From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Christmas Wishlist For Scrapbookers – Ten Big Ticket Items

29 November 2009

I thought it might be fun at this time to think about what some of us scrappers might be dreaming of for Christmas. I took the liberty of window shopping online (…ah…purely for professional research purposes you understand…*cough*…) and imagined what would I buy if my scrapbooking budget magically became unlimited.
Ten Big Ticket Scrapbooking Items
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Book Review: The Scrapbooking Embellishment Handbook

27 November 2009

As I mentioned a little while back, I recently bought myself a copy of The Scrapbook Embellishment Handbook by Sherry Steveson. Now that I’ve finished reading it, I thought I’d give Aussie readers an update on what I thought of the book.
Introduction
Before I start, I should perhaps mention that author Sherry Stevenson has written one [...]

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Christmas Card Feature Day 9

26 November 2009

Welcome to Day 9 of my Christmas Card Feature. (If you missed the previous posts in this series, you’ll find them here – Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7 and Day 8.)
Thought this feature had gone down the gurgler? It almost did, along with myself. Thankfully [...]

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Video Of The Week 25th Nov

25 November 2009

This week I enjoyed a video by Shari Carroll demonstrating how to make a porthole card over at the Hero Arts blog. The snowflake card example used in the demonstration is absolutely gorgeous, but you could no doubt adapt the idea to suit any type of theme – a leaf for autumn, a pumpkin for [...]

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Tutorial Round-Up 24th Nov

24 November 2009

I can’t believe it’s been nearly three weeks since I last took a look at some of the scrapbooking tutorials available! Here’s what I’ve turned up recently:

Anyone remember when mesh was hot hot hot in the scrapbooking industry (or am I showing my age here?) These days it’s almost forgotten…apart from this little tutorial I [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 23rd Nov

23 November 2009

This morning finds me not so well. I think I have a touch of that gastro thing my girls had last week. Ok TMI – sorry.
In the land of scrapbooking manufacturers, many are jumping wholeheartedly on the Thanksgiving bandwagon. That’s perfectly fine except that down here in Australia obviously we don’t celebrate that holiday. (So [...]

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Christmas Card Feature Day 8

22 November 2009

Welcome to Day 8 of my Christmas Card Feature. (If you missed the previous posts in this series, you’ll find them here – Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6 and Day 7.)
We’re at the halfway point! Today’s card features a die cut window with the greeting peeking through [...]

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Christmas Card Feature Day 7

21 November 2009

Welcome to Day 7 of my Christmas Card Feature. (If you missed the previous posts in this series, you’ll find them here – Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5 and Day 6.)
Today’s card is SUPER simple. I’m almost embarrassed to admit it took only 3 minutes to put together. In [...]

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Christmas Card Feature Day 6

21 November 2009

Welcome to Day 6 of my Christmas Card Feature. (If you missed the previous posts in this series, you’ll find them here: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4 and Day 5.)
My apologies - I’m a little behind schedule – courtesy of some unfortunate person crashing their car into the substation that supplies [...]

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Christmas Card Feature Day 5

19 November 2009

Welcome to Day 5 of my Christmas Card Feature. (If you missed the previous posts in this series, you’ll find them here: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4.)
Today’s card is another very simple one. I really enjoyed making this one. It took me way out of my comfort zone – I’m [...]

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