unique and quirky scrapbooking and crafting
I was nearing the end of a stack of pictures as I chronicled my trip to Michigan to visit a dear friend when I made this “Up North” page. I had already used the super cute journaling sticker on another layout in the album but I still had the negative on the sticker sheet. So [...]
The great race to find eggs and fill baskets was on and I snapped photos as fast as I could. In this “egg frenzy” layout I used a basic of photo cropping to create a cohesive look across the design. The photo on the far left is cropped to match the diamond pattern in the [...]
Altering your kits just a bit to fit your needs based on the photos you’re trying to scrapbook can really make for some fast layouts. This is a kit I did at CKC in Louisville, Kentucky during February of 2009 in a Basic Grey class. Then I went to visit my sister that Spring and [...]
I filled up these pages with photos of buildings at the University of Virginia but then I found myself with two dilemmas – the need for some journaling space and how to evenly display those photos. The pages themselves were quite dark because I used the school colors (or as close as I could get) [...]
The two pages on this layout were never really meant to go together…before they met me. Ha! I had some wonderful photos of the gardens at the Biltmore but I was piecing together pages because I was at a friend’s house and I was using papers I’d stuck in my bag. I was not going [...]
Primary colors go together with almost any variation of the three colors: red, yellow and blue. If you’re in a quandary for colors on a page you’re contemplating, then primary colors can get you out of a creative rut and get you going on creating the page. This “new toy” layout features my husband [...]
I have found a simple and fast way to make a great photo stand out – Extreme cropping! Well I don’t know if it’s an official term or not, but I consider cutting into your photo to cut out a person quite extreme. On this “sugar baby” layout, I cropped one picture of my nephew [...]
Have you ever considered drawing on your layouts? Even if you’re not an artist with a pen or paintbrush, you can create a very special embellishment. Using a wide-tip white journaling pen, I drew the flourishes on this “delicious tradition” layout. I would have liked to use a really great white rub-on but I didn’t [...]
Here’s a block football helmet perfect for putting together those football pages! Whether you’re scrapbooking a game, party, or annual “in uniform” picture – these helmets are perfect! You get ALL FOURTEEN colors including: maroon, navy blue, light blue, silver, white, black, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, brown and teal.Download the helmet files here.
I am happy to announce that we added our second freebie for you. GET INVOLVED — I know you all want more freebies and I’m working on that right now. Go to Facebook and look for the scrapbookaloo page and become our fan. I will add freebies asked for by fans! BE HEARD — if there [...]