One of my favorite ways to use scrapbooking as a tool for self-awarenesss and self discovery is “truth telling.” It’s the reason I started scrapbooking in the first place: I wanted to hav...
Have you caught the paper pinwheel fever? It’s a hot one right now in scrapbooking and it happens to be the trend we’ll be talkin’ about here today. I’m delighted to welcome C...
School may be wrapping up for the kids, but at Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Conventions we’re all about the learning. Whether you’re looking for techniques, new project ideas, or loads of tips and tr...
Many of the stories we tell in our scrapbooks today started out as simple dreams yesterday. In fact, the life you’re living—and scrapbookin—today is, in many ways, shaped by the life you dreame...
Hello CK friends! My name is Joscie (rhymes with “bossy”) Cutchens, and I’m a longtime reader of Creating Keepsakes magazine. Here in the United States, we observe Memorial Day on t...
Late May through early June is a time of transition—days are getting warmer, school is ending, and scrapbookers are starting to think about summer layouts while finishing up layouts from spring. And ...
Hi there, photographers and scrapbookers! Would you like to learn how to choose colors to make your portraits and photos really shine? I’m Maggie Holmes, a professional photographer and scrapbo...
Morning everyone, Piradee here. Today, we’ll be talking about finding scrapbooking inspiration in projects and scrapbook layouts that we see, or basically in anything in our day-to-day lives. In the ...
As a scrapbooker, I have always been inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s words, “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Hello, everyone, Mou Saha here to ta...
Because we scrapbook, we are aware that each of us has a life story. At times it might feel like a romance, at other times a comedy, and at others a difficult drama or mystery novel. It is important ...
Have you hopped on the washi tape wagon yet? This must-have scrapbooking supply, also known as Japanese masking tape, is one of the hottest tickets in creative town these days, so it comes as no surp...
Hello, everybody! I’m thrilled to have the chance to share one of my favorites ways to add texture to scrapbook layouts! As a scrapbooker, I love playing with textures on my pages, and I have r...
We scrapbookers are fabulous at documenting all the events in our lives. We scrapbook birthdays, holidays, sporting events…we do annual round-ups and first days of school. We preserve our memories wi...
Happy Mother’s Day! I’m Nicole Larkin, Creating Keepsakes’ online editor, and today I want to share with you the (IMHO stunning, gorgeous, amazing, wonderful) Mother’s Day car...
Scrapbooking often serves as a way to capture moments from the past, but it is also a wonderful way to remind ourselves to embrace now, to take pleasure in what is. It allows us revel in our feelings...
For those of us with a knack for paper crafting, it can be stressful when holidays hit. For instance, Mother’s Day is Sunday, and in order to feel like a good daughter, I need to create something for...
Hello, scrapbookers, this is Erika Hayes from Club CK. This month I would like to discuss something a bit “odd.” Many scrapbookers know about the principle of odd numbers in design, but may not know ...
Hi there! I’m Smitha Katti, and I am so excited to be talking about a scrapbooking technique on the CK blog today! I regularly share everything that is crafty in life at my blog Smiling Colors. If yo...
I love to add texture to my scrapbook layouts, and one of the easiest ways to do this is with fiber. My “go-to” fibers are embroidery floss, baker’s twine, and thread, but there are many different wo...
Happy National Scrapbooking Day 2012 from your friends at Creating Keepsakes magazine! We’ve had a lot going on around here lately, and we want to make sure you don’t miss a thing, so her...
Greetings, scrapbookers! This week we’ve been celebrating the countdown to National Scrapbooking Day 2012 (that’s today!) with the theme “scrapbooking around the house.” Each day we’ve hosted a...
Greetings, scrapbookers! This week we’re celebrating the week leading up to National Scrapbooking Day 2012 (Saturday, May 5) with the theme “scrapbooking around the house.” Each day we’ll host a vari...
Congratulations to Chanell Rigterink, whose scrapbook layout, It’s All a Blur, won our Readers’ Pick Poll! Watch for her creative scrapbook page in the November/December 2012 issue of Cre...
As scrapbookers, we’re a lucky bunch. I can’t think of another industry that does as much to keep its hobbyists inspired. Scrapbooking companies continue to come out with new delights for us to...
Greetings, scrapbookers! This week we’re celebrating the week leading up to National Scrapbooking Day 2012 (Saturday, May 5) with the theme “scrapbooking around the house.” Each day we’ll...
Meet Abbie Nichols, 14-year-old scrapbooker extraordinaire and winner of the Creating Keepsakes 2011 Teen Talent Contest. Abbie’s mad scrapping skillz, as evidenced in the layout below, won her the t...
Do you know what time it is? It’s trend time! Today I’m delighted to have a trendy chat with CK Dream Team designer Stacy Cohen. This gal’s elegant taste and lovely style are sure to be reflected in ...
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