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		<title>How to beat Scrappers Block</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karooch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com">Scraps Of Mind - </a> All about scrapbokking, digital scrapbooking and hybrid scrapbooking</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>And let’s face it, we’ve all experienced it. I defy any scrapbooker to tell me they’ve never had Scrappers Block at some time in their scrapbooking life. But if you’re that person feel free to share in the comments section below. I’ll happily bow down to you. My friend Antoinette is going through a severe case of mojo collapse at the moment and that has inspired me to write this post.</p>
<p>So getting past your Scrappers Block and into the land of free flowing creative juices is the challenge. And here are some ideas you might like to try to help you smash through the block.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Take a browse through your scrapbook albums.</strong> A stroll down memory lane will not only help to relax your mind but it rekindle your enthusiasm, and hopefully your creativity, as you revisit some of your favourite moments and scrapbook layouts.</li>
<li><strong>Take a browse through someone else’s scrapbook albums.</strong> Check out your friend’s scrapbook layouts. Some may just reach out to you and plant little seeds in your creative mind. And if you don’t have a handy scrapbooking friend to turn to you can always turn to the Internet. Many scrapbooking sites host layout galleries and scrapbooking blogs like this one are a great place for creative information. You can check out<a title="crapbook layouts" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/category/scrapbooking/scrapbook-layouts/" target="_blank"> all the Scraps of Mind articles which feature a scrapbook layout here</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Scrapbook magazines can also provide a wealth of ideas.</strong> You can relax your mind as you flick through them and see what you’re drawn to. Try not to be too focused as this can inhibit your creative side from being receptive to any ideas.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/The-fruit-of-the-family-tre.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3298 alignleft" style="margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px;" title="The-fruit-of-the-family-tre" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/The-fruit-of-the-family-tre.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="360" /></a><strong>Try looking at magazine advertising with new eyes.</strong> Some of the best graphic layout artists around are behind the design and layout of the advertisements that you see in your magazines. Try looking at some which catch your eye and think how they might be adapted to make a scrapbook layout. The scrapbook layout on the left is <a title="Scrapbooking ideas" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/06/18/madison-avenue-scrapbooking/" target="_blank">an example of how I have used this scrapbooking blocker buster</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Learn a new technique.</strong> Often I find that the inspiration for a new scrapbook layout design will come from learning how to do something new and then building the design around the new thing I’ve just learned. You’ll find plenty of ideas on Scraps of Mind. Just check out the Articles tab at the top of the page. And if you’re a digital scrapbooker (or would like to become one)<strong><a title="digital scrapbooking tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/ConsolidatedTutorials.html" target="_blank"> take a look at my Step by Step Digital Scrapbook Tutorials</a></strong>. There is something for everyone from Beginner to Advanced.</li>
<li><strong>Make a card or an ATC.</strong> Working with a smaller canvas and without a focal photo will give your creative brain a different direction. And once you’re in the creative mode again it’s much easier to come up with ideas for your scrapbook layout.</li>
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<p>All of these ideas have one thing in common: move away from trying to force your way through Scrappers Block and move your mind to a more relaxed state by taking the pressure off. It’s hard to be creative when you feel you’re under pressure.</p>
<p>And if all else fails, give yourself a break. Sometimes just going away and throwing yourself into doing something else, even if it’s something like cleaning out the linen cupboard, can provide your brain with the break it needs to enable it to be receptive to creative ideas again.</p>
<p>Do you have any particular things that you do to break through Scrappers Block? I’d love you to share them with us in the comments below. After all it’s something we all suffer with from time to time. So all ideas are welcome.</p>
<p>And if you enjoyed this article please share the link with your scrapbooking friends and click the Facebook Like button. Or maybe give it a thumbs up on Stumbleupon.</p>
<h3>Other related Articles:</h3>
<p><a title="Scrapbooking ideas" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/06/18/madison-avenue-scrapbooking/" target="_blank">Madison Avenue Scrapbooking</a></p>
<p><a title="Artist Trading Card (ATC) Swaps" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2009/10/27/artist-trading-card-atc-swaps/" target="_blank">ATC Swaps</a></p>
<p><a title="Try Some Repetition in your Scrapbook Layouts" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/04/09/repetition-scrapbook-layouts/" target="_blank">Try some Repetition in your Scrapbook Layouts</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="digital scrapbooking video tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/" target="_blank"><br />
<img src="../wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Banner468x59animated.gif" border="0" alt="Full length Digital Scrapbook Tutorials" width="468" height="59" /></a></p>
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		<title>How to Make an AZZA Scrapbook template</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karooch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com">Scraps Of Mind - </a> All about scrapbokking, digital scrapbooking and hybrid scrapbooking</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I’ve written before about <strong><a title="AZZA Scrapbooking" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2010/03/09/azza-scrapbooking/" target="_blank">AZZA scrapbooking</a></strong>. 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.</p>
