Journaling Techniques 2 and 3, Scrapbook Sketch, Pages...

Wow, I can't believe it's been so long that I have been away from this blog?! I have been sooo busy with the Tearooms and trying to update SundayLDesigns.com blog that I have been tardy on keeping this one up. First time in quite a few years I can tell you!




Keeping it short again with some (hopefully) self-explanatory links!

I Made It - Scrapbook Page by SundayL

Journaling Technique Number 2 - Lists

Journaling Technique Number 3 - Other People’s Words

Scrapbooking Sketch and Challenge - April/May 2010

Video Tutorial - Border Page Accents for Scrapbook Pages

Multi-Photo Scrapbook Page using a Border Page Accent

Scrapbooking vertical page design, tea themed card and just plain busy!

Sunday's Weekly Round-Up - 28th March 2010

I've been sooooooo busy, and you know what with... yes the Tearooms! I missed last weeks update, I know, I will be back as soon as the Tearooms is up and running, I promise!

We open in a few days, so I'm not going to waffle, just give you some links!

I hope you are all enjoying your scrapbooking!






Scrapbooking - Vertical Page Design

Tea themed card (BG Nook & Pantry)


And about the tearooms...
Are we official Now then?

Video Tutorial for saving Scrapbook Inspiration, a Sketch and a Cards

Sunday's Weekly Round-Up 14th March 2010

I hope you are all well and getting crafting at every opportunity! I seem to be making birthday cards a lot lately!

Oops, I didn't get around to posting an update last Sunday. Why...? well because I have been sooooo busy with the Tearooms set-up, time is sapped by other things. (there are links to progress updates below).

Managed to publish the SimplyScrapbookingNow.com newsletter last night, or was it this morning..? All merging into one lately !!

Anyhoo, I hope you find this little lot of interest... it includes a "How To" video, cards, the use of Basic Grey Nook & Pantry Stamps, and my latest Sketch and Challenge.

Tearooms Update - Turning the Corner

Cup Cakes and Stickles - Card Making

Scrapbooking at the Tally Ho Tearooms

Video Tutorial - How to Easily Save Scrapbooking Inspiration from the Web

Scrapbooking Sketch and Challenge - March 2010

Distress Paper Edges Video Tutorial, Scrapbooking Sketch and a Vintage Card

Sunday's Weekly Round-Up 14th February 2010

I've been quite busy lately. Made a video, made a card, made a digital 12x12 scrapbook page. and made another card (for Valentines day!, although I haven't photographed that yet).

I have also made a Tearooms Update too!

So here's the list...

February Tearooms Update!

Video Tutorial - How to Distress Paper Edges to Add Interest (to Scrapbook pages and cards)

Scrapbooking Sketch and Challenge - February 2010
This shows the digi Layout above - I used the Feb SSN sketch!

Another Vintage Style Birthday Card by SundayL

Simple Scrapbook Page, Beginners' Guide What to Buy and Tearooms Update

Sunday's Weekly Round-Up 31st January 2010

A number of items for you this week including a simple scrapbooking layout, some scrapbook beginners tips and what the Newsletter subscribers received as their free January download.

Oh and an update on the Tearooms refurbishment!

Simple Scrapbooking Layout - “Snow Angels” by SundayL (pictured right)

What Should I Buy to Start Scrapbooking?

Mini Album Page Planner - Newsletter Subscriber Freebie

Tearooms Update - It’s changing

Mini Scrapbook Albums, Photography Tips and Quick Scrapbooking

Sunday's Weekly Round-Up - 24 January 2010

Well here are some visual goodies for you... I made a mini album back in December and it's taken this long to post the pictures!

Will be doing a Tearooms update shortly!

Mini Scrapbook Album with mixed sized pages

Very Quick Scrapbooking Page

On the Down Low - Low Level Photography


Plus I thought the following article over at ScrapNSpire particularly interesting - it shows a Valentine Scrapbook Album, but it also includes all the pictures in a downloadble pdf, which is most useful for reference if you fancy making something similar.

Vintage Cards, Scrapbook Sketch and Mini Pocket Album Video

Sunday's Weekly RoundUp - 17th January 2010

I missed one didn't I?! I missed last week's update! Have been busy with research for the tearooms... I have set up a holding page for that too.... see below.

