ScrapMode blog contest (March)

Do you like sketches? Then you’ll like the contest this month on the ScrapMode blog. Follow Marilyn’s sketch for your chance to win some brand-new ScrapMode goodies. Your entry must consist of at least 80% ScrapMode product. Send your layout to tania@scrapmode.com by March 30.
The winner will be randomly drawn from all entries and will [...]

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March madness

We get some pretty crazy weather at this time of year in New England. Last March was no exception. I made this layout to document the extremes we faced last year. The journaling reads,
Here in New England we say, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute.” And certainly no month is [...]

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“This and That” jars

I love to collect little nonscrapbook items that might come in handy–used raffle tickets, fortunes, patches and labels from kids’ clothes, and so on. Some of these items prove useful as unique embellishments. Others are just a delight to horde. You could call all this stuff “found items,” but really it’s just fun junk.
I used [...]

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Mission: Scrap Room Organization

I’m a pack rat when it comes to scrapbooking items. I inherited my father’s inability to throw away anything that might be useful…someday. I save everything, from small lengths of ribbon to tiny scraps of paper. I also collect nonscrapbook items that strike my fancy and might eventually find their way onto a page.
No doubt [...]

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Scrapbooking This Month: March

Scrapbooking This Month is the name of a monthly column that I’m writing for the Scrap Stop newsletter. Register at the Scrap Stop to subscribe to the newsletter, or check back here around the first of every month for a regular dose of scrappy inspiration.
Read on for this month’s holidays to celebrate, quotes for layouts [...]

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