<p>To do this you often have to buy special <em>AZZA scrapbooking templates</em> which you can place over your photos to help you cut them into the design you want. And these templates can be quite expensive.  Plus, let’s face it, you don’t want all your scrapbook layouts to have the same look to them, so you’ll need to buy quite a few templates to give yourself a variety of choice.</p>
<p>But there’s actually another way you can do this.</p>
<p>I’ve been using the AZZA scrapbooking style to create a digital scrapbook album of a trip I took a couple of years ago. And it lends itself brilliantly to digital scrapbooking.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Page02.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3292" title="Page02" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Page02.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="360" /></a></p>
<p>But if you’re a paper scrapbooker you can use this idea too.</p>
<h2>Make your own AZZA scrapbook templates.</h2>
<p>Now if you have a photo editing software program such as Photoshop Elements (or Paintshop Pro, or Photoshop or any of the other programs that let you work with layers) you can do this easily:</p>
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<ol>
<li>Open a file in your editing program that’s the same size as your scrapbook page. I suggest you make the resolution 200-300 pixels per inch for good quality printing. I usually go for 300ppi.</li>
<li>Now create a new blank layer and fill it with a color. The color doesn’t matter so any one will do.</li>
<li>Go to you cookie cutter tool and select a shape that you want to use for your AZZA design. It might be a diamond, a star, a hexagon. Whatever.</li>
<li>Drag the cursor across your colored layer and release when it’s the sort of size you want.</li>
<li>Now you can duplicate the layers; move the shapes around; change some of the sizes on the shapes; or follow the above steps to add a complementary shape and just play around until you have a design that you like.</li>
<li>So now you bring your photos on to the file and position each photo layer directly over a shape. You can do this by dragging the layers around in the Layers Palette</li>
<li>Go to the Opacity Slider in the Layers Palette and reduce the opacity of the photo so you can see the shape behind it.</li>
<li>You can drag the photo to reduce its size so it better fit the shape you have created or you can position it so your crop only includes what you want.</li>
<li>When you&#8217;re happy with the positioning of your photo bring the opacity back up to 100%.</li>
<li>Now click on the photo layer in the Layers Palette and crop it to the shape underneath it using the clipping mask. Ctrl+E should do it. If you’ve made a mistake just Ctrl+Z will step you back.</li>
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</blockquote>
<p>Now all you have to do is print out your pre-shaped photos and cut them out. I suggest you open a new file in a paper size that your printer accepts (eg. A4 or Letter) and the same resolution as your other file. And then drag your shaped photos onto it, print (best quality) on good photo paper and cut out.</p>
<p>Job done.</p>
<p>By shaping your photos this way you can create as many different shaped templates as you like at no cost. Plus you can make sure that you get the best parts of your photos into the shapes regardless of the size.</p>
<p>And if you save each template as a layered file then you can use them and modify them over and over again.</p>
<p>If you need some extra help in creating your own digital templates pop over to <a title="digital scrapbooking tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/IntermediateTutorials.html" target="_blank">Step by Step Digital Scrapbooking and check out Intermediate Tutorial 11</a> (you&#8217;ll find it at the bottom of the page). This tutorial will show you how to do a number of  techniques including how to make a digital template using one of your favorite scrapbook layouts as a base.</p>
<h3>Other related articles:</h3>
<p><a title="AZZA Scrapbooking" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2010/03/09/azza-scrapbooking/" target="_blank">Azza Scrapbooking</a></p>
<p><a title="how to make word art" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2010/11/19/create-word-art-yourself/" target="_blank">Create Word Art Yourself</a></p>
<p><a title="how to digital scrapbook" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2011/01/13/how-to-digital-scrapbook/" target="_blank">How to Digital Scrapbook &#8211; from Soup to Nuts</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="digital scrapbooking video tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/ConsolidatedTutorials.html" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="../wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Banner468x59animated.gif" border="0" alt="Full length Digital Scrapbook Tutorials" width="468" height="59" /></a></p>
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		<title>Budget Scrapbooking Idea &#8211; Fixing Chalk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karooch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com">Scraps Of Mind - </a> All about scrapbokking, digital scrapbooking and hybrid scrapbooking</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I was talking with my sister at the weekend and she shared this great budget scrapbooking tip with me.</p>
<p>Both of us make greeting cards and love messing around with stamps, embossing powder and paints and chalks.</p>
<p>Anyway my sister had made this card for a friend’s 50<sup>th</sup> birthday. She’d used some chalk to color in a background and it came up  with a nice soft mottled effect. But if you’ve ever used chalk on your  cards or scrapbook layouts you’ll know how messy things can get. Every  time you touch your card you end up with chalk all over your hands.</p>
<p>When  it’s only in a small area I find that pressing down with a clean sheet  of paper helps to set. But for a large area, such as a background that’s  just not going to be enough.</p>
<p>Now  you can buy spray cans of fixative that will do the job. But they  usually come in larger cans than you need and are fairly pricey unless  you’re going to use them a lot.</p>
<p>But here’s a budget scrapbook idea that you can find on your bathroom shelf.</p>
<p><strong>Hairspray is the answer!</strong></p>
<p>Just give your chalked area a light spray with your can of hairspray and set it aside to dry for half an hour.</p>
<p>One  thing you do need to watch out for though. The hairspray will have a  strong smell. It’s a good idea not to use it on the same day that you’re  intending to give the card to your recipient. Leaving the project out  in the air overnight will dissipate the smell and then you’re good to  go.</p>
<h2>Other sort-of similar articles you might enjoy</h2>
<p><a title="hybrid scrapbooking 50th birthday card" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2010/05/27/hybrid-scrapbooking-a-50th-card/" target="_blank">Hybrid Scrapbooking a 50<sup>th</sup> Birthday Card</a></p>
