As a mad cropper, you do get tired of creating layout after layout. Good to have a wee break from it and what could be a better break than a scrapbook project?

Mia’s Exploding Box is something I’d like to do when I get the chance. It’ll be nice to have an exploding box like this to put on my desk at work so that when I’m missing my baby, all I have to do is open the box and voila, I’ve got her beautiful photos to look at:-)

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Scrapbook Project: Mia’s Exploding Box

I was visiting my favourite scrapbook sites when I came across this great environmental-friendly (because she recycled one product to create another!) Valentine’s Day project form Scrapbooker’s Club House.

You want to know how the bags pictured above were made? From old envelopes bought from a local bookstore for $2 a bundle!

This project was created by Mary Chong! Good on her! If you want to know how she created these wonderful gift bags, click HERE.

The good thing about these bags is that they’re not just for Valentine’s Day, you need gift bags for any special occasion really!

Happy cropping!

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Thursday Inspiration: Scrapping Green on Valentine’s Day

Project Designed by:
Kristina Proffitt, Creative Memories Design Team

Tag Mini-Book by Traci Turchin

Traci even has a tutorial on how to make tag mini-books

Love Note Candy Bar Wrapper

Created by Suzonne by Making Memories

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Monday Spotlight: Valentine-Themed Scrapbook Projects and Layouts

Aren’t these projects just gorgeous? You’d be surprised at how easy it is to make some of them. They look time-consumin but they’re not, really!

Valentine Candy Boxes

Credits: Prima

So Sweet Papers and Totally Sweet Doodles by Nancy Kubo
Hearts and Crafts by Dianne Rigdon

Hybrid Scrapbook Project

I love you because Index Cards

Credits: Prima

Chocolate Boxes

Credits: Prima

Valentine Mini Folder File Album

Valentine Mini Folder File Album

Credit: Prima

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Thursday Valentine Inspiration: Valentine Scrapbook Projects

This Monday’s Spotlight is on an innovative printing service, Moo.

Moo is a printing company. What’s so great about them is that you can print the images you’ve uploaded on any photo sites like Flickr, Facebook, etc or from your own computer.

I found out about Moo through a friend of mine and since then, my Husband and I have used their printing service for the Hubby’s business cards. The service is fast, friendly and efficient. They package your order really well too!

What I like about Moo products is that you can personalize your cards. You can choose which image goes where, how it’s cropped. It’s so much easier to have control on what you want to order rather than relaying to an over-the-counter assistant. Love it!

Moo started with miniCards but has since expanded their product offerings to include double-sided business cards, post cards, stickers, greeting cards and note cards.

MiniCards

Double-sided Business Cards

Postcards

Stickers

Greeting Cards

NoteCards

Wouldn’t it be great if you can print your scanned or digital images of your scrapbook layouts and use them as background for your business cards or post cards?

If you’re a scrapbook designer, imagine having your own products or artworks displayed on one side of your business cards? If you have a 100 scrapbook layouts or products you’ve designed, they can be printed on each of the 100 business cards you ordered. Cool eh?

I am thinking of doing this for the scrapbook layouts I’ve done. I can have postcards or non-occasion greeting cards with my own work on the card!

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Monday Spotlight: Moo’s Printing Service

I was going through my blog roll when I found myself drawn to Donna Downey’s inspiration journals. I like these kinds of things. As much as I enjoy bookmarking sites that I like on the web, there is something magical about having a physical place to keep things that inspire me whether they are newspaper clippings, sayings or quotes I read amidst the chaos of my daily activities.

What about you? Have you got a journal that holds things that inspire you?

Image credit: Donna Downey

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Thursday Inspiration: Inspiration Journals by Donna Downey

Valerie Salmon’s Creative Desktop 2009 Calendar – $16.00

ScrapSimple Digital Layout Album Templates – Layered: 4×6 2009 Calendar – $6.74

Ali Edwards’ 2009 Photo Calendar Layered Templates – $15.99

DigiKit – All-in-One 2009 Calendar Template – $0.99

Snappy Scraps 2009 Calendar Templates by Sarah VanDyke – $6.00

Happy cropping!

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Scrapbook 2009 Calendars

Creating Keepsakes just announced the Worldwide Ornament Drop. What do you need to do? You make a homemade ornament and can use their downloanable tag and voila, you can ‘drop’ the ornament at the CK Ornament drop site!

Sounds like fun! Let me know if you do join!

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Join Creating Keepsakes’ Worldwide Ornament Drop

Scrapnfonts invitationt to carve

ScrapGirls Happy Haunting Collection — there are also amazing Halloween layouts on their site!
Regina Easter’s Candy Corn Card 

Halloween Gift Idea for your teacher!

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Halloween Scrapbook Project Ideas

Halloween is just around the corner and are you keen to add something special to your halloween decor? I picked up this idea from Making Memories from the Spellbound Collection and using Slice Cordless Design Digital Cutter. Happy decor making!

To create this project, do the following:
1. Cut a 8.5” x 8.5” piece of Making Memories’ Spellbound glitter dot black paper and use the Slice to cut a 3-inch pumpkin (from the Spellbound Design Card) on the bottom right corner. Fold the paper in half.

2. Cut a 4.25” x 8.5” piece of Making Memories’ Spellbound orange brocade paper and adhere it to the inside of your place card, allowing the orange paper to show through the negative pumpkin cut-out.

3. Cut a 3.5” x 4.25” piece of green cardstock and mat it with green dot pattern paper. Round the top corners and glue it to the left side of your card.

4. Adhere a strip of Spellbound trim across the front of the card and tuck it around the negative pumpkin cut-out.

5. Add Spellbound chipboard alphabet stickers for your name. Decorate the card with thread and buttons from the Spellbound embellishment box.

6. Add Spellbound foam stickers or Spellbound line art stickers to the inside of the place card. They should show through the negative pumpkin cut-out.

Image credit: Making Memories

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Halloween Table Decor Idea from Making