I would like to offer a free scrapbook stationery download for scouts. This might help my business.?
Does anyone know of any good free stuff sites that i can list my offer on?
You could just list it on your own website and then people will find it by Googling. If you don't have a website, launch one on a freebie site like Tripod.
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What's a good store or website to get scrapbooking supplies from?
I am an avid scrapbooker and while I usually find what I need at A.C. Moore, Hobby Lobby and Michael's I am wondering what, if any, websites (or other craft stores) have a large variety of inexpensive supplies. I am currently looking for stickers, die-cuts and rub-ons that have to do with friendship, sisters and family. I'm just wondering if anyone has found a reliable site that has what I'm looking for. Thanks.
Check out TLC, They are having a special through the month of May. $350 of scrapbook supplies for $90. They have stickers, rub-ons, chipboard, paper, everything and cute kits!
www.AuthenticMemories.com
Scrapbook Ideas & Tips : How to Choose Scrapbook Materials
As adults, when we think of scrapbooks, we immediately think of photographs. When we look online, we find albums filled with photographs. Of course many of the layouts we see are filled with embellishment but the central focus is the photographs.
Kids and teens also enjoy scrapbooking. Scrapbooks do not have to be photographs. Here are several ideas for both kids and teens:
o Lyrics to songs
o Photos from magazines
o Postcards
o Greeting cards
o Collector cards
o Classmate photos from school
o School reports
o Photos off the web of a favorite television star or musician
o CD covers
Kids and teens enjoy collecting all types of things that can be put into scrapbooks. Older kids of course can use all of your scrapbooking supplies. You might be amazed at the creativity teens show through scrapbooking.
Young children often do better with very small scrapbooks, and your scrap paper. They can glue it, cut it and add it to their treasures.
For the older kids, you may want to consider copying whatever they wish to scrapbook onto acid free and lignin free paper so that it does not turn yellow and crack.
Kids and teens both love stickers. We have always watched for sales on stickers. Over the years we have bought more than our fair share of stickers. For very young children, I don't think it's necessary to worry about the stickers being acid free. I have from time to time found stickers that come 1000 to a box. I've bought those and had the younger kids use them in their scrapbooks.
One of my daughters actually created a wonderful album of all of her stickers. It came out beautiful. The pages were nothing but stickers.
Another idea for kids making scrapbooks is to use homemade albums versus the store bought albums. Start with a piece of colored cardstock for the cover. Punch three holes in the side of the cardstock and then add pages. You can either use white cardstock as your base, or full sheets of scrapbook paper. Punch holes in each page. Use ribbon through the holes to tie it all together. Not only do the kids love these scrapbooks but they can make wonderful handmade gifts to give to others.
It really is possible to scrapbook at almost any age, and with almost anything as your focal point. Next time the kids say "I'm bored" suggest they create a scrapbook.
What can I use for a computer scrapbook/journal with a flexibility like MySpace?
I want to be able to make a personal scrapbook/journal similar to the way MySpace blogs are made. Like how you can add backgrounds/layouts and edit them using different codes. I looked up 'digital scrapbook' and that isn't what I'm looking for. .. Wondering if anyone could suggest something. I mean for it to be private and offline but any suggestions will help! Thanks!!
Lifejournal isn't really what I am looking for. I am looking for something with a little more flexibility.
lifejournal
Creating a digital scrapbooking layout in PSE 7 - part 1
Christmas is one very enjoyable event. There are so many things to do on Christmas - besides eating of course. When you wish to create a Christmas scrapbook, you'd want to buy embellishments early so that you wouldn't miss out on sales and discounts. Still, if you don't have time to buy proper embellishments, why not use some of your old Christmas stuff at home?
Decoration Pieces
What's so good about scrapbooking for Christmas is that you get to keep all the broken tiny pieces of Christmas tree decorations as scrapbook embellishments. Whether it's the snowman, angels, Santa Claus or his reindeers, you'll always be able to find good space for them in your scrapbook. At least you'll be able to put yourself at ease after spending much money on them when you get to use them a second time.
Garland
One decoration that is very easy to break, because it's plastic and you won't really realize it until it's broken, is the garland. Still, since it's shiny and very Christmas-sy, once it tears down to smaller pieces or sheds tiny thistles, you'll be able to use it for outlines, borders and for highlighting other special scrapbook embellishments. You won't even need ribbons!
