Scrapbooking Roadblocks

Tackling Scrapbooking Roadblocks

by Jill on March 12, 2010

A little while a I wrote an article called Top 6 Reasons We Don’t Scrap. It’s been a popular one. To recap briefly, Write. Click. Scrapbook. readers were asked by guest poster Lain Ehmann what prevented them from scrapbooking. My article did a little bit of analysis of the responses to that question which I [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 1st March

by Jill on March 9, 2010

This morning I’ve been having a look at what’s happening in manufacturer land. Not a great deal I have to say. Ok I’m joking…

Creative Imaginations has a March Sketch for two photos.
KI Memories challenges you to make a pennant banner. Aren’t these pennant things big right now?
Pink Paislee has a video demo of their Artisan [...]

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Retailer News 1st March

1 March 2010
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New arrivals at Anna’s Craft Cupboard include:

Crate Paper – Paper Dolls, Brook and Pink Plum
Websters – Garden Gala, Life’s Portrait, Lullaby Lane and Seaside Retreat
Queen & Co – new felt borders
Maya Road – new trims, ribbons, chipboard, kraft envelopes and more!
Sassafras Lass – Cherry Delicious, Nerdy Bird and Apple Jack
Cosmo Cricket – huge restock of [...]

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Scrapbooking Sketches Feb 2010

25 February 2010
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We’re almost to the end of February and I’m only realising today (duh) I haven’t rounded up this month’s sketches yet. Eeek! Best to do it right now. Yes?

Pencil Lines has Sketch #175. Room for two 2.5″ x 4″ photos.
CIS Stylish Sketches has a Sketch dated 13th Feb. Room for 2 photos.
Sketches! {by tamara} provides [...]

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Scrap Space Envy

24 February 2010
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Anyone who reads Scrapscene regularly will have noticed a semi-regular post about scrap rooms and creative spaces. A new one caught my eye today, you’ll find it here if you haven’t already seen it.
Since then, my eyes have since fallen on a number of other scrap rooms today during my habitual trek through Bloglines.

At Addicted [...]

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Video Of The Week 24th Feb

24 February 2010
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This week I enjoyed a video from Hero Arts presented by Jennifer McGuire. In the video Jennifer demonstrates how to emboss on ribbon. Jen uses the embossed ribbons to create a card example (pictured).
It’s actually something I’d never of thought of doing, so it was interesting to watch such a simple and effective technique. Jen [...]

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Tutorial Round-Up 23rd Feb

23 February 2010
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Gosh I hadn’t realised how long it’s been since I’ve done a scrapbooking tutorial round-up. Oops! So much to do, so little time. Here’s some of the tutorials I’ve discovered over the past week:

Scrapbook Trends features a tutorial on turning a scalloped circle into a dimensional flower.
Creating Keepsakes has a interesting post giving tips on [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 22nd Feb

22 February 2010
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I’ve been absent since the end of last week. A birthday in the family saw to that. Anyway, let’s see what’s happening in the land of scrapbooking manufacturers at the moment:

KI Memories has another free blog banner to download. It’s kind of cute (if you don’t mind having the KI logo in your blog banner, [...]

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Video Of The Week 16th Feb

17 February 2010
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This week I watched a video by KI Memories demonstrating how to make stacked (or 3D) embellishments.
Presenter, Shannon Tidwell uses three sizes of the same sticker design. The stickers have a clear backing sheet which is retained so the stickers aren’t actually sticky on the back.
Shannon cuts around each sticker shape and layers one on [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 15th Feb

15 February 2010
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Ah another Monday morning. Let’s see what’s been happening in the land of scrapbooking manufacturers.

Studio Calico has some free Valentine’s tags to download and print. These are simple and cute.
Pebbles Inc features a tutorial on how to Mod Podge picture frames.
Marks Paper Co has a new digital kit available at TwoPeas.
My Mind’s Eye has a [...]

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