April showers bring May flowers-so the saying goes. April brings visions of daffodils, crocuses, budding trees, singing birds, green grass, Easter, gardens, puddles and good friends. Scrapbooking.com Magazine is blooming with many great ideas right from the hearts of our designers. Be sure to plant yourself within our magazine and nourish the roots of your scrapbooking world.

Our pages are raining with great ideas. Join Chris as she looks through the windows in Exploring with Glass Lab Slides. Learn how to adorn your pages with these great little glass treasures. Try splashing around with Sheila as she teaches you the ins and outs of walnut ink in Walnut Ink-Just Add Water. Speaking of water, what do you get when you mix water and dirt? Well depending on where you are located you get mud, but sometimes you can get clay. Debra will fascinate you in Craft Clay. Push your paper trimmer aside and get your hands dirty as you create with clay. 

If color is what you are looking for, be sure to catch Color Your World with Joan. She will guide you through coloring your black and white photos with chalks, pencils and your computer software. Color Blocking can be a fast and enjoyable way to put life back into your scrapbook pages. Join Chris and see how visual interest is achieved by using blocks of colored cardstock or patterned paper in various sizes and colors. Spring elegance is on the forefront with Gimi in Elegant Scrapbooking Made Easy.

Are you at a loss for ideas? You can find inspiration everywhere! Visit with Deanna and discover inspiration from many sources such as decorating magazines, catalogs, magazine advertisements, painting books and more in Inspiration from Beyond the Scrapbooking Magazine. 

Love and friendship flourish in spring. There’s no better time to show appreciation for a friend than by making a scrapbook page or gift highlighting that friendship. Join Jenny as she takes you from beginner skills through advanced in Triple Play-Good Friends. Michelle has created Gifts of Friendship in our Look What Else You Can Do department. You won’t want to miss these beautiful gifts you can make with your scrapbook supplies to say thanks to your special friends.

What would April be with out Easter? Flip the pages with Jlyne as she teaches you Creating a Mini Album with Holiday Pictures. This is an easy album that you can adapt to any subject and make over and over again.

New beginnings are always in style. For those of you new to scrapbooking or just looking for a refresher, click your mouse on over to Back to Basics. Learn about wonderful Matting Techniques and all about the many uses of scissors in Scissors 101.

No matter what you love about spring, be sure to garden with Scrapbooking.com magazine for a while. Then take the ideas that we have planted for you and let them blossom on your pages.

Happy Scrapping!