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Favorite Scrapbook Magazines (2)

Finding new inspiration for scrapbooking can sometimes be a challenge, but looking through a new scrapbook magazine is a guaranteed way to find some sort of new ideas. Here are a few more of my favorite sources of inspiration. Scrapbook Answers. In addition to this being a great magazine, they also include a great CD with each issue that includes fonts for you to install on your computer, downloadable images and project ideas. This magazine has a lot more digital scrapbooking influence along with more of an emphasis on using more traditional art materials on the scrapbook layouts. Along with … Continue reading →

Sin City’s Card Artist

What do you get when you give an agile artist 500 decks of playing cards, 1,800 poker chips, 800 dice, dozens of tubes of Super Glue and a request to create a glitzy Las Vegas sign? If the artist is Bryan Berg, you’ll get exactly that—a life size replica of the famous “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign constructed of cards, dice and poker chips. Berg, who rose to stardom after he built a 25-foot castle out of playing cards, broke his no adhesive rule to build the sign for the World Series of Poker. The sign is so gigantic … Continue reading →

Fresh Flower Ideas for Layouts

Flower Uses on Layout and Cards Incorporating flowers into your layouts can be a simple way to add a finishing touch to your project. Scrapbook safe flowers come in all shapes, sizes, colors and materials. I would like to share with you some thing that I have made using flowers as accents on my projects. Cardstock Flowers The paper flowers used on this layout and card are from Bazzill Basics. In addition to providing great cardstock, they also have some fun embellishments. These flowers are cut right from their high quality paper. In this layout I used the flowers to … Continue reading →

Cruising and Crafting

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Looking for a relaxing vacation created just for scrapbookers or paper crafters? How does a Southern European cruise or Caribbean cruise sound? Creating Keepsakes Magazine and Paper Crafts Magazine may have come up with your perfect vacation. Each magazine is hosting a cruise this Fall that will include exotic excursions and scrapbooking all in one. The Papercrafts’ 8-day cruise will be going to the Caribbean in November. If this November won’t work for you, they will also be cruising again next year. Check out their website for upcoming details. On this Caribbean cruise, you will complete a holiday card workshop … Continue reading →

Cards Idea Book

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Cards Many scrapbookers also enjoy making cards because it is such a natural extension of our hobby. I have recently subscribed to a special card only idea book that is put out by the same people that make Scrapbook Trends Magazine. The name of the idea book is simply Cards. I would like to share why I love this new idea book and why you might want to consider subscribing for yourself. This is an idea book that is published every other month, so six times a year. It is much higher quality that the usual scrapbooking special edition idea … Continue reading →

Simple Games

Here are some simple game ideas to exercise your children’s minds while entertaining them at the same time. A Twist on Memory Games Draw lines to divide a standard size sheet of paper or poster board cut down to size, into four even sections. Have your children draw pictures, covering the whole sheet of paper. The drawing should attempt to cover each section equally. You might want to select a theme such as animals and have each child draw his or her favorite animal. When children are finished drawing and coloring their pictures, they can cut each one into four … Continue reading →

Mass-Producing Handmade Cards

It natural extension of our scrapbooking hobby to create handmade cards out of paper scraps and embellishments. Mass-producing (making more that one of the same card, at the same time) is a great way to make sure that you will always have a card on hand when the need arises. Always make a least 2 cards at a time. It really doesn’t take very much extra time to make a second card when you already have all of the materials out. The time consuming part of card making for me is coming up with the design. If you have already … Continue reading →

Celebrate Your Spouse

Welcome to Friday – has this been a long week or what? I’m exhausted. I’ve got my workout program, my projects, my gardening and my household chores. To add insult to injury, I also got a cold this week. I haven’t been the happiest of campers. While most of the items on my to do list are pretty normal for a week, having a cold is not. I hate to be sick. I’m a lousy patient and I whine. A lot. My husband doesn’t like it when I’m sick either. He worries. He tries to offer me anything to help … Continue reading →

Make an Activity Kit

How often do you and your kids get stuck waiting for long periods of time at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, or outside school, sports, or dance classes? No matter what causes the wait, waiting is not fun. It can be especially frustrating for small children, who tend to get bored easily. Well, now you can make restless waiting a thing of the past when you and your kids make an activity kit. An activity kit will keep children entertained in the car as well as any waiting room. Make separate activity kits for each child, so they can do … Continue reading →

New Canadian Scrapbook and Card Magazine

Scrapbook & Cards Today is a brand new Canadian scrapbook magazine. It will be released soon and will be available through stores around Canada as well as by subscription. Currently, if you visit the website and click on Magazine, you can download a copy of the premier issue. This is a free download and is available in it’s entirety or you can download in sections by magazine category. The premier issue offers a free sketch, a free template for using more photos on your layouts, a free digital camera giveaway and some expert advice on choosing background papers and scrapbooking … Continue reading →