The Weekly Sketch wk1

  Sew easy to embellish Using a needle and thread is becoming popular recently.  On this page layout, Maggie has used a simple dotted line around the edge of her composition to frame it. This effect is very easy to achieve; all you need is a pencil and ruler; a needle with a large eye; a ‘pokey tool’; a piece or foam; and a skein of embroidery thread (normal cotton sewing thread is too skinny). You can buy ‘pokey tools’ from craft stores or look for something around the house with a sharp end.  A skewer or a bradel from...

    Save time – get organised Our guest scrapbooker Maggie has created a page with wonderful photos and sentiments, from images spanning the months and years.  She has her digital images organised using a simple system, making it easy for her to access the photos she needs quickly and easily, saving her loads of time. There are several ways you can organise your digital images, but the most important point I can make to you, is do something!   In addition to enabling you to find what you want, it also makes keeping your photos safe much easier and quicker...

Using what you have This is one of Maggie’s first pages as a beginner scrapbooker, and highlights the rule of using what you have to hand and around you.  There’s a number of ways she’s been clever with this technique: The page is made using the sketch as a model – this makes it really easy for novice scrapbookers to create their first pages quickly and easily.  It takes away one of the stress points when starting out – how to design a page. She’s also utilised the journalling cards from the kit to make adding words a breeze.  I’d...