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Making your own Scrapbooking Page Kit - Limiting Supplies

I posted a video a while ago about how to make your own page kit from your own scrapbooking supplies (Own Scrapbook Kit Article) The video has been included in this post below.
Recently I had a comment left on the video at my You Tube channel, and I copy it here as it illustrates a common [...]

For what can you use Double Sided Paper?

I’ve had lots of comments on the recent video I posted as to how to Quickly make single sided paper into Double sided using stamps!
I thought I would just post one of the questions and my answer to it here as it’s relevant!
Q: Ibkristycat asked: what are some scrapbooking ideas for using double sided paper?? [...]

Make single sided paper, double sided!

I have made a quick video showing how you can use your stamps to create a complimentary design on the back of single sided scrapbook papers to make it double-sided paper.
Not ground-breaking in news, but this has caused a number of “ah ha” moments in people when I have explained it!  [as the first comment [...]

Don’t get the Wrong Scrapbooking Advice!

I do get fed up every time I read “the first thing you need to do as a beginner to scrapbooking is buy an album, a few papers and some adhesive”!
That makes me cross because you DON’T need to buy an album, if you are just trying scrapbooking out as a hobby. It’s a wasted [...]

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.
Of course I am interested as I have just bought a Crop-a-dile on Ebay!  A bargain as [...]

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 slightly larger than the size of bracket shape you want.
Then, fold in half, turn 90 degrees and fold in half again so that [...]

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  (Click on the pictures for an [...]

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 the interactive element of this page (flip up picture with hidden journaling), what the background is made from and if you have kids [...]

Page Tour Video - multi-photo 8×8 Scrapbook Page

I mave made another Page Tour Video of an 8×8 Scrapbook Page, and this time it’s an interactive one with no less than 4 photographs on one page! (Video at the end of this post)

If you use interactive items such as mini books, in this case a mini concertina (or accordian) album, you can cram in [...]

Photocopying material for Scrapbooking Backgrounds and a Scallop TIP

I thought I would show you some of my recent experimenting!  I photocopied a piece of material, which is something I have done a few times before, but this piece was not only a silk (and therefore had a sheen to it) but it also had embroidery on it too.
I wanted to see how it would [...]