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Digital Papers made with Scrapbooking Sketch 44

January 13, 2011

I’ve taken a different tack with the recent scrapbooking sketch. Instead of making a layout, I’ve used the sketch as a base to make some digital papers.

Tagged as: baby, gallery, sketches, tips

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!

Tagged as: getting started, sketches, tips

Memory Book

November 23, 2010

Memories are precious, and especially of times spent together with family you may not see as often as you’d like because they are scattered around the country, or even around the world. Making a memory book of these occasions helps capture the moments to warm your heart when you miss them.

Tagged as: Journaling, tips

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 …?’

Tagged as: getting started, sketches, tips

Scrapbooking Paper and Cards for the Troops

September 27, 2010

As I’ve said before, scrapbooking and card making go hand in hand, and about this time of year the more organized among us start to think of making Christmas cards for family and friends. No, strike that!

Tagged as: cards, tips

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!

Tagged as: getting started, sketches, tips

A Scrapbook Layout with Photos Only

September 3, 2010

We’ve got a scrapbook layout with photos only. Ok, if you want to be pedantic, one word has sneaked in, too, lol! The sun was shining, the shadows were long, the light was just perfect, and Emily was on her way to visit with the ‘baas’ …

Tagged as: 8-photo layouts, gallery, PSE tips, scrapbook layouts, tips

Simple Layout Idea with Sketch 39

August 18, 2010

We published sketch 39 yesterday and here we have a simple layout idea using it. The scrapbook page uses 4 photos overlapping each other and a few embellishments. The title would work well with chipboard letters.

Tagged as: 4-photo layouts, gallery, scrapbook layouts, tips, travel

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.

Tagged as: getting started, sketches, tips

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?

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

A Travel Scrapbook Page with 30 Photos and Room for More

June 25, 2010

A travel scrapbook page with 30 photos and room for more? Is that possible and still be able to see the photographs? I thought if I forced myself to make a one-page layout it would make me choose the best and most representative photos from the huge number I’d taken.

Tagged as: 30-photo layouts, gallery, multi-photo layouts, PSE tips, scrapbooking layouts, tips

Travel Layout Idea with FREE Digital Layout Template

June 22, 2010

I love to travel – whether it’s near or far. And this travel layout idea uses the free digital layout template download we offered recently. As well as changing the direction of the photographs, we decided to tear the edges of the cardstock.

Tagged as: 5-photo layouts, gallery, hybrid scrapbooking, multi-photo layouts, National Scrapbooking Day, scrapbooking layouts, sketches, tips

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