Scrapbooking Made Simple

I've got a confession to make... I "scrapmiser" am a pusher! Not in any illegal sense you understand just in my approach to planning my layouts. I usually get all the elements out that I want to use, then crop my photos and start pushing them around my page till they look good or till they make enough room for the title I want to use or embellishment I simply must have on that page. I'm sure I've talked about this before. But what I want to know is how everyone else approaches it... I say this because last night I did a two page layout and although I love the second page it took me a long time to find something to do with the first page.... I knew I wanted to feature her name because at the moment she is too little to say "Elizabeth" so she calls herself "Rory Lil Bit Patterson" which we find so cute! So I knew I had to feature this in a layout so she'll remember it when she's older. I also knew I had to use the photo in the centre o...

Well today I was in scrapbook shoppers heaven. A scrapbooking store about half an hour from us (at Geebung)is closing down....And yep you guessed it there were specials! It's kind of hard to relish the specials in this scenario though cause I just feel so bad for the lady who is having to close her store. Everything was reduced by 25% some up to 50%. The major problem I had was making sure my purchases were things I'd use. For instance there were papers for 25cents. Which is really good value when you consider they're usually $1.10 here. But they wouldn't be much of a saving if I never used them would they? So I definitely recommend when you're scrapbook shopping that you consider each purchase carefully and decide if you'll actually use it. I put alot of papers back that even though I liked them I'd never use them. I went to the shop with my best scrapbooking buddy (we've known each other since the fourth grade....some 28years). We had lots of fun an...

Well I followed the advice of other scrapbookers and have purchased my heat gun . Yeah at last! I did purchase from the hardware store instead of the scrapbook store and have saved alot ! At the scrapbook store you could expect to pay $61 but at the discount hardware I paid $26. My gun has two heat settings too as opposed to the one heat setting on the scrapbook store variety. The settings are 300 degrees and 600 degrees. I've been using the 300 degree heat setting as I thought I should be care full I didn't set things on fire . It works wonderfully. So if you're looking to save money on your tools think outside the square a little. I'd also suggest posting your question on a forum as you'll get a great response from other scrapbookers and loads of suggestions.

In an effort to share my passion with people, apart from this blog and the forum and my google group and posting on other forum boards, I also post articles on Helium. I'm very excited because today my article is featured. This is the email I received: Congratulations Kyra! Thank you for your concerted effort to build and expand the Helium treasury of knowledge with your quality work. Your article about tips for becoming a scrapmiser shows insight, rich analysis, and reflects the highest standards for writing quality at Helium. Thank you for sharing your time and talents with Helium! Take a look at today’s homepage, where your article is in the limelight! (www.helium.com). Tell friends and family too. Usually feature articles appear for one 24-hour period. So if you'd like to see my article you'd better be quick..... go to : http://www.helium.com

Here's the Scrapbooking Show I was Talking about. Enjoy!

Cheap Scrapbooking Ideas ...: Little Ballet Dancer

My Little Ballet Dancer! I'm so excited. My daughter has started dancing lessons . She does ballet, jazz and tap. Tap is her favourite..... She likes the noisy shoes! It's really funny though cause everyone we meet finds it so cute that she's starting tap at two and a half. And it is cute, she's so small... but the problem with that is getting her shoes and ballet slippers has been pretty hard. As to the leotard and skirt... I had to pin tuck some larger ones so unfortunately she doesn't have the same ones as the rest of her class. But I think this looks cute! So now I have all these photo's of her in her leotard and skirt at her first dancing class to scrapbook . Most of the other photos are with her best friend (so I'm not putting them up here cause I don't have permission from her mum). Now my dilema.... what papers and embellishments ? I'm sure there must be some specific ballet papers and embellishments out there .... but the scrapbook sto...