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January 08, 2009
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A Letter From The Editor
By Jami Petersen
Welcome to 2009. I’m beginning to feel my age, especially when I ask where
all the time has gone. Seemingly before I was aware of the last year, we’re
already starting another and I think there has to have been a miscount. As I
look back on 2008, a few happy memories emerge and I realize I had better take
care of these before they sink back into the fog of my everyday. So let’s all
take a few moments to review the major events of the past year. And no, I’m not
talking about politics, sporting events or celebrity break-ups. I mean the
important events in our individual lives. Can we collectively agree to keep
track of them so that they may be cherished for a very long time? Check out how
some artists have preserved the passing year in this month’s
Year
In Review feature. Be sure to get some ideas for how to document your own
life, so you won’t be as surprised as me come next January.
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Letters to the Editor
By Scrapbooking.com Readers
Scrapbooking.com is my favorite online magazine and I get more from your e-magazine than I do from the paper magazines. No more “guilt’s” about wasting paper (I’m saving trees) no more stacks of paper (e-files cut down my clutter), and I like having links to go directly to your advertisers products, then back to you. I’m a fan and will continue to share your website with my scrapbook and genealogy friends.
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Alphabet Challenge
By Various Artists
It was purely by accident that I came to the decision to use photos in this project. I had previously used the Baby Wood Word frame to make a shadow box with my daughter's newborn items (pacifier, blood pressure cuff, etc.) and had planned to do something similar with this frame. I didn't have any memorabilia to use though! Our family photos from a recent shoot were sitting on my desk waiting to be scrapped. I really wanted to display the photos rather than just hide them away in a scrapbook so I created this collage.
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New Year, New Baby
By Judi Kauffman
I once made the mistake of telling an acquaintance that her baby was as cute as a puppy! Anyone who knows me would have realized it was the ultimate compliment. I think puppies are the cutest things on earth. Well, that was before I met the little girl in the New Year, New Baby projects. She has charmed me beyond what I could have ever imagined possible, as if she realized at our first meeting (when she was about a week old) that it was her job to turn me into a bowl of jelly, capable of making ridiculous faces, eager to sit for hours holding her while she naps. I'm this little princess's extra grandmother - she has at least five at last count - an honorary title that allows me to shop for adorable dresses and tiny shoes and illustrated books.
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Fabric Scrapping a Mini Quilt
By Cher B. Lashley
OK, the holidays are over, the economy is tight and warm weather is expected to hibernate in most of the country for at least the next three months. So, what are you going to do with your indoor time to stave off cabin fever? Why not craft some memories from the scraps of your life just like your grandmother and countless generations before did by creating a fabric scrap mini quilt. Believe me, it is a lot easier than it looks and supplies are easy to come by if this is the time of year that you are getting rid of the old to make room for the new while organizing your kids or your own wardrobe.
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Scrapbooking 101
By Ebony Taylor
A lot of people have told me that they want to scrapbook, but they don’t know where to start. I use to be like that until I found a method that worked for me. I have been using this method for the past few years and it has truly helped me to get albums completed faster. In November 2007 I was working on May 2005 when I realized that 2008 was just around the corner, so I set a goal for myself. My goal was to get my albums for 2005, 2006, and 2007 done by June 2008. Well it took me a month longer than I had hoped, but I did it, six 12 x 12 albums (a family album and an album for my son for each year) in seven months! I currently have January-June 2008 done in my son’s album, and I have January-May 2008 for my family album laid out and ready to go. I also have all of the pictures I want to scrapbook for 2008 printed and sorted.
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Tips for Beginners
By Nancy Jones
When I first started scrapbooking, I was overwhelmed by all the product out there. With so much to choose from it is hard to know where to start. Here are some tips that I hope might help you.
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1, 2, Smile
By Irene Tan
This is a layout about Chloe trying to smile for the camera while she is sucking on her thumb. It's so fun to capture those expressions in progression. There are a few techniques that I've used in this layout. I've distressed the edges of the photographs using the steel ruler technique. The stitched circle in the layout is done using the dual tones and layered stitching technique. I've also created a strip with ruffles using ribbon and a few brads.
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Honoring Our Military
By Various Artists
I created this layout to honor the service of my brother-in-law to his country. The photo was taken after his commissioning as an officer in the United States Marine Corps in front of the Iwo Jima monument in Washington, D.C.
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Year in Review
By Various Artists
This is an altered project that reflects the 2008 growth of my family. It's yet the biggest project that I've done this year. I've included bits and pieces of happenings in my family during 2008 on the walls of the house. I tried to create dimensions using chipboard to the photographs in order to make them stand out on the project. I've also cut strips of scallop for the roof to give more details to it. To give some details onto the flat walls, I've used some acrylic paints and Magic Mesh to stencil on it.
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Around the World with Acrylic
By Irene Tan
This album is about my teaching trip for The Paper & Co Show 2008 at Versailles, France. I’ve used Clear Scraps Round Tag Album to create this. The clear element actually adds some elegance to it and I’ve used various techniques to dress it up. One of the techniques is using Magic Mesh to easily add textures and layers to some pages.
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SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™ makes adhesives exciting!
By Design Team
In the beautiful projects shown here, created by Liz Hicks, the endless possibilities of SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™ adhesives are showcased. With a loose, free-flowing style, these designs truly highlight not only the strength and function of their adhesives, but some really unique and creative ways to use them.
