include pictures of the two of you together during the dating years, and make it all about how you met and fell in love. Don’t forget to … Continue reading →

Have You Ever Scraplifted?

Scraplifting. Are you familiar with the term? I had never seen or heard the word until last week when I visited a scrapbooking store in Hawaii. Apparently, the term refers to the act of copying design ideas from other scrapbooks. Scraplifting may include anything from copying the same title for a page to using the same photo composition ideas. You can also be accused of scraplifting if you place your embellishments in the same exact spots as a sample layout, or if you adapt a similar journaling technique and use it to enhance your theme page. And here I thought … Continue reading →

What if You Hate Your Layout?

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When I first started the more modern style of scrapbooking, I was completely lost. I felt like I looked at everyone else’s scrapbook pages and mine turned out nothing like them. I look back at some of my earliest pages and shutter. My scrapbooking has come a long way. Lots of times, beginners in scrapbooking will think that their layout has to look perfect. So, the questions are often asked, “What if I hate my layout? Should I start over? Tear it up?” The answer is NO!!! Scrapbooking is a learning process. Sure, you may look at someone else’s page, … Continue reading →

Scrap a Header for Your Blog

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There are so many people out there with scrapbooking blogs. Hundreds. I would venture to say there are thousands. The web is amazing. Many of these blogs are for sharing layouts, creating challenges, starting up a scrapbooking business, or a mix of scrapbooking and personal blogging. Whatever your scrapbook blog might be, you can add some personality to it by scrapping your own header for your blog. I have used free templates for my blog that you can find all over the web, but I was never quite happy with how they looked. But, I didn’t want to have to … Continue reading →