May 2009

More Tips for Photo Restoration

If you’re anything like me you’ll remember all the occasions where you found yourself with the definitive photo of that special occasion. But the photo was not really of the best quality. Perhaps it was under or over exposed, maybe it was a bit too fuzzy. Well in this article we’ll look at how you [...]

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Me Time with ATCs

Just lately life seems to be just work, work and still more work. I’m sure you know the feeling. I really felt I was getting stale so I decided to block out an afternoon of  ‘me’ time and get reconnected with my ‘touchy feely’ self. I decided to make some Artist Trading Cards, which I [...]

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ColoRotate – A 3-Dimensional Color Tool

A while ago I wrote a three-part series of articles on choosing color schemes for your scrapbook layouts. They turned out to be quite popular and still receive a high number of visitors. Well I’ve just come across this really cool new tool for creating your own color schemes. It’s called ColoRotate and it’s so [...]

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Google wins the Readers Survey

A couple of weeks ago I ran a survey to try and discover where the majority of my readers actually came from. Now some some readers have been members of the Scraps of Mind community for such a long time that it’s not surprising that they can’t actually remember how they originally found me. After [...]

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6 Top Tips for Photo Restoration with your Scanner

Many of us have old photos that have been handed down through the family. And let’s face it, most of them haven’t stood the test of time all that well and often they weren’t that good a quality to begin with. Well there are many things you can do to improve that situation using your [...]

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Morris Dancing Merriment

Blending a photo into a background paper A couple of Sundays ago we went to the 2nd Annual Kellybrook Cider Festival. It was an absolute hoot, with lots of different ciders (mulled cider was definitely my favourite), wine, apple juice and lots of apple related food. The event was held at Kellybrook Winery at Wonga [...]

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Craft Survey Results

A couple of weeks ago I ran a Survey to try to find out how many readers did multiple crafts and what they might be. Well it turns out you’re all very busy people. I had 30 people respond to the survey and they voted on 99 crafts! That means that Scraps of Mind readers [...]

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Scrapbooking Through the Economic Downturn

With most of us feeling the pinch of the economic downturn, we’re all trying to save money wherever we can. And one of the places we might be looking is how much we spend on our love of scrapbooking. Digital Scrapbooking to the rescue. I think digital scrapbooking is a brilliant way to pursue your [...]

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