Posted by karooch on
April 24, 2008
Lest we forget
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On 25 April Australians and New Zealanders honor their fighting men of the past and the present, our ANZACs.
Few of us today see war in the glorified light that it was viewed in times gone by. Television has brought the reality of the horrors of war into our living rooms ever since the Vietnam War.
However, regardless of how we feel about the ‘wrongness’ of war, it is a part of our global landscape and whilst that is the case, men and women are in the field defending our national point of view and sometimes our sovereignty.
These men and women are often in harms way and deserve to be honoured for their steadfastness and bravery.
As we honour our fallen heroes, so should we honour our living ones.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning-
We will remember them.
Lest we Forget.
The Ode comes from For the Fallen,
a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon
Posted by karooch on
April 23, 2008
The one embellishment you can’t live without
So imagine this…
Suppose you were at a week long scrapbooking camp.
And you were only allowed to use one kind of embellishment.
You can have your choice of cardstock, patterned papers and digital papers.
But you have to choose one sort of embellishment, and that’s all you can use on any of the scrapbook layouts that you make over the whole week.
So here’s the question…
Which embellishment would you choose??
Stop and think before you go with your first response. Imagine the scenario.
I came up with my answer easily. Flowers.
But after I thought about the situation a bit more I changed my mind and picked a totally different embellishment. I went with Brads because I can create lots of different shapes with them.
What’s your choice?
…and thank Heavens we don’t actually have to go through with it!
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Posted by karooch on
April 22, 2008
Using Word Art in Real Life
On the weekend my sister said to me ” I really love the Word Art in your Weekly Newsletter, but I don’t really know what to do with it. It looks great but I just don’t know how I can use it in ‘real life’ ”
So I thought I’d provide some examples of Word Art in action and also show you how to use it as greetings inside your cards.
And for those of you who don’t make your own cards, you can still do this and use it in cards with blank insides to make them a bit more spiffy and personal.
Word Art on Scrapbook Layouts
Word Art can be used in two ways on scrapbook layouts.
As your Scrapbook Layout Title.
Coming up with a knacky title for your scrapbook layouts can sometimes be a little challenging. Using Word Art as your title is a handy little scrapbook idea that can meet the challenge. If you’ve been collecting a library of Scraps of Mind Word Art you should have quite a few potential scrapbook titles in your stash by now.
You can see how June from Cen’s Loft has used the Host of Golden Daffoldils Word Art (from the Scraps of Mind Weekly Word Art Newsletter) quote on her layout here.
For Digital Scrapbookers it’s as simple as opening the Word Art file and dragging the Word Art onto your layout. You can then adjust the size and colour to suit your layout and you’re done.
For Paper Scrapbookers you can print out the Word Art onto paper, cut around the edge and chalk the paper in a complementary colour. Then matt it onto a piece of coordinating cardstock, cut it out, ink the edges and you have a cool scrapbook layout title element.
You can use Word Art as journaling on your scrapbook layouts too.
The Word Art that is based on quotes is particularly good for using this way. Just follow the same steps outlines above for a cool journaling alternative.
Word Art in Card Making
In the same way as for scrapbooking above, you can use your Scraps of Mind Word Art as part of your hand made card design. Just resize to suit the smaller card size and follow the same techniques as for scrapbooking.
Word Art is particularly handy to use as messages for the inside of Greeting Cards.
Here’s how you do it:
- Open your Word Art files and drag them onto a New File that’s set up for 300 dpi and is A4 or 8.5 x 10 inches (whatever is the size that your printer takes).
- If you don’t use a photo editing software program you can still do this in Word by selecting Import Picture.
- Resize your Word Art by dragging it in by the corner handles until it’s the size that would fit your card.
- I would suggest that you repeat this with two or three pieces of Word Art so you can print off a few at a time.
- Print out your Word Art on good quality white printer paper. Allow the ink to dry thoroughly.
- Now rub some coloured chalk gently over the surface of the paper And blot with another piece of paper to set the chalk.
- You can then cut out the Word Art either cutting around the edge of the design or adding a few doodles or scrolls to frame it.
- Fix it to the inside of your card either with glue or with brads and you’re done.
And if you have a blog, I’d love you to spread the word about the Scraps of Mind Word Art by proudly displaying this blinkie on your blog.
Just copy and paste the text in the box below into a Text Widget for your blog’s sidebar (or whatever the thingy is called on your particular blog platform) and help me share my Word Art with the World.
<a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/11/27/free-word-art-newsletter/" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/free-word-art-blinkie.gif" border="0" alt="Free Word Art at Scraps of Mind - 3 pieces of original Word Art delivered to your inbox each week" hspace="0" width="125" height="125" align="left" /></a>
I hope this article has given you some ideas to help you get the most out of your Word Art.
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Posted by karooch on
April 21, 2008
Chocolate and Potato Cake
Yep! That’s one of my submissions to the Scraps of Mind Yummy Treats Recipe Book.
And if you think it sounds gross, I’m here to tell you that you are so wrong. It is delicious.
My niece Rebecca made it for her birthday party last Friday and it is absolutely decadent. Especially with the ganache topping and all those berries piled on top.
And if you want to try it yourself, you’ll have to stay tuned to Scraps of Mind for the Yummy Treats eCookbook which I’ll be launching in the next couple of weeks.
Some of the submissions are still to arrive in my mail box. So if you are going to be a part of this book, then you’d better get your skates on and get me a yummy sweet treat recipe scrapbook layout before the end of this week. I can probably manage to stretch the deadline out a few days to Friday but I’ll need to be working on putting the book together so I can’t take any layouts after that.
So jump on board if you haven’t already done so. And get your favourite sweet treat recipe scrapped and immortalized in a great cooking ebook.
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Posted by karooch on
April 19, 2008
Saturday Scrapbooking Ideas
Saturday Scrapbooking Ideas #9
To give your brads (real life ones, not digital ones) a vintage or grungy look, hold the brad by its prongs and give it a rub with a piece of sand paper or an emery board.
Scratch the top a bit so it doesn’t look all fresh painted an new and rub a bit harder around the edges where you would expect to see the paint having worn off.
