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An Ode To Opulence: Brocade Border Ideas For Scrapbooking

Posted on March 14, 2023March 7, 2023 by Krislyn Mattei

Brocade is an ornate fashion trend that has stood the test of time, originating from the Middle Ages. It’s a decorative fabric that is shuttle-woven with a raised pattern, typically featuring silver or gold thread, which exudes a feeling of timeless elegance and luxuriousness. Inspired by this stylish, scrolly sentiment, the Brocade Chain Border Maker Cartridge can make your special moments (think milestone anniversaries, dinner parties, prom, black-tie weddings and more) dress to the nines with ease. Make a fashion statement frenzy in a flash with these brocade border ideas for scrapbooking!

Ring In Another Year With These New Year Borders

Posted on December 30, 2022December 27, 2022 by Krislyn Mattei

Every year as the clock strikes midnight and turns the calendar page from December to January, we bid a collective farewell to the departing year and express anticipation and hope for what’s ahead. And whether you welcome 2023 with a glitzy, over-the-top bash with glittery backdrops and props or a low-key night watching the ball drop on your TV, New Year’s is always a time to remember. So once the end-of-the-year snapshots are taken, rally together your celebratory craft supplies and make these New Year borders.

Happy New Year, scrappers!

Easy Piecey: Border Recipe For Tonal Scrapbook Borders

Posted on December 21, 2022January 5, 2023 by Krislyn Mattei

Whether it’s grandma’s famous lemon meringue pie or an uncle’s award-winning chili, the instructions set in recipes are to help you put forth a divine product (and to feel proud about it after seeing the outcome!). While we may not be making dishes, blog contributor Krislyn Mattei is serving up a border recipe that is oh-so delectable and pleasing… time and time again! A base of creativity, a dash of innovativeness, sprinkles of fun — it’s all here and more with this border recipe for tonal scrapbook borders! Enjoy!

Handy How-To’s for Creative Memories Products

Posted on May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 by Creative Memories

Today’s blog post is a real How-To-tastic treat — we’ve got 11 handy how-to’s for using Creative Memories products that are part of the main line! Whether you’re new to CM and would like to learn how to insert pages into our albums and use a Tape Runner or have been with us for a while but could use a refresher on how to use our tools like the Original Border Maker System, you’re going to love it!

Pair Tonal Scrapbooking Supplies With CM Collections For In Tandem Creativity

Posted on April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 by Krislyn Mattei

The Totally Tonal Hues are in total tandem with any CM collection! Their shades span the whole spectrum — light, dark and tones in between — and can coincide with any themed layout, from everyday moments to milestone moments. Ready to see how? Well, take a peek at blog contributor Krislyn Mattei’s ideas for how you can combine your beloved Creative Memories’ collections with tonal scrapbooking supplies for endless options and creative possibilities!

Pruned To Perfection: Vines Borders and DIY Card For Scrapbooking

Posted on April 7, 2022April 6, 2022 by melissaullmann

Clinging, twining and sprawling vines give an old-time fairytale look (as well as organic and eye-catching accents!) to many homes, doorways, landscapes and gardens. And if you want to intertwine your photos and layouts together with this ornamental appeal, then stem your scrapbooking toward the Flourish Vine Border Maker Cartridge! See how this vine-of-the-times tool can do just that by making these vines borders and DIY card for scrapbooking!

Enjoy Your Springtime Memories All Year Round: Spring Scrapbook Projects With Circle Borders

Posted on March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 by Krislyn Mattei

Style and trends may come and go — just like how the four seasons transition throughout the year — but in the end, circle shapes will repeat itself again and again an attractive, playful and lasting design. And you can enjoy this on-target trend all year round with the Circle Chain Border Maker Cartridge and its modern circle borders cutouts! Check out how we’ve adapted this BMC for springtime with these spring scrapbook borders! (They’re sure to bring your album pages and memories full circle!)

Toddler Time Frames: 12 Baby Scrapbook Borders and DIY Baby Scrapbook Embellishment Idea

Posted on February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 by Krislyn Mattei

It’s true — children grow up fast. As important it may be to decorate the nursery, babyproof the home and shop for too-cute-to-handle clothes, it’s equally important to document these toddler time frames, tidbits and special moments within the first year (and beyond, too!). Blog contributor Krislyn Mattei has put together not 1, not 2, but 12 baby scrapbook borders that will for sure make for a cute and creative baby book that your little one can cherish for years to come.

These Baby Jammies Scrapbook Borders and DIY Card Are Darling Cutie Pies

Posted on January 20, 2022January 18, 2022 by Krislyn Mattei

Babies are so cute with their squishy cheeks, soft skin, tiny fingers and toes and wide eyes. And when you think they couldn’t possibly get any cuter, you get to dress them up in teeny-tiny dresses, overalls, rompers and jammies! Well, enjoy special moments with your own little bundle of joy or newborn grandkids, nieces and nephews, and then make these baby jammies scrapbook borders and DIY card that everyone will go gaa-gaa for!

These Scrapbook Borders & DIY Card Are Worth All The Buzz: Honeycomb Borders

Posted on January 5, 2022January 6, 2022 by Krislyn Mattei

There’s a lot of buzz going around, and that’s because the latest bee’s knees Border Maker Cartridge is on the CM scene. In fact, this BMC makes for sweet-as-honey, continuous honeycomb borders and is perfect for photos of family time, picnics, gardening, afternoons spent with friends and more — and a bee-utiful accompaniment with the Welcome Home collection, too. (Okay, okay, we’re done with the puns now!) See how you can hone in on its hexagonal design with these scrapbook borders and DIY card.