I also posted a video Tutorial for a Pocket Mini Album - which has proved very popular! And published the latest issue of the SimplyScrapbookingNow.com Newsletter.

So I will only post the links here again for you, rather than waffle on... you'd probably prefer that, eh?!

Set of Blue Vintage style Christmas Cards

Set of Red and Green Vintage Style Christmas Cards

Scrapbooking Sketch and Challenge January 2010

Tearooms website holding page and new email address

Mini Pocket Album Video Tutorial

Soft Vintage Style Thank You Card

Making your own Scrapbooking Page Kit - Limiting Supplies

Saying Goodbye to Oscar

Intentional Scrapbook Layout, Scrunched Flowers Card

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 1st November 2009

It's dark in the eves now and Christmas is looming fast it seems... I have a plan to have all my Christmas shopping done by 1st December - and that includes my daughter's birthday stuff too! Do you think I'll make it?

I have made progress re the birthday party though, she wanted a party at the same place as her 4th birthday (this will be her 6th Birthday) - so I booked it all today... it's great cos we just turn up, someone else deals with the kids, they all play on a huge indoor play thing, have something to eat and then 2 hours later we go home... no clearing up... fantastic! More importantly no organising, invitation designing and all that, as the venue provides invitations to fill in! Shame is a boyish Pirate place, but needs must!

Here's the roundup.

Intentional Scrapbooking
“I Can Do This” Layout
Hi there, the next Scrapbooking Layout instalment of my “Intentional Scrapbooking”! I’m just showing you the layout here and will write a little more about the subject later!
Here is a close up of the title chipboard letters… I covered them thickly with white acrylic paint and when it had dried I stamped onto them with a subtle [...]

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Scrunched Flower Technique -
Pretty Birthday Card
I made this card this month for a friend. My friend likes Cath Kidston type design and so I used these colours to give the feel of that designers work. It’s the papers from PaperMania Signature series “Blueberry Hill”.

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Halloween 2009
Well we had a little party for Halloween yesterday evening, and then a quick round of Trick or Treating. With Honey’s school friends and the children (and adults) from the neighbouring houses the party went well.

Crop-A-Dile Video, a Sketch, Challenge and a Mickey Mouse Layout!

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 11th October 2009

I've had a busy week, published the latest issue of the Simply Scrapbooking Now Newsletter, had a birthday and then my demo at the ScrapBuddies crop yesterday! No still not slowing down, but I am working on it!

I did actually manage an 8x8 scrapbook page (right) which was made as part of the Basic Grey Challenge's Blog sketch challenge for this past week. Link to that below.

I have just finished the first in a series of pages for my "Intentional Scrapbooking" and you'll see that soon.

What the dickins is that?" you may well ask. Well Intentional Scrapbooking is about scrapbooking your intentions, such as what you want in life, affirmations, positive messages, etc. But you make these for you.

If you know what a "vision board" is then it is a similar thing to that, but as you are actively creating these pages, instead of just cutting out things you want to have or be, you are generating more powerful signals to the universe and hopefully your intentions will come to be mroe quickly.

Does that sound a bit "woo woo" to you? Well I will be talking about it more shortly, and explaining that Scrapbooking IS a form of therapy, more so than just say beadmaking, becuase it is a form of expression, but rather than making pages about past events... with Intentional Scrapbooking you are creating pages about your future and how you WANT it to be.

So onto this week's Round-Up...


Mickey Mouse Layout - Basic Grey Challenge
I decided to join in with the Basic Grey Challenges Blog this week and so here is my interpretation of the sketch…
It’s an 8×8 scrapbook page. I have noticed that there are mostly cards posted on the challenge blog as examples, but I scrapbooked it...

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Video Tutorial - Sewing using Templates on your Pages and Cards
Stitching, using fibres such as embroidery threads, can add a lovely touch to scrapbook layouts and, indeed greetings cards. There are companies that make templates for such a technique, but of course you are limited to their designs.
You can print out any image, keeping it simple of course, and use that as a simple template...

