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Took a big trip this year? Get tips for making a vacation scrapbook in this free video clip about easy scrapbooking ideas. Expert: Jessica Cain Bio: Jessica Cain loves any excuse to get crafty, plan a party, or make personalized gifts! Her other hobbies include studying severe weather and keeping up with the latest music and entertainment news! Ca Filmmaker: kyle saylors

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SteveX creates art right before your eyes. No booty shaking. No cute girls with absolutely nothing to say. More Art, Less Stupid Shit.

This video shows how to make a scrapbook layout with a simple but attractive design. Great for beginners and those wanting to know more about scrapbooking.

The art of paper crafts and scrapbooking is becoming very popular these days with people of all ages. Join scrapbooking enthusiasts Bettie Luper and Michelle Keeth who will teach you the basics of this exciting hobby as well as tips and the tools you’ll need to become a pro.

Back in Spring 2010 I made a large paper collage for my room, deconstructed from a jungle scene design that I had made in Photoshop. This video gives an introduction to what I was trying to achieve and shows the work-in-progress photographs that I took at every stage of the collage’s creation.

A little something i made from Prospects I gathered during my Trip in Scottland. Working on new Tutorials, Thanks for all the support and nice comments, can’t believe theirs already 1500 of you watching (: Love Calvin

Marion Smith scrapbooking on one of her monthly trading albums for apieceofcraft.com. This was my very first video. Thanks for watching make sure you watch some of my other videos. Life is full of Scrap. Marion Smith

Sponge, scrape, and stamp every ounce of color out of your acrylic paints with textile artist Sherrill Kahn. In this mixed media DVD workshop, you’ll discover textures that enliven any paper or fabric project, from collages to clothing. With no brushes or drawing skills required, beginners will feel welcome, and experienced artists will find quick and innovative ways to add color to collage. Sherrill sponges down base colors at breackneck speed before helping you master a variety of painting tools. She layers opaques with craft sticks and scrapers, flows liquid colors into fabric, and adds metallic accents with an applicator tip. Sherrill re-stamps, recycles, and experiments with leftover paint, helping you get the most from your materials. She paints on cotton, card stock, interfacing, and more, and each surface produces equally striking results. She combines paper and fabric as she finishes the workshop with two complete collages. Add punch and pizzazz to any craft project in Acrylic Paint Pizzazz: Collage Techniques for Paper and Fabric with Sherrill Kahn.

See the creation of a mixed media paper art doll in collage, shadow box style. Inspired by The Phantom of the Opera movie. Visit The Artful Paper Doll for more paper dolls and to participate! www.papercatdesigns.ning.com

Put patterns to work with mixed media artist Anne Bagby. You’ll create your own stamps, masks, stencils, and paper as you build a truly customized collage. Work fast and free, layering homemade paper and lush acrylic glazes to design an intricate and eclectic figure. Anne makes all her own collage materials. She combines stamped and painted patterns to create the wafer-thin paper she uses throughout the workshop. You’ll transfer antique designs to hand-carved stamps and cut contact paper masks to guide custom stencils. Using an experimental process, working simultaneously on five figures, Anne takes risks with the weakest, using the freedom of collage to find creative solutions. You’ll quickly build shapes with paper and slowly unify them with controlled glazes. The borders may resemble tapestry, quilts or printed fabrics. Anne shows you a variety of techniques to create the decorative borders including, stenciling, stamping, photocopying, computer printing, monoprinting, airbrush, collage and painting. Buy the DVD from Creative Catalyst here: www.ccpvideos.com Watch the Video online at ArtWorkshops.tv here: www.artworkshops.tv

Organizing Your Scrapbook Paper

If there were one common denominator aside from their passion to scrapbooking, you would immediately know that theirs is the weakness on papers. From patterned and plain papers to unique cardstocks, we normally make use of the logic “buy the paper now and the inspiration will come after”. And for the moment, your scrapbooking will lay scrap by scrap or page by page, waiting to be used.

If you don’t have a photographic memory (which most of us don’t have) it is best that you store you scrapbooking papers in more organized manners. Or else, you might find yourself lost with “out of sight, outs of mind” brain. You might already have a huge collection of paper stacks but not knowing it. A waste of an investment. And besides, it is always a good practice to get organized to really know what your resources are.

We can’t forever buy papers and store them in disarray. And buy another set and go on with that same process. Somehow, clutter must stop.

