http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com Thu, 20 May 2010 01:44:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   I'm excited to announce that Assential Scrapbooking will have a booth at the Brisbane Paper Crafts Festival. The Festival is one of Australia’s largest exhibitions dedicated solely to scrap booking, stamping and all paper craft interests.  It has been running for the past nine years and is on this coming weekend - ... http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com/brisbane-paper-crafts-festival-2009/ Let's Create 2009, an all day scrapbooking and card making event was held on Saturday, 28th February.  The aim was to raise money for the  SANDS (Stillborn and Neonatal Death Support) charity and we successfully raised $530.00. Thank you to everyone that participated. A great day was had by all with 30 participants, 60 lucky door prizes ... http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com/lets-create-2009/ Back in December I said I was going to start venturing out into the online world.  I thought I would share my journey with you because it's all a learning opportunity and you may be able to share your experiences with me. My first stop on this adventure is to look ... http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com/venturing-into-the-online-world/ I mentioned in a previous post that I attended Create 2008 with Heidi Swapp and had such a blast.  Today, I'm really excited about her latest range called "Invisibles".  They are white-on-white paper that has patterns on them so when you ink effects and colours, you end up with a great background ... http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com/invisibles-by-heidi-swapp/ After such a devastating week with floods in Queensland and bush fires in Victoria, I sat back on the weekend and counted my blessings. My children may test me, challenge me and some days question my every decision but they are still here with me, unlike many people who lost their children, family ... http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com/appreciating-life/ At the beginning of the year I mentioned that Nicole, my business coach had me 'visioning' my future, now she has me scrapbooking what my business will look and feel like in the future.  She calls this my 'Business Vision Board' and has asked me to put my words into images.  ... http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com/business-vision-board/ As mentioned in my previous post, over the next couple of months I will be sharing with you common scrapbooking terms. Today I’m sharing with you "E" and "F". E Embellishment - Any scrapbooking extra (stickers, die-cuts, punches, etc.) that enhance the pages. Emboss - To create a raised surface by applying heat ... http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com/scrapbooking-terms-e-and-f/ I have a scrapbooking challenge for all my scrapbooking readers. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I thought it would be appropriate to create a layout that represents L-O-V-E.  It doesn't have to represent the romantic kind of love, it can be any type of love - love for a parent, ... http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com/valentines-day-challenge/ Embossing is a great way to add depth to your scrapbooking page, card or off the page project. Depending on the materials used, you can make a page look funky or elegant. This technique of "embossing" allows you to create raised images on paper and consists of pressing an area of ... http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com/technique-embossing/ I often use quotes, sayings or poems in my scrapbooking pages as it adds a little something special to photos.  When I stumble upon a quote, I usually type it up in a Word document so that at a later date I can find it easily.  I'm going to start adding favourite quotes ... http://www.assentialscrapbooking.com/favourite-quotes/