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April 2010

Kaisercraft 2010 Design Team Call

21 April 2010

Aussie scrapbooking manufacturer, Kaisercraft, is currently seeking new people to serve on its design team for the period July 2010 to June 2011.
Kaisercraft DT members will be expected to blog on a weekly as well as create projects. The call is open to both local and international crafters. Applications close 30th May 2010.
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Bazzill App For iPhone or iPod Touch

18 April 2010

Ok who has an iPhone? On Friday I stumbled upon a Bazzill Basics scrapbooking app available through iTunes. I’ve held off posting about it for a couple of days whilst I learnt more about it.
The app was released on 13th April 2010 and boasts “Over 500 Cardstock Colors at your fingertips!” Reading this I got [...]

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Free Argentella Quickpage From Kaisercraft

15 April 2010

Just a quick heads up – Kaisercraft is giving away a free digital quick page using the Argentella Collection.
You can snag it here. (Filesize is 9.59 mb).
It took me about 30 seconds to throw together this example (pictured) in Photoshop.

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Video Of The Week 15th April

15 April 2010

Today I watched a video by Stephanie Barnard demonstrating bubble stamping, or rather stamping with bubble wrap.
Admittedly, it’s not a new technique to me, but Stephanie adds interest by using different coloured inks, using individual bubbles, not to mention being very excited about the whole process! It makes for a fabulous looking page or card [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 14th April

14 April 2010

Just a quick look today at what some of the scrapbooking manufacturers are up to:

Studio Calico has a Sunday sketch for three photos. Unusual. I like it.
My Mind’s Eye challenges you to Dream Big. Use the song in any way you like, PLUS there’s a sketch for two photos to go with it.
Imaginisce has some [...]

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Prima Design Team Call

12 April 2010

Prima is looking for new design team members in the following categories:

Cards/Tags
Altered Art
Layouts
Video

The number of DT members required is not specified.
Call is open to all countries and closes on 3rd May 2010. Details can be found here on Prima’s blog.

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Journalling Challenges April 2010

12 April 2010

I haven’t done this for a little while, so today I thought I’d take a look at some of the new journalling challenges available in April:

Journal Challenges suggests you jot down some facts on a layout.
Journaling Junkie challenges you to create a layout based on an Easter memory.
The April category over at Category Stories is [...]

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Should Provocraft Be Suing Make The Cut?

11 April 2010

By now you’ve probably heard that Provocraft, makers of the Cricut, recently filed a court action against the creator of a software program called Make The Cut! (MTC). MTC makes it possible to cut virtually any shape with the Cricut, effectively removing the Cricut’s dependency on cartridges. (There is also a second program that does [...]

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Multi-Photo Layout Ideas

7 April 2010

On a whim I visited Scrapbook.com today which led me to finding a couple of sources for multi-photo layout ideas.
Multi Photo Blog
The first was a blog. Not a new blog by any means, but a new one to me: Multi-Photo Scrapbook Layout Gallery. Sadly, the blog appears abandoned – the last post there dated 24th [...]

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Tutorial Round-Up 6th Apr

6 April 2010

For those who’d like to learn something new today, here’s a few scrapbooking tutorials I’ve found floating around at the moment.

At Zutter you’ll discover how to recycle toilet rolls (yes you read correctly) into a mini album project. Surprisingly the mini albums look great!
Banana Frog demonstrates how to make some fabulous looking paper bows (pictured). [...]

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