Scrapbooking Articles

Giving Stickers a New Look

  Do you have tons of sheets of letter stickers that are great, but they just are not quite right in color for your layout, project, or maybe just don’t have enough punch for you?  Well, me too and one of my favorite things to do with letter stickers is to change them.   There are many ways you can change a sticker to be something “new” and creative.  

School Memories

I know that school has already started… and it’s already too late to document things from the first day of school, but it’s not too late to document *the rest of it*.  My son is 16 years old, and there are some things from his early school days that I just don’t remember.  I swore to myself back then, that I would never forget.  Those moments were etched

CKC Charlotte Review

I was recently lucky enough to attend the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Charlotte Convention Center.  Lucky, also, that my entire family lives there so there were builtin babysitters!  Woohoo!  Anyway, the first day I had signed up for 3 classes.  I arrived on time (shock!) and was so pleased to find that my first class was pretty

Scrapbooks gaining new respect from historians

  Scrapbooks have come into their own. These very personal, handmade snapshots of a person's life have gained new respect as research tools by historians. Rarebook dealers discuss their monetary value while archivists focus on conservation. Historians have begun using scrapbooks to flesh out their work. It's the humanness and individuality of the humble scrapbook that has made it a

Layers Upon Layers: The Anatomy Of a layout.

One of my favorite techniques in Scrapbooking has to be layering the beautiful papers. Maybe it comes with my obsession for scrapbook papers and supplies. I’m not sure, but it isn’t a secret it is one of my favorite techniques. It is the easiest way to get more color on your page along with accentuating those wonderful memories we have in photo form. I am not an expert by any

The business of Art

Pat Currie looks at the highly competitive, upand-down business of arts and crafts supply in the London area. Photo: Scrapbook Memories owner Jodie Nuhn. (MORRIS LAMONT, Sun Media) Owning a fine arts supply store in London "isn't dreamland," says Bijan Ghalehpardaz. "But then there is the satisfaction, talking art all day with my customers -- that's heaven," he adds.

8 Steps to Organizing Your Digital Photos

Obviously our   photos are important to us or we wouldn’t be scrapbookers. If you have an organized and established routine, the more likely you are to transform your photos into precious layouts and other projects.   In this article, I’d like to share my personal system for digital photo organization.   1) Create Folders Before you upload any more pictures, creating

ScanDigital, Memory Makers Form Partnership

ScanDigital, Memory Makers Form Partnership to Provide Services to Featured Designers ScanDigital, the premier photo and home movie transfer service, announces a partnership with Memory Makers, a popular scrapbooking franchise. Through the partnership, scrapbook designers whose work will be featured in Memory Makers magazine will utilize ScanDigital's services to convert physical scrapbook

Creative Memories Announces Agreement to Restructure Debt

Creative Memories Announces Agreement to Restructure Debt Files PrePackaged Plan of Reorganization   Last update: 12:52 p.m. EST Nov. 13, 2008           ST. CLOUD, Minn., Nov 13, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Antioch Company, parent company of Creative Memories, a leader in the memory celebration industry for more than 20 years, announced today that it has

Craft Sassy Focuses on Custom Scrapbook Papers for the Consu

Craft Sassy Focuses on Custom Scrapbook Papers for the Consumer (TIGARD, OR. November 12, 2008) Craft Sassy, a custom scrapbook paper printer, decided to create their own niche in the ultracompetitive scrapbook industry. Rather than joining the masses of scrapbook paper designers and manufacturers, they decided to give the power back to the people. “I would walk up and down scrapbook

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