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Weekly Warm-Up: Ground Your Scrapbook Pages

If your layouts aren’t behaving properly, it’s time to ground them. I’m not talking about sending them to the time-out chair. Instead, I’m referring to the design principle that keeps your page elements from looking like they’re floating on a … Continue reading

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Layout Design: Using Contrast Effectively

In places with four distinct seasons, March can be a funny month. One day it’s as cold as Christmas, and the next finds you wanting to sack the jacket. As winter turns to spring, we appreciate warmth because we know … Continue reading

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CK & Me

Occasionally, I set my editor hat aside and put on my teacher sombrero. One of my favorite things about wearing this particular metaphorical cap is the chance it gives me to see scrapbookers in action. I love watching students turn … Continue reading

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Weekly Warm-Up: Boost Your Layouts

Dude! Are you ready to bust some huge air? The world’s best snowboarders take to the Vancouver slopes today, but they’re not the only ones ready to boost. In snowboarding terms, “boost” means to catch air off a jump. Today, … Continue reading

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Stars and Stripes Forever!

Hello and Happy Independence Day! Today is a day, no matter your nationality, to celebrate freedom and love of country. It’s enough to make me want to burst into song!  And one of my favorite patriotic songs is John Philip … Continue reading

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