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Weekly Warm-Up: 3 Steps to Create a Journaling Overlay in Photoshop Elements

Posted on 08/20/2012 by creatingkeepsakes

When you’re creating a multi-photo scrapbook layout—especially if there are lots of photos—it can be tricky adding journaling to the pages without making them overcrowded. By creating vellum overlays, you fit both your photos and words on the scrapbook page … Continue reading →

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Weekly Warm-Up: 3 Ways to Stretch a CK Scrapbook Sketch

Posted on 06/04/2012 by creatingkeepsakes

Scrapbooking sketches, especially two-page layouts, are a scrapbooker’s dream come true when it comes to inspiration. We challenged the designers at My Mind’s Eye to interpret this sketch from the May/June 2012 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine: (download a PDF … Continue reading →

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Weekly Warm-Up: Creative Upcycling in Your Scrapbooks

Posted on 05/21/2012 by creatingkeepsakes

As a scrapbooker, I have always been inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s words, “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Hello, everyone, Mou Saha here to talk about scrapbooking techniques that are good for the … Continue reading →

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Weekly Warm-Up: Scrapbooking Your Faith

Posted on 05/14/2012 by creatingkeepsakes

We scrapbookers are fabulous at documenting all the events in our lives. We scrapbook birthdays, holidays, sporting events…we do annual round-ups and first days of school. We preserve our memories with gusto. But there’s one side of our lives we … Continue reading →

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Weekly Warm-Up: Unique Stitched Title Technique for Scrapbooking

Posted on 05/07/2012 by creatingkeepsakes

I love to add texture to my scrapbook layouts, and one of the easiest ways to do this is with fiber. My “go-to” fibers are embroidery floss, baker’s twine, and thread, but there are many different wonderful fibers perfect for … Continue reading →

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