Ideas and tips towards Scrapbooking for free

Posted on September 26th, 2007 by wwaddell.
Categories: Scrapbook Articles, Scrapbook Tips.

Ideas and tips towards Scrapbooking for free

By Wes Waddell

Scrapbooking may seem not an expensive hobby when compared to for instance golf, where in you have to buy a thousand dollars worth of equipment or perhaps dancing, the lessons of which, can be really hard on the pocket books; but that is where you are wrong…

If you don’t watch it, scrapbooking can be even more expensive in the long run. This is because as you become more and more addicted with the scrapbook hobby, you almost always need updated tools and equipment.

What is scary for many though about your scrapbooking hobby is the fact that you can’t really watch out for your expenses because it is relatively taken in small bites. You just end up paying more because of the quantity that you buy and the frequency that you buy the materials over time.

Still, if you really want to. You don’t have to shell out so much. Scrapbooking need not be expensive. Below are some tips and idea to help you scrapbook for free (or if not free, way below what you are spending now!).

Watch the tools

One of the things that make the “old” traditional hand scrapbooking so expensive for most people is their constant need to have every tool imaginable. Whatever is in the market that they don’t already have, die-hard scrapbookers buy them. In many cases, even if they already have something close that performs almost the same functions.

It is important to remember that you don’t really have to buy expensive tools to create great scrapbooks. With even the oldest and out of date materials, you can still create memorable eye catching pages with just your creativity in tow. And, with your computer as your partner… you can really save a bundle and do things that hand scrappers of only just a few years ago couldn’t even imagine.

Recycle and reuse

There are a lot of things in your home that you can use to add flavor and texture to your pages. You don’t have to, for instance, buy stickers for your scrapbook in craft stores. You can achieve the same look, maybe even a better look, if you cut out graphics in magazines and in old greeting cards. Stationeries are another great source of graphics that you can use.

Use the computer to print out literally millions of digital scrapbook design elements.

Your old clothes can also be very useful. In fact, every inch of your old clothes can be used as decoration from the fabric to the zipper and the buttons. If you have an attic with a boxful of old clothes that you no longer wear, raid it and put those fabrics to good use, not only have you managed to rid the house of clutter, you have also put a lot of creative design into your scrapbook pages.

Many of the same textured looks can also be accomplished now with the new digital scrapbook templates and elements and can be used over and over and over again that way.

Make your own scrapbook and cover or binder

Most people who do their own scrapbooks buy prepared ones in craft stores and then decorate them with added elements and stuff. Prepared scrapbooks that are blank can really cost you a lot and this is unfortunate as most of these scrapbooks that are being sold can be easily done and completed in the home.

If you have lots of time, just make your own scrapbook the old traditional hand scrapped way. The cheapest way to go is of course to make your own paper through recycling or printing it yourself from your computer using digital scrapbook templates and elements or backgrounds.

When you use your computer, you are also always ensured that you’ll never run out of the page you need, just print a new one. While the old traditional hand scrapped methods may take forever and may be really tedious to do… you’ll find that creating scrapbook pages on your computer with digital templates and elements takes only minutes and makes creating copies of family and friends only a print button away.

Talk about a cost savings over buying everything in multiples for a hand scrapped page.

If you still prefer the old hand scrapping methods… and that’s fine, to each their own. Another way to save a little cash is to buy recycled papers in bulk or any kinds of paper in bookstores and then cut or tear and compile them yourself by sewing the sides or gluing them together. This will be cheaper than buying an already-made multi colored set. What is more, you get to choose the design that you want and put some spin on the kind of scrapbook that you are doing.

Of course, you can also achieve all of this digitally and not spend a dime on trying different designs until you hit the print button.

What’s more, digital or computer scrapbooking is never an all or nothing proposition. User just the prints of art and the printed journaling titles and notes if that’s all you need. Or, you can finish the entire page including the photos and just print the finished page when you are done. As much or as little as you want, it’s totally under your control.

I’ll tell you one thing though that you cannot do with an old traditional hand scrapped scrapbook… you can’t have it made into a real hardbound book complete with custom designed cover like you can with a digital scrapbook. At least not without scanning it and turning it into digital format first… but that’s a whole different story.