We cannot exactly provide you with strict guidelines of storage. In scrapbooking, so long as the methods fits you, it will work. Let’s move out from the box and do our own things in our own ways.

We have covered some general techniques here, which you may apply. Only you have to fill in the gaps if you require some modifications.

Most scrappers find it hard to know their organizing style. In general, you have two options. One, that is horizontal stacking and the other, vertical. It ill always be your preference to choose. There is no best way for everyone and you can do whatever fits your case.

Most stores keep their papers in horizontal stacking, either by racks or by shelves. This is largely because they are equipped with much space to work with. Unfortunately, most of us don’t have that enough space so the best solution would be to furnish snap top cases for better organization. Not only are these cases great for paper stacking, they also work well for storing other scrapbooking materials that you normally or presently use.

If you have no other option but to store your papers in horizontal formats, you may always try using vertical solutions.  Storing papers vertically works best for cardstocks and for papers that you often use. Storage papers for vertical positioning normally comes with dividers, thus the capacity to store multiple files all at the same place. Just be reminded though that this method will require you tall shelves.

Second, you must know what kind of scrapbooker are you when it comes to shopping papers. There are again, two types. One, the organized people and the other are those that adhere with any-thing-goes principles.

The organized group are those buyers ho take time to bring with them photos and memorabilias as reference for when buying. They browse aisles by aisle and choose specific types of papers according to their immediate needs, matching their choices with the materials that they have.

And these people will most likely gather sample die cuts and embellishments and stick-ons for each planned page. Thus, they tend to choose the right pieces together for their possible layouts. At the end, they will collect other stiffs that will match their themes.

The unorganized group though is the exact opposite. They arrive at the store with hardly an idea to focus to. They would grab random kinds of scrapbooking papers depending on what catches their eye. While tossing cool and pretty papers, they would soon realize that the cardstocks at the next eye “might” be of future use. Lastly, they’ll run to the register and the whole thing is over. Once they start the project, they’ll soon discover that several things are missing.

The second attitude is easier to do, however you must learn to accept the risks. The first one obviously will require you to plan prior to shopping but will create lesser chances of committing mistakes. If you are dealing with scrapbooking papers, it will always prove best to choose the latter one.

Organization of papers will require you to pay attention to details. The more chaotic your files get, the more attention you will have to invest. It is far less time consuming in the end to start organizing stuffs and keep things that way than to organize and reorganize over and over again. Besides, when your papers are arranged, you would have better pictures of what are available to you and you will be able to work on them better.

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How to Do Scrapbooking with Non-Traditional Items : Non-Traditional Items for Scrapbook: Paper

Almanac Collection Scrapbooking 6×6 inch Paper Pad PRIMA 48 Sheets NEW $8.99

K&Company 12-by-12-Inch Best of Brenda Walton Designer Paper Pad, 150 Sheet $25.76 This package contains one 12-by-12-inch pad of 150 Brenda Walton’s best acid and lignin free scrapbook papers-two each of seventy-five designs. Imported….

Echo Park Paper Everyday Eclectic Collection Scrapbooking Kit $7.75 Echo Park Paper Everyday Eclectic Collection Kit contains twelve 12 by 12-Inch sheets of double-sided scrapbook paper, one 12 by 12-Inch Element sticker and one 12 by 12-Inch Alpha sticker. All pieces are acid and lignin free. Made in the USA….

Fiskars 196920-1001 Portable Paper Trimmer, 12-Inch $16.06 Trimmers are one of the -inch must haves-inch tool for a papercrafter. Fiskars offers a full-range of trimmers and is consistently chosen as the market leader in craft trimmers. There are three styles: Portable, known for quick and easy use, Rotary, known for precision cutting and having decorative blade solutions, Bypass, known for low maintenance. Fiskars takes pride having developed the Portabl…

From ArtistsNetwork.TV: Dive into the exciting techniques of fine art collage with Nita Leland. No matter what your skill level, youll learn easy ways to use newspapers, magazines and more to bring textures, fun and personality to your paintings. Nita Leland is the author of four best-selling North Light Books: The New Creative Artist, Exploring Color, The Creative Artist and Creative Collage Techniques, and shes contributed articles to the magazines Watercolor Magic, Watercolor, The Artists Magazine, American Artist and many other art publications. Leland is designer and manufacturer of the Nita Leland™ Color Scheme Selector, a freelance consultant to art materials manufacturers and a popular workshop instructor. Visit her website at www.nitaleland.com. See the whole video at www.ArtistsNetwork.TV !

