These photos were from our “Meet the Teacher” morning and first day of preschool. I can’t believe how big Matthew is getting! Pebbles – Grass Green Mini Gingham Paper http://www.scrappinstuff.com/store/clearance-rack-scrapbook-paper-sale-c-50_111/pebbles-grass-green-mini-gingham-paper-p-9141 Bazzill Canvas Cardstock – Jacaranda http://www.scrappinstuff.com/store/miscellaneous-cardstock-c-216_223/bazzill-canvas-cardstock-jacaranda-p-9127 Bazzill Smoothies Cardstock – Grapefruit Bliss http://www.scrappinstuff.com/store/miscellaneous-cardstock-c-216_223/bazzill-smoothies-cardstock-grapefruit-bliss-p-8675 Bazzill Grasscloth Cardstock – Red Devil…
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 11” x 11” and adhere to base Double mat photo…
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 exercise even when it’s snowing or there is snow on…
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 and look at your photos. Large photos are very prominent…
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 album. This makes them a cheaper option to a Scrapbook…
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 used undiluted, has a great opacity so you don’t need…
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” pages. You can create beautiful boarders, backgrounds and shapes by…
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 album front cover so that is would stay attached. I…
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 lunch kind) and are of a smaller size than the…
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 sewing, start to seem applicable to your scrapbook album as…
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 layout. You don’t have to limit your designs to backgrounds,…
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 out your design, instead of just the two that you…
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 Cows Design Contest!! Not that I’m surprised, Tanya has done…
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 together with brads. Heather used stickles to outline the “B”…
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 females, so a scrapbook for this sport can be for…
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 ALBUM EMBLEMS! With a realistic textured finish, ALBUM EMBLEMS are…
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 directions: I selected the American Crafts – Junior Varnish We Won Paper and trimmed…
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 brackets your child goes through to reach the top. You…
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, creating a scrapbook to show the entire trip can be…
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 create the lattice edge on the patterned paper that goes…
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 Karen Foster Baseball Season Paper Orange Cardstock Happy Scrappin’
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 in that huge game. This is a wonderful time of…
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 of equipment you’ll see these dedicated gymnasts’ use in their…
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 Circle Paper to the right side. Use sandpaper to smooth…