Now that you have your Cricut, you'll want to know about all of the great accessories that are available to use with it. While the bare minimums that you need are a cartridge, spatula, cutting mat, and paper, you will see that some of the optional accessories will definitely assist your creativity. So let the fun begin... Here's a rundown of all the great 'stuff' that will make your Cricut machine even better! Cricut Machines We've already posted reviews for 2 of the Cricut … [Read more...]
Following are the best places to find fun fonts for your scrapbook pages. I refer to these often -- especially if I'm looking for something really unique and different. Most are free to download (for personal use only). These are my favorite places to find scrapbook fonts: dafont (I like how you can enter the text of your choice to see what it will look like in each font) Scrapbooking Fonts Font Garden Scrap Village 1001 Fonts Font Freak Simply The … [Read more...]
Journaling is one of the most important aspects of scrapbooking. It brings life to your pages. It tells a story that others couldn't get from a photo alone. It adds your own insight and opinions to the page. It allows you, as a writer, to open up and invite readers into your heart. Many scrapbookers avoid journaling altogether. Others just can't seem to find the right words or way to say things. Still others think their handwriting isn't nice enough. Whatever you are personally … [Read more...]
So, I ask you... do you call yourself a scrapbooker? Or would you rather be called a "life artist"? I've been doing scrapbooks since my high school days in the 80s. Of course, those were the old-fashioned kind using products that were not archival. … [Read more...]
Recipe scrapbook pages are some of the more fun pages to create in my opinion. I have several recipes that have been handed down from my mother, grandmother and great-grandmother that I've made scrapbook pages for. And doing so really stirred my creative juices! Following are some great tips for making your own recipe scrapbook pages... … [Read more...]
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... … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Some scrapbookers find journaling one of the hardest parts about scrapbooking -- whether it’s finding a snappy title for the page or writing up a description for the event that's depicted in a photo.But journaling adds so much to the value of the scrapbook page that it shouldn’t be overlooked.Here are some easy ways to find creative words and phrases for your scrapbook page titles and photo captions. … [Read more...]
I became interested in scrapbooking when I saw a memory scrapbook that my best friend had created for her wedding. Her wedding scrapbook was absolutely gorgeous and after getting a look at it, I started to ask questions. Things like where did she get her supplies? How did she get started scrapbooking? And how could I get started? I was surprised when she told me she purchased many of her scrapbooking supplies at our local dollar store, and that some scrapbooking supplies she actually printed … [Read more...]
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