Gift Tags
The best thing about gift tags is that they are personalized and because of Christmas, contains cute and tiny Christmas images. You won't even need to spice it up with other scrapbook embellishments! All you have to do is find pictures relating to the gift tag and paste the gift tag over the photo's frame.
How does one remove old scrapbook glue from paper pictures without damage to paper?
glue is white in color so might be old paper paste glue.
Not sure if this suggestion will work, especially if the photos are printed regular paper used for printing.
There's an "eraser" that's special for removing adhesive called "adhesive remover" it may have other names. I'm not sure if Michael's carries it or not but you might have better luck finding it at a local art store. If you need help to identify what it looks like you can go to www.stampinup.com and look at the catalog online. The item you're looking for is on page 191. I believe it has a weird texture to it and is harder than a pencil eraser.
I hope this was helpful.
How to Do Scrapbooking with Non-Traditional Items : Non-Traditional Items for Scrapbook: Paper
Yep, I called you all ‘designers’. That is because each time you create something, you ARE the designer. Maybe you don’t think you have an ounce of scrapbooking designer in you and you have to borrow (scraplift) ideas from others. Or maybe you are so fabulous that you probably could be published in next month’s issue of Creating Keepsakes or Simple Scrapbooks. Either way, we all want our pages to look great.
Recently I have been using ’sketches’ to create my pages. What is a scrapbooking sketch? It is an outline of how to layout your scrapbooking pages. Sometimes a sketch just tells you where to put a title or pictures. Other times, it gives you everything you need (including scrapbooking supplies), except the photos. Now that I have begun using sketches, I am loving how my pages and projects turn out! Oh, and another thing I love, you can get these sketches for free all over the internet.
Below I have listed some of my favorite sites for sketches. My “Layout of the Week” was also created using a sketch.
1.) Little Book of Sketches (www.littlebookofsketches.blogspot.com/) - This site is great because there are sketches for 12×12 and 8.5×11. There are also sketches for 6×6 and 8×8 page layouts (single and double). You can also use their cards and tags sketches.
2.) Creating Keepsakes (www.creatingkeepsakes.com/mag/sketches/) - Becky Higgins' fun, simple, and creative style works for the seasoned as well as beginning scrapbooker.
3.) Scrap Maps (www.scrap-maps.com/) - A site devoted only to sketches with several hundreds to choose from.
4.) Scrapjazz Sketches (www.scrapjazz.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=807) - They have a new sketch each month and scrapbookers send in their take on the sketch. Not only do you get to see the sketch, but you get lots of ideas for creating it yourself.
5.) Queen Geek Sketches (www.scrapforums.com/gallery/index.php?cat=687) - Great sketches by a fellow scrapbooker!
6.) The Scrap Witch Sketch Challenges (www.scrapwitch.com.au/community/mediagallery/album.php?aid=18&page=1) - Join their scrap challenge each month using their sketches and win a prize. Or just check out what others have done.
7.) Scrap Dreamer (www.scrapbookdreamer.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=591) - Their sketches for tags are amazing!
8.) Digital Scrapbook Place (www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=544) - Lots of different entries - makes for several different styles.
9.) Pencil Lines (www.pencillines.com/) - The international sketch challenge blog. Not just great sketches here. I love the finished pages to give you even more ideas for scrapping. ,
10.) Scrappin’ Stuff (www.scrappinstuff.com/sketches/index.htm) - View sketches and the layouts scrappers have created using those sketches.
11.) 3 Scrapateers (www.3scrapateers.com/gallerypp/showgallery.php/cat/572) - I love the updated style of many of these sketches and the wide variety of photo sizes.
Want to see some more great sketches, but hate searching the web? Check out these great books of sketches: Creative Sketches for Scrapbooking by Becky Higgins ($14.95), Quick & Easy Sketches for Scrapbookers ($19.99), and Creative Sketches Volume 2 by Becky Higgins (14.50).
I hope you all can save yourself time and come up with fabulous pages using sketches (or maybe you can create some sketches yourself - please share them with me if you do!).
Robin M. King is a photographer and long-time scrapbooker. She is a contributer to ScrapbookFinds.com, a comparison shopping tool for scrapbooking supplies. Read her ScrapBlog and “Ask Robin” questions.