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Military Fold-Out Album
By Nancy Maxwell James
While dabbling with one of my new stamp plates “Military Honor”, I decided I wanted to make a military tribute to the men in my family who have served our country. Many of the stamps feature photos of my Dad, Uncle, my husband’s grandparents and my own son who is in the Army.
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Whimsical Stamped Photo Treatment with Gesso
By Neith Juch
For a wonderfully whimsical photo treatment, grab a fun photo, zoom in on your main subject and print it out. Once the ink is dry, paint over the background with gesso, from the art supply stores. Don't worry about even coverage as you'll be collage stamping all over it! (Note: if your original background was very busy, you may wish to apply a few layers of gesso.) Once the gesso is dry, you have a primed "canvas" that is ready for stamping and painting on!
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Square One: Head for the Wall Part III - Magnetic Personality
By Judi Kauffman
I couldn't resist another installment of Head for the Wall. Part III has the subtitle "Magnetic Personality" because the projects are based on frames with a magnetic surface in the center, just right for easy to change wall décor. Pop a square into position, hold it in place with four super strong magnets; add some hanging elements across the front and the project is done in a jiffy.
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From Scraps to Cards, part 1
By Gloria Stengel
Card making is a great way to use up your leftover paper scraps, buttons, ribbon, and other paper crafting items. Follow some of these techniques to create fun and interesting cards.
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Commemorative Cupcake
By Carmen Thomas
Cupcakes! Oh, how I love them! And I love them in any form. Whether they are cupcake die cuts, cupcake stamps, cupcake paper and even the cupcakes you get to eat! Hot fudge spumoni ice cream cupcakes are my favorite ones to bake. I decided I needed to make a cupcake book in celebration of my upcoming birthday. I'll be 34 soon and wow how the time has gone by so fast. So I sat down and made myself a cupcake shaped scrapbook, one I will cherish forever.
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Bright Ideas in Digital
By Courtney Koenig
I love using non traditional colors schemes for winter time pages. The green really keeps the page seasonal and the pink gives it a punch of color that highlights the mood of the page. I also tried to keep direction in the page. This was done by starting at the top and creating a visual line that goes across and down to the bottom of the layout.
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Fairy Tale Layout
By Anne Bodil Gursli
Scrapbooking has become a huge and important part of my life. I find a lot of inspiration and ideas on the internet, in all the different galleries and blogs, both in Norway and abroad. I was surfing on the internet one day, when I found a lovely digital Quic Page who inspired me to make this “My Sweet Little Angel” layout.
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By the Sea
By Sharlene Flores
Currently going green is on all our minds. How do we save our earth? How do we fix the damage that is already done? We all have questions like this and I know you ask, “what does scrapbooking have to do with going green.” A lot, try to use your scraps, or your little treasured finds into your layouts. By doing this you have already done your part, helping the world become a greener place to live!
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Literary Lane: A Year In Review
By Design Team
As the New Year rings in, it bestows upon us a renewed sense of hope for all it will bring. It’s another year of promising resolutions, special birthdays, changing seasons, and beautiful weddings. Remember every moment of the coming year in your scrapbooks, cards, and paper projects with inspiration from Literary Lane.
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Scrap Space on a Budget
By Tracey Locher
My first scrap space was the dinning room table. I had my few supplies stored in a plastic box which I pulled out of the closet a few times a year when I planned a day to scrapbook. Yes, you heard me right… “a few times a year!” As my scrapbook stash grew, it became more and more of a chore to get everything out, set up, clean up and put everything away! I needed my own scrap space!
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Pretty in Pink
By Jan Rogers
When I saw this cute little purse I first thought watermelon and then my mind drifted to pink and who couldn’t use a cute little pink purse for a gift or to put items in. This would be great for anyone on your gift list that loves pink.
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Creative Party Planning
By Juli Fish
Looking for a creative way to invite people over for a party? Using digital box templates and a coordinating digital kit you can make these creative pillow invites to a good old fashioned pajama party in no time at all. You’ll wow your guests and get everyone excited about how much fun they are going to have at the party.
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Scrapbooking with Pens, a recipe for success!
By Di Hickman
One of the staple supplies in any scrapbookers arsenal are pens! With just a few supplies like paper, pens, photographs and adhesives you can begin scrapbooking. However once we go past the beginner stage we often forget about those early days spent doodling with pens. Sometimes it’s great to get back to basics, grab some supplies and let your creativity take over!
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Family photojournalist: Telling your story…
By Ken Kobré, Professor of Photojournalism
It’s not the Father Time who steals memories… it’s lost photo opportunities. You can take endless numbers of pictures with digital cameras, but as the family photojournalist, you have to be prepared! Here’s YOUR 2009 checklist!
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Why do I scrapbook?
By Norma Taylor
I am a Lion in the Mechanicsville Lions Club, Virginia. Our motto is “We Serve”. I had never scrapbooked prior to a challenge set forth by a Lions Club contest so I found it difficult at first.
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Faux Sealing Wax Technique
By Reneé Stefan
Do you like the look of wax seals? Are you looking for an alternative to putting wax on your scrapbook pages and cards? Trying to limit the materials you have to purchase? Then this project is for you. Using supplies on hand, you can create an image that looks like wax.
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