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Community Highlight: Tutorial Blog

Sheri here putting in a plug for our fantastic tutorial blog! Within our community there are always lots of inquiries about how to scrap, how to use features within certain programs or simply how to navigate the site.   With that said, I would like to take this opportunity to feature our tutorial blog and […]

Quick Tips to take Better Photos with Your Smartphone!

Hi everyone, it is me Darla with a fun post today about taking better photos with your smartphones. With everyone on the move these days, lugging around your real camera is not always the easiest thing to do. Most often, we opt to take photos with the next best thing – our smartphones! I won’t […]

Playing With Pictures

Hi, everyone! Penny here with a sneak peek at my new release for the week, Picture Play 3 and how I used it! If you haven’t used my Picture Play products before, you might wonder what they are and how you use them. First, Picture Play is a set of overlays for your photographs. These […]

15 ways to use Pinterest as a scrapbooker

Hi Sweet Shoppers! Kim here with my very first post! I know many of you already use Pinterest. Personally, I use it on an almost-daily basis and I LOVE to use it for scrapbooking inspiration. Today I want to share a couple of the ways I use it for my scrapbooking needs and hopefully I […]

Lighten up, baby!

Well hey there Sweet Shoppers! Jacinda here to share with you my secrets for shadowing lighter kits. Now I’m by no means a shadow guru, and I’m sure there are a hundred different ways to do it, but this is my way, and I thought I’d share. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seen […]

DIY Instagram

Project Life has brought a lot of scrapping joy back to my life. I’ve found that this type of scrapping was the perfect storm of all that I was looking for in my pages: the daily journaling, the random snapshots of life, the tiny pockets and tiny bits of embellishment. It’s all right up my […]

Photographing in the Snow

This past week, we headed up to Vermont for a ski outing with the kids. Did I ever mention I don’t ski? I did trek up to the mountain with them one morning to take some shots. When I came home I was very unhappy with the results and decided I better read up on […]

Quick and Easy Crafts for Kids

Happy Valentine’s day everyone – it’s me, Darla bringing you some fun today. I am an avid crafter and love finding new ideas on the internet for my girls or most often for my girl scout troop. Pinterest has made this easy for me because I can pin some of my favorite ideas I have […]

365 Days of Bliss – Spot Color

Hey, everyone, it’s Penny with a quick video tutorial about using spot color in Photoshop. It’s an easy, fun way to add a little punch to your layouts. Let me know if you have any questions! If you use the tutorial, I’d love to see your pictures: link me up in the comments!

365 Days of Bliss-Gearing up for DSD!

Hey Sweeties!! Meg here on the eve of what is probably the biggest most exciting weekend @ SSD! Digital Scrapbooking Day is such a fun event and I hope you are gearing up to spend some $$$. I’ve seen the goodies that are coming out tomorrow and all I can say is that the designers […]

Photography Techniques – Controlling Depth of Field

Hello everyone, this is Susan posting today.  In addition to being a scrapbooking designer, I am also a photographer and I would like to talk about how controlling depth of field can improve your photography.  For those that are not familiar with the term Depth of Field (DOF), it is define by Wikipedia as, “distance […]

365 Days of Bliss: A New Look

Hey all!! Laurie here with today’s blissful installment. 🙂 I love taking pictures. Love love love. I know for sure I’m not the only one!! Now that summer is here I love that I have more of a variety of pictures since the weather is nice and we have a nice change of scenery. Last […]

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