Now, it’s time to get in there and get scrapping, while saving a little cash at the same time.

You can check out all the new digital scrapbook template designs at: www.PrincessCrafts.com and www.MyPrincessCrafts.com.  The first and largest digital membership site on the web today. 5000 plus designs with unlimited access and unlimited downloads. Membership has it’s privileges.

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FREE Photo Greeting Cards for Platinum Members

Posted on September 18th, 2007 by wwaddell.
Categories: Site Information.

Hi Scrapbook Friend,

Just a quick note for today…

First, Kathy’s got the Mid Month new sets loaded and waiting for you on PrincessCrafts 8.5×11 and the 12×12 Members areas.  The Recently added page in your Members Home page area has also been updated for you.

We’ve completed the new 4×6 Photo Greeting Card Templates for our site at: www.TheGreetingCardBiz.com

I haven’t got the public site done yet offering them as an add-on to the Biz Book and starter templates that we offer there, but I’ve already taken care of our Platinum Members.

PrincessCrafts Platinum Members get FREE access now.  Just log into your Members Home page at: www.MyPrincessCrafts.com using the button in the upper left blue area.

Once inside, just choose your PrincessCrafts Platinum main title link in your left menu… the one with the GRAY dot, not the indented Black dots.On your main Platinum Members page, you’ll find the link to the greeting cards in the Limited Time Bonus box.

If you’re not a PrincessCrafts Platinum Member yet… you’re missing out and paying way too much for your digital scrapbook pages in both time and money. Get your membership started now at: www.MyPrincessCrafts.com

Happy Scrappin’

Kathy & Wes

www.PrincessCrafts.com
www.TheGreetingCardBiz.com

P.S.  If you are looking to create your own website and have your own personal e-mail addresses that no one can take away from you… then you need to check out Referals.ws now!  It could just save you several $100′s of dollars on your tax bill too.

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Bob Dylan Talks About PrincessCrafts Scrapbooking…

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by wwaddell.
Categories: Site Information, Uncategorized.

Hi Digital Scrapbook Friend,

The new Bob Dylan album comes out 1 October 2007.  With it, he’s created a new web site that you can add your own message to his video into.  Here’s what we had Bob Dylan tell you about PrincessCrafts.com digital computer scrapbooking membership:

It’s really cool… isn’t it!?

If you would like to create and send your own Bob Dylan message, choose the “Respond to this Message” option above.  It will take you to the Dylan site where you can create and send your own message.  By using the Respond option instead of creating your own, it lets me know that you tried it out.  It doesn’t give me your eMail or anything, just tells me you checked it out.

Happy Scrappin’

Kathy & Wes

www.MyPrincessCrafts.com

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Computer Scrapbook September Mid Month News

Posted on September 15th, 2007 by wwaddell.
Categories: Site Information.

Hi Scrapbook Friend, 

It’s been a day or two since my last post, but the good news is that we are finally back from our long road trip. 

Washington State (Spokane, Deer Park and Tacoma, Seattle) was great and our week in Hawaii on the island of Maui was spectacular.  But, it’s so nice to be home again.

Just Added:  

Kathy’s working hard on new scrapbook page templates and digital scrapbook elements.  As a matter of fact, for our Platinum and PC-ScrapbookElements.com members, she’s already got a new set of lace elements, a new “Old Manual-Style” typewriter letters set and 8 new digital scrapbook or gift tag sets loaded on the PC-ScrapbookElements.com members area.  You can find the section links already added to the Recently Added page from your Members Home. 

We have so much to show you and so very much to add to the digital scrapbook members areas that it’s going to be a busy next couple of months leading up to the winter holiday season.  Stay tuned as more sets are added this next week. 

Just to start you off, we are in the final stages of creating a new set of close to 100 photo greeting cards for our TheGreetingCardBiz.com greeting card business site.  Since I already gave our Platinum members at the time access to the book and photo greeting card templates (456 of them)… I’m going to give all our current Platinum Members, just for the rest of the month of September, access to the new set of hi-res photo greeting card templates at no cost.  Just for being a Platinum Member.   

We keep telling you that Platinum Membership has it’s privileges, this next year should really illustrate that point. 

