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Making Your Own Rubber Stamps

It’s really not that difficult to make your own rubber stamps. This is a fun project for older children to do, and definitely for the scrapbooker. To begin, you will need to choose what you’d like to have on the stamp. Choose a pattern you can trace, (a black and white image with wide, bold lines is usually better), or simply draw from scratch. I chose letters because I wanted to make some fun letter stamps, but you can do anything – a symbol, your name, a character or an object. Use tracing paper and a soft lead pencil to … Continue reading →

Stitching on Scrapbook Layouts: Part One

Love the look of sewing on your scrapbook pages, but don’t want to take the time to drag your old sewing machine out of the closet? You may want to consider using stamp stitches or rub on stitches to achieve that sewn look without using any needle and thread. I have always been a bit intimidated by my sewing machine, so when people started sewing on their scrapbook pages, I started looking around for other ways to find that sewn look. Today I want to share some fun scrapbook products that you can use to create stitches in no time. … Continue reading →

Designing an Album Cover – Friends

When creating a gift album, sometimes so much thought goes into the creating of the album pages that designing the cover can be overlooked. It is important to do something fun and inviting on the cover as a teaser to get the viewer excited about opening the album. I just spent some time creating the cover for the “friends” album that my daughter is going to give to her friend this weekend for her birthday. I would like to share what I did to create it and I would love to hear about album cover ideas from you! Materials Used: … Continue reading →