http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com MyScrapbookNook blogs! Read the latest buzz and see what our Design Team has come up with. Welcome! Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:33:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   (click the picture for a larger view) These days we are all so busy with getting things ready for the holidays.. for me this is the right moment for "quick". I really love this quick paint technique and wanted to share it with you. I hope you can find a moment ... http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com/2007/12/20/quick-paint-technique/ I don’t know about you but with December just days away, I’m getting really excited for Christmas!!  The town has been busy gettting the last of the lights up.  They always go all out and December here is just gorgeous!  One of my favourite parts of Christmas is all the ... http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com/2007/11/27/christmas-wish-list/ I promised I would tell you something about Gesso and I guess now is the time. Gesso is a primer. It’s used by painters for ages.. mostly to prepare the canvas for painting. Gesso found it’s way into scrapbooking lately and boy the things you can do with it! I ... http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com/2007/11/20/gesso/ Have you gotten that Christmassy feeling yet? If you haven’t and really want to, here’s the medicine for you! MyScrapbookNook proudly presents:The DECEMBER kit! (For better pictures - look at the kit-page!)  So… What do we have here? Well - in the words of the woman who puts these babies together: 12 sheets ... http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/winter-starting-to-get-to-you/ You know I love to alter things, right?Well, now I’ve found this new passion: altering candy bars! It’s a fun, extremely easy way to turn a regular old piece of candy (mine are the cheap stuff from the grocery store around the corner. Tastes good, but doesn’t have a flashy name ... http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com/2007/11/13/sweets-all-around/ I was able to play with some of the "Crush Collection" this past weekend.  Here’s the LO I created . . . I love the colors and texture of this paper, honestly I think it was created specifically for my daughter . . . not really, but it does go ... http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com/2007/11/07/crate-paper-yumminess/ 21 DAY CHALLENGE _ ONE LITTLE WORD_ This challenge came to me one night when I was working on a journal.  I wanted to do a different kind of journal, not just a “year in the life of” album again.  I was reflecting on the holidays and the feelings and memories ... http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com/2007/11/05/21-day-challenge-one-little-word/ Clear albums are hot, hot, hot these days! So you can imagine how excited I was to open my November Home Scrap Club kit and find a Maya Road scalloped clear mini-album…be still my heart! I had the perfect photos from my daughter’s 4th birthday to go with it, and ... http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com/2007/11/03/trendwatch-clear-albums/ I made these to put on my mantlepiece at xmas time, i love them so i thought i would show you how to make them. They are really easy!! Okay first of all you have to use a 12 by 12 piece of card, as it is the only one that ... http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com/2007/10/30/noel-boxes/ With Halloween right around the corner, the little ones (and the not so little ones) are getting all excited to get dressed up and go get some candy!  What is a good scrapper to do?  Take a LOT great photos of course!  It can be really hard, though to get ... http://myscrapbooknook.blogsome.com/2007/10/26/halloween-photos/