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10 More Baby Themed Scrapbook Page Ideas

Reading with DaddyThis week's new gallery is a collection of 10 more baby themed scrapbook page ideas. Here you will find aborable ideas for scrapbook pages featuring topics like "Learning to Crawl" and "First Days at Home." Dianne shares with readers a great idea for how to include your baby's favorite blanket on your scrapbook page. Many of this week's layouts link back to other galleries that feature free scrapbook page sketches.
Monday May 19, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

"I Hope You Dance" Prom Scrapbook Page and Free Sketch

I Hope You DanceThis 12x12 inch scrapbook page layout features gorgeous die cut, layered flowers. The "I Hope You Dance" scrapbook page layout is perfect for photos of prom, father-daughter dances, and more. The 3-D flower embellishments created by embellishing and layering die-cuts add an extra special touch to the layout.
Monday May 12, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Baby Scrapbook Page Ideas

Baby PagesOne of the first albums that many new scrapbookers try to tackle is a baby album. Usually they have piles of photos of their babies in every piece of baby furniture, wearing each and every outfit given to them at baby showers. How do you create gorgeous baby themed scrapbook pages? This gallery of beautiful baby scrapbook page layout ideas is the place to find ideas to get you started.
Monday May 5, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

DIY Metal Tags for Scrapbooking

juice can lid layoutLast week, I featured a huge list of money saving recycling tips for use in scrapbooking and scrapbook organization. One of the projects that was mentioned by several readers was the juice can lid metal tag. This week, I have put together a step by step article to show you how easy it is to make your own juice can lid metal tag for any scrapbook page theme. Try this project today!
Monday April 28, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Recycling and Money Saving Ideas for Scrapbooking

Juice Can Lid Recycled for ScrapbookingIn honor of Earth Day 2008, members of the About.com Scrapbooking forum are sharing ideas for ways to use recycled items for storing scrapbook supplies, embellishing pages, creating mini scrapbooks, and much, much more. This brand new article is packed with over 60 ideas for ways that crafters can use items all around them for scrapbooking. Be sure to click through to all four pages to read about using juice can lids for embellishments, and soda pop tabs for ribbon sliders, and so many more ideas that you are sure to be inspired to create fabulous scrapbook page layouts while saving loads of money.
Monday April 21, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Brand New Mini Scrapbook Gallery of Ideas

Mini Book Close UpFor the first time here on About.com Scrapbooking you can find mini scrapbook and themed gift book ideas all in one place. The new Mini Book Gallery is filled with almost a dozen ideas for one-of-a-kind gifts and theme scrapbooks. You will find ideas for matchbook albums, container books, paper bag albums, mini photo books, and so much more. You could try one of these wonderful ideas for a very special Mother's Day present or Father's Day gift this year. The mini book shown here is actually part of a scrapbook page and allowed me to add nine extra photos to my layout.
Friday April 11, 2008 | permalink | comments (3)

6 Tips for Mixing Patterned Papers for Scrapbooking

HOTPPatterned papers fill the aisles of your local scrapbook store but how do you coordinate them to make a gorgeous scrapbook page layout? Angie Correa from Hot Off the Press shares six tips for mixing patterned papers to spark your creativity. This brand new gallery contains six beautiful layouts that each use several different patterned papers for backgrounds and embellishments.
Wednesday April 2, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

8 Ways to Use Ink to Dress Up Your Scrapbook Pages

Inked PagesStamping ink pads are relatively inexpensive and can be used on scrapbook page after scrapbook page to add texture, dimension, and style. This week, Rebecca shares eight ways to use ink on your scrapbook pages. This gallery contains some simple how-to's and also some stylish scrapbook pages. Looking for some little boy scrapbook page ideas? Then, this gallery is for you. It is filled with page after page of All Boy scrapbook layouts.
Monday March 31, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Spring and Easter Scrapbooking

Spring is here. I say that just to remind myself that it is true since outside my window there is 10 inches of snow. Here on About.com Scrapbooking we have many resources for spring and Easter scrapbooking. Everything from page sketches, to fonts, to poems and quotes related to spring can be found right at your fingertips. Here are a few that you will definitely want to check out:
  • Spring Poems and Quotes - A few well chosen words can be just the thing to finish off your Easter or spring related scrapbook page. Try some of these famous spring related quotes.
  • Spring Free Paper Piecing Patterns - Simple handmade embellishments are an inexpensive and very personalized way to dress up your scrapbook pages. These spring patterns are simple and can be customized to coordinate with the colors of your layout perfectly.
  • Free Easter Egg Font - This free font from PC Crafters is a fun way to add a special title to your Easter scrapbook pages. You can print the font in black and white and then color the eggs in yourself to make the title even more customized to your page colors.
  • Spring Page Sketch - Can you imagine a spring Easter page done in the colors brown, orange, and mint green? This one works and the sketch is perfect for any scrapbook page you might be working on this week.

For even more spring crafting ideas try these two projects from About.com Quilting:

Keep Quilting Supplies Organized - Do you lose track of your bobbins, spools of thread, straight pins and other small notions? It's tempting sometimes to just throw them into the closest handy spot, with every intention of organizing them later. All of these handy tools are small, but each one will help you keep your quilting supplies orderly, and without too much effort.
Stitch Some Springtime Tulips - Sewing these pretty tulip blocks will make you think it's already spring. If you get started now, you'll have plenty of time to make a scrappy tulip quilt or wallhanging to greet the new season.
Monday March 24, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Irish Proverbs and Blessings for St. Patrick's Day Scrapbooking

You have taken some adorable photos of your children all dressed up in green for school on St. Patrick's Day, now you need some scrapbook page ideas. Here you will find a selection of Irish Proverbs and Blessings to use on your pages, a gallery of layouts that showcase poems and quotes to inspire you, and some Irish paper piecing and punch art ideas.
Monday March 17, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

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