<p><a title="budget digital scrapbooking" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2009/06/18/low-cost-digital-scrapbooking/" target="_blank">Digital Scrapbooking on a budget</a></p>
<p><a title="tips for making your own embellishments" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2011/04/17/tips-for-making-scrapbook-embellishments/" target="_blank">Tips for making your own embellishments</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="digital scrapbooking video tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/ConsolidatedTutorials.html" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="../wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Banner468x59animated.gif" border="0" alt="Full length Digital Scrapbook Tutorials" width="468" height="59" /></a></p>
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		<title>Tips for making Scrapbook Embellishments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karooch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com">Scraps Of Mind - </a> All about scrapbokking, digital scrapbooking and hybrid scrapbooking</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Scrapbooking embellishments can be used in many different ways. You don’t need to stick just to the purpose for which they were designed.</p>
<p>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 many times as you want.</p>
<p>Let’s take a look at a few of the ways you might use your embellishments to create different elements.</p>
<h3>Frames</h3>
<p>Although frames exist as scrapbooking elements in their own right, you can create your own frames by grouping other elements around your photo. This works especially well with flowers or ribbons but you can use pretty much any small sized element to do this. Digital scrapbooking makes your choice even wider as you can easily reduce the size of an element to however small you want it and then duplicate it as many times as you need to.</p>
<p>But if you’re a traditional paper scrapbooker try surrounding your photo with small flowers and leaves for a beautiful Spring-looking frame. Or a collection of buttons mounted around the photo makes another striking frame.</p>
<h3>Borders</h3>
<p><a title="Digital scrapbooking tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/AdvancedTutorials.html" target="_blank"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3264" title="Woodland-Nymph" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Woodland-Nymph-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>You can make borders out of pretty much any element you want to as long as you have enough of them to line up across your page. Borders made from unexpected scrapbook elements can be great for making a statement or reinforcing the theme of your scrapbook layouts. In the scrapbook layout on the right (making this layout is demonstrated in <a title="digital scrapbooking tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/AdvancedTutorials.html" target="_blank">Step by Step Digital Scrapbook Advanced Tutorial 7</a>) I’ve used a wreath element combined with a bow element to create a border which echoes the woodland theme of the scrapbook layout.</p>
<h3>Flowers</h3>
<p>Flowers are a wonderful addition to most scrapbook layouts. And you can design your own easily by combining other elements together. Heart shaped elements positioned in a circle with their points to the centre form a terrific base for a flower design. You can layer a circle of smaller hearts on top and finish off with a fancy brad or a button. And you have a unique flower that no one else has got.</p>
<h3>Matts</h3>
<p>You can make photo matts out of so many things. Try collecting all your ribbon scraps and weaving them together to form a matt for your photo or for your journaling tag. You can do the same with left over strips of cardstock and patterned paper.</p>
<p>Old CDs can make very cool photo matts for teen scrapbook layouts. Even a torn sheet of lined notepaper can look good as a matt for your photo. Just remember that most lined notepaper is not acid free and over time it may degrade your photo so be a bit careful if you choose this or use a protective spray.</p>
<h3>Backgrounds</h3>
<p>Why not try making y<a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Kilmore-Festival-2009.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3265" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="Kilmore-Festival-2009" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Kilmore-Festival-2009-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>our own backgrounds? Something I like to do is to blow up a photo and print it in black and white or sepia on a large sheet of paper. use that as your background and place smaller photos on top. I use this technique both with digital scrapbook layouts and also with paper ones.</p>
<p>And another very good look is to stick several strips of the same ribbon across plain or lightly patterned paper to make a textured stripy background.</p>
<h3>Photo Corners</h3>
<p>There are heaps of different things you use to make photo corners.  A couple of short strips of ribbon across one or two corners of your photo can make a very effective accent. Even the humble strip of masking tape can be a great grungy looking photo corner. Just watch out for the acid free thing again here.</p>
<p>Groups of three brads or buttons in a corner of the photo make a simple but striking photo corner accent.</p>
<p>Once you get started combining your scrapbook elements in different ways  you’ll come up with lots of ideas of your own which will help you get  even more use out of them. And it’s fun to create something that looks  so good and that someone else hasn’t done exactly that way before.</p>
<p>Making your own scrapbook elements is very satisfying.  Plus I find that this can be a good way to kick start my mojo if I’m feeling a bit creatively sluggish. Developing an idea for creating a new scrapbook layout element can lead me onto designing the layout based on that idea.</p>
<p>So how about you? Do you have any favourite ideas for using scrapbook elements in a ‘non-standard&#8217; way. Please share in the comments below. Like everyone else I’m always eager to hear new ideas.</p>
<h3>Other roughly related Articles:</h3>
<p><a title="how to digital Scrapbook" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2011/01/13/how-to-digital-scrapbook/" target="_blank">How to Digital Scrapbook &#8211; From Soup 2 Nuts</a></p>
<p><a title="AZZA Scrapbooking" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2010/03/09/azza-scrapbooking/" target="_blank">AZZA Scrapbooking </a></p>
