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Weekly Consumer Newsletter
Volume VI Issue LI
December 19, 2005

in this issue

Welcome from the Editor
Metal and Paper and Paint, Oh My!
Complete a Survey for a Chance to Win!
Newsletter Exclusive: Christmas Carol Inspiration - Part 3
Event Calendar
Photo Tinting with Plaid's Keepsake Colors

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Welcome

Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah! This is a busy week for most people as they prepare for family and the impending holidays. If you feel like you are becoming stressed, take a break and reflect on the true meaning of the holidays. Spend time with family and friends creating memories that can last a lifetime. Pull out an old scrapbook and share some time remembering treasured holidays of past years. Don't forget to have your camera with you to record this year's holiday - you'll want to have plenty of pictures to scrap in 2006!

Happy Crafting!
Fran
sbceditor@a-z.com


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Metal and Paper and Paint, Oh My!

One of my favorite things to do with my scrapbook and paper art projects is to use acrylic paint on them. Paint can be used for creating titles with foam stamps, aging paper with a dry-brushing technique, changing the color of metal embellishments, and adding a pop of color to highlight an element or photo.

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scrapbooking tip
Kids are a great help with holiday decorations - enjoy a quiet afternoon of family crafting. Get out some cardstock, patterned papers, stickers and your scraps. You can make "Countdown Chains", Paper Snowflakes, Ornaments and more. It's a fun and easy way to get festive.

Scrapbooking.com Magazine Design Team

Send us your best Winter Holiday scrapbook pages for a chance to win our layout contest this month. Send Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, or other winter holiday themed pages and projects before December 31, 2005. Layouts need to be scanned at 72 dpi, in JPEG format and no larger than 500 pixels wide.

see the complete rules and submit your layout here.


Complete a Survey for a Chance to Win

Family history keeping can be an integral part of scrapbooking. This week, tell us whether you investigate your family history and which products you have found useful for a chance to win.

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Click to see a list of past survey winners.


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Newsletter Exclusive: Christmas Carol Inspiration - Part 3

Do you love the idea of using Christmas Carols as inspiration, but you have some pictures that weren’t taken during the holidays? Don’t stress! Flip the script and use those carols for your non-Christmas pics! Do you have a cute photo of your child in a great cowboy outfit? The song “Christmas for Cowboys” would work great. How about that picture of your pouting daughter? Try “Nuttin' For Christmas“ as your title! A really obvious one would be a lovely picture of your child with a little less than perfectly toothed smile and the carol “All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth”. Make a list of carols and then start pulling out those photos and of course have fun!

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Event Calendar
What you see below is just a sampling of events happening all over the country. Click the event calendar link above to visit the calendar of events in Scrapbooking.com Magazine. Do you know of a scrapbooking or rubber stamping event in your area? Please let us know about it! Email us with an event now.

January 6
Free Scrapbooking Workshop
San Pedro, California
January 6-7
My Scrappin' Place, Your Weekend Getaway
Waterford, Wisconsin
January 6-8
Gotta Crop! Scrapbook Getaway
Carmel by the Sea, California
January 11
Free Scrapbooking Workshop
San Pedro, California
January 13-15
Chesterscraps Winter Crop & Shop
Mount Olive, New Jersey
January 14
Creative Crops All-Day Event
Rockville, Maryland
January 14
Cropmania Scrapbook Event
Annapolis, Maryland
January 14
Wrapped Up In Ribbon Workshop
Anaheim Hills, California


Plaid's Keepsake Colors Gel Paints Make Layouts Pop!

The growing popularity of painting cards, scrapbook pages and other paper projects - while fun and exciting - was missing a key component: how do you wash paper projects in sheer color that will not curl paper? How can you tint photos without spending a tremendous amount of time and money on oil paints? How can you get vellum in the perfect color? Keepsake Colors is the answer to all of those questions.

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