Month: January 2010

Video Gamer
January 30, 2010 No Responses

Video Gamer

Who doesn’t have a son that spends most of his time playing video games?  This layout by Stephanie Ackerman is perfect for those video game photos! Directions: Use black cardstock for the base of the layout Cut pattern paper to...
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Snowshoeing & Scrapbooking
January 29, 2010 No Responses

Snowshoeing & Scrapbooking

If you like to go for walks or hike in the summer, you should consider snowshoeing in the winter. It’s said if you can walk, you can snowshoe. It’s that easy. It’s a great way to get outside and do...
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Scrapbook Layouts – Using Large Photos
January 28, 2010 No Responses

Scrapbook Layouts – Using Large Photos

Enlarged photos are a great way to focus on a specific person or moment in you life. Enlarge your favorite photos to 5X7 or 8X10 or use a panoramic print. A close up of someone’s eyes will make people stop...
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Making Mini Scrapbooks
January 28, 2010 No Responses

Making Mini Scrapbooks

Mini scrapbooks are all the rage at the moment in the scrapbooking world. Their popularity stems from the fact that they are smaller and therefore less cumbersome and time consuming to make than your larger and more traditional 12×12 scrapbook...
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Ideas for Using Acrylic Paint on your Scrapbooking Projects
January 28, 2010 No Responses

Ideas for Using Acrylic Paint on your Scrapbooking Projects

There are such a variety of accents that can be used in any type of scrapbooking project. One of my favourite accents is acrylic paint. Acrylic paint is wonderful, because it is acid-free, dries very quickly, it’s water-based, and when...
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Scrapbook Techniques – Paper Tearing
January 28, 2010 No Responses

Scrapbook Techniques – Paper Tearing

Ripping and peeling paper is a fun way to add warm, hand crafted accents to you pages. Almost any paper scrap can be turned into a cute accent. Mastering a few tearing techniques will turn your “regular” pages into “wow”...
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How to Make an Interactive Matchbook Scrapbook
January 28, 2010 No Responses

How to Make an Interactive Matchbook Scrapbook

I made this match book scrapbook for on the front of my grand daughters newborn album. I used this matchbook scrapbook on the front cover and added a magnet to the back of it and a metal embellishment to the...
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How To Make A Paper Bag Scrapbook
January 28, 2010 No Responses

How To Make A Paper Bag Scrapbook

Paper bag scrapbooks are really popular now. Their small size makes them great for gift giving, for display on a coffee table, or even just as a “brag book”. They are made by using paper bags (you know the brown...
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Easy Scrapbooking Techniques
January 28, 2010 No Responses

Easy Scrapbooking Techniques

One of the great things about scrapbooking as a hobby is that the longer you do it, the more possibilities you uncover. As you learn to view the world through the eyes of a scrapbooker, other hobbies like stamping or...
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Scrapbooking Ideas – Chalking Tips
January 28, 2010 No Responses

Scrapbooking Ideas – Chalking Tips

After reading these chalking tips, you may wonder how you ever scrapbooked without them. When using chalks, you can create faux finishes, leather like backgrounds, add an antiqued look, or decorate clip art images and bring everything together in you...
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Scrapbooking Printables
January 28, 2010 No Responses

Scrapbooking Printables

Have you ever been in this situation? You’ve found the perfect paper for your layout, and assembled a great collection of stickers but the lettering just isn’t working. Or maybe you’ve decided you really need three holly stickers to balance...
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Costume Rack
January 28, 2010 one Response

Costume Rack

If you didn’t see our Newsletter this month you missed this awesome altered costume rack by Design Team member Tanya Smith. Well Tanya just found out her project is one of the top 25 semifinalists in the Friends of Purple...
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Cowboy Layout
January 27, 2010 No Responses

Cowboy Layout

Here’s the male side of the Cowgirl layout that Heather created last week… For this layout Heather stitched with embroidery floss around the corner star. Then she used the chalk to distress the edges of the tickets and attached them...
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Dance Like No One is Watching!
January 26, 2010 No Responses

Dance Like No One is Watching!

The thing about dancing is it can be done anywhere and at anytime. There are dance classes you can take or you can possibly dance for your high school. This is a sport that is general for both male and...
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CHA 2010
January 25, 2010 No Responses

CHA 2010

The new release products will be starting to come in soon and there are some GREAT sports lines out there.  Here’s a look at what’s coming. Scrappin’ Sports & More On the Edge Sports PERSONALIZE any scrapbook album with NEW...
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18 Wheeler Layout
January 25, 2010 No Responses

18 Wheeler Layout

Layout by Amy Wheeler Supplies: Thickers – Chipboard Letterman – Mustard American Crafts – Junior Varnish We Won Paper American Crafts – Junior Treehouse Printed Chipboard Pieces MLYB – Say What? Journal Tablets – Sports Step-by-step direct...
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High Flyin’ Kicks are what you’ll see when you Watch a Karate Event
January 24, 2010 2 Responses

High Flyin’ Kicks are what you’ll see when you Watch a Karate Event

Black Belt, Blue Belt, and Brown Belt are just a few of the levels you can achieve when you do Karate. The events are short and sweet when your child comes out on top. Each meet has a list of...
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Hunting Season is here
January 23, 2010 No Responses

Hunting Season is here

Hunting is a sport so to speak. Some people hunt to put food on their table while others do it for the enjoyment and the joy of finding the biggest animal they can find. No matter what the reason is,...
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Cowgirl Layout
January 22, 2010 No Responses

Cowgirl Layout

For this layout Heather inked around the entire border with the fluid chalk. She then used stickles on the flower petals, the center brads and around the border of the brown cardstock. Heather used a Martha Stewart paper punch to...
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Baseball Frame
January 21, 2010 No Responses

Baseball Frame

I love this frame by Design Team member Lisa Frayne!  This would make such a cute addition to those baseball photos, or as a gift for birthday parties. Supplies: Unfinished Photo Frame ATD -Game Day Baseball Shimmer & Shine Stickers...
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Football season is coming to an end, is your team on the Road to the Super Bowl?
January 19, 2010 6 Responses

Football season is coming to an end, is your team on the Road to the Super Bowl?

The Super Bowl is fast approaching. Some teams are done with their season for the year while others are still playing. Hoping and dreaming of the Super Bowl and that they will be one of the teams that will be...
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Gymnastics is a Flying Sport to Scrapbook
January 18, 2010 one Response

Gymnastics is a Flying Sport to Scrapbook

Tumbling, back flips, and cart wheels are just a few of the acrobatic techniques you’ll see if you were to attend a gymnastics meet. The parallel bars, the horse, and the balance beam are just a few of the pieces...
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Take a Hike Chipboard Album
January 16, 2010 one Response

Take a Hike Chipboard Album

Mini Albums are a good way to keep all the pictures together of one event. And they are easy to share too! Cover the front of the first chipboard circle with Plaid Paper. Add a strip of Green with Brown...
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Scrapbooking Page Ideas for Beginners
January 15, 2010 No Responses

Scrapbooking Page Ideas for Beginners

By Trisha Browning Finding ideas for your scrapbooking pages can be a huge pain in the butt. You want to create an amazing scrapbook, yet you are stuck and can’t figure out where to begin. Well, you are in luck...
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