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Scrapbooking ideas . . . where?

Hope you enjoy the video above with some Scrapbooking Ideas and Saving Tips!

The kids are finally in bed and hubby is being a “couch potato” and you finally have a few minutes to sit down and make a scrapbook page or two. Then your mind goes blank and you become extremely frustrated instead of excited. This has happened to me several times and so I have come up with a great plan that has helped me and I hope will help you also.

First, find an empty 3-ring binder around your home or go to the store and buy a cheap one. Then search the internet, or scrapbook magazines, or scrapbook ideas books. Whenever you come across a cute idea for a page layout, simply print it off or cut it out and add it to your 3-ring binder. Soon your scrapbooking idea book will be full of ideas.

Next time you go to sit down and are ready to create a page layout all you will need to do is pull out your handy-dandy scrapbooking ideas book and create, create, create! Scrapbooking ideas are not hard to find, especially on the internet, so get searching. Just “Google” the words “scrapbooking ideas” and you will be rewarded with 395,000 hits (last time I checked). Maybe you better go out and buy some more 3-ring binders!

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Scrapbooking Ideas – No creativity required!

By Melissa Jenkins

There might be some of you that feel like you aren’t creative in the art of scrapbooking. You might feel like there is no way you have the talent to scrapbook. Well I am here to tell you that if you are feeling this way, that you don’t need to. It isn’t difficult and doesn’t require you to be artistically gifted at all. There are many scrapbooking ideas for you that do all the work and thinking for you!

Putting together a scrapbook is a fun way for you to capture your memories and milestones. You do not need fancy paper or embellishments. All you need to start with is friend or family members that enjoy the hobby, and then get scrapbooking ideas from them. Or you can look through idea books to find the style that you like. Scrapbooking classes are quite the rave these days. You can sign up for one if you feel like you need a boost for scrapbooking ideas. Spending time with family and friends or even strangers, will help you to get motivated and get going with some pages.

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Scrapbook Club Podcast

By Scrapbook Talk Radio

My husband and I took a trip back to the beautiful state of New Hampshire this past week. If that didn’t get us ready for fall, then nothing could. It was breathtaking! They told us that we missed the “peak” foliage season by about a week. If that wasn’t the peak, then I can’t imagine how beautiful the “peak” season is. The leaves were so vibrant and the air was so crisp. It rained and drizzled a lot, but that did not dampen our spirits. In fact, the rain made everything shine and glow even more. Well, enough about our trip, and onto scrapbook topics.

I have been a part of a Scrapbook Club for over 13 years and each year myself and the other 10-11 ladies in the club take a weekend and head up to Lisa’s family cabin in the beautiful mountains of Utah. We went up the 2nd weekend in September and so I did our next podcast with some of the members of our club.

I hope you enjoy this podcast. It was fun for me and the ladies were nervous at first, but then they were able to see how easy it really is and they had fun too. In a future podcast I will go into more depth concerning Scrapbook Clubs and how to get started and the rules that we have used over the years. So sit back and enjoy a short interview with a few of my friends from my Scrapbook Club.

Scrapbook Podcast! Why & How?

By Scrapbook Talk Radio

So what in the world is Podcasting and why should I care? What a great question! Here is a great definition from Wikipedia.com:

“A podcast is a series of digital-media files, which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers. The term podcast, like broadcast, can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.”

Our Scrapbook Podcasts here at ScrapbookTalkRadio.com can be heard here on our website by simply clicking on the green play button above or you can download our podcasts at iTunes by simply clicking on this easy to use button below:

Want to learn more about RSS Feeds check out this great video at Youtube.com, Video: RSS in Plain English.

Here is a quick video on how to subscribe to our Scrapbooking Podcasts at iTunes and Zune.

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Digital Scrapbooking Podcast – Episode 7

By Scrapbook Talk Radio

Digital or not to digital . . .

We just completed a new podcast on digital scrapbooking. Digital scrapbooking is the new scrapbooking craze and there are many benefits to scrapbooking digitally as opposed to the traditional way. We talk about this in the podcast and we also talk about how to get started and what are the best software programs to use.

Cheri will be putting together several digital scrapbook tutorials that will help you tremendously in getting started. They will be for a nominal fee, and will provide a wealth of information that it took her years to figure out on her own. Look for these great tutorials and happy digi scrapin’.

I have created some digital scrapbooking pages using the Memory Mixer software program. These are pictures of flowers that we took while we were in France. The flowers there were so beautiful.

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Digital Scrapbooking The New Craze!

