Hobbies and Crafts

The bag of flour was in a sealed plastic container Jean, I have checked the other three flours, strong brown, SR white and Palin white and theya re all fine. This tells me that the weevils were already in the flour when I bought it. This has happened before.

Hi, Ann and all, I used to go mad when I saw weevils in the flour, so I bought two big click ,n, lok containers, whenever I buy flour I always have a look at the bottom of the bag and to see if there are any bugs on it, the containers are great, not had a bug since, I put SR on one and P on the other , I am a great fan of these storage containers, all my salad stuff is in a big one in the fridge also veg out of their packets, keeps very well...cakes , sugar anything....

will you let me have a peep at your pages please, I cant get going at al......, I go to pieces when I get cold, dont want to move, J and D have gone shopping , he is miffed because the cricket is on, but he has to go to pay.....lol.... the snow is hard to move, so still a problem , but has been clear of snow for two days now... hope you are o.k. and the soreness in your mouth is going....

love Jean xx

Well, an ideal day to get down to some crafting, not going out because we have four to five inches of snow, have a scrap book page planned out so will get down to that in a moment, OH making bread (we don't actually need any at the moment but it is keeping him occupied. Had to be brown as the white flour had weevils. That makes me so cross, where do they come from, little perishers?

Linda, that is a good idea to have a holding album, hadn't thought of that. I think some of my scrap books could do with sorting out, one is much too heavy and thick but the pages seem to belong together.

I wont go over to digital scrapping, I want to try the hybrid route though where you can mix both procedures. however I haven't had time yet to even try the software.

Hello everyone..it has been lovely catching up on all your posts.

Many thanks to those who explained what digi scrapping was...I don't think it is for me as I so enjoy fiddling and cutting etc etc...you know what I mean lol.

Hi Jean...I visit Rosemary's shop about once a month...it is about 20 minutes drive away from us up here in Cheshire. Her 12 x 12 card stock is brilliant...every colour and shade you could wish for. She also has a wonderful stock of papers however I couldn't find many baby papers so it was a good excuse to call in at my local craft shop where I found just what I was looking for! Christmas money all spent and more lol. I love the title of Nana's Boast Book.

Enjoy using your software Ann. I have bought scrapbooks at a bargain price..how can we ever resist...some lovely ones at that. The not so great ones are what I call my "holding albums". As I have 3 projects on the go at the moment I use them for storing pages in until I know what order the pages go in each "proper" album. Does that make sense?

A Very Happy 2010 to you all..

Linda x

Went to a local store called Home sense this morning, they sell all sorts of stuff, end of lines etc, couldn't resist a scrap book 12x12 for £5.99, not that I really need it, I have four empty ones now, but it will come in handy!!!!

My digital scrapbooking software has arrived and looks good.

I can now tell you that true digital scrap books are done on line, just like you do paper ones only pulling all the elements together and building the page on your pc, you then store them in digital albums. But the individual elements can also be downloaded and printed off.

I haven't got time to get to grips with it at the moment as expecting daughter and hubby to arrive so will leave it until after the weekend but I have installed it all on the pc and look forward to grappling with it.

Hello, Cori, nice to meet you.my scrapbooking has been on hold for a while. with one thing or another, but hope to get going again in the new year,
I too like more than one photo on a page, we have sent some pictures of our pages to one another, so if you feel like sharing yours with us, p.m. your e-mail addy, and we can give it a go.... if you manage to read further back on this board, you will see we swap ideas too,I did a 8x8 of my grandson quite a while ago , called it "Nanas Boast Book" and loads of 12x12 albums, just about to start a golden wedding party one for my friends,, but too many photos so will have to cull a few ....keep chatting to us, we are a friendly bunch, Happy New Year to you and yours....

Jean x

sparklingAnninGlos
hi, is nice to talk,to someone with the same hobbies my most important subject at the moment is a small album/of birthday memories for my dad, we had a surprise birthday party for his 80th.I was going to use a 8x8" cre8tiv scrapebook album but I think its going to be too small.Like you I like to have more than 1 photo on a page and dont think I will make it, I will have to save this for another time and go into town to PIA,S (oo oh more money)and see if I can get some thing different.I have 1 album nearly finished its called COME WALK WITH ME DOWN MEMORY LANE .M y son didnt know his father very much he died of asbestosis when Will was only 13, his dad and I split up when he was4.but a couple of years ago he asked if I could put an album together of what I new of his dad. its looking good.it was the 1st thing I attempted.I LIKE USING ALL SORTS OF THINGS,i LIKE BLING AND bazzil card.because I am a card maker too. I use alsorts of things. I still go to card making classes you can always learn something new.W hat I do like is the fairly new FLOWER SOFT it makes flowers look so realmy dad is was a photographer and I HOPE HE WILL TEACH ME A FEW TRICKS.
I like using lace as well on some things. on the page about my grandmother in the heritage albun as she used to do beautifull crocheting. cant see what I am typing will write again, got to go get this new album I hope Pia is open maybe not being the day of NEW YEARS EVE.HAPPY NEW YEAR LADIES
CORI

