Scrapbook Layouts

Scrap Girls Bargains

Regular readers of Scraps of Mind will probably already know that I am a big fan of the designs at Scrap Girls and of the site in general. It’s one of the few sites that I post an advertising banner for because I use the products myself so I always feel happy about endorsing them. [...]

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St Patrick’s Day Scrapbook Freebies

Although he wasn’t the first to preach Christianity in The Land of the Five Kingdom’s, St Patrick is certainly the best remembered. His crowd-pleaser of banishing all the snakes from the land certainly gave him some massive street cred. Although I can’t say I’m a big fan of his bonfire to burn hundreds of druid [...]

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I am Scrapper, hear me roar!

To the tune of ‘I am Woman’ by Helen Reddy From whence my inspiration came. I am Scrapper, hear me roar! In numbers too big to ignore, And my scrapbook layouts tell my story true. So this hobby grows and grows. Overcoming all its foes. Gath’ring converts to the craft, like me and you. Oh [...]

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Digital Scrapbooking Day

“I have been digital scrapbooking for over three years now. I am sure I can give it up any time I want. It’s not like I’m addicted or anything.” Karen Bellamy, chronic digital scrapbooker and self-delusionist.

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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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Scrapbook Albums vs Scrapbook Layouts

What kind of a title is that?? They’re the same thing, I hear you say. Wee-eeell … yes and no. Yes a scrapbook album is a collection of scrapbook layouts. But I’m really talking about scrapbook albums with a theme here. It’s easy to get caught up in the inspiration of individual layouts. And we [...]

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Do You Scrapbook for the Journey or the Destination?

When it comes to travel, some people enjoy the actual experience of traveling as much as they enjoy arriving at their destination and for others the actual traveling process is a necessary evil required to get them to their desired destination. And I think this can also be applied to Scrapbooking. For many scrapbookers, the [...]

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Do you Scrapbook with One or Many Photos?

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article called Scrapbooking Today versus Yesterday in which we explored whether the comercialism in scrapbooking today has de-personalised’ our scrapbook albums compared to the ones our Mothers and Grandmothers used to make. I say ‘we’ explored this proposition because I received some awesome comments on this post, [...]

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Scrap Those Body Parts

No, I’m not suggesting you chop bits off and chuck them in the garbage. We usually focus on the face of our subject when we take our photos. But have you ever tried taking photos of other parts of the body and using them in your scrapbook layouts? Try photographing a focal part of your [...]

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Do You Scrapbook to the Left or the Right?

No it’s not a political question. I was browsing through my scrapbook albums the other day, as you do. And I suddenly realised that in most of my scrapbook layouts I tend to position my photo towards the left side of the page. And when I started to think a bit more about it, I [...]

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