Using Newspaper Clippings On Scrapbook Pages

Have you ever thought of using newspaper clippings as the focal point for your scrapbook pages? It is a great way to begin to get inspiration. Newspaper clippings often retain valuable information about birth announcements, team photos, engagements or even sport heros, historical events and popular celebrities. Any of these can add and enhance your scrapbook pages. Keep in mind…

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Sketch Puzzle for September 19th 2010

A large single image and matching sized journalling area are the main focal points of this sketch. Starting with a solid and accent colored background, layering with a complimentary color that has an interesting edge and embellishing with bold and big dots, this sketch is simple yet catchy and fun. provided by flash-gear.com Give Up? Visit WeScrap for the answer.

Sketch Puzzle for September 12th 2010

Clean, simple and to the point. This sketch highlights a large single image set on a relatively mono-chromatic background. The background features different layered patterns of varying opacity. The effect is dramatic, classy and interesting. Corner areas have room for additional embellishments and journalling is featured inside of accent colored strips. This sketch was created using Java Joe from Raspberry…

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Jar Recipes

I was just reminiscing about how much I enjoy making handmade Christmas gifts and that one of my favorites (especially to receive, prepare and eat) are the handmade Christmas gift jars that are filled with cookie, soup, lentil and rice recipes. These have to be the easiest handmade Christmas gifts to make. All that you have to do is find…

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Sketch Puzzle for September 5th 2010

Another great sketch! Calia Yang’s sketch was featured on WeScrap in early 2010. This two image layout also incorporates ingenuity by thinking outside the box and placing the title area vertically instead of the usual horizontal orientation. Long slender photos are flanked with accent borders and colors and a little bit of “flare”. Calia even left us plenty of space…

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Sketch Puzzle for August 29th 2010

Today’s single photo sketch puzzle was graciously provided by Michelle Galloway. Using a single photo sketch always gives you the ability to use your photos in either profile or landscpe layout and often leaves room to add another image should you find the need. This layout uses an accent color to background and frame both the image and the title….

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3D Snowflakes or Stars Video

This is the video tutorial for the homemade Christmas crafts project for making the three dimensional snowflakes (or stars) paper Christmas ornaments. If you would like to see a written version with a few images you can find it at 3D Snowflakes and Stars. We hope that you enjoy today’s presentation. I know that I had fun making it. Items…

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