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Scrapbooking Product Review:
Crop-A-Dile
If you just want to set eyelets on your pages, then there are cheaper alternatives, but if you want to punch holes in thick media, such as chipboard, (apparently even leather, plastic, metal, acrylic, fabric, wood and poly - although I haven’t tried any of those myself!) the a Crop-A-Dile is probably a good buy for you.

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October 09 Sketch & Challenge
Here is the Sketch for this month. It’s a multi-photo (well dual-photo anyway!) scrapbook page, however I think I may use one large photo instead of 2 smaller ones when I create my page...

3rd Mini Album Video, Cup Cake Card Tutorial & Inspiration

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 4th October 2009

I've spent best part of yesterday and today away from my laptop. Why? Because I thin k I'm suffering a little with "burn-out"! I need to ease off! I tried to scrapbook yesterday, for myself, but ended up making 2 scrapbooking videos instead... I just can't help myself apparently!

However I did spend the whole morning with Inde preparing and practising at a Public Agility Display. His first outing in public and I wasn't sure what he's do (he's a bit nervous!) but he was excellently behaved!

Anyway enough waffle... here's the round up...


3 Easy 4×4 mini albums - Video Tour 3
Here is the last in the series of short videos showing you the three mini scrapbook albums I made using just one piece of 8×8 cardstock and patterned paper each. This album is quite “girly” using more K&Co Papers “Sparkly Sweet”. All the albums are 4×4 and quite cute really! ...

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“Man Card” Video - funny!
Only us crafters would find this funny! The description of the video - “How to make a hand made card with tools already in your garage! “...

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Scrapbook Sketchbook Winners announced - Video Draw!
I posted a video of me drawing the names out of a hat (literally) for the sketchbook giveaway, all three winners have now contacted me, but you mayt still like to see the video...

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Some inspiration from across the web now...

Christmas is early this year by Jeja

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A Cupcake tutorial from Ingvild
Yes they DO look good enough to eat I reckon!

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A New Star...

Scrapworld... suffice to say there is loads of scrapbook inspiration on this lady's blog, she's on a number of design teams, which should tell you she's good!

Scrapbooking Video Tutorial, Freebie & Giveaway, Journaling Idea and Inspiration

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 27th September 2009

Hi Everyone! The major thing happening this week is you need to get on over to the SundayLDesigns.com blog to leave a comment to be in with a chance to win a giveaway AND pick up a freebie template - the blog post explains all, as does the video with it, details below...

Video: Make a Scrapbooking Sketchbook with free download
You know how when it’s your birthday, and you go into the office (assuming you work in an office by day, or have done so at one time) strangely it’s You who is expected to “get the cakes in”?! Well in the spirit of that tradition… although it is the birthday of the SimplyScrapbookingNow Newsletter… it’s the Newsletter giving the FREEBIE to All along with a video tutorial (which gives more information too)!
Every month I send the Newsletter subscribers some sort of freebie download, but this month the freebie is available to Everyone and it is available right here! Go to the post>>>

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Photo Journaling Block
I have posted a link to an article (below) showing how to use a faded picture as a journaling block instead of a plain coloured background. An example is pictured here. (on the blog post)
This article refers to using Photoshop to make the block, but the same principle could apply to traditional scrapbooking. How..? read more>>>

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"Wait For Me" by Lean (Doggy Scrapbook Layout)

OK, so I am a bit biased anyway because Lean's dog looks very similar to my Inde, but nonetheless this latest creation of Lean's is a stunning example of layering and roundness! I am currently making a mini album (as part of Shimelle's September class) which is circular, and have always been keen on curves rather than angles (well that's the excuse for my waistline anyway!!) LOL

There are some close-ups of the detail over on Lean's blog

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Fantastic Cards by Susan
These little darlings are by Susan and her blog is at One4Joy Daily. I think the undies on the washing line is super cute, and an unusual card to receive for most, I would think!

I particularly like the multi coloured card. I am a bit of a sucker for all things rainbow coloured! But I like the lacework pattern and the flower embellishments, really pretty.

Mini Album Video, and Inspirational Scrapbook Pages

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 20th September 2009

I actually managed to fight may way around the video editing problems with my computer recently and upload the second video about the three easy mini books! Where there's a will there's a way, as they say!

