Go Wild with These Animal Scrapbook Tag & Border Ideas

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When we’re sitting in our crafting rooms, the wide open spaces and wild jungles where animals roam can seem like a world away. However, when you put the What a Zoo Theme Pack to good use, you can bring that untamed landscape into your crafting lair and harness it to create some fun animal-themed projects! Nature is calling you to try out these animal scrapbook tags and animal scrapbook borders — are you going to answer the call?

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Put the Bow on the Dough with DIY Gift Card Holders

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Gift cards take the guess work out of gift-giving. Whether it’s for a niece who’d rather pick out her own clothes or a co-worker you don’t know that well, a gift card covers all the recipient bases! The only drawback is that it can seem a bit impersonal. Thankfully, blog contributor Tina has a solution for that with her DIY gift card holders idea! Check it out!

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Create Two-for-One Projects: Autumn Scrapbook Border Ideas (Part One)

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Everyone is looking to get the most out of their scrapbooking supplies and use every last bit of every last piece. Nobody likes to be wasteful! That’s what today’s blog post is all about — using all the supplies in the Harvest Delight collection for multiple projects! Part one in this series features fall scrapbook border ideas for the 8×8 albums and part two will show you how to create DIY fall cards. Let’s get started!

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Create Entire 8×8 Vintage Scrapbook Albums with a Few Simple Cuts

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Have you placed your orders for the exclusive 8×8 Bookcloth Album Covers yet? From now until Oct. 22, you can get seven new 8×8 covers that are perfectly-sized to house your photos and memories. You’ll love telling your whole story with these 8x8s, but first, you’ll need some quick and simple layout ideas! We’ve got a fun trick for you to do just that and fill your 8×8 album with layouts that look great — read on to find out how!

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Top Black Friday Scrapbook Gift Ideas

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Happy Black Friday! While people all across North America are lining up at stores trying to get the hottest new products, diehard scrapbookers are spending the day combing the Creative Memories® website looking for what they want. Whether you’re shopping for yourself, a friend or family member or a fellow scrapbooker in your life, we have all the products you need to give the perfect gift! Check out the guide below to find our list of the top Black Friday gift ideas!

BONUS… Don’t miss out on our exclusive Black Friday deals going on now!

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Make a Beautiful Flip Book Project using Peekaboo Pockets™

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Peekaboo Pockets™ are a great way to add photos to your layouts and projects in unique and creative ways. They allow you to stack photos and mats on top of one another to create multi-layered projects with a variety of photos and decorations. They’re awesome for scrapbooking, but that’s not all you can do with them! In today’s post, learn how to create a flip book craft from blog contributor Wendy. Happy reading!

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9 Steps to Create a Magic Fold-Up Card Album!

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Looking for a unique card for someone? We’ve got the perfect thing for you, and you’ve probably never seen anything like it before – a magic fold-up card album! Sound intriguing? Let’s check it out!

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Special Handmade Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

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Mother’s Day is this weekend – what are you planning to get the special woman in your life? Sure, flowers, chocolates and store-bought cards are all nice sentiments, but why not do something extra special this year? We’ve got some thoughtful ideas we know you (and she!) will love!

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#ThrowbackThursday: Quick, Easy Steps to Create a Mini Scrapbook Album

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Looking for a quick, easy way to make an adorable gift album? Here’s a simple tutorial for creating an 8×8 scrapbook album using just a few supplies and tools of your choice! Let’s get started!

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Easy Steps to Design an Album

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With New Year’s around the corner, it is time to start thinking out of the box! With traditional scrapbooking there is lots of creativity and fun!  What if we simplified things to get an extra album or two created in 2018?

I love the Fast2Fab™ albums for just that reason.  For that vacation or gift album that would be impossible to do along with my chronological albums so, I turn to the Fast2Fab™ albums!

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