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Embellishments add uniqueness and interest to our layouts but pre-made industry ones are quite expensive. Today’s tip, released to the Paperclipping Members, is a really cool outside-the-industry alternative.
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Many of you have asked for tips on how to get better pictures of your layouts so you can put them online or submit them to magazines. In today’s episode for Members we move out of the Paperclipping studio once again so I can show you where I photograph my layouts and share my tips for better pictures of your scrapbooking pages.
In case you’re curious to see the layout that I demonstrated with in my tutorial, I’e posted it below…
Incidentally, this is another version of the left-hand side of the Flexible Template I shared with you in December. Because I had fewer photos for this layout, I used patterned paper to fill in the gaps. I also cropped my photos to a larger size.
Journaling in layout reads: Aug. 2007- The Heap Reunion in Greenspeake is a longstanding tradition, since Israel’s grandmother (Nana’s mom) was 16, at least. Israel and I stopped camping so we’d never been as a family until this year when Debbie and Jerry let us use their trailer.
It was a crazy year to start. We had monsoon rainstorms the entire time with the exception of the few hours toward the end. But the kids and Israel loved it so we didn’t swear it off: cousin-time – quad rides – homemade swings – family stories – the scone meal.
Supplies: Cardstock (Bazzill) * Patterned paper, title (My Mind’s Eye) * Wordstrips (7 Gypsies) * Rub-on Letters (Heidi Swapp) * Metal embellishments, buttons, and brads from unknown source.
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After lots and lots of requests, I’m finally ready to show you around my scrapbook room and office. It took almost a year to get it to a state I’m happy with. But I believe that’s the best way to decorate and organize a room–to live in it and observe yourself and your needs before making decorative and organizational decisions.
My items are in a places that make sense for me now, so I have lots of tips to share…tips that are more like principles so they’ll help you make your own space work for you (as opposed to me).
Note: You can download the higher-quality episode by clicking here.
Are you trying to organize your space? Watch Ali Edwards’s blog because she’ll be sharing photos of her new room–probably tomorrow.
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Today’s Quick Tip for the Paperclipping Members is a suggestion from viewer, Ashley Moseley. Her tip is an inexpensive alternative for acrylic albums. Watch the video to find out what it is.
The coupon for a discount on the Membership is still available on the Membership Information Page and will be there for a little while longer. Take advantage of the discount while you can!
To see more about the project I made with Ashley’s idea, see below…
Last year we discovered our young computer geek has forgotten that his body needs activity, too–not just his brain. We started requiring a certain amount of physical activity and limited his time on the computer.
Since he was having a hard time remembering, I made this for him…
We weren’t sure if he’d actually crack it open, but he really liked it and so far it seems to be helping.
Inside the cover I placed a picture of him doing something physical. Pointing to it is a hand that says “this.” Below is another pointing hand that says, “before this,” and a photo of him with his greatest love.
Not only does it help Blake (and us) remember that he’s supposed to do something physical because of the “PA” initial he must check before logging in his time, it will also be a fun record for him later. I expect to add a handful of the numerous pictures I’ve taken of him at a computer.
I used Technique Tuesday’s date stamp to make the log, and Autumn Leaves’s stamps to decorate the bottom of the pages.
You may not have a computer geek with a serious addiction, but you may have someone who loves the TV a little too much. Or maybe your children need to mark their progress reading books, picking up their room, or fulfilling responsibilities around the house.
Whether it’s a log or a regular minibook, I think Ashley’s money-saving tip is a fantastic idea.
We’ve released today’s Member’s Only episode. As someone who loved creating art on my jeans as a teen, it was extra fun for me to create art with my jeans on my scrapbook pages last week. Fortunately, this is a material that will never be discontinued!
Membership pricing went up on January 1st, so if you’ve been playing with the idea of joining Paperclipping so you can see episodes like today’s, make sure you do it quick while we’re still issuing a coupon for the lower price. You can learn more about it on the Membership Information Page.
Below are the layouts from today’s episode…
Printed text is from Neil Diamond’s song: “Money talks. But it don’t sing and dance and it don’t walk. ‘Long as I can have you here with me I’d much rather be forever in blue jeans.”
Journaling, written to my husband, Izzy, reads: In October you walked away from The Man. The suit and tie disappeared and the jeans came out. Our lives stopped revolving around a corporate and materialistic America. Instead we depend on our creativity and drive. We gave up a lot of monetary luxuries. And we are happier. Life is more fun than ever before. The past three months have been a honeymoon for us. Life is so very, very good. Love you.
(note: In my journaling, I did not mean to call America, as a whole, “materialistic.” I was only referring to one aspect of modern American culture. There is a greater good in America that has given us the ability to do what we’re doing, for which I’m so grateful).
Supplies: Cardstock (Bazzill, Stampin’ Up) * Patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket) * Other: charm, denim.
Just as many of us begin each year with a word we want to characterize the next 12 months, you can use that word in a year-in-review layout. I actually started my year with the word, “Build.” But as I looked back to last January, I realized that that focus resulted in a year of lots of change. Change became the key-word for my layout below…
Journaling reads as a list and corresponds with the photos at the top (except the first one) from right to left, top to bottom:
1) We gave up meat and most animal by-products. I became vegan and learned a whole new way of cooking/baking. It was quite a lifestyle change as most everything we eat is what I make from scratch.
2) We rescued a puppy from the pound.
3) We got all 3 kids in school full-time.
4) We got rid of T.V. The few shows we watch we get free online. The kids forgot t.v. within a couple weeks and became more active.
5) Israel resigned from his job and we became full-time hosts and producers.
6) We simplified our materialism.
(note: I ran out of room here and #6 may be confusing. I intend on making another layout about this subject, so I didn’t worry that it’s unclear, but you might be confused by it. I meant to say that we got rid of a lot of material excess that we’d been used to having).
After you watch the episode, I’d love to hear which of your own stories came to mind and why denim would make a great visual symbol for them.
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I’ve announced the winner of the November Paperclipping Challenge and highlighted her on my blog at The Crop Circle. It was a hard choice as the entries were top notch. Take a look by following this link so you can see why we chose Kim Strother as the winner of the November Paperclipping challenge. Congratulations, Kim!
Now that the holidays are over, you’re probably looking through your photos and preparing to scrapbook them. Some of you are doing the Photo-A-Day project for 2009–Project 365 (you can join the group for this project in our new community, The Crop Circle)–which means that you’re taking, and possibly editing, at least one photo daily. I think it’s a great time for a tutorial on editing photos.
Today’s episode will help you deal with photos that have lighting problems. It demonstrates the use of the Level Adjustment Function that you’ll find on any good photo editing system. There is detailed general instruction on how to use levels and why they are so important for good photo editing in Episode 34 – Working With Levels. Paperclipping Members can find this episode in the archives. Today we’re dealing specifically with lighting issues, though, and I think you’ll find this an invaluable tool for getting better photos.
This video is for members only. If you would like to find out how to get a membership so that you can have access to the archives to watch previous episodes like #34, please check out the Membership Information Page.