By Scrapbook Talk Radio

My new love of scrapbooking is to do it digitally. This is a fairly new craze (at least for me) and I am really enjoying it. It takes a little bit of know how to get started, but once you have figured out the program you want to use to get started, then the rest falls into place. So how does one get started with digital scrapbooking?

First of all, you have to find a software program that will be easy for you to start with. I started with a program called Memory Mixer and then I found a program called HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant, and then I found a program called ScrapMaxi. Now, this might confuse you because I said to start with a program that will be easy for you to use. All three of these are easy and I wouldn’t recommend buying all three like I did, but I would check each one out and see which one fits your needs best.

The next thing you need to do is find some digital kits that you can purchase that will fit the needs of the type of scrapbook you will be working on. For instance, I am working on my new granddaughters’ scrapbooks and so I have been purchasing baby girl kits. With each of the software programs I mentioned above, you can purchase kits through each of their websites. Kits will generally run around $5-7 and each kit will come with background paper, embellishments, word art, alphas, etc. Everything you will need to create page layouts.

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More ideas on Scrapbook Embellishments!

By Scrapbook Talk Radio

The podcast this week was on Scrapbook Embellishments. We hope we gave you a few good ideas on products and ideas. There are many wonderful ideas to be shared thru the web and also by friends. I (Cheri) have been a part of a Scrapbook Club for almost 15 years and it is so fun to get together with friends to share ideas and come up with new ideas. I highly recommend that you join a club, whether it is on the web or with a group of friends. The scrapbook club that I belong to has been very inspiring and fun for me.

Life keeps everybody busy, but there are so many opportunities for us to learn and grow. Joining scrapbooking clubs, or book clubs, or quilting clubs can give each of us the “out” that we may need. Just doing something we love and getting together with other people can result in a lot of satisfaction.
If you would like to know more about this club that I belong to, leave a comment in our “Questions” section on the right hand side.

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Scrapbook Embellishments – Episode #6

By Scrapbook Talk Radio

Scrapbook Embellishments are our favorite part of creating a scrapbook page layout. There are endless possibilities and we will discuss a few great products and ideas here in our scrapbook podcast episode #6.

Here is the link that Cheri talked about concerning the many great embellishments you can create with silk flowers .

Cheri also talked about a darling snowflake you can create using glitter and lace. Make sure you use scrapbook glitter! Go thru your home and find items that you can recycle to make fun embellishments. Cheri gives several ideas on this subject.

Melissa told us how to adhere our scrapbook embellishments using Velcro. She also talked about metal embellishments such as spiral clips, safety pins, brads, eyelets, etc.

Carli then ended the podcast by talking about punch setters (Springlet and Karen Foster). Also be sure you check out the new Xyron Design Runner and all of the new and fun decorative tapes .

All of the products that we have talked about can be purchased at JoAnn’s – just click on the JoAnn box on the right.

Make sure you join us for another educational podcast where we will be interviewing Garrett Pierson (Son and Brother), our podcast guru. You will be learning about many fun podcasts and more in-depth info about podcasting. Have a great day and an even better summer!

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Scrapbook Organization Tips Episode #5

By admin

One of the most important projects you should do as you start scrapbooking is to get organized! In this episode we just scratch the surface of Scrapbook Organization.

Now, to organize the many supplies that you will use to create your pages. These supplies will be those freebies that you download off the internet, or the kits that you purchase from the many websites that offer great tools. You can look on the web for ideas to scrapbook organize your supplies, but I will tell you how I have become an effective scrapbook organizer.

Trust us, getting all of this organized will save you tons of time. Time you will need to scrapbook! You are on your way to becoming a great scrapbook organizer – keep going!

Here is a great article about getting your scrapbook area and storage organized:
www.simplify101.com/scrapbook-storage.php

Beginner Scrapbooking Part 2 Episode #4

By Scrapbook Talk Radio

Beginner Scrapbooking part 2 podcast continues with some great questions from beginner scrapbooker Lindsey Pierson.

Below are links to items that we talked about on the Podcast:

Scrapbook Photo Markers

Beginner Kit

Check out this great articles about Top Ten Must-Haves for Beginner Scrapbookers and article about acid-free products.

Scrapbooking ideas . . . where?

Hope you enjoy the video above with some Scrapbooking Ideas and Saving Tips!

Scrapbooking Ideas – No creativity required!

Scrapbook Club Podcast

Scrapbook Podcast! Why & How?

Digital Scrapbooking Podcast – Episode 7

Digital Scrapbooking The New Craze!

More ideas on Scrapbook Embellishments!

Scrapbook Embellishments – Episode #6

Scrapbook Organization Tips Episode #5

Beginner Scrapbooking Part 2 Episode #4

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