leahbear1
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Post by leahbear1 on Apr 3, 2024 22:53:16 GMT
Hello - I’ve been away from these boards for a LONG time, but I’m home resting up from a broken navicular bone and can’t walk on it for 2 weeks. I’ve been getting back into my scrapbook supplies and was wondering if anyone still has scrapbook idea books that they love. I have Cathy Zielske’s 2 books plus some of Becky Higgins’ sketches books, and I think I still have some older Ali Edwards Design books. Does anyone still use idea books for scrapping, and if so, what are your faves?
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Post by Linda on Apr 3, 2024 23:33:07 GMT
I still pull out the BH sketch books but that's about all I still use
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 4, 2024 0:37:20 GMT
I've got two Becky Fleck / PageMaps books with cards that I pull out once in a blue moon. But most of my inspiration and ideas comes from online these days.
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Post by artisticscrapper on Apr 4, 2024 1:34:15 GMT
I think that since trends and styles change so quickly a lot of people go online to find inspiration. Many companies have their design teams post layout and card samples. You could also check the gallery here.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 4, 2024 1:55:53 GMT
I don't use idea books, but I do love scrapbook generations sketch books. They also offer free sketches. For me, I just need a good photo placement with some basic paper ideas and then I am ready to go.
When I prep for creating, I break my tasks up into printing photos and put them on top of 13 x 13 bags. tHen I pick a sketch that I could use for that many photos, pick paper and ephemera, and create titles or just write an idea on a sticky note. All of those go into separate baggies (per two page layout) and then I type up a list of layouts. I usually do one year at a time, so I just set my list out and pick which layout makes me happy. Last year I did 128 layouts in 120 days. I also like to print pics off of Pinterest for inspiration.
Every rare once in a while, I'll see a scrapbook or paper magazine and peruse that for current trends or techniques.
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leahbear1
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Post by leahbear1 on Apr 4, 2024 2:00:41 GMT
I love this idea, 950nancy. Where do you get such large bags, if you don’t mind me asking? I love the plan of having it all together when I’m ready to scrap. |
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 4, 2024 3:41:16 GMT
I love this idea, 950nancy . Where do you get such large bags, if you don’t mind me asking? I love the plan of having it all together when I’m ready to scrap. I bought 1,000 of them from the GT Bag company that seems to have changed names. Here is the link. The bags are the 12.5 x 12.5. I am sure you can find smaller amounts from different companies, but these seem to be 2ml thick and they are pretty sturdy. I reuse them all of the time. www.actionbags.com/product-category/high-clarity-bags/polypropylene-hang-vent-hole-zip-bags/ |
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Post by Linda on Apr 4, 2024 13:23:18 GMT
but I do love scrapbook generations sketch books. They also offer free sketches. Yes - I love those as well. Where do you get such large bags, if you don’t mind me asking? I love the plan of having it all together when I’m ready to scrap I buy the Hefty 2.5 gallon storage sliders to store collections in. They are 14 3/8" x 16" |
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Post by workingclassdog on Apr 4, 2024 14:43:11 GMT
Ya'll gonna laugh at me.. I still love my Lisa Bearnson QVC books. I have all four five of them. I haven't pulled them out in awhile (I haven't been scrapping much and just trying to get back in it).. but I used those books ALL the time. I think they are still good, I just now use them for a blank layout idea and use more updated supplies. I definitely got my money out of those books.
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Post by infochick on Apr 4, 2024 14:56:32 GMT
I really like working with a sketch. I use both Allison Davis for Scrapbook Generation and Page Maps a lot. I've bought a number of the Scrapbook Generations books and classes, and I also have a Page Maps book (probably the same one as AussieMeg with the cards), but both have a lot of great free content as well. |
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Post by mbanda on Apr 4, 2024 15:21:11 GMT
I haven't pulled out idea books in a long time BUT I do use the Scrapbook Generation sketches on almost every layout!
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leahbear1
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Post by leahbear1 on Apr 4, 2024 16:01:22 GMT
Ya'll gonna laugh at me.. I still love my Lisa Bearnson QVC books. I have all four five of them. I haven't pulled them out in awhile (I haven't been scrapping much and just trying to get back in it).. but I used those books ALL the time. I think they are still good, I just now use them for a blank layout idea and use more updated supplies. I definitely got my money out of those books. Oh my gosh, I forgot about these!! And they sometimes came with little kits/albums. Wow, that’s a blast from the past - I’ll bet I still have these somewhere 😊 |
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leahbear1
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Post by leahbear1 on Apr 4, 2024 16:10:38 GMT
but I do love scrapbook generations sketch books. They also offer free sketches. Yes - I love those as well. Where do you get such large bags, if you don’t mind me asking? I love the plan of having it all together when I’m ready to scrap I buy the Hefty 2.5 gallon storage sliders to store collections in. They are 14 3/8" x 16" Thank you linda and 950nancy for the bag recommendations! Those will work great to keep album supplies together. |
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 4, 2024 19:31:32 GMT
I have these Meori totes that I put on top of my Raskog carts. They hold the bags I mentioned perfectly. They can easily hold a year's worth of layouts/photos in them. I used to tote a full wagonload of stuff to crops. Now I can just pull out the tote and take it to a crop, or I just leave it in the cart when I am home and just grab one baggie. The baggies also store really well in IKEA's cubes too.   |
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Apr 4, 2024 21:37:10 GMT
I haven't looked at them in years.
I have:
Scrapbooking
Cathy Zielske - Clean and Simple Book 1 and 2.
Wendy Smedley & Aby Garvey - The organized and inspired scrapbooker.
Mixed Media
Alisa Burke - Canvas Remix
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Post by workingclassdog on Apr 5, 2024 13:25:14 GMT
Ya'll gonna laugh at me.. I still love my Lisa Bearnson QVC books. I have all four five of them. I haven't pulled them out in awhile (I haven't been scrapping much and just trying to get back in it).. but I used those books ALL the time. I think they are still good, I just now use them for a blank layout idea and use more updated supplies. I definitely got my money out of those books. Oh my gosh, I forgot about these!! And they sometimes came with little kits/albums. Wow, that’s a blast from the past - I’ll bet I still have these somewhere 😊 Oh yeah I forgot about those too!! And I think a couple of the books came with CDs. I don't think I ever even looked at those. lol. I wonder where my little kits went to?? I know I put them together. |
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Post by leeny on Apr 5, 2024 15:20:45 GMT
I still have some CD's collecting dust that had ideas, but I tossed my huge collection of assorted idea books and magazines a few months ago after I offered them on Facebook Buy Nothing pages and there were no takers. I now follow my favorite companies on Facebook and Instagram and save images to my computer or Pinterest of the examples I like.
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Post by teacherlisa on Apr 5, 2024 15:35:58 GMT
Ali edwards life artist stacy Julian photo freedom and CZ clean and simple are available digitally on their websites if you dont want to buy physical books. Thrift books (online) has several idea books available if you did want physical copies
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Post by craftymom101 on Apr 5, 2024 18:09:58 GMT
The new Paige Evans book is really good. I believe I bought my copy on Amazon.
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