From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Scrapbooking Sketches Feb 2010

25 February 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Ebook Review: Year In The Life

12 February 2010

I’ve been eyeing the ebooks at Ella Publishing for some time now. Recently I gave in and purchased one of their latest titles – A Year In The Life.
Introduction
A Year In The Life is subtitled “Scrapbook your year in 24 simple layouts” and is authored by the team at Write. Click. Scrapbook. You can read [...]

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Kaisercraft Devonshire La Di Da Collections

11 February 2010

Local Aussie manufacturer, Kaisercraft, recently announced the release of some new products.
The new products include two new collections called Devonshire (above) and La Di Da (below).

In addition Kaisercraft also have 3 new beyond the page projects. These include a mini album stand (below)…

…a round clock (below)…

…and an interesting photo display stand.

Last but not least, Kaisercraft [...]

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Reader Input – Help Me Choose A Scrapbooking Book To Review

10 February 2010

Today, I’d like to ask for your help. Which of the following scrapbooking books would you be interested in seeing reviewed here on the Aussie blog?
Here’s the list of books I’m currently considering:

Delight In The Details by Lisa M Pace. Publication date Feb 12th, 2010.
52 More Scrapbooking Challenges by Elizabeth Kartchner. Publication date 9th Nov, [...]

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