Innehållsförteckning för No. 19-4 från Scrapbooking Memories

Life is such a funny adventure at times, isn’t it? Last issue I bid you farewell: this issue I’m back! While I am still pursuing my own new adventure, I am so pleased to be invited by the new publisher, Woodlands Publishing, to come back onboard as the Editor-at-large of Scrapbooking Memories. It’s so wonderful to re-connect with all of the fabulous scrappers to continue producing your favourite title, and for me to work with the wonderful technical editor Jane again. Which seems only fitting really, giving this issue is all about Favourites! Aside from our fabulous Winter, Sport and My Favourite Things galleries’, we have some great technical advice from our Creative team, Amy Prior (page 18) and Gwen Wruck ( page16). Beck Beattie has a new product road…

I would have to say that pattern paper is the first ingredient in almost all of my scrapbook layouts. It is very often my starting point for a design or layout idea and provides me with lots of inspiration, whether that be colour combinations or images and themes. This month, I go about creating 3 different layouts using 3 different techniques all using the one pattern paper. The paper I have chosen to use is called Life is Good by Fancy Pants. It is a bold print from their Happy Place collection. I like it as it has a distinct bold leaf pattern with similar repeating shapes; perfect for the techniques I had in mind. To create my 3 layouts, the first thing I did was fussy cut out all…

Scrapbooking is about the photos, about the memory keeping and about recording our lives & story. We quite often get so tied up in covering our page in all the beautiful embellishments, mediums, stamps and papers that we forget that it’s all about the photo and making the photo look amazing on the page. With the addition of mixed media, our pages can get overloaded and messy and the photos can disappear. The way to stop that happening and to bring the focus back to the photo is to go back to basics and have a look at the colours in your photo and work from there. But before you do that, grab yourself a color wheel … print one out and pop it on your wall or in your…

Masters is back and it’s time for you to be part of our most highly regarded talent search on the scrapbooking calendar! Scrapbooking Memories is calling you to be creative and start working on your unique entry for this year’s competition. There’s a huge prize pool worth $9000, with each Master receiving $1500 worth of scrapbooking supplies, plus the opportunity to work for Scrapbooking Memories for a year! Entries are now open and with such fantastic prizes up for grabs you’d be crazy not to enter. ENTER NOW!! This year’s winners will be published in a special Masters edition of Scrapbooking Memories magazine dedicated to featuring the talented Masters and their entries! Each winning Master will receive a huge scrapping prize pack valued at $1500 – definitely enough to keep…

DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE COVER? We’re always on the lookout for outstanding layouts to feature on our cover. Following are a few guidelines of what we look for in a cover layout: • A well-composed 5in x 7in photo that is engaging and has eye contact, high resolution and no pixelation. • The layout should have a clean and aesthetically pleasing design. • Attention to detail and excellent craftsmanship. • Preferably no large-letter titles at the top of the page. HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR LAYOUTS We welcome submissions of work from scrapbookers all around the world. Please forward digital previews in JPEG format to subs@wpco.com.au with the submission theme noted in the subject line of the email. You will be notified by email whether you are successful…

This issue’s cover is Boy by Kristy Podolak Materials: Paper - Cocoa Vanilla Studio; Cardstock - American Crafts; Embellishments - D-Lish Scraps washi, felt bow journal spot and smile pick, Cocoa Vanilla Studio wood veneer, cork stars and flair button, Echo Park stickers, Charms Creations DIY star and tab, Words Or Whatever chipboard, Rainbow Splendour wood veneer robot, Heidi Swapp Colour Shine, Colour Blast embossing powder, gyprock tape, staples, thread, gesso. Ed’s Note: We love the way Krisy tied the t-shirt motif to the layout with a robot chip and used a subtle colour palette to draw attention to this cutie! YOU TELL US… We’d love to hear what you’d like to see in future issues of Scrapbooking Memories! Is it a specific technique, a gallery theme, a Q&A…

I–and many others– love it when paper craft brands release new products and collections which I simply must purchase to add to my collections. But while you might invest the money in all of these extra products, you may not realise just how versatile each collection could be! I love thinking outside the box with my scrapbooking. Themed collections for Christmas or other special holidays have never been my favourite thing to buy however I do love the challenge of using certain products for something that, at first glance, I would not normally use them for. For example, I might use some masculine products for a feminine page, or perhaps I will use some obviously wintery looking papers for a summer themed project. Now hear me out; I am not…

I never quite know what the end result of these creations is going to be. I honestly think that is what draws me to make these oddly designed pages in the first place. All I know is that when I start out, I want the end result to be something different to what I would normally create. So this is exactly where I begin. Somewhere I wouldn’t. For the “Me” project I choose a piece of paper I would not normally use as a background. I stopped to think about why I hadn’t used this piece for a background in the past. I’d had it in my stash for some time and loved it to bits but for some reason it was not one I choose when deciding to create…

“I was inspired to create this piece by the photo. Family photos with all of us in it are rare, so I wanted to create a unique way to display it. As it was taken at the park, I thought a nature-inspired frame would be ideal. I love the finished piece and visitors always comment on it.” {Heart You} SUE PLUMB, QLD Materials: Wooden embroidery hoop; Cocoa Vanilla Studio paper; Corbett Creations wood veneer title; D-lish Scraps pip berry stems, assorted paper flowers, flowers stamens, paper leaves, printed wood veneer butterfly and sequin bow. METHOD: 1. Open the embroidery hoop at the clasp and fit the patterned paper inside; then tighten the clasp and trim off excess. Adhere photo to the backing paper, ensuring you have the frame facing so…

Kaisercraft was founded in the 1980s by Stephen Kaiser and continues to be an Australian-owned craft and scrapbooking manufacturer and wholesale supplier to craft retailers around the world. With monthly collection releases and an extensive product list – ranging from designer papers, coordinating embellishments, stickers, pearls, rhinestones, paper blooms and wooden ‘beyond the page’ products – there is always something new and exciting for every crafter’s stash! The team at Kaisercraft are always bringing original and inspirational designs to the scrapbooking and craft industry and we pride ourselves on integrating these designs with quality service to give each and every crafter the very best experience! The Kaisercraft prize pack for the 2016 Masters includes paper and embellishments from popular new collections. To view the latest collections on offer, visit…

Products in the papercraft industry continue to take new roads and avenues and this has also included new paths for old trends or techniques. When it comes to watercolours most know of them in the form of tubes or pan forms. There are however also beautiful translucent liquids and now watercolour powders taking an amazing introduction in the world of scrapbooking and Tinby Designs Color Crush Watercolour powders are full of fun to be had. Color Crush Watercolour powders come in in 12 versatile colours. Being a watercolour in the form of powder it opens up so many uses and avenues one can follow when creating with them. They can be used in various ways in their individual form as well as a number of additional ways when added to…