Card Making

My mojo’s gone missing

I have been having mojo issues off and on for some time now. But it’s been a particular struggle in the last few months. I don’t have any particular reason to offer… unless you count my addiction/obsession with Castleville on Facebook as a reason. But there is it is; creativity brick wall. So this post [...]

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How to make an Easel Card

Today is my daughter’s birthday (Happy Birthday Seona) and following our five year tradition I have hopped on the big silver bird to Sydney (Australia) to spend her birthday week with her. And also following our five year tradition I have made a special birthday card for her and I’m sharing it with you here. [...]

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The Invisible Scrapbook Magpie Strikes Again

If you’re a follower of Scraps of Mind you’ll know that this is generally a pretty upbeat sort of a place. But sometimes you just gotta vent. So I’ve decided to make this post a place for you to vent about your pet scrapbooking or cardmaking peeves. Here’s mine: Disappearing scrapbook items You know. You’re [...]

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Budget Scrapbooking Idea – Fixing Chalk

I was talking with my sister at the weekend and she shared this great budget scrapbooking tip with me. Both of us make greeting cards and love messing around with stamps, embossing powder and paints and chalks. Anyway my sister had made this card for a friend’s 50th birthday. She’d used some chalk to color [...]

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Worldwide Christmas Scrapbooking Freebies 2010

Christmas scrapbooking freebies galore!! Well December 1 is here again and with it the annual Worldwide Christmas Scrapbooking Freebies. Your one stop for all the Christmas Scrapbooking Freebie goodness you can possibly handle. Antoinette’s got all the goods loaded up and raring to go. Just click on the logo below to go and snaffle the [...]

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5 Tips for making a Great Mini-Album

A mini album for someone special makes a great gift. Here’s one I made for my daughter’s 30th birthday. When you’re used to making full sized scrapbook layouts making a mini one can present some challenges. Here are 5 tips that will make your mini-album a fabulous project and delight the reciever.

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Hybrid Scrapbooking a 50th Card

I’ve just made this 50th birthday card and I thought I’d share it with you. It’s a Hybrid scrapbooking card made using both paper scrapbooking and digital scrapbooking techniques and combines the touchy-feely satisfaction of working with paper with the convenience, versatility and virtually unlimited paper and embellishment options of digital scrapbooking.

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Life Word Art Freebie

Life is Wonderful! And as some comedian once said: It beats the hell out of the alternative! I love life. Everyday brings something good . . . even if sometimes you have to search a little to find it. Anyway, for no reason in particular I’ve decided to celebrate Life today with some free Word [...]

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Cuttlebugs and Creativity

Well Summer is in full swing here in Oz. And I’ll be honest with you; I haven’t done much in the scrapbooking line for a few months. But I haven’t shut up shop entirely. My Tuesday night craft group ensures that I still keep projects on the go. Last year I introduced Marla to the [...]

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Worldwide Christmas Scrapbooking Freebies

Yes folks it’s on again! Antoinette from  Sparky’s Scratches has organised another huge roundup of scrapbooking freebies for your crafting pleasure. Just click on the logo below to get to the special blog she has set up with all the links to a Wonderful World of Christmas Scrapbooking and Cardmaking items I didn’t have anything [...]

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