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We’ve released today’s Paperclipping Quick Tip is for Members. If you love glitter, then you’ll love this tip.
Special Announcement
We all know and love FRED. FRED is one of Paperclipping’s two sweethearts (Izzy is the other one). For the month of Valentines, we are giving a FRED to one lucky Paperclipping Member.
On March 3rd, we will choose one person from our Members to win a limited-edition FRED with black walnut wood trim (valued at $49.99). We’ll announce the winner during Paperclipping Live (winner does not need to be present at the show). If you would like to be eligible to win a FRED, you must be a Paperclipping Member by Monday, March 2, 2009, be at least 18 years of age, and be a U.S. resident.
What The Heck Is A FRED?
If you have never met FRED, let me introduce him to you by showing you our video product review. Just click here.
Where can I find a FRED?
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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.
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…
Computer Log
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.
This week’s episode for the Paperclipping Members released a bit late in the day, but you’ll find it worth the wait. It is an extra long tutorial that features some parts of our upcoming Special Edition Christmas project.
The Special Edition tutorial will become available next week and Paperclipping Members will get a discount! Be sure to watch for the announcement along with some pictures of the project. Until then, enjoy this week’s tutorial.
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Want to collect the things that your family feels grateful for this month? Today’s Quick Tip is a project that will help you do that–and it works with the Reflections & Gratitude MiniBook I shared in last week’s episode.
Now, I know you are wishing you could watch today’s Quick Tip. =)
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This episode of Paperclipping is for a project based on my personal take on the holiday season–I see the holidays from Halloween to New Year’s Eve as all being related, not as a bunch of individual celebrations. As a result, today’s project is not only a Thanksgiving one, but also precursor to New Year’s Eve. So even if you’re not an American and don’t celebrate an American Thanksgiving, you might benefit from a book like this, too.
Have you tried Glimmer Mist? It’s gorgeous, fun, artistic, and easy to use. In this episode I show you a number of examples of masking techniques with Glimmer Mist.
A few weeks ago we had a digital, Photoshop-based tutorial. So for this week’s tutorial for the Premium Subscribers, I thought it was time to do something artsy and carefree. I hope you enjoy this step-by-step tutorial with items from your home.
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Most of my scrapbooking inspiration comes from the mood or feelings I associate with the subject of my layout. I try create a visual expression of how I feel. When I think of the outdoors, I often think of relaxation, play, and whimsy. Below are two techniques for adding details that evoke those three characteristics.
Enhance A Floral Pattern with Beads
What you need: Floral patterned paper, a transparent glue like Diamond Glaze or Glossy Accents, two different colors of beads.
1. Working in small stretches at a time, apply a line of glue about half an inch long along the inside of a petal. Using a pen, pencil, or other pointed tip, pick up one bead at a time and place them in the glue, just inside the outline of the petal.
2. As you place each bead, press it into place with your fingernail. If you use your fingertip it will get sticky and the beads will stick to it.
3. Continue alternating between glue and beads until you’ve outlined the petal.
4. Fill the bud in with a small amount of glue and add beads until they fill the bud.
If you feel like you have some weak spots (perhaps the glue was almost dry when you added a couple of the beads), you can add some glue to the sides of the beads to make them stable.
Add Whimsy To A Colorful Tag With Wire
What you need: A decorative tag, two colors of wire, glue dots, wire tool (optional).
1. Cut two pieces of wire to about 4 inches each.
2. Feed wire through hole of tag and bend wires in half so they straight out from the top of the tag. You’ll have 4 ends.
3. Twist the wires around themselves a couple of times at the top of the tag.
4. Working with one end at a time, twist the wire with a tool or with your finger so that you get a fun spiral. For a playful look, don’t try to make the spirals perfect.
5. Place a glue dot on the bottom side of the top of the tag so it holds the wire in place.
6. After adding the tag to your page, arrange the wire so they stick up in different directions for a totally fun and carefree look.
Combining The Details
Here is another example of the same two techniques together. Don’t they feel happy?
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