From the monthly archives: January 2011

I’m loving my ‘Presto Patterns’ & Crop Nights

On January 30, 2011 By

You just know when you’ve made a great scrapbooking acquisition when you’ve almost used the entire packet of mixed patterns up and are thinking about buying another. It took me a while to start using ‘Presto Patterns Specialty Designer Series Paper’, but I’m now officially obsessed! I have [...]

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Demonstrator Meeting ‘Make & Takes’

On January 28, 2011 By

We had a really lovely Demonstrator Meeting on Wednesday night, joined by some new faces and visitors. The amusing thing was that I moved the meeting back to my home studio as I suspected the meeting would be smaller in numbers given it was a Wednesday and [...]

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‘Look – I’ve journalled’

On January 28, 2011 By

I’ll fess up – my biggest challenge with scrapbooking is journalling and I’ll either leave it out all together or use hidden journalling panels. However, I really want my kids to remember details behind the photos and in the case of this page, journalling is vital as [...]

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More ‘Presto Patterns’ Scrapbooking

On January 25, 2011 By

Following on from my last post, I have continued enjoying working with ‘Presto Patterns Specialty Designer Series Paper’, which allows me to sponge my own choice of colour over a clear embossed image. Presto Patterns contains an assortment of designs, including this lovely floral pattern, which I [...]

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Create everything you need

On January 24, 2011 By

One of the very first things that attracted me to Stampin Up, was the idea that I could create any background, accents and titles that I wanted. I began this page with the very cool ‘Presto Patterns Specialty Designer Series Papers’ on page 10 of the current [...]

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Another Scrapbooking Idea to Share

On January 12, 2011 By


Definitely not a ‘fussy la la’ (Ursulaism) scrapbook effort, this double page spread accommodates an impressive 12 photographs. These photos were taken in 2006 of one of our favourite spots (Wellington Point) and really needed the ‘just do it’ approach.

The small photographs are trimmed to 3 [...]

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Scrapbooking Pages to Share

On January 10, 2011 By

My first scrapbooking ‘Crop Night’ on Saturday was lots of fun and a few of us recreated the page from the previous post. I used the remaining papers from ‘Elegant Soiree’ Designer Series Paper, which as it turned out, matched perfectly with a photograph taken of my [...]

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