Damask Scrapbook Paper, Ahhhh The Beauty!

This is Damask.  And it’s beautiful and classy.  You can use it on your walls, your pillows, your skirts and now even your scrapbook papers!

Yes…Damask Scrapbook Papers are the new HOT ITEM in scrapbooking.

They are a tad hard to find as not everyone is calling them damask scrapbook papers…some people don’t even know what to call this sort of pattern.  They just know it’s beautifull.

But here’s the thing…Damask Scrapbook Papers lend themselves beautifully to your scrapbook pages as  backgrounds, borders, frames and mats.

You can even take the scrapbooking skills you have and turn your damask scrapbook papers into wedding invitations or elegant party favors at your next shower.

Keep in mind as well that your damask paper products don’t need to stay BLACK AND WHITE – they can be black on ANY color and they can also be ANY COLOR on BLACK…Or…even Light Colors on other Solids.  If you want to get even MORE creative with your damask scrapbook papers you can even touch up some of the intricate spaces (within your damask designs) with color – creating the mosiac or stained glass sort of effect.

Whatever you do with your damask scrapbook supplies I am sure it will be beautiful.

*Don’t be afraid to share them in our scrapbook photo gallery too.  We would LOVE to see them.

To purchase our Damask Papers – choose your package(s) below and click the buy now button.

This gorgeous damask paper pack is an “ode” top all that is beautiful on earth.

Included are 11 brilliant damask papers for your digital scrapbooking or hybrid scrapbooking layouts.  All have been exclusively designed by ci Cijaye DePradine of  Scrapbooking Directions.com for this website.

Only $3.99 for the ENTIRE package!

How to go from LAME to FAME with your Scrapbooks.

It is true…when you first start scrapbooking you are just getting your feet wet.  You don’t know what you are doing other than trying to give your photo’s a new purpose or enhance their memories.

Really that’s what scrapbooking was all about in its earliest days.  In fact…if you look back historically – a scrapbook was merely a collection of photographs and memoires. 

They weren’t placed on the page in just the right place to give the paper behind it some glory.  They weren’t covered on the corners or all around the edges to make them look cooler. They were simply images placed on a page along with some newspaper clippings or ticket stubs or pennants etc.

It was a collection of stuff with no rhyme or reason – but collected and keepsaked nonetheless.

 

Now if YOUR early scrapbooks feel that way too…like mine did… (okay this one is a LITTLE better than some of my beginning ones – but it’s still not a page I would call GREAT today)…you would want to redesign them OR know how to do BETTER than this next time.  Right?  Who doesn’t want to improve their work.  All artists go through transitions and WANT to make changes to their skills as time progresses…so I am going to help you do that.  Here’s what you need to do in order of progression.

 

From LAME to FAME in 5 Simple Steps!

1. Discover the amazing gift of Scrapbook Page Layouts!  Even if you don’t intend to do EVERYTHING as done in a layout you like – having a layout design in mind can make everything come together in ways you may have never imagined previously.  It also speeds up the process of completing a scrapbook page by leaps and bounds.

 

2. Learn how / when / where to use those pretty patterned papers you see everywhere.    For the life of me (as a beginner) I could not figure out how to use them properly.  As a full background page they took up the spotlight in all of the wrong ways…yet – when I cut them I felt like I was ruining them altogether.  NOW however…just the right pattern in just the right places is all I need.   Usually it’s a thin strip across the page or a matt behind a photo.  Sometimes is a square or circle placed around other squares or circles.  Occasional my patterned papers are other unique shapes (punched or diecut) – and they are simply used like embellishments.  The best trick however is to cut the original shapes / designs OUT of the patterned paper and adhering them to cardstock and 3D pop dots to make them stand out from the page.

 

3. Explore embellishments BEYOND the sticker and button isles!  Go to the hardware sections of EVERY STORE that has one.  Shopping with your DIY Fixer Upper Husband will finally take on a PURPOSE for you!  It’s amazing what you can do with widgets, fasteners, hinges, hooks and clasps.  You can even visit the local fabric stores now and buy up their bagfuls of buttons, ribbons and cut offs.  You can even add zippers and straps, cords and tape.  The sky is now your limit…litterally. (You just have to find a place to organize it all)  You can stretch beyond the normal imagination now and become an adventurer with your scrapbook pages.  Embellishing will definitely take on new meaning for you!

 

4. Allow BORDERS to take on a new meaning!  Not every page or photo needs a border; but if there is a call for it…don’t just FRAME it; that’s simply too basic.  Run a row of stitches with your hand or a sewing machine; pierce a row of holes; distress with paint or ink; scratch with sand paper, scissors or even needles; create a mosiac with beads, tiles, paper pieces etc.  Go beyond the ordinary!  As you are going though…don’t forget that not all borders are 4 sided!  You can border anywhere from 1-4 sides … or even border your shapes (like circles, flowers, photo corners and such).  Also remember that your borders don’t need to start or finish on the image / shape being bordered.  Try starting a few centimeters or even INCHES before – and then add some staples, buttons or flowers half way before your shape starts.  Don’t be afraid to place those embellishments halfway through the shape either.  AND furthermore…if you can avoid the straight and perfect lines that one would normally expect from a border…you will do yourself a favor. 