I have also been clearing and tidying my craft room/office in order to fit in a third rolling tote (yes I do need three when I am taking everything to my own crop ScrapBuddies.co.uk!!)and set up an area for making video scrapbook tutorials! I am in the throws of creating the online scrapbooking course I mentioned a while ago and I'm actually really looking forward to it's launch, but I am enjoying the process of creating the tutorials too. The tutorials are all based on my three and a half years' experience of giving workshops and demonstrations covering all sorts of things from beginner scrapbooking through to more advanced techniques.

As always I will let you know as soon as it is available. In the meantime... here is the round up this week.

3 Easy 4×4 mini albums - Video Tour 2
Here is the second of three short videos (this one is 2 and a half minutes), taking a look at three mini albums I made using only one piece of 8×8″ cardstock each and some patterned paper. I didn’t have anything else to hand when I made these mini albums apart from scissors and some double sided tape, oh and I borrowed a pencil too!
This little book was designed with little boys in mind! A nice boyish theme the papers being from ”Hopscotch”, a 6×6″ pad of papers by K&Co...

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Using the Masking Technique
My friend Siobhan has a flair for Scrapbooking! So much so, in fact that she is on a design team! I will be sharing her layouts with you from time to time (and I thank Siobhan for allowing me to do so - you can find here blog HERE), as I think they serve as ...

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Basic Grey “Indian Summer” Papers Scrapbook Pages
Here is a lovely page by Stephanie over at the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog (pictured right). I particularly like the layering of the leaves, butterflies and fence. And this is a great example of the use of white space (literally in this case!). (also features a page by Courtney Baker, pictured below)...

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Scrapbook Reminder from the Media
I took this photograph (see photo on main story on SLD.com) when I was last visiting my sister and brother-in-law recently. I do not have any newspapers in my house (apart from the free ones which are thrust through our door whether we like it or not!). This magazine came with The Times newspaper, which came with their delivery of grocery shopping.
The reason ...

Oh and plesae excuse the dodgy layout of this post - Blogger is currently taking out all my spaces (hard returns!) Bless it!

Easy Mini Album Video Tour, Freebie peek and Scrapbook Page Inspiration

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 6th September 2009

So it's the last week of the school holidays...normally I would be feeling a sigh of relief (I think I've got Honey's school stuff ready now!), but alas I am "up against it" again.

Why? Because I am supposed to be taking an after school club (2 actually) this term at my daughter's school! Yes I've changed my mind about the content of the courses... so I'm frantically trying to finish the example scrapbook mini albums the children will be making... wish me luck.

I also signed up for Shimelle's September Class (daily scrapping... yeah right!!) my daily entries will be done once a week I think!


Well, on to the update then.


3 Easy 4×4 mini albums - Video Tour No.1
Whilst I was visiting my folks in Surrey and Sussex recently I visited a (fairly local) scrapbooking shop Crafts U Love (they do mail order). While I was there I bought a number of items such as new papers, but I also bought some sale paper packs along with my usual replenishment of tape runners and foam pads, etc.

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Newsletter subscriber Freebie - a Quickpage by SundayL
I mentioned a while ago (I think) that I am working on a fairly dark set of printable papers (hybrid crafting). I decided to give away a downloadable quick page to all my Newsletter Subscribers in August, and this is it.

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Tutorial - How to make Felt Embellishments

Over on Ali Edwards Blog there is a tutorial with a download.

"This week Tuesday Tutorials welcomes Tania Willis with a fabulous, inspiring tutorial on creating felt embellishments.
You can download the PDF of Tania's tutorial ..." >>>

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Some recent Scrapbook Page Layouts from others...



I Am Who I Am
Ingvild Bolme creates another stunning page, this time with a sentiment we should all be taking on board. In fact I actively encourage everyone to make a scrapbook page on a similar note and place the layout somewhere where you will see it Every Day!

There are lots of close up photos of this layout.

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A Round Page Layout
Scrapperlicious shows us how she made a recent circular scrapbook page. I like the muted colours of this one.

Lots of close up picture provided of this layout.

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New Find... a sumptuous page
I found this lady (Zarah) via Scrapperlicious. I love this layout, the simplicity of the colour scheme, and it's good to see it as an example of how you "don't" have to use themed papers for a subject. Zarah's grandmother (in the photograph) is not surrounded by vintage lace and all things grandmother-ish, she is surrounded with papers and embellishments which could easily suit any age of person - a refreshing change.

Scrapbooking OFF the Page, Card for a Man & a Quick Card

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 30th August 2009

Hello, I've been down to my mum's again this week with my daughter - last time before Honey goes back to school! We have been making cards together! I have decided to make a load from a huge kit I bought from QVC to sell at the school Christmas fair - although the cards aren't Christmassy!! But then there are other things going on at that time of year like birthdays!

Anyway, I promised to show you my "Thank You For..." Canvas which I made at the crop I went to last week, so it's here, and I have blog posted a couple of recent cards, plus there's some more scrapbooking inspiration from across the web (at the end).

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“Thank You For…” Scrapbooking Canvas
Time to Scrapbook outside the Page! I found a couple of mini canvases going cheap in a local framing shop and thought I would do a little “altering”. This canvas is 5 inches square and I decided to make a “Thank You” reminder for my room. I have already made a “Thank you” Layout and this adds to my collection. Maybe this will inspire you to make something similar...

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Wedding Anniversary card for a Man
Us ladies always struggle to know what to make for the men in our lives (in the way of crafting). There is little in the way of inspiration on the net that is specicifically for men unless it’s sport related, or beer etc. Well in scrapbooking, I always go for the sort of colours that my husband wears if it’s a layout about or even if i make a mini album for him as a gift, as he’s not really into sporty, drink or car related themes and frankly… neither am I! ...

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A Quick, Easy and Simple Sunny Card
Here’s a card I made very quickly and simply. It was a get well card really and I wanted it to be bright and cheerful, plus the person for who I made the card likes yellows and that end of the rainbow!
I made use of a piece of Que Sera Sera paper (K&Co) a few buttons, [...]

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Other ideas from across the Web...

More Scrapbooking OFF the Page

Rachel over on her blog shows another way to use scrapbooking stash around the home with these lovely frames, bought on the cheap! It's amazing what can be achieved with a few patterned papers and embellishments...

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Simple but effective multi-photo scrapbook page

A recent blog post by Courtney Baker includes this effective layout. Simple, fairly quick and 3 photos! A great example of how keeping it simple can look good! ...

A Scrapbook Layout, the back of it, Chocolate Wrappers and more!

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 23rd August 2009

Hi there all!

Been a lovely week of weather over in my neck of the woods, although I haven't sunbathed! Whenever my daughter is busy playing with the various neighbours children in the close here I seem to gravitate towards my computer and designing, writing and generally learning!

I went to a Crop on Saturday which was nice and I actually did some "off Page" scrapbooking... more of that (including photos) in next week's roundup.

So on to this week's posts...

“Just Because It Makes Me Happy” Scrapbook Page Layout
Here is a recent 12×12 Scrapbook Page Layout I created. It is a “Self-Indulgent” page! By that I mean that I have made the page for ME!It was actually for a challenge a friend and I set for ourselves. The challenge was to scrapbook something that made us happy, didn’t matter what it was ...

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Revealing the Backside of a Scrapbook Page
In the last article I showed you a scrapbook page layout - “Just Because It Makes Me Happy“. Well As promised here is the back of that page, and as you can see below… I’ve been “gutting” again! ...

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How I Made Chocolate Bar (Candy Bar) Wrappers
In the last article I showed you the Birthday Vouchers I made for my husband. Well here is a picture of the 5 small bars of chocolate I also gave him, I left them around the house for him to find...

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And to other people on the net...

Using a Crop-a-dile to create a punched border
I came across a blog recently which showed a natty little technique for making a punched border, using a Crop-a-dile. This example is on a card, but you could easily use the same technique for a scrapbook page layout too.

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Some lovely scrapbook pages

Here is a lovely layout on one of the blogs I follow. It's by Jeja and this scrapbook page plus two others (all of which are elegant) are on THIS post. I just like their gentle elegance and I may even scraplift one of them.

Multi-photo Page and Birthday Card and Gift for a Man

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 16th August 2009

Well hello there everyone. I am happy to say that my chicken pox is clearing up! Hopefully be the end of next week I will be back to normal... whatever that is!!

I want to say congratulations to Jessica Ennis who won the World Athletics Gold for the Pentathlon - she won Gold for Great Britain. I'm not a sport fan, but she has inspired me to carry on with things in my life, despite my thinking "what's the point", as she has come back to take Gold after nursing a fracture (or possibly broken) ankle only last year. Watching her celebrate this evening, gave me the kick up the arse I needed! So THANK YOU Jessica.

Right then, Oh I made some Dog Agility Equipment today! I will take a photo soon, and maybe even some video... not of the equipment, cs that would be boring..! I meant I will take some video of Inde working the equipment! There's only some jumps and a hoop (or Tyre), but it's good for practise of my commands and getting him to go where he is supposed to!

Anyway, on to things crafty and the Round Up for this week - click the titles to read more.


Birthday Vouchers for a Man!
This is the case for the Vouchers I made for my husband recently as part of his birthday present. What do you buy the man who has everything? LOL ...

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Birthday card for a Man
It was my husband’s birthday at the end of last month and so I made a card, of course! Well I think he’d be diasspointed if I didn’t after the last few years. However, this is the first time, for a long time, that I didn’t make one with a photograph of us on the front, but I didn’t have a great deal of time, and plumped for a more traditional greetings card, and so created this....

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“At Last” Scrapbook Page - Multi-Photo
In a recent article I talked about making your own bracket shaped templates. I use my templates for all sorts, such as mats, embellishments and journaling blocks.In the Scrapbook Page below I have used the template I made in that article, to cut a large journaling block, this time from the freebie paper which I gave ...

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A little something else...

Anyone for Cake?

My friend Dawn was talking about this Cake she called a "Nappy Cake" on our UKS Team Group and I couldn't get my head around what she was talking about! Now she has posted a picture and "Recipe" on her blog... I have been put out of my misery!... go on, I know you are curious too now!

Make your own Bracket templates, Sketch & Challenge and an Evening Walk

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 9th August 2009

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that my daughter had chicken pox... well I now have them BIG TIME! There isn't a square inch that doesn't have a bump... enough said! Just have sympathy for me as I sit and write this covered in itching skin!

Anyway, to try to take my mind off things I did actually finish a page that was half done for ages, but I've not achieved much else for around 5 days!

However, I did manage to post a couple of things on the SLD blog - so here is the Round-up...


Quick Way to Create Bracket Shapes for Scrapbook Pages and Cards
Here is a quick way to make bracket shaped pieces of paper and card for your Scrapbook Pages, your Cards and anything else you may want them for.
First, cut a piece of scrap paper Read More>>

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Scrapbooking Sketch and Challenge for August 09
Here is the Scrapbooking Sketch this month. It’s a multi-photo layout, well it makes use of two photos at least! If you don’t have scalloped paper, but you have a corner rounder punch (athough some corner rounders aren’t suitable) you can make your own scalloped paper… see this article.
As for this month’s Challenge… Read More>>

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This item isn't about crafting but I thought you might like to see it anyway!

An Evening Walk with the Dogs
I went for a summer’s evening walk with the dogs a week or more ago. It’s taken this long to sort them out and upload them here, but I thought I would share some of the photographs I snapped. I took these pictures before the fields were harvested, which the farmer has been doing all this last week.
First I thought I’d show you a picture of my border collie “Inde”. See More>>

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Now for Blog Hopping.

Mini Scrapbook Albums
This is a link to a site called Making-Mini-Scrapbooks.com. It has a long list of step by step tutorials for min albums such as paper bags albums, exploding boxes, circle albums and many more and well worth a look.




Challenge
Irene Tan of "Scraperlicous" blog fame has posted her challenge over on the Scrap It Lah Challenge blog.

Poolside Scrapbooking, decorated letter blocks, cow mini albums, and interior design

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 2nd August 2009

Well I have been visiting my folks in Surrey (here in the UK) for a few days, and we actually ended up with my mum, my sister, her eldest daughter, myself and my daughter all making a mini scrapbook album each! very unusual for all to do something together like that, and it was nice! Three generations scrapbooking!

