We’ve all come across those old family photos of ourselves as babies or even of our parents…WOW the quality is awful compared to photos today. Wish they looked better and less “grainy”….scan your photo and scale it down…if it’s an 8×10 scale it down to a 5×7 and even if it’s a 4×6 size photo bring it down to a 3×5. This trick may not fix all the photo problems but you should see improvement.

That also reminds me ~~ scan those old photos now because as time goes on many of those begin to crack especially the old polaroids. You will be glad you did…there is nothing more disappointing than coming across old photos and the face is almost gone from cracking.

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DON’T FORGET TO ENTER!……

Are you familiar with We R Memory Keepers Embossed Cardstock Stickers?

If not then you want to be.  I know many people say they do not like to just use stickers in their layouts, but these stickers are like no others.  They have texture and are made of nice thick cardstock.  They add so much depth to your page. 

If you haven’t tried them please do they are absolutly wonderful…I am confiedent you will love them!

We are giving away a great set of 15 sheets of We R Memory Keepers Embossed Stickers.

A $30 value (each sheet is approx $2.00)

Each sheet is approximately 8×10″

Every sheet includes a Border, a Title, and assorted designs

One winner will receive exactly what is pictured.  Simply fill out the form below.  Winner will be chosen at random on 9/1/10.  Winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond with their shipping information.  If there is no response a new winner will be drawn.

We all love those plastic embellishments, my personal favorites are the ones by Heidi Grace.  She is by far one of my favorite artists.  I am happy to say I have even met her and talked to her for over an hour!!!  As much as I love her and how lovely her embellishments are, I just cannot always afford $4-$8 per package!!

So let’s save some money!!  Get out you QuicKutz, Sizzix, or any other die cutting machine you have….now simply look around you…not just your scrapbooking area but your house.   Seems like everything we buy has a clear plastic package (toys, scrapbook embellishments, games, etc)….take that plastic and cut it with your die cutting machine…flowers, animals, shapes, you name it you can make it!!!(My personal favorite is flowers…I do so much with flowers)

You can do so much with these shapes…paint them, stamp them, antique them, put glitter on them, cover part with paper, add brads, eyelets, string them together.  Leave them plain and use transparent…The possibilites are endless!

Remember the tip I had about hiding mistakes on photos?  Here is another solution for that…hide your smudges, dropped pen marks (we’ve all dropped our pen on our page), torn paper (yes we’ve all torn our paper by mistake but love it too much to replace it).

Whenever I see a piece of plastic I may be able to use I cut it down into flat pieces (8×10 and under) and store them in a folder then when I am inspired (or can get my kids to help me) I sit and cut a bunch of random shapes so they are ready when I need them.

In every girls life; there’s a boy she’ll never forget and a summer where it all began.

Many schools have already started back.  Our schools start next Thursday and I can’t help but think about Summer’s end.  As much as I don’t want to see it happen there is nothing I can do to stop it.  This quote made me think back to all those summers I enjoyed as a child, meeting new “summer” friends was always the best!!

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” Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I need it the most.

” Walking’s easy, staying’s hard.

Everyone is quick to crop their photos right down to focus on the main subject.

Sometimes we have photos with a great background and do not even realize it because what see is often the person we took the photo of.

For photos like this with a non-busy background, such as outside – grass, trees, etc; why not leave the photo full size and add some journaling right on your photo.  Maybe add a rub on tag that only has the outline or draw an outline and add the title or some journaling inside your tag outline.  Be sure to use a white or light color marker that will pop off the background.

Give it a try…worse case scenario you hate it and they you just crop your photo down like you planned on anyway

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.