Get the inspiration you have been seeking--simply draw a few cards and create!
What do sushi, paprika and salsa have in common? They're all topics inspired by the prompt cards food + red + pink. Open up The Scrapbooker's Creativity Kit to get your own set of prompt cards that is guaranteed to jump-start your creativity! Shuffle the decks and deal yourself a word and color card or two. Then let your mind wander to topics and designs inspired by the prompts on the cards you have drawn.
Today's design freebie is a combination of three prompts from the book plus four designer layouts inspired by those prompts.
Everyday life flashes by, and you need ideas for scrapping those moments fast!
Get help for organizing everyday life photos—because who doesn’t have a lot?—as well as a gallery of ideas for scrapping daily life from this week’s free project from Get It Scrapped!
Whether you're a disciplined daily scrapper or a "binger" known to go into scrapbooking solitary for hours … or (like most of us) somewhere in the middle… Get It Scrapped! will help you make the very most of your time, making it easier, more efficient and, best of all, more fun to create pages you'll be proud of. Get it Scrapped! addresses organizing photos in a clear, methodical way that's easy to understand and then analyzing the photos to determine a plan of action for creating layouts. The page ideas represented in the book are organized to facilitate the creation of several common page types: events, moments, portraits, stories, series photos, all-about-me layouts and more! Click here to purchase a copy of Get It Scrapped!
A fun set of flashcards serves double duty as a learning tool and a memory keepsake!
In this week’s free download, from Scrapbooking the School Years, see how to turn photos into an adorable mini album that helps your kids learn their colors, too.
Scrapbooking the School Years is full of creative photos and journaling ideas to help you remember all the little details of your child’s school years. Inside the book, you'll find some great project ideas for applying your scrapbook skills off the page, as well:
Create little love notes to tuck into your child's lunchbox.
Origami flowers “grown” out of pretty patterned papers
Watch your child soar to new heights with a keepsake growth-chart-in-a-box.
Treat your teenager to a neat-o locker clipboard.
Make the grade with a keepsake report card holder.
Whether you and your kids are just beginning the journey or reflecting back on the trip, Scrapbooking the School Years will help you create memorable layouts.
Give projects an artistic quality using a bargello design.
Bargello, which is characterized by long straight lines worked into flame patterns and other geometric designs, has its foundation in the needle arts, but the effect transfers beautifully to papercrafting. Whether you want to create an interesting layout background or a pretty greeting card, try out this bargello rubber stamping technique from Texture Effects for Rubber Stamping.
Texture Effects for Rubber Stamping is a treasure trove of 40 elegant card and gift projects teaches plenty of texture-making techniques that utilize the magic of stamping in all its forms. Inside you’ll find:
Step-by-step projects for combining basic stamping techniques with metallic paints, resist effects, alcohol inks, layers of acetate, watercolors, embellishments and much more!
Projects that are conveniently grouped into sections that highlight the different ways texture can be created
Inspiration for new texturing techniques and clever variations
More than just cards--there are also lots of fresh ideas for turning ordinary boxes, tags, clocks and tiles into memorable gift items.
Find out the secret to splitting a photo over a seam in a two-page layout.
Splitting a photo with ease is as simple as knowing the right place to cut. For 49 more simple secrets to scrapping, check out Scrapbook Secrets. Inside the book, author Kimber McGray reveals secrets for scrapping faster and better. Learn insider info on: • the easiest ways to get the job done • how to make do in a pinch • new techniques that may surprise you Plus, more than 75 projects illustrate the secrets in action.