Hello Cori, welcome to a scrapper from Oz. We all seem to have more than one album on the go and some of us are card makers as well. Please come back and chat to us again and tell us more about what you are doing, what sort of pages you do/materials you use. For example I prefer to have more than one photo on a page, don't go with the less is more theory.

I actually got as far as planning a page out this afternoon, the first for a couple of weeks, it is of Christmas day at our sons with the grandchildren opening their presents. I like to lay it out with photos and journalling then leave it overnight to see if it looks right to me when I see it the next morning.

Hi lady,s
just reading all the JUNE 09 entry,s, just thought I,d say I,m into scraping too I live in WESTER AUSTRALIA, we do a bit of scraping at our card making class.its a great hobby I have started a heritage album with old family photo,s . I think its going to be great when finished. we have a lot of really great places in my home town as well as going to other close by towns for thinks needed. I love my Cuttlebug and Cricket. I have read some of the other enteries up to today, and all i can say is wow, all these ladies doing the same as me, yes I do have three albums on the go .but with all the hints that I have read tonight I will be able to get on with them I look forward to talking to anyone.
love Cori
happy new year to all

Jane, thank you for your input re digital scrapping. The software I have sent for is said to be useful for card makers as well so it wont be wasted. I don't have photoshop, tried it and couldn't hack it! so will have to see what I make of this one.

Daff, the scrap book sounds wonderful!! I guess littly is going home today now is she? Or not? I am confused. Will check your thread.

It is lovely to hear all about what others do with their scrapping, I have 4 scrap books going at the moment, Holidays,weddings,Grandchildren, and family history one, I add to them all every now and then and have done a small one each for the grandchildren up to the present day, hopefully they will keep them to look back on.
Now christmas is over I shall be doing more as not so many cards to make now, just family birthdays.

well, littlie's Christmas scrapbook is all ready for her to take home.... we have gathered all the photos we loved... she has done most of the cutting and sticking (Jethro helped a bit as well, lol) and daddy and I helped with other stuff, like a guiding hand or four, lol.... all the craftwork she has done here has been carefully put in... and we now have a wonderful album of photos since birth, and her craftwork since she has been coming here for her access visits... it is a truly magnificent book, and mummy will love it... blinking heck, Granny would kill for it, lolol!!

Yesterday was the best though... trying to make soggy sand stick, as there was no way she was going to wait for the sand to dry out a bit, lol

For a 3 year old, it is a magnificent attempt.... and a lovely way to store all those precious works of art as they grow up... I have even scanned them, so that I can use them as background and embellishments for the album I am doing for her.... I have completed a lovely page, lol...... very quickly, and just so simply... but I love it!!

I am interested in that digital scrapping, Ann.... I will follow your progress closely... not at the moment though... suitcase to pack, sandwiches to make, and an entirehouse to sort out ready for the next wave of visitors, lol.... methinks this will be another fabulous scrapping page, lol

Love

Daff xxxx

Hi Ladies and me lol

Hi Ladies

I tried digital scrapbooking but didnt really get on with it. You dont necessary need to buy special software as you can do it in photoshop. There are other digital scrapbook software available on the internet for you to try. I found that it took up a lot of memory so was very slow and as such I had problems saving it to my computer.
Maybe with some software where you get a lot of embelishments and background papers you will do better than I did.

I have gone back to normal scrapbooking. Although as yet I am still very much a beginner with that.

Good luck Jane

no probs
and good luck with it

So there you go ladies. Thank you Keith.

Digital scrapbooking is the process of utilizing the latest in electronic technology to create scrapbook pages. Instead of using a traditional hard copy scrapbook and cutting out elements to paste into the book, digital scrapbooks allow users to create electronic books that are loaded with different colors, fonts, banners, and images such as photos and drawings. Digital scrapbooking makes it possible to share the scrapbook quickly and easily with one or more people, while still retaining control of the original copy.

What is Digital Scrapbooking?Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is Digital Scrapbooking?
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