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Scrapbooking Your Crafty Adventures

scrapbooking your crafting

At first, I planned to only talk about scrapbooking about, well, scrapbooking. But then I thought, many of us crafty souls can’t stop at one. Digital scrapbooking, sewing, crochet, painting, jewelry-making, card-making, paper scrapbooking, home decor projects – if you love one craft, chances are you’ve at least dabbled in a few more. It’s a [...]

Fitting It In: Scrapbooking During Busy Seasons

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Elements from ArtPlay Palette Everyday by Anna Aspnes Autumn. Kids are back in school. Sports practices, dance classes, church events, volunteer commitments, book clubs – fall routines pick up where spring left off, and we start to settle in. As our lives fill with activity, and we get busy making new memories, finding the time [...]

Tutorial: Doodle Portrait

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Editor’s Note: When I saw MommaHarvey’s amazing layout that won the July Gold Member challenge, I knew I was going to have to try to scraplift it. And though I thought I had an idea how she did it, I sent her a PM and she graciously offered to write us a tutorial!    Send [...]

Scrapping August: Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall

goodbye summer hello fall

Graphic created with Hello, Goodbye: elements by Michelle Godin For most of us (at least in the Northern Hemisphere!), August signals the end of fun-filled, sun-soaked summer days and the beginning of that back-to-school rush. Are you tired of scrapping pool photos and vacation snapshots? Need a little fresh inspiration before fall arrives, bringing school, [...]

Help with Hexagons

Help with Hexagons

I’m sure you’ve noticed that hexagons are the hottest craze in scrapbooking since chevron. These geometric beauties combine the best of both design worlds – a circular shape with straight lines. But they can be a bit difficult to work with sometimes, since they straddle the line between a circle and square. After playing around [...]

Enhance Your Layouts with QR Codes

Enhance Your Layouts with QR Codes

No Training Wheels! by Neisha Sykes (lavendar) Here’s a new and exciting way to add videos and other interactive content to your layouts: QR codes! QR (Quick Response) codes are those funny-looking square barcodes you see in magazines and on packaging. When you scan one with your electronic device, such as a smartphone with a [...]

Memorial Day Scrapping Inspiration

Our Hero by SparkysGirl

Now that the parades, barbeques, and memorial services are over, it’s time to get those photos off your camera and scrap them! I rounded up some gorgeous Memorial Day layouts from the DST Gallery and a couple more general ones honoring our servicemen and women. In our scrapping, let’s not forget the true purpose of [...]

Three Ways to Brighten Your Layouts with Sunburst Templates

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One of the best things about digital scrapbooking is that there are so many options! It seems like there are a million different ways you can create an interesting background, but one of my favorites is to use a sunburst template. The rays of the sunburst can help create background interest, highlight a focal point, [...]

What’s on Your Digital Scrapbooking Bucket List?

What's on your scrapbooking bucket list?

Ever since I started formally scrapbooking the digital way in 2006, I’ve wanted to get better. Often, I see layouts and other digital works of art and say to myself, “Someday, I want to do that!” As the list of things to try grew, I decided to write my own digital-scrapbooking bucket list: a compilation [...]

How’d They Do That? Layout Design Tips from Top Scrappers

Just 1 Thing by Paula Kesselring

Have you ever wondered how to get your white space page to pop or how to achieve that gorgeously blended, layered art journaling look? Let’s find out! I’ve asked some experienced scrappers with several different layout styles how they build their pages, from start to finish. Each scrapper also shares her favorite tip for achieving [...]