Here are some great ideas on how to take Engagement photos with the help of Cricut Sweethearts Cartridges!

Want to make a fun Valentine Candy box to give out? Try it out with my tutorial!

I was inspired this weekend and created this crafty Angry Birds 3D display. You can make your own too by following my steps! Enjoy!

Here is a Halloween card I designed for a card swap! It was so much fun to make! Instructions to come shortly.

If you’re in my area, be sure to head down to the Scrapbook Expo in Ontario, California! It’s happening Friday and Saturday – October 22 and 23! See the official website for more details. General EXPO floor tickets are only $8. I usually get this one to scope out the new scrapbook tools and companies! Tickets for workshops and crop nights are also available for the serious scrappers. ;)

The last time I went to Scrapbook Expo was in 2008 and it was so much fun! Here’s a blog post about my findings.

Size: 16.5 MB
Requirements: iPhone / iPod Touch
Version: 1.0
Rate: 4.5 out of 5 Stars

If you love scrapbooking, you’ll definitely love the iPhone/iPod touch app called Coolibah. It’s a premium digital scrapbooking app for all your iPhone and iPod Touch photos.

Creating a new scrapbook is very simple and only takes seconds! There’s a free kit that’s pre-installed when you purchase the app. Start a new page by picking a background for your layout. Then add a photo, a few embellishments, and maybe some text. Then viola, you’re done creating your first digital iPhone scrapbook page! Now repeat the steps by adding another page to it and another, and before you know it, you’ll have an entire book documenting your vacation or subject!

Once you’re done, export the book and the pages will be added into your Photo roll. If you like, these can be easily used to print great 4×6 prints as well, or be uploaded to various social networks.

To me, browsing the gallery is one of my favorite things to do in the app. The gallery includes beautiful kits with embellishments created by premium designers. Kits are free or costs about 99 cents each. This is denoted by a gift icon (free) or a dollar sign. You can even browse the elements in the kits before purchasing them.

Some editing features include adding one or more photos to pages, resizing, rotating, and adding shadow to embellishments, as well as sending elements to the foreground or background. There is also the undo, redo, and delete options. When selecting an element to edit, it will be highlighted in yellow. Use one finger to move it on the page, two-finger pinch to resize it, and three fingers to rotate the embellishment. You can personalize your page even further by adding text in a variety of fonts and colors.

Some features I’d like to see in future builds would be:

• Ability to view new kits in the gallery on any type of connection (currently viewable on only wifi)
• Ability to reorder the pages in a scrapbook
• Ability to combine pages indifferent scrapbooks

Overall, this app is a fabulous solution on how to organize and dress up your iPhone photos, or fill in that scrapbooking itch while on the road! It’s a lot of fun, especially when you’re on vacation. It only takes a few seconds to create a fun postcard to email or post! For more tips, tutorials, and information, see the official website or the App Store.

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Daynah & ManLe at Pineapple Cove – Photo Taken by Albertech on iPhone

Everytime I go traveling, I try to stop by local scrapbook stores to pick up a few special things I can’t find at home. Of course, this trip to Hawaii is no exception!

I was unsure about where to start, so I asked on Twitter where the best scrapbook store in Oahu was. @TweetPea sent me a link to Joscie’s “Scrapbooking in Hawaii list” and I couldn’t be more happy! Going down the list, I fell in love with the store named “Pineapple Cove.”

Well, I’m finally at the store, and I have to say, it’s a pretty big place full of scrapbook and crafting goodies! There are tons of paper, stickers, wooden cutouts, albums, diecuts, and much, much more! I picked up a few Hello Kitty Sizzix Diecuts, wooden flowers, and a few other things. I was quite happy! :)

Although the shopping part was fun, the best part was probably meeting ManLe, the store owner of Pineapple Cove. She’s the sweetest and nicest person ever. She was teaching me all kinds of scrapbook techniques and giving me ideas for projects… that believe it or not, I can’t wait to go home to start working on.

I spent hours in the store, just learning about techniques, chatting about scrapbooking, Twitter, and other social media topics. I know staying in a store for a few hours is not something people do on their vacation, but this was a slice of heaven for me. If you love crafting and you’re in Oahu, be sure to check out Pineapple Cove! I’ll definitely be back on my next trip!

Here are some of the cards and stamping projects I completed in the first half of class last Saturday! 10 projects out of 18 done by 12pm isn’t bad! I was making good time. :) I’ll be taking photos of the rest of the cards soon!

Also, the tin at the lower bottom of the page is made with the Cuttle Bug and Air conditioning duct tape! I had to stop by Home Depot the other day to pick up some… :)

Part 1 – The box

Part 2 – The lid

Finished Product:

Have fun making your stationary box!

An exploration of rubber stamping techniques and projects for those who have rubber stamping experience. The theme for the workshop is spring. This is a fast paced class designed for experienced rubber stampers. Participants work independently on hands-on projects in class, creating various works of rubber-stamped art. Each student should complete at least six projects.

I’m pretty sure I’ll have about 20 projects (we never do just the minimum) done by the end of the day. ;) If you’re in the area, please register and join me!

Here’s a sample card that I made from this class last year!

I was at Walmart today and found these cute whale stickers! They were on clearance, so I picked up two packets of “Fail Whale” stickers. ;)

This is a first look at Coolibah, the new mobile iPhone scrapbooking app being developed by Bobbie Yerkey and Scott Means. Follow us on Twitter (@coolibahme) and visit our blog and be the first to know when the app is available in the App Store!

Here is what I’ve started on. The paper has lots of birds because I love Twitter. ;) I’m hoping to finish a few more pages by the end of the day!

But as for me, I’m more interested in the scrapbooking supplies, and there was A LOT of it. And I love how it’s scattered all over the store in various sections now. It just makes me want to walk around more (as well as throw more things into my cart!)

Here are two videos of me shopping/browsing the store. Nothing too interesting unless you like looking at paper and stickers. ;) Forgot to mention, they’re having their dollar-day sale, so almost everything in the store is on sale!

Here’s a short video of my scrapbook shopping that I took on my iPhone: