Old Scrapbooking Ideas
By Jennifer Gormly
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We all have so many photos to scrap that sometimes
we simply need to take shortcuts. When this happens, we are
looking for layouts that are quick and yet effective. Instead
of spending hours making your own embellishments, consider the
short-cuts stickers can offer you without compromising the originality
and creativity of your layouts. The layout shown below was finished
in less than half an hour and shows just how easy it is to dress
up your layouts with stickers... |
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Continue Reading - Quick Scrapbooking Ideas Part 1 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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We have already looked at
using Karen Foster Designs stickers to create
beautiful single page layouts, but they can
also be used effectively for a quick double
page layout. The following layout shows one
way to achieve this. |
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Continue Reading - Simple Scrapbooking With Karen Foster |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Sometimes time is against us and we need a
quick, but meaningful way to scrap our photos. This layout took
less than half an hour to put together, but with the help of
PSX Silver Cherubs stickers, it still conveys an important message
of the love between us... |
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Continue Reading - Quick Scrapbooking Ideas Part 4 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Just like our children, puppies and kittens
get themselves into all sorts of mischief when growing up. Don't
forget to include these moments in your albums. The following
layout focuses on one puppy who seems to have got himself into
a bit of a mess. The key to the success of this layout is the
choice of colours and the combination of patterned papers... |
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Continue Reading - Quick Scrapbooking Ideas Part 7 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Our furry friends should feature in our albums
alongside pictures of our friends and family as they also play
an important role in our lives. The following layout focuses
on one of those furry friends and utilises a well-balanced geometric
layout, which can be adapted to any layout, to showcase the
photo... |
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Continue Reading - Quick Scrapbooking Ideas Part 8 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Sometimes the quickest layouts are the most
eye-catching. Beary Patch Cut-outs are perfect for the time-pressed
scrapper who still wants to effectively embellish her page.
Here we look at how such simple embellishments, when combined
with the right papers can create a rich and vibrant layout in
a minimal amount of time... |
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Continue Reading - Quick Scrapbooking Ideas Part 9 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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The wonderful thing about stickers is that
they can be used to dress up the most complicated of layouts,
but can also be used to create sweet simple designs that scrappers
of all levels will love. The following layout can be made in
less than 20 minutes and yet can make a bright, fun addition
to any album... |
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Continue Reading - Quick Scrapbooking Ideas Part 10 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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One of the most common questions in the scrapbooking
world is "How Do You Find Time To Scrap?" For most of us, this
is a difficult question to answer as we are all so busy with
everything going on in our lives. Therefore, it is increasingly
important to find quick ways to scrap, so that spare 15 minutes
we find every now and then can be put to good use. The following
layout can be completed in a very short amount of time. All
you need is the right paper and a few simple embellishments... |
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Continue Reading - Quick Scrapbooking Ideas Part 11 |
By Chris Turnbull
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It is easy to overwhelm a layout with lots
of different patterns, colours and embellishments. In this layout,
Chris shows how to keep your focus on your subject and the message
you wish to convey with your page... |
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Continue Reading - Quick Scrapbooking Ideas Part 15 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Stickers are a great way to enhance your pages
and speed up your page design process. The layout below shows
how to focus attention on your photos with a great colour combination
and simple embellishments. And all in less than 30 minutes... |
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Continue Reading - Quick Scrapbooking Ideas Part 23 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Borders, whether they be horizontal or vertical,
can help shape your scrapbooking pages and reflect the mood
you wish to create. They are also one of the easiest ways to
embellish your pages. There is a wide range of border stickers
available on the market, making it even easier for us to add
that special touch to our pages... |
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Continue Reading - Scrapbooking Borders Part 1 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Borders stickers are a great way to dress up
your page, but you can also use other stickers to create your
own personalised border. This is precisely what I did in this
layout. This layout uses Yellow Brush paper, Red Brush paper
as the background, White cardstock and Suzy's Zoo Kirby With
Hearts & Happy Valentines Day stickers... |
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Continue Reading - Scrapbooking Borders Part 2 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Placing a border sticker down one side of your
page sometimes just doesn't feel like enough to decorate your
page. When this happens, try combining your border stickers
with each other and with other stickers and embellishments you
may have lying around to create a truly unique look... |
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Continue Reading - Scrapbooking Borders Part 4 |
By Chris Turnbull
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Chris shows us how to incorporate border stickers
into this sweet Christmas layout. This layout also features
a variety of other techniques including tearing, painting and
hidden journaling... |
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Continue Reading - Scrapbooking Borders Part 9 |
By Susanne Perry
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In this layout Susanne demonstrates a fantastic
way to use patterned paper to create unique borders and journaling.
She also demonstrates a number of other techniques including
using eyelets, doodling and using Jac paper to create a spectacular
monogram... |
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Continue Reading - Scrapbooking Borders Part 15 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Colour Blocking is known for its clean, simple
lines. It's a great technique for using up those bits of scrap
papers you have lying around. The following page was quick to
assemble and employs the colour blocking technique... |
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Continue Reading - Colour Blocking Part 1 |
By Susanne Perry
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We would like to welcome Susanne Perry as the
inaugural member of the Stickers 'N' Fun Design Team. She will
be showcasing her talents each month here in the Stickers 'N'
Fun Resource Centre. We are absolutely thrilled to have her
on board and hope you will enjoy sharing in her layouts as much
as we do... |
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Continue Reading - Colour Blocking Part 2 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Karen Foster stickers add a touch of sophistication
to any layout, but what if you want to try something different?
In this article we 'think out of the box' to demonstrate some
unusual uses of these gorgeous stickers to enhance your titles
and journaling... |
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Continue Reading - Creative Journaling Part 1 |
By Barbara Proietti
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Diecuts With A View paper collections feature
many beautiful and unusual colour combinations making them the
perfect choice for injecting a new spark into your albums. In
this layout, Barbara shows how to make one of the colour combinations
work for you. Give it a go, and have some fun!.. |
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Continue Reading - Using Scrapbooking Papers Part 16 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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Wedding photos provide insight into a pivotal
moment in a couple's lives and are beautiful moments to preserve.
Whether they be from your own wedding or someone else's, we
all have wedding photos that we haven't got around to scrapping
yet. Well, now is the time to dig them out. The following layout
was designed to inspire you to make a start on those wedding
photos... |
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Continue Reading - Scrapbooking Tag Ideas Part 5 |
By Jennifer Gormly
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I fell in love with the Provo Craft Patchwork
Christmas stickers as soon as I saw them and I knew I had to
use them in a layout. This design of this layout was very much
governed by my choice to include them. They have a very country
homely feel to them so I chose to used them with photos of my
husband and I with my grandparents... |
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Continue Reading - Vellum Scrapbooking Ideas Part 2 |
By Susanne Perry
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This month, Susanne is sharing with us this
sweet floral layout featuring her daughter, Lily. To create
this layout, she has used Handmade Pink specialty paper (similar
in texture to mulberry paper), Pink vellum, Pink Cardstock,
Dark Green cardstock, Scotch Vellum Tape, Bradley Hand ITC Font
and Karen Foster Pink Petals stickers... |
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Continue Reading - Vellum Scrapbooking Ideas Part 4 |
By Chris Turnbull
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Chris shows us how easy it is to make an altered
CDs. They are great as gifts in themselves or as embellishments
for your layouts. To create an altered CD, you will need a CD,
sandpaper, patterned paper, acrylic paint, ink pads, ribbon,
ribbon charms, stickers, rub-ons, chalk and anything else you
wish to use to embellish your CD... |
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Continue Reading - Scrapbooking Altered Items Part 4 |
By Margaret Ashby
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In response to recent discussion on Scrap
Chat, Margaret Ashby has been kind enough to share these
instructions for decorating bottle caps with us. Bottle Caps
are gaining popularity. They are great embellishments,
especially for card making, so why not give them a go... |
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Continue Reading - Scrapbooking Bottle Caps |
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