Posts Tagged ‘scrapbooking ideas’

I’ve been looking forward to the release of Everyday Storyteller.  In fact, I’m spending most of National Scrapbook Day reading this book.

Everyday Storyteller helps scrapbookers bring their stories to life with simple ideas for the practice of memory keeping.

With advice for paper, digital and hybrid scrapbooking, the book takes the reader behind-the-scenes with real world storytellers. It includes more than 100 tips, tricks and techniques for capturing moments, telling stories and creating memories.

The contributors to this book are some of my favorite scrapbookers – the list is huge!  The entire book is 81 pages.  You can check out the Table of Contents and see all the fantastic topics covered in the book.  It’s filled with useful and simple techniques for scrapbooking your everyday memories.

Everyday Storyteller

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Pinterest is a great tool for organizing your scrapbooking ideas. Though I do have to warn you that it is very addicting. A few minutes on Pinterest can easily turn into a few hours.

Pinterest is a site that allows you to build your own visual idea boards. Once you set up an account, you can create “boards” on any topic you like. Many scrapbookers create boards for ideas on layouts, mini albums, projects,

journaling, scrapbooking quotes and titles, photography and plenty more.

These visual boards are full of pictures and photos you have “pinned” from the internet. Some websites will have a link that says “pin it.” You can click those links to pin a photo to one of your boards. If a site doesn’t have a pin it link, you can download the Pinterest button to your toolbar and use this to pin from any site.

When you pin from other websites remember to always credit the original source of the photo. That way when it pins onto your board and someone sees in on Pinterest, they will be clicking to the original source of the photo.

Another way to fill your scrapbooking idea boards on Pinterest is to browse, search and follow others there. Similar to Facebook, you can follow other users on Pinterest. You can either select some of their boards to follow or follow all of their boards. Once you find something you like on another board, you simply choose to repin it and put it onto one of your boards.

Once you’ve spent some time filling your scrapbooking idea boards with photos from websites and other Pinterest boards, you’ll be able to use those boards for your next scrapbooking project. Looking for layout ideas? Open your layout board on Pinterest and scroll through all the photos you’ve collected. If you want more information layout, just click the link to the original source of the photo.

Pinterest is a great way to find scrapbooking inspiration. I’d love to hear how you use Pinterest to organize and find ideas for your scrapbooking projects.

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I’m fairly new to hybrid scrapbooking, but I’m quickly catching on to all the fun projects you can make with your computer and your scrapbooking supplies.  This week I’ve seen some awesome hybrid inspiration from around the web.  If the snow storm gave you cabin fever this week, here are some easy projects you can do while you’re keeping warm at home:

Happy Hybrid from The Daily Digi

The Daily Digi never fails to deliver scrapbooking goodness from around the web.  This post shows some of the best hybrid scrapbooking projects around the web this week.  You’ll find some cute abc blocks, greeting cards, and home decor.

DIY Custom Tiles from Persnickety Prints

A little mod podge, a ceramic tile and a print from your computer and you’ve got a home decoration in time for Valentine’s Day.  You can easily adapt this project for any holiday or home decor color scheme.  This is one I’m going to try this week.  I just need a quick run to the store to pick up a tile or two.

Mouse Paper Lovely

This is a sister site of JessicaSprague.com devoted to hybrid scrapbooking.  Spend a few minutes browsing, and not only will you find a fun project or two, but you’ll quickly realize how easy it is to combine digital and traditional scrapbooking supplies into gorgeous hybrid scrapbooking projects.

I’m disappointed that I’m not doing a Week in the Life with Ali Edwards this week.  Since my husband is one of the travelers stuck in Europe right now, it’s not a normal week for us.  I want him to be part of the album so I’m hoping to do it next week.

Everyone is talking “A Week in the Life” on their blogs.  Why is a Week in the Life with Ali Edwards so popular?  I have a few ideas.

1. Ali Edwards – it isn’t just the project. It’s her creativity.  Her approach to scrapbooking is so creative and inspiring.  The chance to follow along with her on a project is a unique learning opportunity.

2. Everyday Life – this project is about documenting your daily life, not just the special events or milestones. It’s about finding the special moments in the ordinary parts of your life.

3. Simplicity – Your A Week in the Life album can be a simple as you want it to be.  It doesn’t have any set rules for the end product.  You can keep it simple or embellish it all you want.

4. A Snapshot of Today – Ali Edwards mentions wishing she had one of these albums from her grandparents.  How cool will it be to see the things that made up your everyday life when you look at your album a couple of decades from now.

5. One Week – A project for a week is so much easier to manage than a 365 album or even a monthly scrapbook album.  Anyone can manage this project for 7 days.

A Week in the Life is an album theme that is easy to make your own.  If you haven’t considered it, take time to look at Ali’s blog for her suggestions.  The best part is that you can do this any week of the year, so I’m not really missing out.  I’m just going to be 7 days late thanks to some volcanic ash.

