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Blog Hopping

Winter Wonderland – Christmas Challenge Blog

9 November 2009
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This morning my eyes have fallen on a Christmas challenge blog aimed at cardmakers and scrapbookers. An excerpt from the blog’s about description says:
Take the stress and strain out of Christmas by joining us on a creative and fun journey. Each Sunday a new theme will be set for you to go and make something [...]

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New Blog – The Paper Life

28 September 2009
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I came across a new papercrafting blog/community this week called The PaperLife. The site’s founder, Amy Coon, describes the site as:
…a place for papercrafters of all kinds and mediums (not just paper) to come and be inspired by fellow crafters/artists that share the same love for scrapbooking and crafting.”
In addition to the main blog, there’s [...]

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Scrapbooking Blog Finds – Sep 09

21 September 2009
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I’ve come across a few newish scrapbooking blogs in the past couple of days. (It seems like they’re popping up on a daily basis, doesn’t it?) Anyway, here’s a few I thought Aussie readers might enjoy.
Practical Scrappers – This blog describes itself as:
…dedicated to making use of the supplies that we already have and are [...]

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Challenge Blog – Mojoholder

31 July 2009
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Yet another challenge blog find for me this week. I spotted a new (to me anyway) challenge blog called Mojoholder which I thought worthy enough to share with Aussie readers.
Mojoholder is a combination of a Scrapjacked style blog and a traditional sketch type blog. Each target layout is made into a sketch, so you [...]

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My Mind’s Eye’s New Blog

30 June 2009

Just in case it’s escaped your notice, manufacturer My Mind’s Eye has a brand shiny new blog (just in time for CHA no doubt).

You can check it out here. As predicted, they have a CHA preview of their new Abbey Road collection. For example, this one’s part of the Whirlybird range…

…and this one’s from the [...]

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Random Links 17 June 09

17 June 2009

Time this week to share a few links I’ve come across in my travels…

A newish challenge blog called Scrappers Block? (Well actually yes I have that frequently!) Their last challenge (14th June) involves using just ONE colour on a page. Think different shades and tones here. Challenges are fortnightly and are presented along with a [...]

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New Challenge Blog – Pile It On

11 June 2009

I’ve seen mention of a new challenge blog a couple of times this week, so my curiosity was finally peaked and I made my way over this morning to see what it was all about.
So what’s the deal? Pile It On is a challenge blog which encourages you to create scrapbooking projects and cards using [...]

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Write. Click. Scrapbook.

2 June 2009

Just a very quick heads up for anyone who may not have already heard. Some of the folks who were involved in Simple Scrapbooks magazine before its recent demise have collaborated once again in a brand new project. They’ve formed a scrapbooking blog called Write. Click. Scrapbook.

The blog has only just launched, so I’m not [...]

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Fiona & Mel’s Easter Extravaganza

22 March 2009

Aussie scrapbooking personalities, Fiona Carter and Melissa Goodsell are currently holding an Easter Egg-Xtravaganza on their blogs. This "extravaganza" will feature a variety of Easter themed projects, not only scrapbooking, but also cardmaking, sewing and cooking.

On day one (last Friday), Fiona showed us how to make an Easter tag featuring a stamped image (above) framed [...]

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Jenni Bowlin Inspiration Blog

9 March 2009

Jenni Bowlin has recently set up a new inspiration blog. 

There’s only a handful of posts there right now, but with projects from the resident design team and the occasional giveway, I think it’s a blog worth keeping an eye on.
If you’d like to take a look at the blog for yourself, you’ll find it here: [...]

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