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September 07, 2008
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Jami's Special Announcement
By Jami Petersen
Welcome to the September issue. I have a special announcement that I’m too excited to keep secret anymore! Here at the magazine, we are busily preparing for a wild and crazy contest! And though it hasn’t officially started yet, I’m letting the cat out of the bag. You are the first to know about our Funniest Scrapbook Video contest! The contest will run October through November, but I wanted to let you know early so you could start to crank those creative wheels and possibly prepare an entry. Grab your cameras and let’s see what you’ve got! The topic is scrapbooking, of course, and should be an easy target for some hilarious parodies.
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Update on Scrapping With Cancer
By Carmen Chapman
It is official, as of June 17th, 2008 - Scrapping with Cancer is an international program to help children with cancer. The state of Hawaii is the first to benefit. The state of California is also on board and is beginning the process.
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Just for Kids
By Various Artists
Any mother of boys knows that flowers and boys are not supposed to go together, especially in scrapbooking. I only have two boys, but I love to look at all the beautiful papers and products with bright colors and flowers all over them. What is a girl to do?
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Grandparents are GRRR-eat!
By Various Artists
Memories and grandparents go hand and hand. Just think of some of your favorites. Did your mind travel to times of wonderful meals, warm hugs, and whimsical holidays? Thanks to Grammy and Pops these memories are as priceless as the scrapbook pages we make about them. Join a few artists as they share heart-warming memories proving that grandparents really are grrr-eat!
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Making Faces - Part II
By Judi Kauffman for Sakura of America
For the projects in Making Faces Part I,(INSERT LINK http://scrapbooking.com/article/71753) I used photos of kids making funny faces as a starting point, with lots of pen work - doodling and words - to personalize and embellish the place mats and note books. Making Faces Part II continues to explore faces, but this time it’s all about the pens and mark making. Solid color cardstock, punches, brads and stickers add to the fun.
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Happy Anniversary!
By Various Artists
One, five, ten, twenty-five, fifty – what do these numbers have in common? They represent years of memories, some with smiles and others with struggles. But hey, anniversaries are for lovers, right? Here’s to many more years of happiness and wonderful memories!
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What Scrapbooking Is to Me
By Mykle Parker
My mom died when I was 27 weeks pregnant. Along with her went the answers to every question I would have after the birth of my son… When did I walk? When did I get my first tooth? What was my first word?
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Altered Journals
By Di Hickman
One of my favorite paper crafts, second to cardmaking, is altering journals. Whether for myself, a family member or a friend, a handmade or decorated journal is ideal for writing notes, to-do lists, goals or one’s innermost secrets. I also think back to school days when I'd cover books with paper or fabric, or doodle on the covers (and look how big doodling on scrapbook pages is now!). All these things lead us back to a book, a pen and a way to express ourselves. Personally, I've been journaling since I was about 8 when I was given a five-year diary as a gift. It was something so simple yet it sparked in me a creative need to jot down my thoughts at the end of each day.
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Don’t throw it away!
By Nathalie Leonelli
In this day and age of trying to reduce, reuse and recycle, a lot of fun can be had with packaging (with the same idea behind, see Tracey Locher’s Patriotic Milk Carton Mini Album in the July issue). Look carefully before you throw it away, look at the possibilities it offers you and, if it inspires you, go for it, don’t throw it! Here I am sharing three examples of altered packaging made from things you can find easily.
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Surprise Pop-Up Card
By Dori Shelton
An easy to make fun card that opens in a surprising way, this pop up card is sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face. Simply follow these step by step instructions and prepare to dazzle your friends and family.
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The Best Kept Die-Cutting Secret in Paper Crafting
By Amy Romano
I’ve seen a lot of trends in paper crafting over the years. And the past few years, in particular, have been a die-cutting roller coaster ride. Big dies. Little dies. Single dies with multiple shapes. Manual machines you had to push, press, punch, crank. Digital machines using books, disks, or proprietary software programs. It has been a blur of big-ticket, big-learning curve, big-restriction cutting.
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To my mom, my friend, I love you
By Kimmarie Baker
My mom is a one year survivor of breast cancer. She has had a very tough year with other complications due to the cancer. She was in and out of the hospital so many times these past few months from catching infections at the hospital. She is so strong and brave and never missed work. My mom always puts everyone else first, mostly myself and my three daughters. When I saw the spinning photo box, I knew that it would be a perfect gift for her to display some of her favorite pictures. To my mom, my friend, I love you.