<p><a title="scrapbooking ideas" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2011/03/20/10-speedy-scrapbook-ideas/" target="_blank">10 Speedy Scrapbooking Ideas</a></p>
<p><a title="digital scrapbooking video tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/" target="_blank"><br />
<img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Banner468x59animated.gif" border="0" alt="Full length Digital Scrapbook Tutorials" width="468" height="59" /></a></p>
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		<title>Free Word Art and Scrapbooking Quotes for Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karooch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com">Scraps Of Mind - </a> All about scrapbokking, digital scrapbooking and hybrid scrapbooking</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h2>Digital Scrapbook Freebie time again</h2>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Anyhoo, let’s stay focussed on Spring. I’m looking forward to coming over to Europe in a few weeks to sample some of your northern Spring weather. So if any of you have influence in high places, please put in a good word for excellent weather throughout May across the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands and Northern Italy.</p>
<p>And to help things along and set the mood here are some Spring quotes for your scrapbook layouts and cards. And some word art digital scrapbooking freebies for you too. <strong>Just right mouse click on the word art image and select Save File As&#8230; or Save Target As&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Hope you enjoy them.</p>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Spring has come when you can put your foot on three daisies. </strong></h4>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> </strong><em>Proverb</em></p>
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<p><em><a title="digital scrapbooking freebie - free word art" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/spring-thy-name-is-color.png" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3242" title="digital scrapbooking freebie - free word art" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Spring-thy-name-is-color.jpg" alt="digital scrapbooking freebie - free word art" width="352" height="177" /></a><br />
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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.</strong></h4>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Anne Bradstreet</em></div>
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<p><em> <a title="digital scrapbooking freebie - free word art" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/a-little-madness-in-the-spring.png" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-3240 alignleft" title="digital scrapbooking freebie - free word art" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/A-little-madness-in-the-spr.jpg" alt="digital scrapbooking freebie - free word art" width="322" height="206" /></a><br />
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<h4 style="text-align: left;">Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.</h4>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>William Shakespeare</em></div>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.</h4>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Doug Larson</em></div>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em> </em><a title="digital scrapbook freebies - free word art" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/An-Optimist-is-the-Human1.png" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3241" title="digital scrapbooking freebie - free word art" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/An-Optimist-is-the-Human1.jpg" alt="digital scrapbooking freebie - free word art" width="288" height="145" /></a><br />
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.</h4>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Bishop Reginald Heber</em> <strong> </strong></div>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Spring is nature&#8217;s way of saying, &#8220;Let&#8217;s party!&#8221;</h4>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Robin Williams</em></div>
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<p><a title="digital scrapbooking freebies - free word art" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/earth-laughs-in-flowers.png" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3245" title="digital scrapbooking freebie - free word art" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Earth-laughs-in-flowers.jpg" alt="digital scrapbooking freebie - free word art" width="288" height="199" /></a></p>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.</h4>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Lauren Bacall</em></div>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><em>E.E. Cummings</em></h4>
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<h2>Other related articles you might like to explore:</h2>
<p><a title="download and install free fonts" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2011/03/02/how-to-download-and-install-free-fonts/" target="_blank">How to Download and install free fonts</a></p>
<p><a title="digital scrapbooking tutorials" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2011/01/13/how-to-digital-scrapbook/" target="_blank">How to Digital Scrapbook &#8211; from Soup 2 Nuts</a></p>
<p><a title="how to make word art" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2010/11/19/create-word-art-yourself/" target="_blank">Create Word Art Yourself</a></p>
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		<title>10 Speedy Scrapbook Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karooch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all get those &#8216;no mojo&#8217; days don&#8217;t we? Hey sometimes it&#8217;s more like &#8216;no mojo&#8217; 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 [...]<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com">Scraps Of Mind - </a> All about scrapbokking, digital scrapbooking and hybrid scrapbooking</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>We all get those &#8216;no mojo&#8217; days don&#8217;t we? Hey sometimes it&#8217;s more like &#8216;no mojo&#8217; weeks even.</p>
<p>So here are ten speedy scrapbooking ideas which I hope will intrigue and inspire you and maybe just kick start that mojo again.</p>
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<li>Attach a transparent sheet over your photo with a couple of brads and doodle onto the sheet with marker pens to dress up your photo without accidentally ruining it.</li>
<li>Layer a couple of scrap ends from your ribbons over each other at right angles to make funky casual photo corners. You can dress them up even more with brads or flowers to make a great corner accent for your photo.