So, if you don’t have your Platinum Membership yet or it’s expired, you had better get on board now or you’ll have to pay extra for them in the future.  Get Membership Here. 

I’ll be uploading them on Monday the 17th of September and I’ll send out another reminder when the photo greeting card templates are ready for download. 

That’s it for now, 

Kathy and Wes

PrincessCrafts

www.ScrapbookKitsnBits.com

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All About Holiday Greeting Cards

Posted on September 15th, 2007 by wwaddell.
Categories: Digital Photography, Scrapbook Articles, Scrapbook Tips.

All About Holiday Greeting Cards

Author: Wes Waddell – TheGreetingCardBiz.com

You may think of holiday cards as being just Christmas or Seasons Greetings cards, but really there are many more holiday cards than this one holiday or season of the year. 

There are holiday cards for Christmas, Hanukah, Easter (or Resurrection Day), Thanksgiving, Halloween, Columbus Day, President’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Independence Day, New Years, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparents Day, St. Patricks Day and Administrative Assistants Day. 

As you can see, there are many holidays we celebrate, and each of them have their own holiday cards.

Holiday cards were not always so popular.  Only in the last several years have holiday cards been created for all of the holidays we celebrate as Americans.  I was surprised to find Halloween and Thanksgiving holiday cards when I went Christmas card shopping last year.  I later discovered that holiday cards are becoming more and more popular, as people send holiday cards all year round to their friends and family. 

It is becoming increasingly popular to send holiday cards to all of you friends and family at every opportunity, just to let them know you are thinking of them and care.

Holiday cards come in all shapes and sizes.  You can choose holiday cards that are uniform and simple, and send one to everyone on your list.  Or, you can choose individual holiday cards suitable for each person based on personality and what holiday they celebrate. 

For example, if you know people who are Christian and people who are Jewish, you may choose to send a uniform card that says simply “Season’s Greetings.”  On the other hand, you can choose to send your Christian friends Christmas holiday cards, and your Jewish friends Hanukah holiday cards.  This way everyone feels special, and knows that you are thinking of them specifically.

Holiday cards can come with fancy pictures or cartoons, sentimental poetry or funny phrases, or even music or pop up figures and personal photos.  You can get holiday cards specifically for each member of your family.  There are holiday cards for children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, husbands, wives, and friends.  There are romantic holiday cards, funny holiday cards, sexy holiday cards, and sentimental holiday cards.

How about photo greeting cards?

You can find holiday cards at most any general store, retail outlet, discount store, or holiday store.  You can also find holiday greeting cards at wholesale outlets, dollar stores, and specialty shops.  Some of the funniest and most sexy holiday cards can be found at novelty stores such as Spencer’s Gifts, found in most USA shopping malls.

Alternatively, you can make your own holiday cards with a little bit of glue, construction paper, a pair of scissors, and a lot of creativity.  If you are not quite so creative or don’t have that kind of time… My favorite is to use the computer and holiday photo greeting card templates to make personalized photo greeting cards.  Children rather enjoy making holiday cards for their friends and family and the computer makes it easy enough for anyone and almost any age.  I love the no mess when you’re done part too.

Buying a holiday card is not nearly so much fun as making one yourself.  Also, the home-made holiday card from your children means much more than a uniform holiday card purchased in a store.  With the computer and digital photo greeting card templates as your friend, time isn’t all that much a factor either.

Regardless of who you are sending a holiday card to, you are sure to find the perfect holiday card to suit that person’s interests and hobbies.  From Harley Davidson to Disney, holiday cards purchased or custom home made are an absolute must in every season.

Don’t have the time to create personalized greeting cards yourself…? 

Not a problem, there are many personalized custom card and photo greeting cards businesses in most areas of the world.  You can even order from most of them online.  Provide your photo and message or theme and in very little time they’ll deliver as many custom greeting cards as you need, right to your door in many cases.  Some will even do all the mailing for you if you provide the list of names and address… for a small fee of course.

Custom photo greeting cards are one of the most popular and most cherished gifts people get at any holiday or time of the year.

Start your own Custom Greeting Card Business for next to nothing… everything you need including 456 Hi-Res digital photo greeting card templates with commercial license: TheGreetingCardBiz.com


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