Stamping & Scrapbooking

7 Ways To Use Rubber Stamps To Create Valentine's Day Gifts & Decorations

Valentine's Day is one of the coolest holidays to use your rubber stamps to make gifts and decorations.

Most of us who collect rubber stamps have several that would be appropriate for this lovely holiday: lots of hearts, flowers and other nifty stamps just waiting to be used to decorate and make gifts for a fun, romantic holiday.

Following are 7 fun things you can do with your rubber stamps to create gifts and decorations for Valentines Day...

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Valentine's Day Page Toppers & Titles For Scrapbook Layouts About Love

As with any holiday, you already know that I don't just use these types of "fun phrases" as headlines for my scrapbook layouts.

I also use them as:

• photo captions

• section headers or sub-heads to break up the page (or a multi-page layout)

• random blurbs tossed haphazardly on the page to fill empty spaces

The following page toppers and titles are the ones I review whenever I'm creating Valentine's Day pages or pages about LOVE...

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New Year's Resolutions For Rubber Stampers And Scrapbookers

For those of us who scrapbook and/or use rubber stamps regularly, coming up with some New Year's resolutions probably won't be that difficult.

I know it wasn't for me when I thought about it.

But just in case, here are some great ideas for New Year's resolutions for the upcoming year...

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Page Toppers, Phrases & Titles For Christmas Scrapbook Pages

Have you already started working on your Christmas scrapbook pages?

If you're anything like me, you start "researching" and collecting all the memorabilia early, but the pages themselves don't actually get finished until weeks -- if not months -- after the holiday. Right?

Sometimes, the best motivation for a scrapbook page layout for me is something as simple as a page title. That alone, can lead to ideas which start running through my mind: "Ooh! I need to take pictures of this!" or "Oh, I need to remember to do that on Christmas Day." You get the idea.

The page toppers and titles that follow are the ones I review whenever I'm creating Christmas pages...

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Fun Things To Do With Christmas Rubber Stamps

Stamping, like scrapbooking, is one of my favorite things to do.

Also like scrapbooking, stamping can be downright addictive. You start out thinking you're just going to buy a couple of stamps, and a few cards and things to use them with. The next thing you know, you've got drawers full of the stuff!

Anyway, Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year to use rubber stamps. There are literally thousands of beautiful Christmas and holiday stamps available this time of year, so it's very easy to go crazy if you're not paying attention.

Here are some ideas of fun things do with Christmas stamps...

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DIY Ribbon Organizers You Can Make Yourself (...Plus One You Can Buy)

Most of us who are into crafting of any kind have many rolls of ribbon that we use in our crafts.

Personally, I have a drawer that I keep all of my ribbon rolls in, but sometimes that can make it hard to find the roll I'm looking for with all of my ribbons loose in the same drawer.

If you're like me and you've got the same problem, then you've probably been looking for a ribbon organizer so you can put your ribbons in one place -- once and for all -- making it easy to find the ribbon you want for a project very quickly.

Here are some DIY ribbon organizers you can make yourself, plus one you can buy that I happen to like...

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5 Ways To Make Money Scrapbooking Or Stamping

For those of us who are addicted, we all know how much fun scrapbooking and rubber stamping is -- especially when used together, as a hobby.

But did it ever occur to you that you could actually make money at it?

As someone who works from home full-time, I'm always looking for ways to maximize my income, and if you love to scrapbook and play with rubber stamps creatively, you can actually make money from your hobby!

Here are some ideas to consider...

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Page Toppers, Phrases & Titles For Thanksgiving Scrapbook Pages

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, you're probably giving some thought to your Thanksgiving scrapbook pages at this time.

If you're anything like me, you go to great lengths to "stage" certain moments in your mind ahead of time -- all of those key moments that you hope to capture in photographs and other mementos to document that special day.

I thought I'd share some of my favorite page titles for Thanksgiving scrapbook pages. I will sometimes build an entire page around a phrase (as opposed to letting the photos dictate the headline or page topper).

But I'll be honest, I don't just use these types of "fun phrases" as headlines for my scrapbook layouts. I also use them as:

photo captions

section headers or sub-heads to break up the page (or a multi-page layout)

random blurbs tossed haphazardly on the page to fill empty spaces

Perhaps the following Thanksgiving page titles will give you some inspiration for your own Thanksgiving scrapbook pages...

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Ideas For Making Thanksgiving Scrapbook Pages

Whether you are a hardcore scrapbooker, or just a beginner, making your own Thanksgiving scrapbook pages can be fun not just for you -- but for your kids as well!

In my opinion, holidays are some of the best reasons to scrapbook. The decorations, the family that arrives to help celebrate, the food, all of these are wonderful reasons to take pictures that you can then use to put on scrapbook pages.

And, of course, it's fun to look for lots of interesting things to add to your Thanksgiving scrapbook pages too.

Here are some great ideas for creating Thanksgiving scrapbook pages...

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How To Use Feng Shui In Your Scrapbooking

Feng Shui your scrapbooks?

Why not, Feng Shui is all about balance and harmony, and both are important in order to have a good looking scrapbook page.

Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of learning to work with the colors of the earth and other simple principles of the universal life force that can enhance your overall environment and improve your life through harmony and energy flow. Source

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