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I Think I Figured it Out!
What is it? I have been scrapbooking for 25 years and selling Close to my Heart for almost 20 years, yet so many of my own photos go left not in albums or even on scrapbook pages. I have a large stack of finished layouts that I have done with the company over the years,…
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Here’s a Great Tip When Reading Crafting Magazines or Even Websites!
Do you read lots of craft magzines? Here is a great tip for keeping your ideas together and organized.
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Problems Cropping Photos
Q. I always seem to cut my pictures too much. I plan how I am going to cut them, but I always get carried away. Do you have any suggestions to help me? A. You are not alone! Here are a few ideas that might help Your paper trimmer is your friend. The most important…
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Preserving Memorabilia
Q. As a child, my grandparents traveled regularly and brought back money for us kids from all sorts of countries. I would love to include them with their travel photos in the scrapbook but am not sure how. Any suggestions? A. As a kid, we used Elmer’s to glue things into our scrapbooks or to…
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Printer Ink… Is it Acid Free?
Q . Is it ok to print clip art and fonts on a laser or color ink jet printer, then use them in my scrapbooks? DoI need to worry about acid or lignin? A. I hear this question often and to be perfectly honest, we really don’t know. Computer scrapbooking hasn’t been around long enough to…
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Adding Designs to Cricut Design Space
A feature of Cricut Design Space is the ability to upload unlimited SVG files for free and it is easy to do. The reason an SVG is easy to cut in Cricut Design Studio and other machines is that it is mathematically designed with points and lines unlike JPG or PNG files that are created…
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Scrapbook Trends
Keeping up with scrapbook trends can be tough, but here is a great article on scrapbook trends today. Come learn new techniques on Technique Tuesday, learn something new
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11 Lessons I Wish I Learned When I Started Scrapbooking
If you read my newsletter this week, you read about the evolution of your personal scrapbook style. I found an old list that I thought you would find interesting. You will see you are not that different from the published scrapbookers you idolize.” Here are some of the things I know now that I wish…
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Bring Bohemian Rhapsody into Scrapbook Pages
As autumn approaches, the fashion runway embraces a fusion of medieval opulence, Renaissance aesthetics, and a bohemian twist. Rich jewel tones and intricate organic patterns dominate, showcased through sumptuous fabrics such as velvet, lace, and jacquard. Scrapbook papers will mimic these fabrics and can be layered for beautiful pages. Garments are adorned with delightful vintage-inspired…
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10 Suggestions to Scrapbook the Everyday Life you Lead
I have heard and read many times you should scrapbook your everyday life as well as all those events, vacations and gatherings. When I hear this I think “how boring, I don’t do anything special”. When you think about it, you have about 16 hours in a day, IF you are lucky enough to get…
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What Are You Waiting For?
My husband has been having headaches and major pain in his head for quite some time. We keep going for tests, but only after a PET scan did I learn that my husband has Frontotemporal dementia. Why am I sharing this with you, you are wondering. One very concerning part of this dementia is that…
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Intense Black or Archival Black ?
You would think Intense and Archival black ink were the same thing when you look at the packages. they both say permanant, solvent based ink and acid free. Both are waterproof, but the main difference is the Intense Black is fast drying which essentially means you can start coloring just after you stamp it. If…
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A Simple Card Sketch for a Quick and Easy Card
It’s Monday, since my focus has been on scrapbook pages, I thought today was a good day to do a card sketch. If you missed sending out a card for Mother’s Day, you can knock this out pretty quickly and stick it in the mail today! My example is themed Happy Birthay because my son…
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How to Care for your Acrylic Stamps
I get this question alot, especially from new stampers so I wanted to share with you what Close to my Heart’s answer to this question is… Although our stamps are very durable, care must be taken when removing them from the carrier sheet, especially for the first time. To avoid tearing your stamps, gently loosen…
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Same Subject, Different Years, A Two Page Scrapbook Sketch
How do you scrap the same subject, but different years? I have 4 pictures, 2 are one year, and the other two could be the same year, but I have no way of knowing. Since I tend to use more two page layouts than single ones, I decide to just do one two-page layout since…