The Scrapbook Lab: May 2009

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Posting Challenge!

Any one who follows this blog and posts a comment to show off your work will receive a complimentary gift! Hurry, offer expires June 15, 2009! If you encourage someone else to follow this blog, they will receive a complimentary gift as well. Challenge runs through 12:00 a.m. June 1, 2009 to 12:00 a.m. June 15, 2009. Just simply post a comment showing what you have created using a kit, Smilebox, PhotoShop, etc. In your comment, please include the following:
Name
Address
Phone #
In the subject line include "Posting Challenge"! Thanks.

Free June Kit!

http://www.freedigitalscrapbooking.com/dowload/theme_kits/Girly_Girl.zip
Who doesn't love being a girl? Aren't we all girls just trapped in an adult body? I sometimes miss being a little girl. Life was simpler in youth. Enjoy the kit.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Cropping Mistakes

This is what the purpose of cropping really is!
When I began scrapbooking in late summer of 2004 because of sheer boredom on a rainy day, I made many beginner scrapbook blunders. When I cropped a photo, I thought you nibbled away at the picture till there was barely anything left of it. Zilch! Just a pair of eyeballs staring back of the person that once was. Well, thanks to many other avenues of learning; internet, video tutorials, books and magazines, I have learned to put my mistakes behind me and move forward. I have learned design elements from the pros and the not-so-pros. I now use photo editing software programs to enhance my photos for me. I now realize that unpleasant things in photos can be blurred, softened, or removed, and even covered up with chipboard pieces, stickers, and ribbons. Scrapbooking at first was intimidating but with a little help from others and applying tips and techniques, I have mastered some new skills and feel confident with my own style that has emerged. Crop does not mean whittle away at the photo; it means to enhance the photo! Don't make my mistakes.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Become an SDS Consultant!!!! I Am Recruiting!!!

I am currently recruiting scrapbook consultants!
This unique website will give you all the information you need: http://www.scrapboxstudios.com/affiliates/jrox.php?id=1203 or you can order scrapbook kits directly from me!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Starbucks Coffee and Scrapbooking

These jars can cost you up to 7.99 when filled with flowers, brads, beads, etc. But you don't have to spend a fortune on these items. As a Scrapbooker, you already know about trendy items and how not to fall into the trap of buying what you don't need. I love to drink Starbucks Coffee; I buy four each week at Walmart. Guess what! I save the jars for my scrapbook supplies just like in the photo above. So the next time you are about to throw out something you think is trash; think again! Think about how you can use it. Afterall, that's what makes us crafty crafters what we are.