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Stamping on a Budget
By Nicole Polhamus
Being a stay at home mom to 4 children and 2 stepchildren does not take away my need for a creative outlet, but it does have a major impact on my paper-crafting budget. When I discovered Hampton Art’s Studio G acrylic stamp sets that sell for $1, I became addicted. Not only are these stamps inexpensive, but they are available in so many cute designs.
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Petalicious Mini Album
By Cheri Wenger
Create a flower album cover — using petal stamps, ink pads, scissors and a waterbrush. Your petalicious album will be ready to be filled with photos and memories in no time flat. Enjoy!
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Shoot Like a Photojournalist
By Ken Kobré
When I was a kid my mother – now 98 years old – said that a photo was “no good” unless it had people in it. Our loved ones are the real stars of any family picture – with their names recorded neatly on the back. I’m not saying Mom was the ultimate influence on my direction in photography – photojournalism is about taking pictures of people, after all – but I’m always grateful when I pull a black-and-white out of one of her “historical” boxes.
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C & T Publishing
By Jami Petersen
Jami is bringing her scrapbooking out of the album and onto the coffee table. This will be the perfect ice breaker at your next social gathering. Jami chose weddings as her theme, but kids, animals, cars...once you start making these picture puzzles you won’t want to stop.
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Creative Imaginations Demos
By Jami Petersen
Creative Imaginations developed the bare elements line to give scrapbookers and paper crafters high quality paper board and wood products. The amazing shapes, sizes and forms will spark your creativity. Exceptional quality materials give bare•elements products an upscale look and feel. Each paper board product is wrapped in smooth white paper, making it easy for Jami to decorate. Get some great ideas for your next project!
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Decopatch
By Jami Petersen
Jami is bringing her scrapbooking out of the album and onto the coffee table. This will be the perfect ice breaker at your next social gathering. Jami chose weddings as her theme, but kids, animals, cars...once you start making these picture puzzles you won’t want to stop.
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Lasting Impressions
By Jami Petersen
Fantastic scrapbooking ideas and supplies for your scrapbooking projects! All aboard! Lasting Impressions is moving to new and exciting places and invites you to become part of the family, and make scrapbooking a part of your life. Let Jami help you on your journey by demonstrating techniques and ideas for dry embossing, party planning and digital scrapbooking.
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Make Your Own Faux Polaroid Images
By Helen Bradley
The news that Polaroid is to discontinue production of its fabulous peel-apart film is disappointing to photographers and scrapbookers. For years Polaroid cameras were synonymous with instant photography and even in the digital age, Polaroid photographs lend a fun retro appeal to your designs.
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Gorgeous Isn’t Intimidating
By Veronica Melton
I love working with acrylic albums, the possibilities are endless and they allow for so many opportunities to layer photos and elements in a whole new way. When creating the pages for this project, I found it was really important to consider the design from both the front side and back side before adhering anything to the album.
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The Man You Never Knew
By Nancy Jones
This project came along as an answer to a lot of my five-year-old daughter's questions of who her grandfather was, what he looked like, and would he like her. With tears in my eyes, I told her he would have undoubtedly loved her. He loves her from heaven. I made this mini album showing the person that he was and how he interacted with people. I have layouts about his heroism and how he died, but I wanted her to have something about the way he lived.
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Handwritten Memories From the People You Love
By Guest Artist
Have you ever wondered what your mom was thinking the day you were born? Or what your sweetheart thinks is your best characteristic? C'mon, aren't there some questions you've been meaning to ask Grandpa about his life as a teenager? Don't put it off another day. Now is the perfect time to give your parents, grandparents, your sweetie, your kids and ultimately yourself a gift that you and your family will always cherish.
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Adventures in Germany
By Jessica Summers
I have been blessed with two beautiful kids, close in age. My son, Sebastian is almost 3 and my daughter Anberlin turned 4 not too long ago. They play so well together and often times I hear Anberlin say that Sebastian is her "best friend."
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Surf’s Up!
By Me & My Big Ideas
With Me & My Big Ideas, you’ll never run out of great products to play with and fun projects to create. What else will you find at Me & My Big Ideas? You’ll find an inspirational project gallery, information about our hottest new products, and much more. Just to whet your appetite, here’s a mini album that makes fun in the sun a great adventure!
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It’s Eezy with Breezy Design’s Kit Club
By Breezy Design
Kit Clubs are all the rage these days; they help save time and money. What a wonderful way to have the coordinating products and ideas sent directly to you each month. Breezy Design, a new scrapbook manufacturer, offers a high quality kit club like no others called Paper Seeds.