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	<a title="Step by Step Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial Intermediate 5" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/IntermediateTutorials.html" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3220 " title="Reflection" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Reflection1-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>
	<p class="wp-caption-text">This scrapbook layout is from the Step by Step Digital Scrapbook Intermediate Tutorial 5</p>
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<li>Let your journaling flow onto your photos where there is a blank space  on the photo. This will help to anchor both the journaling and the  photo.</li>
<li>Use your computer to create unique and funky titles instead of buying alphabets. If you have photo editing software you can apply interesting styles and filters to the letters but even in Word you can dress them up or use the Word Art feature. Print out your title and add embellishments and you’re done. It’s best to choose a chunky style font for your titles. Check out my <a title="downloading and installing free fonts" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2011/03/02/how-to-download-and-install-free-fonts/" target="_blank">Downloading and Installing Fonts video</a> to show you how easy it is to get a collection of free fonts.</li>
<li>Use your kids words to create the inspiration for your scrapbook layout. Ask them what their memories of an event were and use their words as your title to create your journaling.</li>
<li>Make your own rub-ons by printing your design onto a transparent sheet using your home computer. You can read how to do it<a title="how to make rub ons" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/07/10/scrapbook-tips-techniques-making-your-own-rub-ons/" target="_blank"> here</a>.</li>
<li>Make the key words and phrases in your journaling stand out to add visual interest and emphasis. If you print your journaling use the bold feature on your key words or change the font and font-size for those words. If you hand write your journaling choose a different color for your key words or print them in upper case. You can use a highlighter to make them stand out and even a simple underline will add emphasis.
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	<a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Wedding-Day.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3221 " style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="Wedding-Day" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Wedding-Day-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>
	<p class="wp-caption-text">This Scrapbook layout is from Step by Step Digital Scrapbook Tutorials - Intermediate 6</p>
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<li>Run a piece of sand paper lightly over the top of embossed paper to make the pattern really stand out. It also gives the paper a slightly vintage or grungy look.</li>
<li>Make  multiple copies of your focal photo and fan them out slightly behind  it. This makes a lovely matt to frame your photo. It looks good if you  print the matt photos in monochrome and leave the top one in color.</li>
<li>Try out a completely different style of scrapbooking than you&#8217;re used to. If you&#8217;re a simple scrapbooker try using lots of embellishments, If you&#8217;re a collage scrapbooker try making a minimalist layout. If you usually only use one photo on a scrapbook layout try making one with multiple photos. I became interested in the <a title="AZZA Scrapbooking" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2010/03/09/azza-scrapbooking/" target="_blank">AZZA scrapbooking style</a> and tried out making an album of a trip down the Rhine River using this style. I found focussing on learning a new scrapbooking style really helped me kick off my mojo meltdown.</li>
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		<title>A Christmas Gift for Someone Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karooch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com">Scraps Of Mind - </a> All about scrapbokking, digital scrapbooking and hybrid scrapbooking</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h2>Give the Gift of Creativity.</h2>
<p>Want to give something a bit different this Christmas?</p>
<p>Something a bit special.</p>
<p>Why not give the Gift of Creativity to your Mom or someone else special to you.</p>
<p>Step by Step Digital Scrapbook  is a ‘soup to nuts’ digital scrapbooking course which will take the happy recipient of your gift from absolute beginner to advanced digital scrapbooker in 25 easy lessons.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><a title="digital scrapbooking tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/Soup2Nuts.html" target="_blank">Christmas Special is over but you can still save when you purchase the Soup to Nuts Digital Scrapbook Course</a></h3>
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<p><strong>You’ll get 50 videos</strong> (2 per lesson) which will take you by the hand and guide you easily through all the tricks and techniques to creating your own fantastic, unique and super-personal digital scrapbook layouts in Photoshop Elements. And these special creations can then be easily shared with all your family and friends.</p>
<p>As well,<strong> each lesson comes with a full sized complementary digital scrapbooking kit</strong> which includes all the elements that are used in making the demonstration scrapbook layout as well as many more so that you can customize and personalize your own versions.</p>
<p><strong>Plus you’ll get a Techniques Sheet</strong> which you can print out and keep handy as you create your own digital scrapbook layouts .</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><a title="digital scrapbooking tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/Soup2Nuts.html" target="_blank">Christmas Special is over but you can still save when you purchase the Soup to Nuts Digital Scrapbook Course</a></h3>