Right now Ella Publishing is offering a Super Sampler ebook of some of their most popular books.  There’s no cost or additional purchase required for the Sampler ebook.  Just add it to your cart and checkout.

Ella Publishing offers ebooks on scrapbooking and photography topics written by some of the biggest names in the industry.  These are high-quality ebooks filled with gorgeous photos and beautiful layouts.

Every ebook is packed with scrapbooking tips and ideas.  I can’t recommend these books highly enough.  You’ll recognize many of the authors from the former Simple Scrapbooking magazine, as well as many from popular scrapbooking publications.  A few of the featured authors are Stacey Julian, Angie Lucas, and Renee Pearson.

A few of my favorite ebooks from Ella Publishing are:

• Quick and Creative Quizzes _ 125 journaling questions to ask and answer
• Stretch Your Sketches – Easy ways to recycle your best designs
• A Year in the Life – Scrapbook your year in 24 simple layouts

And not to be missed!

• UR2 Cr8ive – 68 playful ways to unleash your creativity

Oh, and you can easily print and bind your ebooks to have them as reference as you scrapbook.  I’m not sure how long this Super Sampler ebook will be available so don’t delay in downloading your copy.

Who knew there was so much to think about when redesigning a site?  After lots of decisions and tweaks, the site has a brand new look!  OK, there are still a lot of tweaks left to do, but the majority of the site is up and running again.  If you should have any problems, errors or suggestions for the new look, please let me know!

One of the most important choices to make for the new look was the color scheme.  I also find this is one of the hardest to settle on when designing a scrapbooking page.  At least with a layout I have the photos as a reference point.  For this site, I had a only blank white page.  I did find some fantastic resources for finding color schemes during the redesign process.  My favorite is Adobe Kuler.  Definitely check this site out.  I think you will find it very helpful for your scrapbooking layouts.  If you are a digital scrapbooker, did you know you can take a screen shot of the Kuler color theme you like and open it in Photoshop?  Then you can use it to sample color for your digital scrapbooking layout.

I hope you like Into Scrapbooking’s new look.  I’ve got lots of plans for the site for 2010!

In the final days of 2009, many scrapbookers are considering a “year in review” album.  The traditional way to design this type of scrapbook is to include pictures of your 2009 events like holidays, vacations and birthdays.  You might arrange them with a page for each month of the year.  Have you considered a year-end scrapbook that captures a snapshot of your everyday life in 2009?

How Will You Remember 2009?

1. What’s on your ipod playlist? Scrap a page with a top 10 list of your favorite songs from this year.

2. Did you get caught up in the Twilight craze?  Design a page with the most memorable movies of 2009.

3.  What books did you love this year?  Include them on a layout.

4.  Do you Twitter or Facebook?  This year both of these sites saw record growth.  Capture a screenshot of your account page and scrap it.

5.  How did you cope with the recession?  The recession affected us all this year.  You could create a page with your favorite frugal recipe or budget family activity.

6.  Create a page that records a day in the life for this year.  You could include your daily schedule.

7.  Don’t forget 2009 fashion trends.  Scrap a photo of you in your favorite outfit to document your clothing and hair style.

There are so many ways to reflect on our everyday life.  When you look back at 2009, what do you want to remember?  Can you think of other ways to scrapbook 2009?

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

I got my Novemeber issue of Creating Keepsakes, and already I’ve read it cover to cover.  This is one of my favorite scrapbooking magazine.  Well, it actually is my favorite scrapbooking magazine right now. I get 3 different magazines, and I tend to vary which one is my favorite depending on the trends they are featuring or where my own scrapbooking style is heading.  For example, for a while Creating Keepsakes was focusing on heavily embellished, complex page layouts- pages that would take me hours to complete.  They have since changed their focus to more simplified layouts that still showcase scrapbooking designers, but are much more doable for scrapbooking hobbyists.

So back to my current issue of Creating Keepsakes.  I confess that I love reading Lisa Bearnson’s “Founder’s Note.”  I read it every issue.  I’ve been following this magazine since its premier issue, many, many years ago, and Lisa always talks about her family and her life in her monthly editorial.  I love the personal touch she brings to her scrapbooking ideas.

My favorite article this month is a practical tips feature on borders.  This is one reason I subscribe to scrapbooking magazines.  While I do enjoy looking at other scrappers’ layouts and admiring them, I always find a least one great scrapbooking idea that I can use right away on my own scrapbooking pages- usually many ideas!

“On the Borderline” gives you 10 ideas to create page borders with your stash. I’m all for using up the pieces of my scrapbooking stash.  These ideas are easy, quick and beautiful.  They vary from braided fabric to patterned paper scraps.  Pick up a copy of the Creating Keepsakes November issue today and see for yourself.