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February 29th 2008

Five Freebies on Friday - 29 February 2008

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OK Freebie Hunters, let’s celebrate the Leap Year with this great round up of scrapbooking freebies. Hope you enjoy this week’s Five Freebies on Friday.

And make sure to leave some love when you download your freebie. Don’t forget a thank you comment costs you nothing and means a lot to the designer who will have put a lot of time and effort into creating your freebie.

Take a look at these sumptuous bows over at NBK.
And there’s a great library of freebies over at Scrapartist.com. Go over and have a rummage.
I love the butterflies in the Butterfly Frenzy Kit from Ayya’s Creative Designs.
Club Scrap Digital have a free sample kit for you to try before you buy their digital products.
There’s a pretty little pink and chocolate mini kit available at Ta Da Digi Designs that you might like.
And an Extra Freebie to mark this extra day in the year that we will not see the like of again for four years.
There are some very cool textures being offered at Wildheart’s Works. But you’d better be quick. Offer ends today.

Touring with the Travel Teddies - Part 2

In 2000 I took an 8 week trip around the UK and Ireland with my daughter and two friends and a band of Teddy Bears. Here is the story from the point of view of the bears. Part one is HERE.
You may like to try a crazy perspective such as this when creating your own vacation scrapbook albums. I hope you enjoy the album.
WARNING: Lots of Scrapbook layouts on this page. You may experience delays in downloading.
Many thanks to Thatch and Jools who were the Tour Photographers.

Welcome back to the Saga of the Intrepid Travel Teddies on their quest through the wilds of England, Scotland, Ireland and a little bit of Wales. I recommend you read Part 1 before continuing with this final chapter.

Having explored the beautiful mountain country of The Lake District, The Bears lost no time in heading northwards to Hadrian’s Wall. Built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in 120-30 AD in an attempt to keep the marauding Pictish Tribes out of Roman occupied Briton, The Wall presented no challenge for our Fearless Leaders as they scaled it’s rocky sides and prepared to invade Scotland.

The Authorities must have got wind of their plans because when we reached Bamburgh Castle, the Bears were thrown out on their ear for some trumped up Camera Misdemeanor (legal action pending).

Perhaps it was this that occupied their minds as they steered us around all the crinkly bits of Scotland, or just the effort in keeping our motley band organised, but they stayed away from the camera for a couple of weeks. Until we reached John o’ Groats and sailed for the Orkney Islands. Continue Reading »

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February 27th 2008

Are You an Environmentally Friendly Scrapbooker?

At a practical level, Scrapbooking is not a particularly environmentally friendly hobby.

Oh I know the theory of reuse that is the foundation of scrapbooking history. But in reality, how many of us actually use recycled items to make our layouts?

Let’s face it, with all the amazing bits and bobs available, it’s really hard to not want to rush out and add them to your stash. And when you’re all fired up with inspiration for that fantastic layout that’s burning a hole in your head, somehow the buttons you cut off that old cardigan last week are just not going to do the job.

But perhaps we can make a few changes to our ideas and improve the eco-friendliness of our hobby, without compromising the quality and excitement of our scrapbooking layouts.

Scrapbook Papers

A few scrapbook supply manufacturers are starting to make their scrapbooking paper from recycled paper.

This does add a degree of difficulty to the manufacturing process, because it’s a lot harder to maintain the vibrant colours and designs using recycled materials. But there are companies such as Piggy Tales that are prepared to lead the charge and make the effort to create quality products using recycled paper. I think they’re well worth checking out and giving support to. Continue Reading »

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