Scrapbook ideas and tutorials

by Debbie Hodge  so much that a bike can represent When I think about bikes, I think of the challenges and opportunities they present — and how those vary depending upon who you are. Riding a bike is a skill to be conquered as a child, an opportunity for early freedom for the pre-teen, and [...]

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by Debbie Hodge Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ““All my hurts my garden spade can heal.” Are you a backyard warrior? Love it? Hate it? Struggle with it? Read on for ideas for srapbooking your backyard endeavors, and see what prompted Doris Sander to muse, “Scrapbooking is a wonderful way to relive a favorite moment again [...]

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by Debbie Hodge An Irish proverb says: “It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.” I love that idea of connecting the idea of shelter to friendship. On these pages, our creative team scrapbooks about one fast friendship in their life. See how they’ve recorded these connections with photos, words, color, [...]

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by Debbie Hodge Weather is a part of your daily life. It can affect  your mood. It can limit or make possible activities. The earliest diarists recorded the weather in their journals. Get the weather on your scrapbook pages. Let it be a backdrop for your stories or the story itself.  Christy Strickler‘s page is [...]

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by Debbie Hodge Consider your home: the places you sit, the items you use daily, the decorations you choose, the messes that arise. And then get them onto the page! Playroom As Tara McKernin picked up her son’s toys, she thought about how the contents of the toy room change over the years and she took photos right [...]

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Scrapbooking a little personal indulgence that you give yourself is FUN. First: you indulge. Second: you take a fun photo of that indulgence. Third, you relive the indulgence as you spend time with its memory making a page that doesn’t require getting lots of photos onto the canvas or coming up with extensive journaling or [...]

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What are the chores around your home? Who does them and how? Get a record of them on the page for a look at the details of your everyday life.  scrapbook the tools you need to do your chores Amanda Jones says, “I have spent a small fortune on vacuum cleaners over the years and was [...]

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Writing down your goals makes it more likely you’ll achieve them. We’ve got ideas for recording current goals on your scrapbook pages.  Marie-Pierre Capistran says, “Usually, when I set goals, I think of 10 different things, but I get nothing out of it because it’s just too many and I can’t focus. This time I decided [...]

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Collecting related photos onto one page achieves several things: it allows you to see both the “trees” and the “forest” it reveals the patterns in your life over time it is a great way to scrapbooking more photos efficiently A trend isn’t a trend until it’s been happening for a while, and you don’t always [...]

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It’s the season right now when a whole lot of cooking and baking is going on in many homes–which means great opportunities for photos and for recording traditions. Get your cooking and baking activities onto the page and see how the Get It Scrapped Creative Team does it with these ideas. Capture your general love [...]

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