Updated scrapbook video sites

I thought I'd update my list of scrapbooking video sites, as I do like to watch videos now and then.

Still love the Scrapbooking Lounge videos at Craft TV Weekly: so much variety and well presented!

UKScrappers also listed a few recently that I hadn't mentioned in my previous post.

CK's online video gallery
Paperclipping blog
DIY Scraproom - from the US TV channel Home and Garden TV
Do Crafts video Library
Scrapbooks etc. (The Scrapbooks Lifestyle link mentioned in my previous post no longer works)

Write it on Wednesday - Seasonal Inspiration

Seasonal inspiration

Last weekend the weather was glorious, cold but bright, sunny and dry. I took advantage by wrapping up warm and heading off on a trip to see some famous snowdrops. It really made me think - so I guess the way to journal is simply to write about how I feel...

The children were off on weekend trips of their own and it was one of those increasingly frequent times when my husband and I were on our own and able to do "grown-up" things. Although it is odd to do things without the children, it is comforting to realise that we still have things to say to one another and can enjoy ourselves as a couple.

The snowdrops are more than a sign of growth in the spring of a new year, they are a sign of our own new style of life. One in which we must let the youngsters poke their heads up out of the family soil into the light of their own lives. As parents we must feed and nurture their roots while allowing the buds to open into lovely flowers. Then, as parents, we become free to stroll quietly a while, view and admire the beautiful blossoms.

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Maze book instructions

I've been looking for instructions for maze books - that is a tiny album created from one sheet of 12 x 12 paper. I was think of using it for a little inspiration book - to add pictures of loved ones and inspirational quotes and sayings.

Here are some links to instructions:

Scrapbook Crazy maze book (cut in a spiral)

Anso's maze book on Glitter Adventures, with photos - fabulous instructions.

Scrapbook Lounge Video Tricia Morris makes a maze book

Another maze book

Karen Scrapdolly's instructions

Write it on Wednesday - circular journalling

Circular journalling

Circular journalling is quite difficult to achieve.A pair of compasses can be useful to draw guides on your page in pencil.An alternative is to create circular templates of card and draw round those to get the lines.

There’s a helpful video on Paperclipping that shows how to achieve this…

If you are creating circular journalling on a computer you can use Corel Draw or Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to “fit text to path”.

Or you can even draw your circles freehand!
If you’re no good at it perhaps you can copy this bloke on Youtube…


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