I have also spent yet more money on scrapbooking bits and pieces whilst I was out and about down there and when I returned with some lovely lace to share with my mum, she got out a shoe box stuffed with ribbon and lace... forgot she had them and now I had given her an idea of what to do with them! So I ended up with a whole bagful of lengths cut from those too... bonus! I will have to make up some "lacey" scrapbook pages now!

So onto the blog posts over at SundayLDesigns.com

Scrapbooking By The Pool
Ok, So it’s not a pretty sight, but it isproof of me “Scrapbooking by the Pool”! Actually this shot was rather dark in the foreground because of the contrast caused by me sitting in the shade and the brightness of the hotel swimming pool in the background. However, my trusy PSE (PhotoShop Elements) allowed me to fiddle with it. Shame I can’t “fiddle” a couple of stone off my body at the same time eh?! LOL

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Mini Album - Scrapbook By The Pool
In the last article I showed you what limited supplies I had when on holiday abroad (Majorca) and managed to make a mini album. Well here is the album! This is a Hybrid Scrapbook Album as the papers I have used are from the Colourful Beauty Kit of downloadable papers

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As for blog hopping...

Over on the WonderfullyWhimsy Blog there is a lovely post about decorated letter blocks with lots of pictures.

And over on a blog called Scrapsells from Lean there is a lovely mini album with lots of frills and ribbons and girlie stuff, although I note the photos in the album are of "cows"!!! I did notice however that Lean's Dog Misty looks remarkably like my boy Inde... go have a look at her latest layout and see for yourself! Pictures below...

Yeah alright... thay are both border collies! LOL I think it's Misty's expression actually, which looks just like Inde, but I don't have a picture of Inde looking ... "sheepish"... (groaning at bad joke!!)

And Thanks to the blog "Inspirational" for bringing Lean to my attention.

Finally here is a blog I found via Twitter... http://www.verdigrisvie.blogspot.com/ and I will tell you now that it is NOT a scrapbooking site, infact it has nothing to do with craft at all. It is a collection of beautiful houses and their interiors and worth soaking up the sunny pictures and sense of space, and may be even get a bit of inspiration too!

Die-Cut style Butterflies, Scrapbook Page Video, Mini Album Tutorial

Sunday's Weekly Scrapbooking Round-Up 26th July 2009

Poor old Honey has Chicken Pox! Strangely she didn't like the idea of taking photos of her spots for posterity (we all know I want to scrapbook the event!!)! Maybe when she's feeling better, but still shows the evidence? Well we have to scrapbook the not so good events of life too, don't you agree? I feel some of them are just as important, bearing in mind the difficulties in life shape us as people.

Anyway... This week's roundup of the Scrapbooking items over on the SundayLDesigns blog...


Freebie “Die-cut Style” Butterflies
I have just uploaded the July Freebie for All Newsletter Subscribers! Yep… they are free if you are a Subscriber to the SimplyScrapbookingNow.com Newsletter. You can sign up for free and you will gain instant access to all the previous freebies too (there is a link in every newsletter). So hello to all my subscribers - I hope you like the downloable gift this month. More>>>

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Page Tour Video - Interactive, and Cost Saving Elements
This is a Scrapbooking Page I made a while ago, but I wanted to show you some elements from that page because they are useful ones.In the Page Tour Video below I show you how to the interactive element of this page (flip up picture with hidden journaling), what the background is made from and if ... More>>>

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Accordion Spine Mini Scrapbook Album Tutorial
At the July ScrapBuddies Crop (last weekend) I demonstrated how to make an Accordion Spine Mini Album. In fact it was a bit of a workshop as we all did it together step-by-step. Here are some of the finished albums, which have 4×4″ pages (the covers are slightly larger). More>>>

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And so to a bit of Blog Hopping.

Monica's Cards

I like this lady's cards! Lots of layering and done in a "scrapbook style". I'm very much into the distressed edges and a bit of stitching, so I have picked out this example of Monica's cards to show you.

http://monicamyrnes.blogspot.com/












Oh... and the Scrapbook I made on holiday... I promise I will post it in the coming week for the next Round-Up!