Scrapbook Your Graduate
May 29, 2007 by Genie Balfour · Leave a Comment
How are you going to scrapbook your graduate? An album of the high spots of school life up to graduation? Some well crafted scrapbooking pages of the day to include in a family album? Or both?
(Uh-oh, I’ve just re-read that … I may have used the wrong phrase in connection with teenagers who are always paranoid about ’spots’ appearing at the wrong time - remember it well! You may want to substitute ‘high points’ or some such other phrase! lol)
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A Graduation Brag Book for Grandma
May 27, 2007 by Genie Balfour · Leave a Comment
Grandma may not be into photography, but have you met one yet who does not whip out the photographs the moment you start talking? Make this cute scrapbooking alternative as a graduation brag book for Grandma and bless her socks off!
Oops!
May 25, 2007 by Genie Balfour · Leave a Comment
Sorry if you tried to post a layout in the comments as suggested in our layout sketch posts. It can’t be done. We’re working on it.
Meanwhile, if you use one of our sketches or just want to showcase your work please email me, Genie, at website name dot com, using the normal email address format. (Sorry, still trying to reduce the amount of spam we get by not writing out our email addresses.) Or if you prefer you can add a comment and include your email address there and we’ll contact you. Your contact info won’t be visible and we won’t abuse it.
We’ll sort things out as quickly as we can. Thanks for your patience.
Scrapbooking Layouts Series: The Big Day
May 24, 2007 by Ellie · Leave a Comment
Using layout #2 from the Scrapbooking Layouts series, ‘The Big Day’ shows several small photographs of the bride’s preparations on her wedding morning.
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Scrapbooking Layout of the Lakes
May 21, 2007 by Ellie · Leave a Comment

Rena’s scrapbooking layout of the Lakes uses some beautiful images.
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Ellie’s Path to Scrapbooking
May 20, 2007 by Ellie · Leave a Comment
I’m Ellie and my path to scrapbooking started with a general interest in craft as a child. Encouraged by my favorite television show which frequently had a craft slot, I often made the items they demonstrated.Scrapbooking Workshop: The Miracle of Family

Making your first [tag]scrapbooking layouts[/tag] can be daunting, as can visiting your first scrapbooking workshop.
National Scrapbooking Day Event Resounding Success!
May 12, 2007 by Genie Balfour · Leave a Comment
With National Scrapbooking Day long past you may wonder why am I writing a post about it now?
The answer is simple:
Scrapbooking Sketch #4
May 9, 2007 by Genie Balfour · Leave a Comment

Do you like to use the same sketch idea once only or do you challenge yourself to come up with a few scrapbook layouts for each?
How quickly can your scrapping buds recognize the same sketch was used for different layouts?
This one can be turned whichever way you want. Which will be the best for you?
Show us your stuff!
Email your page to me, Genie at Scrapbooking Gems.com using the usual email format. Don’t forget to say what products you used and give credit where due. There will be a prize for the best.
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5 Tips for When You’ve No Time to Scrapbook
May 5, 2007 by Genie Balfour · 1 Comment
Here are 5 Tips for when you don’t have time to scrapbook, because your time is very precious. There are a finite number of hours in each day and sometimes we just can’t fit everything we want to do into those precious few hours.
So I won’t waste your time padding out this post!
10 Tips for National Scrapbooking Day
May 4, 2007 by Genie Balfour · Leave a Comment
With even one of our 10 tips for National Scrapbooking Day you’re sure to have a great time. So read on to see how we can help you out.
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Scrapbooking Mistakes
May 3, 2007 by Genie Balfour · Leave a Comment
“Can you recover from scrapbooking mistakes,” Joan asked, “as I always make mistakes when I’m scrapbooking.”
On a recent scrapbook layout, Ellie said, “Something just wasn’t right. The page was too busy, but there was something else I couldn’t quite put my finger on.”



