Scrapbooking

As a huge fan of both scrapbooks and dogs, I’ve certainly created my share of layouts devoted to my pets. My favorite pet projects are the dedicated albums I made for my two dogs, incorporating their old dog collars as a fastener for the album. I started with a small, blank board book (like these, these, or these) which I painted all over with a base color (one with light brown and the other with blue) of acrylic paint. I then accented the edges of the cover and each page with a darker... Read Full Story

When I work on scrapbook pages, I usually add the photos, some memorabilia, then the embellishments. The finishing touch is often a title made up of individual letter stickers. Those stickers are always the trickiest part, because they are usually not re-positionable, so you only get one shot at getting them exactly right. There is nothing more frustrating then ruining your otherwise perfect layout by messing up your title because you misjudged the spacing or put the letters down in a... Read Full Story

In honor of National Scrapbooking Day, “Create For Less” is offering new scrapbooking specials each week in May. CreateForLess offers over 60,000 brand name craft, sewing, quilting, scrapbooking, candlemaking supplies and more. During the month of May, find great prices on everything from photo albums, and scraping paper to the newest DieCuts, brads, and cutting tools. CreatForLess has one main goal to offer the best products at the best prices. Their mission is to help crafters their... Read Full Story

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I love to scrapbook but unfortunately for me and most of you out there, there aren’t enough hours in the day to do all of the projects on my list. So, I’ve disciplined myself to scrapbook isolated major life events like our trip to Europe, a Disney vacation, first birthdays, a special anniversary, a gift for someone, etc. However, I still felt a bit of Mom guilt for not having a scrapbook for my daughter after her first year. But then, I finally figured out the ease and beauty of digital... Read Full Story

Scrapbooking without children - Is it possible? There is the misconception that all scrapbookers seem to be woman who have children,stay at home and have to much time on their hands. Firstly everyone is entitled to do what they want with their free time, so I don’t see why stay at home mothers cannot as well, but I digress as I am not a stay at home mom. Actually I am not a mom at all, thus I break this scrapbooking stereotype. I am not out to get children anytime soon to... Read Full Story

Hello all and this is the Challenge post. The challenge runs from 14th April till 21st April Midnight. If you take part in the challenge you recieve 1 ticket in my draw. You can also get draw tickets for commenting on my blog, linking to my blog and mentioning challenge or the competition (see post below for competiton details), or for just entering the competiton. The draw prize is Dovecraft Laura Ashley 6 by 6 contemporary paper pack, Contemporary wood block stamp set , dome alphabet... Read Full Story