Velcro Scrapbook/Photo Album-the Scrap Wrap-made With Velcro, Handmade in the Usa!

At Paper, Paste & Memories you will learn how to use the Velcro Scrapbook Album    ~The Scrap Wrap ~    Adding and removing pages takes only seconds.   All the true 12×12 scrapbook/photo albums are made with Velcro as their spine.   You never lose any of your photos or embellishments because of the side loading/locking protector pages.  The Scrap Wrap was made especially for lots of embellishments.   It will never gap or look like a wedge when it is full.   It will always lay flat.   The Scrap Wrap and the Protector Pages are so unique in design that they have a patent pending.  The many different designs and colors (over 160) are bright and bold.   Many with faux Leather corners.   All scrapbook albums are handmade here in the USA!!   

 It’s always fun to use Personalized/Custom Scrapbook Paper with crafts, gift wrapping and even matting a special photo for framing.   Everyone likes to see their name or school’s name or even a pet’s name in print.    Lots of fonts and colors make it even more enjoyable.    

The 2-Page Kits have the Personalized/Custom Paper in them too.   There a 10 themes to choose from.  They all include plain paper and die cuts.  

These Scrapbook Albums,  Personalized/Custom Scrapbook Papers and the 2-Page Kits  are great for kids projects because the Velcro makes it so easy for them to move their pages around and not get pinched with those rings.    There are always new products being added.   You can learn a lot more about The Scrap Wrap, Personalized/Custom Paper and the 2-Page Kits  and their unique designs at : www.paperpastememories.com This website is where your creativity can run wild.

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Scrapbook LifeStyle Day 4 – Free Scrapbooking Show

Almanac Collection Scrapbooking 6×6 inch Paper Pad PRIMA 48 Sheets NEW $8.99

K&Company 12-by-12-Inch Best of Brenda Walton Designer Paper Pad, 150 Sheet $25.76 This package contains one 12-by-12-inch pad of 150 Brenda Walton’s best acid and lignin free scrapbook papers-two each of seventy-five designs. Imported….

Echo Park Paper Everyday Eclectic Collection Scrapbooking Kit $7.75 Echo Park Paper Everyday Eclectic Collection Kit contains twelve 12 by 12-Inch sheets of double-sided scrapbook paper, one 12 by 12-Inch Element sticker and one 12 by 12-Inch Alpha sticker. All pieces are acid and lignin free. Made in the USA….

Fiskars 196920-1001 Portable Paper Trimmer, 12-Inch $16.06 Trimmers are one of the -inch must haves-inch tool for a papercrafter. Fiskars offers a full-range of trimmers and is consistently chosen as the market leader in craft trimmers. There are three styles: Portable, known for quick and easy use, Rotary, known for precision cutting and having decorative blade solutions, Bypass, known for low maintenance. Fiskars takes pride having developed the Portabl…

What is Paper Piecing?”

When you’re scrapbooking, paper piecing is making a picture by using cut out shapes. It’s a lot like applique.

The pieced paper pictures can be very simple, but sometimes they are very complex.

Paper piecing can be used to decorate a page, or can constitute an entire layout.

It’s a fun technique to use for scrapbooking.

Paper Piecing – A Step by Step Tutorial

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Pieced Hexies: A New Tradition in English Paper Piecing $16.90 This innovative technique turns English Paper Piecing on its head. Follow Mickey Depre as she twists and turns and just can’t stop creating these new hexagon – ahem! Hexie – designs. First learn this technique, which Mickey describes in exacting detail. Then apply it to any hexagon project you see, even if it’s in your own imagination. They’re bold, they’re contemporary. And the possibilities are …

#5118 Piecing It! (Scrap happy guides) $3.06 If you want your scrapbook to have that professional look, use the full-sized animal patterns in this book to create the look you’ve always wanted….

Creative Scrapbook Piecing $17.68 Creative Scrapbook Piecing with Marina du Plessis is a collection of scrapbook layouts created with little other than paper. Each of the 60 full-color layouts includes templates of the frames, letters, titles, tags, envelopes, etc., as well as the templates and easy-to-understand instructions for constructing the three-dimensional figurines featured on the layout. The elements provided may also b…

TIM HOLTZ INSPIRED TAG, USING RANGER PRODUCTS 2.25 X 5 INCHES PAPER PIECING#50 $2.95

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