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<p>When you purchase this Special Christmas Gift you’ll also get this Gift Card which you can print out and give to your Special Someone.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="digtal scrapbooking tutorials Christmas Special" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/ChristmasSpecial.html" target="_blank"></a><a title="digital scrapbook tutorials Christmas special" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/ChristmasSpecial.html" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3074" title="ChristmasSpecial2010" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ChristmasSpecial2010nolink.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="277" /></a></p>
<p>Each of these tutorials sell for $4.50 when purchased individually but if you purchase the whole course before 24 December 2010 you can get them for the<em> Super Christmas Gift Price of $89.00</em></p>
<p><strong>On Christmas Day the price will bounce right back to $112.50.</strong></p>
<h3><strong><a title="digtal scrapbooking tutorials Christmas Special" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/ChristmasSpecial.html" target="_blank"><br />
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Don’t miss out because the price will definitely be going back up again on Christmas Day.</strong></span></p>
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		<title>Scrapbook Organization &#8211; Ribbon Storage Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karooch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com">Scraps Of Mind - </a> All about scrapbokking, digital scrapbooking and hybrid scrapbooking</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Ribbons can be one of the most challenging areas of your stash to apply some <strong>scrapbook organization</strong> to.</p>
<p>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 me. And they&#8217;re so pretty that I like to have them on display to brighten my scrapbooking space.</p>
<p>In my <a title="scrapbook organization on a budget" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/08/20/scrapbook-organization-on-a-budget/" target="_blank">previous article on Scrapbook Organization on a Budget</a> I suggested a few ideas for how you might store your ribbons. And here are two more really fun things you can try which&#8217;ll look great in your scrapping space.</p>
<h2>Scrapbook Organization for Ribbons 1</h2>
<p>For this <em>scrapbook organization idea</em> you will need a shoebox.</p>
<p>Paint or cover the box and lid with pretty paper to decorate. I painted mine and stamped some butterflies to decorate it.</p>
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<p>Using  the pointy blades of some scissors or other sharp implement and a great deal of care, punch a row of holes in one of the long sides of the box,  about an inch apart and about an inch from the bottom.</p>
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<p>Now punch a second row an inch above the first and stagger the holes so that they fall between the first row.</p>
<p>Repeat for a third row , creating a sort of diamond pattern of holes. And if you have enough room you can do a fourth row. You need to make sure that there is enough room for the lid to go on the box without covering up any holes.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ScrapbookOrganization1c.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2987" title="ScrapbookOrganization1c" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ScrapbookOrganization1c.jpg" alt="ScrapbookOrganization1c" width="360" height="228" /></a></p>
<p>Now you can take all your bits of thin ribbon (usually the bits that are about 1-2 metres) and poke them through the holes where they can easily be seen and pulled out when needed.</p>
<p>I made some of the holes in my box a little wider on a couple of rows so that I could store medium width ribbons too.</p>
<h2>Scrapbook Organization for Ribbons 2</h2>
<p>This one is more complicated than the previous scrapbook organization idea but it does make a very pretty presentation for your favorite ribbon spools.</p>
<p>This also requires a shoe box.</p>
<p>Leaving the lid to one side, paint it or cover the storage part of the box in paper to dress it up. On mine I’ve done both. Make sure you paint or line the inside too.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ScrapbookOrganization2a.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2988" title="ScrapbookOrganization2a" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ScrapbookOrganization2a.jpg" alt="ScrapbookOrganization2a" width="360" height="266" /></a></p>
<p>Now, using some polystyrene foam or other substance you can cut to shape, cut two or three thin wedge shapes that are one inch shorter than the inside of the box from the edge to the base. Position against the inside of the box with the thin edge pointing to the back. Glue in place.<span id="more-2916"></span></p>
<p>Cut off one of the long edges of the lid and trim so that it fits inside the box, up against the wedges. Cover with matching paper or paint and glue in place.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ScrapbookOrganization2b.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2989" title="ScrapbookOrganization2b" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ScrapbookOrganization2b.jpg" alt="ScrapbookOrganization2b" width="360" height="270" /></a></p>
<p>Cut a strip from the main part of the lid that will sit over the wedges and overhang the trim you have just glued in place. Cover in matching paper or paint and glue onto the wedges so that it slopes down to the back of the box.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ScrapbookOrganization2c.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2990" title="ScrapbookOrganization2c" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ScrapbookOrganization2c.jpg" alt="ScrapbookOrganization2c" width="360" height="145" /></a></p>
<p>You can now line up your favorite spools of ribbon on this ‘shelf’ where they will be handy and look good too. The angle of the shelf will keep them in place and stop them from rolling out of your storage box.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ScrapbookOrganization2d.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2991" title="ScrapbookOrganization2d" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ScrapbookOrganization2d.jpg" alt="ScrapbookOrganization2d" width="360" height="270" /></a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Bonus Scrapbooking Organization Ideas</h2>
