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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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Scrapbooking with Lots of Photos

I always find that doing scrapbook layouts of events can be a real challenge. There are always a mass of photos to choose from and so many of them contribute to the story. But how to fit them onto the scrapbook layout is the challenge. I’ve been scrapping single photo layouts for so long now [...]

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Scrapbook Idea: Add Lushness to Your Layouts

It’s no secret to regular readers of Scraps of Mind that I just luuurve flowers. Most of my scrapbook layouts have flowers on them somewhere. But if you’re going to embellish your scrapbook layouts with flowers, why not be lush with them? What do I mean by Lush? Well flowers look their best in a [...]

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Saturday Scrapbooking Ideas

Saturday Scrapbooking Ideas #28 Sometimes it can be really hard to come up with just the right words for your journaling. You rack your brain but nothing seems to really work. Ever had that experience? Well why not turn to your kids for the inspiration? Ask them what their memories of the event in your [...]

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Scrapbook Idea: Dressing Up Your Photos

A cool scrapbook idea is to add an accent or embellishment to the photo on your scrapbook layout. It can make just the perfect finishing touch to your layout. Whether you’ve mounted your photo simply on a matt or placed it in a frame, a corner accent can just set off your photo and help [...]

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Scrapbook Layout Titles

Sometimes I think that coming up with an idea for a title for my scrapbook layout is the hardest part. I want to do better than just ‘Seona’s 4th Birthday’ but I often find coming up with an interesting and unique title can be really challenging. Melo wrote a great guest post for Scraps of [...]

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Saturday Scrapbook Ideas

Saturday Scrapbooking Ideas #27 Create your own transparencies and overlays by applying paint to foam stamps and then stamping on acrylic transparency sheets. Once dry, you can cut around the shapes and attach them to your layout using brads or glue dots. Make sure you place the glue dots behind areas of solid color or [...]

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Saturday Scrapbook Ideas

Saturday Scrapbooking Ideas #26 Remember the Rule of Thirds when positioning your photo on your scrapbook layout. It’s easy if you imagine a tic-tac-toe grid and try to place the eyes of the subject of your photo along one of the imaginary lines. And if you can get it as close to one of the [...]

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Do Your Scrapbook Layouts Shape up?

One of the most effective ways you can add structure to your scrapbook layouts is by using shapes. Shapes can be used to reflect an element in your photo by repeating it. For example if you’re scrapbooking a photo about your toddler playing with a large colored ball, then using circular shapes for your matt [...]

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Saturday Scrapbook Ideas

Saturday Scrapbooking Ideas #25 Use the empty spaces on your photos for journaling. Even if it’s just the date of the photo it can really help to create a strong link between the photo and the rest of your layout. And if you have enough space on your photo some relevant journaling about the subject [...]

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