running time: 4mins 30secs/no ads In this episode of “Why It Works,” I’m looking at a page by Leah Allen. Lea has taken all of Doris Sanders’ Product Pizzazz classes as well as Scrapbooking with Fabric from Tania Willis. Leah’s Blog Little Bitty: Random Blabbering from a...

by Amy Kingsford As part of Get It Scrapped’s second dose of the Get It Blogged Challenge, I am blogging weekly “makeover” challenges. For more info about playing along, visit the Get Blogging Forum at Get It Scrapped!  This week, we are making over our Photos! And here are some...

by Dina Wakley All rights reserved. The tutorial below is an excerpt from Masterful Art Journaling, an art journaling class available immediately in self-paced form that helps get your creative juices flowing. Study four different artists (van Gogh, Picasso, Cassatt, and Kahlo), extract art techniques,...

by Debbie Hodge In Travel & Vacations, I described 5 kinds of trips/vacations. Each of these types of travel have their own “story arc” that can help you figure out what pages to include. Here I show you how to approach “The Road Trip.” Scrapbooking the Road Trip A...

When I began scrapbooking for my family in 1995, I invested in Creative Memories albums, papers, and tools. My husband wanted to know why I wasn’t making some sort of digital version of a scrapbook. “I don’t want to,” I told him. I couldn’t comprehend that I would EVER enjoy looking at my photos on...

Memory Keeping is all about preserving photos, stories, and memorabilia so that you (and others) can look at them later. Memory keeping is, by definition, a kind of organizing. This is the initial post in a new section on our home page that will be a part of our core content for you to return to as a...

Scraplifting – My Not-so-secret Secret by Jane Howden Yes, I admit it, I scraplift – and I do it openly and frequently!  So what exactly is scraplifting? Scraplifting is using another scrapbooker’s completed layout as a basis for your own.  There are lots of ways to lift a layout or an idea you have...

by Doris Sander Doris Sander designs for American Crafts and  Jenni Bowlin Studios where she is also Director of Marketing. Beginning March 8th, in her online class Scraproom With A View, Doris will be providing a guided tour through her home and  yours, in search of ephemera, inspiration, and journaling...

by Dina Wakley What is Art Journaling? by Leonardo DaVinci Simply put, an art journal is a journal in which you combine art and words to express yourself. That’s it. It’s not complex, and there really aren’t any rules for art journaling. It’s all about self-expression. Art journaling has a...

by Katrina Kennedy In this piece, Katrina interviews and features the work of her student, Teri Argo. Katrina’s next class starts March 15th. The Very Basics: How To Use Your Camera. I’m always amazed by connections made via the internet. I’m amazed when someone you’ve never met...