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Journaling Prompts: Letters to Santa

November 24, 2010

I remember faithfully writing my letters to Santa as a child. We had ‘real’ fires in those days, and my Mum used to light it in the fire and send it up the chimney to him. So we won’t find any to add to the scrapbooks for this journaling prompts challenge, lol!

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Journaling Prompts: Where Were You When …?

October 19, 2010

There are times when something so momentous happens that we always remember what we were doing when we heard the news. Our journaling prompts today ask ‘Where were you when …?’

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Journaling Prompts: Words of Wisdom

September 6, 2010

Journaling prompts come in all shapes and sizes. They say good things come in little packages, so don’t be surprised this is a short post, lol!

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Journaling Prompts: What I Love About …

July 5, 2010

I find journaling prompts very helpful. They don’t just prompt a scrapbook layout idea, but often provide a title for the layout too. So when I saw a layout the other day with a title something like ‘what I love about you’ I thought the idea could be extended to offer a variety of alternatives.

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A Quick Digital Scrapbooking Trick

July 1, 2010

This scrapbook page was a last-minute thought as I wondered if I should try another paper behind this photo. So as a quick test I used a quick digital scrapbooking trick and inverted the color of the background paper.

Tagged as: 1-photo layouts, gallery, getting started, PSE tips, scrapbook layouts

Scrapbook Layout: The Perfume Bottle

June 30, 2010

This scrapbook layout was a really quick, spur-of-the-moment one. I saw this photo by Sarah Barth and it immediately transported me to my childhood. Now isn’t that what scrapbooking is all about?

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Scrapbook Supplies: Core’Dinations ColorCore Cardstock

June 29, 2010

I’d suggested using color core cardstock recently but couldn’t remember the name of it at the time of writing. I’ve found it now. It’s Core’Dinations. Can’t think how I forgot the name … a senior moment, lol!

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Journaling Prompts – I Wonder …

June 9, 2010

As with a sketch, these journaling prompts are to give you a lift, just in case you are stuck. No promises of originality, just a helping hand that may get you off the starting blocks today.

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Paper Trimmer: Fiskars 12 inch Portable Paper Trimmer

May 31, 2010

A good paper trimmer is essential for scrapbooking, card making and paper crafts. This 12 inch portable paper trimmer from Fiskars is lightweight and scores and cuts straight lines.

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10 Journaling Prompts

May 19, 2010

I thought it was just a couple of weeks since I last posted some journaling prompts and was surprised to see it was three months ago! I thought I’d better make up for it, so there are ten prompts this time.

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How to Color Coordinate your Scrapbook Page

March 6, 2010

Deb asked recently about how to color coordinate your scrapbook page. We’ve spoken a little about choosing colors before, but online color matching has come on at a great pace since then.

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5 Journaling Prompts

February 22, 2010

Here are a few journaling prompts that might be just what you’re looking for right now. If not, pop back later to check out our other journaling ideas.

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