Scrapperie is a new scrapbooking and papercrafting kit club. Sandi Minchuk and Kim Koch are getting set to launch their first kit on April 25th, “Paris in the Spring.” The kit will feature Basic Grey’s Stella Ruby papers along with other papers and embellishments. Sandi tells us, “We’ve taken the time to mix and match [...]
Here is a list of a few upcoming scrapbooking events. The Scrapbook Convention in Arlington, Texas is being planned for June 7th to 9th. Freestyle Down Under is April 13th to 15th in Auckland, New Zealand, April 20th to 22nd in Wellington, New Zealand and April 27th to 29th in Sydney, Australia. Teaching are Rhonna [...]
Carol Wingert is giving away a copy of her and Tena Sprenger‘s book, Lifelines . Click here to read the details for qualification. Amy Teets is giving away her latest digital kit to a commenter who can suggest a good name for the kit. Click here for details. Valerie Salmon is giving away another sketch [...]
Jenni Bowlin will be adding little bird-shaped felt embellishments to her April Jenni Bowlin Studio kits. Click here to read her post on the subject.
Adrienne Looman will be adding digital kits and photo frames (see left) to her store, “Color-It.” You can see a preview here.
Just to let you know, I’ve updated the post below about the new book “Find Your Groove.” You can now see all the main contributors of the book listed along with their blog links (if applicable).
Distressing papers or embellishments for scrapbooking layouts has been done for some time. But distressing in various forms is still popular. A friend and I were recently talking about some new and interesting ways to alter or distress your paper for layouts. Here is a summary of the ones we came up with. If you [...]
From Chris Pozzi, DT Coordinator: “Creative Scrap Shack is looking for a guest designer for May. Our guest designers are chosen from our message board members. All you have to do is upload your best layout to our Guest Design Team gallery. You can enter up to one layout each day. Each day our Design [...]
Colors! What color should I use for the background? What color should I use to accent this great photo? Title color? I don’t want to draw attention away from the photo but then again I still want people to read the journaling. We all, at times, struggle with color composition in our layouts. The choices [...]
Jeannette Herdman has been talking with Donna Downey about her possible involvement in the upcoming show, Scrap in Style TV. The new website is set to launch May 15th: scrapinstyletv.com . Don’t forget that Apr 1st is the deadline for their Design Team search. See our previous post here.
Seen and heard: Jane Dean has a how-to article in Papercraft Inspirations magazine called, “Make a Fun Sleepover Kit.” You can see her photo of the spread here. Wes Thomsen wrote an article in the April/May ’07 issue of Scrapbook Retailer magazine called, “Luring Men into Scrapbooking.” He posted the article in PDF format here. [...]
Kitty Foster and Wendy McKeehan have authored a new book called, “Find Your Groove: A Guide to Discovering Your Scrapbook Style.” The book can be preordered here: Find Your Groove . The main contributors are: Audrey Neal, Karen Burniston, Cheryl Manz, Helen McCain, Kathleen Summers, Kelly Goree, Mindy Bush, Shannon Landen, Stephanie Vetne, Deena Wuest, [...]
Here are some links to photos and recaps from last weekend’s Artistry event in Richmond, B.C., Canada: Christina Lazar-Schuler here and here plus way more here Claudine Hellmuth Clipper Street Scrapbook Company Ali Edwards Donna Downey Genevieve Simmonds here and here Kal Barteski here and here
Here is an update on more upcoming scrapbooking classes. Nichol Magouirk is showing a sneak peek on her blog banner of her upcoming 4 week long class, “Stuff of Life.” A portion of it is shown at left. Kristina Contes will be teaching on April 21st at Scrap-Masters in Bel-Air, Maryland. Wendy Malichio is showing [...]
Congratulations to the top 10 Making Memories Idol finalists! Can’t wait to see what they come up with next. Their next submission is due Sunday and will posted for voting once again on Monday, April 2nd. Cami Bauman Chris Millar Jacqueline Yeo Janet Ohlson Joey Whittaker Kori Babb Lisa Andrews Miley Johnson Mou Saha Suzanne [...]
