Scrapbooking Ideas

Scrapbooking ideas to spark your scrapbooking creativitiy and help you design better scrapbook layouts

How to beat Scrappers Block

If you’re a writer and you can’t come up with the right words to get started on that blank sheet of (virtual) paper it’s called Writers Block. And if you’re a scrapbooker and you just can’t seem to get any ideas to get you started on that next scrapbook layout it’s called Scrappers Block. And [...]

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How to Make an AZZA Scrapbook template

I’ve written before about AZZA scrapbooking. You might remember it’s a European style of scrapbooking which uses very few embellishments. The design of the AZZA scrapbook layout is based on creatively cropping your photos. To do this you often have to buy special AZZA scrapbooking templates which you can place over your photos to help [...]

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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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Tips for making Scrapbook Embellishments

Scrapbooking embellishments can be used in many different ways. You don’t need to stick just to the purpose for which they were designed. This applies to both digital scrapbooking elements as well as traditional scrapbook embellishments. Although with digital scrapbook elements you can get lots of extra mileage because you can duplicate an element as [...]

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Free Word Art and Scrapbooking Quotes for Spring

Digital Scrapbook Freebie time again If you live in the Northern Hemisphere then you’re probably celebrating the arrival of Spring by now. We in the Southern half of the globe are settling into Autumn of course, and in Australia we managed to dispense with Summer altogether this year; especially in the southern states. Anyhoo, let’s [...]

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10 Speedy Scrapbook Ideas

We all get those ‘no mojo’ days don’t we? Hey sometimes it’s more like ‘no mojo’ weeks even. So here are ten speedy scrapbooking ideas which I hope will intrigue and inspire you and maybe just kick start that mojo again. Attach a transparent sheet over your photo with a couple of brads and doodle [...]

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A Christmas Gift for Someone Special

Give the Gift of Creativity. Want to give something a bit different this Christmas? Something a bit special. Why not give the Gift of Creativity to your Mom or someone else special to you. Step by Step Digital Scrapbook  is a ‘soup to nuts’ digital scrapbooking course which will take the happy recipient of your [...]

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Scrapbook Organization – Ribbon Storage Ideas

Ribbons can be one of the most challenging areas of your stash to apply some scrapbook organization to. As scrapbookers we love our ribbons. I know I certainly do. And trying to keep them organized as well as being able to see what I’ve got when I want it has long been a challenge for [...]

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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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