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Last Minute Cards, Tags, and Gifts

2009-12-14T23:50:05Z

The number of days until Christmas are quickly ticking down. If you are like me, you still have way too much to do and too little time and money to do it. This week, I thought you might like a reminder of the free resources here on About.com Scrapbooking that you can use to create gifts, and make cards and gift tags.

Christmas Tree Card Patterns: This gallery includes 9 ways to make a Christmas tree on a greeting card, tag, or scrapbook page.

Scrapbook Ornaments and Cubes: Here you can find patterns for two different types of scrapbooked ornaments and also the instructions for the adorable wooden scrapbook cubes. These make a great gift for your children's grandparents.

Scrapbook Gift Ideas: From mini books to decorated wooden words, here you can find a wide variety of projects that you can complete in time for the holidays.

Last Minute Cards, Tags, and Gifts originally appeared on About.com Scrapbooking on Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 23:50:05.

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5 Scrapbook Party Game Ideas - Games and Challenges for Your Next Crop

2009-12-07T16:29:15Z

One of the best parts about scrapbooking is getting together with other scrapbookers. Sometimes you may be having just one or two friends over to work on your albums, but other times you may be helping to plan a large crop event. A quick or ongoing game or challenge can inspire creativity when you are scrapbooking for hours and hours. Games can add excitement to the crop or help break someone's "scrappers block." These 5 games are all things that can be played without interupting cropping time.

5 Scrapbook Party Game Ideas - Games and Challenges for Your Next Crop originally appeared on About.com Scrapbooking on Monday, December 7th, 2009 at 16:29:15.

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Scrapbooking Gifts for the Holidays

2009-11-30T18:28:22Z

This year, scrapbookers are looking for ways to be frugal with their gift giving while still giving meaningful gifts to friends and loved ones. Mini books, small project scrapbooks are the perfect solution. In this gallery, you can find ideas for many different types of mini books. Start scrapping now and you will be able to complete a mini scrapbook for everyone on your list. Also, this month, if you have a mini book idea that you have created that you think I should add to the gallery, be sure to read the Current Page Calls to see how to send in a photo to share with About.com Scrapbooking readers.

Scrapbooking Gifts for the Holidays originally appeared on About.com Scrapbooking on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 18:28:22.

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Historical Thanksgiving Quotes for Scrapbook Pages

2009-11-23T15:20:06Z

Quotes are a quick way to add journaling to your scrapbook pages. These quotes about Thanksgiving reflect the history of the holiday and have been selected especially for card making and scrapbooking.

If you need ideas for getting started on that Thanksgiving layout you can check out the gallery of Scrapbook Pages About Thankfulness.

And finally, this week, if you are looking for an inexpensive way to dress up your Thanksgiving layout, you will want to visit the Free Fall Patterns and Page Ideas gallery.

Historical Thanksgiving Quotes for Scrapbook Pages originally appeared on About.com Scrapbooking on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 15:20:06.

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Corner Rounder Scrapbook Page Ideas

2009-11-16T16:52:00Z

When you first started scrapbooking, you were probably told that you needed a corner rounder. This little punch that snips off the square corners of both photos and paper, has long been listed as an essential tool. In the past several of years, we have seen fewer scrapbook pages in magazines that have used a corner rounder on the photos. Lately, however, this tool is making a come back! The revival of the corner rounder has begun. The return is driven by the fact that now rounded corners are being incorporated into the overall graphic design of the page. By using this tool judiciously you can impact the design of some of your layouts. The pages in this gallery give you ideas of how rounded corners can be used as an integral part of the page design. Also included here are three page plans/sketches to use to create future layouts.

Corner Rounder Scrapbook Page Ideas originally appeared on About.com Scrapbooking on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 16:52:00.

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Free Scrapbook Page Embellishment Patterns

2009-11-16T16:22:05Z

Save money and create fabulous scrapbook pages by using these free scrapbook page embellishment patterns. Here you can find links to free patterns for photo mounting tabs, paisleys, leaves, hand sewing, and a library card pocket. Your pages will come to life when you use these free patterns to make one-of-a-kind scrapbook page decorations for each of your layouts.

Free Scrapbook Page Embellishment Patterns originally appeared on About.com Scrapbooking on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 16:22:05.

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Share Your Favorite Scrapbook Page Quotes

2009-11-09T14:54:21Z

I love using quotes on my scrapbook pages. Sometimes the most perfect words to finish off a page are someone else's. Here on About.com Scrapbooking you can find quotes for almost every theme of scrapbook page including Back to School, Halloween, Summertime, Dreams and Imagination Pages, and so much more. This week, I would like to find out what are some of your favorite quotes for scrapbook pages. Of course, one of the most famous is, "We do not remember days, we remember moments" but what other quotes do you especially love that you think other scrapbookers should know about. Come share on this week's new Readers Respond article.

Share Your Favorite Scrapbook Page Quotes originally appeared on About.com Scrapbooking on Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 14:54:21.

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Fall into Scrapbooking

2009-11-02T15:07:55Z

November is a great time to get caught up on some of your scrapbooking pages and projects before you get completely overwhelmed with the holidays. To get you inspired try these fall scrapbook ideas, sketches, patterns, and this month's challenge. Be sure to visit the Current Page Calls page for information about how to share your challenge layout with About.com Scrapbooking readers.

November Challenge - Scrapbook with Scraps - This month's challenge includes a free sketch to get you started using your left-over paper scraps to create great scrapbook pages.

Fall Leaves Scrapbook Page Idea and Free Leaf Pattern - This layout uses machine stitching and hand-cut leaves for a playful, fall scrapbook page.

Autumn Quotes for Scrapbook Pages - Finding the right words to finish your scrapbook pages can sometimes be the biggest challenge. Use one of these quotes for that perfect final touch on your next fall scrapbook page.

Fall into Scrapbooking originally appeared on About.com Scrapbooking on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at 15:07:55.

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Share Your Favorite Halloween Scrapbooking Tips

2009-10-26T14:27:12Z

Halloween is one of the most scrapbooked holidays of the year. However, it is an event full of challenges for scrapbookers. Usually the lighting is bad for photos, the colors in those photos can range from pumpkin orange to fairy princess pink. So how do you create great Halloween scrapbook pages year after year? Share your favorite Halloween scrapbooking tips with other About.com Scrapbooking readers in this week's new Readers Respond. Do you have a favorite DIY Halloween embellishment? Share your inspiration and read what others have posted to get ideas for your own pages.

Share Your Favorite Halloween Scrapbooking Tips originally appeared on About.com Scrapbooking on Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 14:27:12.

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Stitching Fall Leaves - Free Leaf Patterns

2009-10-19T13:59:49Z

Fall is definitely here where I live. The weather is chilly and the trees are turning all the gorgeous colors of Autumn. I love Fall themed scrapbook pages. One of my favorites was made using a fall leaf paper piecing pattern. Each leaf was then stitched using a sewing machine to create a vein down the center. You could also hand stitch the vein or simply draw the stitching line with a brown, fine-tip scrapbook marker.

Stitching Fall Leaves - Free Leaf Patterns originally appeared on About.com Scrapbooking on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 13:59:49.

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