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Scrappin’ with Baylee
By Cher B. Lashley
I have been an artist most of my life and a working artist since my children were still children. Although not always as glamorous as it may seem, especially when meeting deadlines for art shows, my children were always surrounded with lots of creative supplies to have fun with in any manner they chose. Some of my most cherished moments are the ones when they spent time with me in my studio. They loved to try out my new supplies then go back to their favorites with all the concentration a masterpiece deserves. There is absolutely nothing that is so innocently captivating and demonstrates what the true artistic spirit is all about like chubby fingers wrapped around a marker or a little pink tongue tip peeking out from the corner of a bowed lip in total concentration while fairies come to life on newsprint. These are memories of the heart that even a photo cannot really capture; they must be lived.
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The Little People
By Sookie A. Francisco
When my husband and I found out that we were having a girl, we shopped for pinks and yellows. I guess, I can say the same for scrapbooking. The most important thing is to scrap with your subject in mind. Since I am usually scrapping about my daughters, most of my papers are in the shades of pink or yellow. Then, I add trinkets, bling, ribbons, buttons and flowers to it. However, when I have boys in my layout, I usually choose papers and embellishments in strong, primary colors that give a tough, yet fun look.
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Memories 2007
By June Geraci
Since their move to Florida, my aunt and uncle have been in touch with my grandchildren through phone calls, emails, cards, letters, small gifts for their birthdays and Christmas. I believe they are quite honored to have my grandson's middle name be Vincent, after my uncle. This year, we all traveled from Ohio to visit them. I thought it was appropriate to give them a gift of pictures that were taking throughout the year 2007 of the family. Of course most of the pictures are of my grandchildren, but other pictures include the rest of the immediate family.
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Green Birthday Party
By Gabriela Delworth
Birthday parties in the past were certainly fun and also a creative opportunity to design decorations, invitations, crowns and party hats. We all care about the environment and should recycle and re-use as much as we can to avoid waste. This “Green Birthday Party” was made with a “going green” desire to design something from materials already available at home. So very often we end up with too many birthday hats after the party. This is a blessing in disguise as we can transform them into beautiful new party hats!
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Literary Lane
By Design Team
Young or old, love is what makes the world go round. Grandparents show unconditional love to their adorable grandkids. Husbands and wives love each other through thick and thin. And parents, well, they love their kids no matter how many uh-ohs they clean up and boo-boos they make better. It’s no wonder love is the subject of so many scrapbook pages. Stroll through this month’s Literary Lane for inspiration only love can bring.
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Organization: Cluster Effect
By Samantha Adams
I love clustering my title, buttons, stickers and journaling around my pictures, I think it helps bring out my pictures and the feeling behind them. Clustering is a design aspect that can make all the difference in some layouts, and it’s so easy.
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International Scrapbooking
By Pauline Dirrig
Sometimes just looking at a photo makes me smile, be it a photo of one from my nephews and nieces or an old picture from my parents or grandparents. I love family pictures and memories to scrapbook!
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School Memories
By Maureen Blackman
Did you know that children going to school in the UK wear a school uniform? The first few days are so strange and uncomfortable. Collars and ties are just hateful, for boys and for girls. As a little five year old girl I could not understand why I had to wear a tie – after all, Mummy didn’t. It was so unfair!
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List Makers
By Judi Kauffman
My dad used an office supply store clip to hold together stacks of envelope backs. My mother and I liked pretty papers, notepads that had personality! We were a family who loved pens and pencils. I still do. I like crossing things off my lists as I make my way down the aisle at the grocery or hardware store.
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Bursts of Color
By Maricar Marte
Scrapping kids’ photos are always fun - their innocence, cuteness and bright smiles keep me inspired. It also brings out a child in me as I start playing with my scrap supplies and laying down all the bits and pieces of the layout. Since I'm single and don't have kids, I always ask my brother, cousins and friends for photos of their kids. They never hesitate to give me several! The kids in the following layouts are a few of my favorite little ones.
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Purple Cows on Parade
By Elizabeth Goodman
As summer winds down, students, teachers, and parents everywhere start to get ready to head back to school. Undoubtedly, you (like me) have shoe boxes full of Fourth of July, BBQ, family reunion, swimming lesson, summer camp, and vacation memories just waiting to be organized and preserved before trading lazy summer afternoons for hectic school-day routines. Make your scrapbooking, paper crafts, school projects, and class decorating a whole lot easier with the new Smart Trimmer from Purple Cows!
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Urban Youth
By Various Artists
Urban Youth, this brand new unique and edgy paper line by me & my BIG ideas®, won’t sit idle! This line fires up your energy and allows you to capture “real time” in all your page designs. Sold in an unbelievable coordinated paper pad of 180 sheets, find this great value at your local craft and scrapbook stores.
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