Scrapbooking Made Simple

I have some fabulous photos of me and my BFF's..I'm a very lucky girl cause I have a few..... so of course these need to be scrapbooked to make them look even more beautiful (LOL). Here is a layout I did recently.... So how did I save money on this layout? Well I used scraps of patterned paper from other previous layouts..... I misted my background to save on using a patterned paper, I made flowers (of course)..... hmmm I made my own embellishments (Butterfly is glitter on acetate; I didn't stamp the image onto acetate I just placed my acetate over an image and used art glitter glue to mark out the outline and then covered this in black glitter.  Then I added the other colours. Hint: leave white glitter till last! Then I cut around the image). Also I took some chipboard letters, covered them in glue and then glitter to make my title Tip: I keep all my chipboard letters in drawers after I've made a few words out of the packet and don't think there's an...

Get Your 500 Scrapbooking Sketches Now... Click here! Here's another layout I completed when I had the house to myself Sunday night. I used 4.5 x 6.5 patterned papers from the "Glitter Cardstock Matstack" (48 sheets for $8.95) and "The Glitter Mat Stack" (60 Sheets for $8.95) and one sheet of 12 x 12 cardstock. I used free chipboard to cut out the letters and a Bella Chips swirl in the bottom right hand corner. The ribbons are left overs from my christmas projects. This layout shows some digital techniques. I used the "oil painting' feature to create this effect and then wrote the quote over the photo. The quote reads: All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them. Earvin Magic Johnson I have added another quote: Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. -author unknown- To save paper I laid each piece down and then traced around them with a pencil. I then cut out the paper you wouldn't see...