Creating Keepsakes

Karen Glenn is a member of the Simple Scrapbooks editorial board and our featured designer for the November/December 2008 issue. Karen’s design style is photo-driven. By keeping her pages clean and simple, she can keep the focus on her photos. Find out more...

What could be easier than shopping for a scrapbooker? ...to the uninitiated, venturing into a scrapbook store – or even to an online shopping site – is like journeying to Timbuktu without a map, guide, or interpreter.

Take a minute to think back to last December: do you remember yourself having it all together for the holidays with your calendar neatly planned (never any double-scheduling) and your gifts wrapped and sent by the post office’s recommended date? Were you glowing with the pride of having a small but clever teacher or hostess gift ready to go prior to the hour you needed it? Read more...

Score free downloads like Cathy’s gratitude template, Sheredian Vickers’ heritage quiz and Jessica Spragues’ Christmas template.

Each issue, in our “Color Play” column, Stacy Julian introduces a new color palette and shares tips for using it on your layouts. A downloadable swatch of the current palette is always available here.

Material lists for the fabulous cover layout by Lisa Dickinson and section openers by Karen Glenn.

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