Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking for Beginners
Friday, July 18th, 2008Trying to figure out what to do with all those photos you have collected over the years? Need to find a way to tell a story with them without resorting to photo sleeves and your memory to tell of that moment in time? Do you have a flair for arts and craft? Then scrapbooking may [...]
Stamping for Scrapbooks
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008The beauty of scrapbooking when creating memories for many years to come is the endless possibilities of how they look or are created. Perhaps you want an intricate look with an intricate design but upon heading to the store or searching the internet you find that die cuts or computer cutters are just too expensive [...]
Scrapbooking paper
Monday, July 14th, 2008Looking through those old dusty photo albums and notice that the pictures don’t seem as crisp or clear as you remember them being years ago? Taking on a yellowish tint were even the paper that they are mounted on is turning brown and crispy? However pictures that have been mounted professionally hanging on your walls [...]
Scissors and Cutters for Scrapbooking
Thursday, July 10th, 2008Once upon a time there was the strait edge scissors that could cut different shapes that were simple as well as the tried and true straight edge. Then there was the craft knife and ruler to cut perfectly straight lines to create borders and mats to go around pictures. But today scrapbooking has come into [...]
How to scrapbook
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Let’s face it scrapbooking isn’t rocket science. Scrapbooking is relatively easy to do and can be done by people of all ages, even younger children, and skill levels. There are several companies to assist the modern scrap booker. Companies such as Creative Memories, Cricut, Quikutz, Sizzix and Stampin’ Up, have a bevy of choices to [...]
A Brief History of Scrapbooking
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Scrapbooking has been around since ancient times. The first examples of scrapbook keeping were identified from Ancient Greece, and called hypomnemata. It was a small form of a notebook to record what one had experienced or heard for posterity. Of course, the writers had to do it themselves or hire a scribe to do so. [...]