<p>As you can see in the comments below, reader Sue has a couple of ideas for organizing her ribbons which are really cool. She&#8217;s sent in the pics to share with us.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Scrapbook-organization-ribbons-3a.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2999" title="Scrapbook organization ribbons 3a" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Scrapbook-organization-ribbons-3a.jpg" alt="Scrapbook organization idea for ribbon storage" width="538" height="112" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Don&#8217;t they make a beautiful display? And I really really like this one below using one of those undies drying racks. Big thanks to Sue for these ideas.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Scrapbook-organization-ribbons-3b.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3000" title="Scrapbook organization ribbons 3b" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Scrapbook-organization-ribbons-3b.jpg" alt="Scrapbook organization idea for ribbon storage" width="259" height="311" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Are these ideas something that you might try?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Or have you got some other scrapbooking organization ideas for storing your ribbons?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Let us know in the comments section below. Sharing ideas is what Scraps of Mind is all about so I&#8217;d love to hear yours.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">More Scrapbooking Organization Articles:</h2>
<p><a title="Digital scrapbooking organization" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/04/28/spring-clean-your-digital-scrapbook-stash/" target="_blank">Spring Clean Your Digital Scrapbooking Stash</a></p>
<p><a title="Scrapbook Organization on a Budget" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/08/20/scrapbook-organization-on-a-budget/" target="_self">Scrapbooking Organization on a Budget</a></p>
<p><a title="scrapbook organization tips" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/03/18/7-top-scrapbook-organization-tips/" target="_blank">7 Top Scrapbook Organization Tips</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Digital Scrapbook Tutorials - how to digital scrapbook" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/ConsolidatedTutorials.html" target="_blank"><br />
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		<title>5 Tips for making a Great Mini-Album</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karooch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com">Scraps Of Mind - </a> All about scrapbokking, digital scrapbooking and hybrid scrapbooking</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>It was my daughter’s 30<sup>th</sup> birthday yesterday.</p>
<p>Naturally I required some intensive therapy to come to terms with this. But once I had gotten over my “where did the last 30 years go” shock I decided that I had to make something a bit special for her in the way of a card. Last year I made a <a title="concertina birthday card" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2009/10/02/national-cardmaking-day/" target="_blank">pretty spiffy concertina card</a> which she loved and said “Oooh, my first ‘book’ card!” That made me realise that I had never made an album just for her to keep before.</p>
<p><span style="color: #339966;"><strong>So I decided to make a mini album covering her last 30 years.</strong></span></p>
<p>Now when I make a mini-album I like to do it from the ground up; making the pages and cover rather than buying a pre-made chipboard album. I gave myself plenty of time, as I usually do. And I managed to blow most of it away leaving me with a last minute rush, as I usually do. But I was quite pleased with the finished result.</p>
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<p>Making a mini album is a really fun thing to do. It&#8217;s great to create a whole album in one project and the smaller size helps to make the project less daunting.  If you have never made one why not give it a go? You don&#8217;t have to make the whole thing from scratch like me. You can buy premade chipboard albums that you can cover and embellish to make a fabulous album.  They make wonderful and really appreciated gifts for the special people in your life. Here are a few tips to get you started.</p>
<h2>5 tips for making great mini-albums</h2>
<blockquote><p>1.  <strong>Find a theme to link your pages together</strong>. This can be a color scheme, a scrapbooking style, a specific topic or anything that gives a sense of continuity through the pages and helps the album to tell a story. Using a combination of theme ideas will also help to reinforce the continuity. In this album I used papers from the Papermania Chatsworth Collection to maintain a color scheme. I used the same font and style for the titles on all the pages and I themed all the titles by making them follow a similar pattern for my Seona Days album: Early Days, Dress-up Days, School Days, BirthDays, HoliDays.</p>
<p>2. <strong> Choose smaller, simple patterns or plains for your background papers</strong>. Now I have to admit that I didn’t strictly follow this rule. Several of the patterns in the paper pack I had chosen were a bit on the largish side. So I chose mainly simple pastels with dots for my pages and interspersed them with a few patterned papers in muted tones so they don’t overpower the photos.</p>
<p>3.  <strong>Add texture and dimension</strong>. Following on from the last tip you can make up for the lack of pattern in your papers by adding texture. The papers I chose for Seona’s album had a sort of a linen texture that I really loved. But you can add your own texture by putting your papers through an embossing machine such as a CuttleBug. And a bit of lumpy bumpy doesn&#8217;t hurt either. Generally your mini-album will only have a small number of pages. So you can probably afford to add a bit of height to your embellishing. Foam tape is my best friend. If you&#8217;re doing a digital album then try out some interesting drop shadows and bevels.</p>
<p>4.  <strong>Go easy on the embellishments</strong>. Because your mini–album pages are so much smaller than your regular scrapbook pages you need to be careful that you don’t over clutter them with embellishments. Try to pick smaller embellishments that won’t overpower the page. And I also like to reinforce the continuity by repeating the same embellishments throughout the album if possible.</p>
<p>5.  <strong>And most of all, put your love into it</strong>. Mini-albums (especially ones you do for other people) are usually a sort of capsule for an idea or an event or, like Seona’s album, a life story. That makes them a bit extra special. Let that feeling shine through in the journaling you write and the themes you choose.</p></blockquote>
<p>As usual for me, this album was a <strong>hybrid scrapbooking project</strong> where I combined <a title="digital scrapbooking video tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/ConsolidatedTutorials.html" target="_blank"><em>digital scrapbooking techniques </em></a>with paper scrapbooking elements. One of the great benefits of this approach is that I can manipulate my photos and digital embellishments to perfectly fit my smaller pages and coordinate with my color scheme. I couldn’t decide on just 3 or 4 photos for the BirthDays page so I created the photo collage digitally, scanned in a background  from my paper pack and mounted the collage on it so I could keep all the fuzzy edges and just cut around the paper matt.</p>
<p>And yes, Seona loved it.</p>
<h3>Other Related Articles</h3>
<p><a title="what is hybrisd scrapbooking" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/08/30/hybrid-scrapbooking-whats-it-all-about/" target="_blank">What is Hybrid Scrapbooking</a></p>
<p><a title="hybrid scrapbooking a 50th birthday card" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2010/05/27/hybrid-scrapbooking-a-50th-card/" target="_blank">Hybrid Scrapbooking a 50th Birthday Card</a></p>
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		<title>Hybrid Scrapbooking a 50th Card</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 18:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karooch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.<p><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com">Scraps Of Mind - </a> All about scrapbokking, digital scrapbooking and hybrid scrapbooking</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I’ve just made this <em>50<sup>th</sup> birthday card</em> for my brother and I thought I’d share it with you.</p>
<p>It’s a <strong>Hybrid scrapbooking card</strong> made using both paper scrapbooking and digital scrapbooking techniques and I must confess, this is my absolute favourite form of scrapbooking. It combines the touchy-feely satisfaction of working with paper with the convenience, versatility and virtually unlimited paper and embellishment options of digital scrapbooking.</p>
<p>I’m pretty chuffed with how it turned out. What do you think?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Michaels-50th.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Michaels-50th1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2775" title="Michaels-50th" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Michaels-50th1.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="256" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Michaels-50tha.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Michaels-50tha1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2776" title="Michaels-50tha" src="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Michaels-50tha1.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="270" /></a></p>
<p>I’ve used this template before when I made a <a title="hybrid scrapbooking 50th wedding card" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/08/13/50th-anniversary-card-and-template/" target="_blank">50<sup>th</sup> Wedding Anniversary card</a> for my Aunt and Uncle. And if you want to try it out <a title="50th anniversary card template" href="http://www.scrapsofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/media/50thAnniversaryTemplatebyKarooch.zip" target="_blank">you can download the template here</a>. If you want to use it for digital cards just delete the white background and clip your digital papers to the outline shape.</p>
<p>When I make hybrid scrapbook cards I usually do the design on my computer first so I can play around with ideas. Even if I’m not intending to use digital papers I’ll usually pick a digital paper that’s similar to the ‘real’ one that I intend to use for the purpose of the design. And I’ll use digital elements to stand in for the ‘real life’ ones I’m planning to use. Things like brads and ribbons etc.</p>
<p>Once the design is done I work out which of the digital elements I’m going to use on the card and then print them out. It’s easy to change the color of them if they don’t quite coordinate with my other elements.</p>
<p>On this card I clipped the patterned digital paper I wanted to use (Cheryl Barber’s Etc Collection) to the template and then printed out the whole of the digital design on satin finish photo paper. Then I glued it onto cardstock which I’d printed with the template shape. I cut a slit in the card to thread the ribbon through on the inside before I glued the designed card to the card stock. If I was going to use ‘real’ brads I would also have fixed them to the papers before gluing onto the cardstock.</p>
<p>Then I printed several of the elements of the card separately onto satin photo paper, cut them out and adhered them to the card with foam tape to add further dimension. This worked particularly well with the focal photo because it meant I was able to run the real ribbon over the frame and under the photo.</p>
<p>Like I said earlier, I love the way hybrid scrapbooking combines the best of both of the scrapbooking worlds I love. If you haven’t tried it yourself I urge you to give it a go. It’s the perfect scrapbooking marriage.</p>
<p>And if you’re nervous about the idea of the digital scrapbooking part, just click on the banner below and check out the selection of <strong>Beginner Tutorials</strong> from <a title="digital scrapbooking video tutorials" href="http://www.stepbystepdigitalscrapbook.com/Tutorials/ConsolidatedTutorials.html" target="_blank">Step by Step Digital Scrapbook </a>to help you get started.</p>
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