 

5. See Imperfections as Opportunities!  So what if your photo isn’t perfectly square.  So what if it’s not squared in the matt either.  So what if your flower has a curled up or chopped up petal.  SO WHAT?  Use those imperfections as opportunities.  Add something else to the imperfect spaces or edges.  Cover them up or even EMPHASIZE them.  Make them appear INTENTIONAL!  You will love the fact that you don’t have to do them over!  You will love the fact that you can be FREE and avoid CONFINEMENT and perfection if you want to!  You can be a rebel and it’s okay!

 

Lets start there!  I am sure that give you a TON to think about.  But I hope you are now newly inspired to be MORE!  Be better.  You can now take your scrapbook pages to the next level! 

And have fun with it!

National Scrapbooking Day Special

thank you to everyone who jumped on this opportunity to purchase our educational products at a discounted price.  the sale is now over.

To view the current products and purchase at regular price – please visit our scrapbooking products page.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day to you!  Hope you take some time out today to appreciate the amazing work you have done and will continue to do with your scrapbooks.

Here at Scrapbooking Directions.com we would like to extend our appreciation to you  as well.  We want to appreciate you for visiting the site, commenting on posts (if you have), joining our gallery (if you have) and even purchasing from us in the past.

To extend this appreciation we offering an INSANE discount on PRODUCT today.

FOR A VERY LIMITED TIME TODAY: If you would like to purchase ANY one of our educational products….you can do so RIGHT NOW for only $9.99!

All you have to do is: visit this page: http://scrapbookingdirections.com/2009/scrapbooking-products/ - select your product…. and then come back to this page to purchase that product (you will have to select it via the pull down menu).

USE THE BUTTON ON THIS PAGE ONLY !
That’s your ticket to the crazy discount we are offering.

*Note there are a couple of additional products on this list that are NOT displayed on the products page.  They are exclusive offers JUST FOR THIS CELEBRATION!  You may purchase any one of those for $9.99 as well.

We will send your download to you IMMEDIATELY after we confirm your payment.

SALE IS OVER.

Thank you to everyone who purchased.




Mothers Day Digital Scrapbook Kit

Just added! MOMSDAY DIGIKIT

New Mothers Day Scrapbooking Kit (Digital).

If you are scrambling to make your mom one of the best mothers day gifts ever…scramble no more.

This kit AND bonus Title Pack contains everything you need.  Your mothers day scrapbook kit will include 6 scrapbook pages, 6 unique scrapbooking embellishments and 6 matching brads for your mothers day scrapbook pages!  It’s all ready to go.

PLUS if you purchase today – you also get 8 free scrapbook titles for mothers day as well.

Note: As with all digital supplies, you can use them exclusively for digital scrapbook pages and print when completed – import to an online photo album, publish them to a print on demand album OR you can also print the supplies as is and incorporate them into your PAPER Scrapbook Pages.  There are a ton of options.  This is just one more dimension to add to the mix.

Get these beautiful scrapbook elements and quotes / title today! Only $6.99 USD.

Scrapbook Paige Game

Have you heard of this game Scrapbook Paige?  The fact that its a Scrapbooking Game makes it REALLY cool!  But I personally think it’s a great mind break!  It’s sorta like I SPY meets scrapbooking.  Me personally I have a ton of fun with my kids’ I SPY and Waldo books…why would this be any different right?

You may think that it will be more appropriate for children than adults (and it is to a certain degree) – - but if you are like me you are still a child at heart too and a game like this will lend a little fun to your scrapbooking life!  Might even give you NEW scrapbooking ideas!

I know personally – when it comes to games, I  like the older, simpler childlike games anyhow (such as Frogger, Burger Time, Wonderboy etc).  So this is a great way to be childish and keep up the joy of scrapbooking.

But if this is REALLY not your thing….don’t forget your CHILDREN probably do like games – and maybe they also have an interest in Scrapbooking.  What better way to let them engage in both?

Bottom line…this might be a ton of fun to try for you and/or your children.

You not only get to play with virtual scrapbooking elements and stuff – but you can also improve your scrapbooking skills too.  You may even get freebies that you wouldn’t expect!!! HMMMMM…..

So…if you are looking for a great way to take your mind off of the hustle and bustle of life.  Even if  it is only for a few moments a day – Scrapbooking Paige might just do the trick.

Here’s what you need to know about the game:

Scrapbook Paige is an addictive Hidden Object game with great environments to explore. After searching the many themed areas of the shop, players are given the chance to try out their scrapbooking skills. Creativity is key to earning extra cash when designing scrapbook pages for shop customers. Speed Rounds offer an exciting challenge as you try to complete rush orders. The superb magnifying glass feature is sure to please players when looking for those hard to find items.

• Assemble scrapbooks
• Win with your creativity!
• Find the riddle items!

And there is so much more.

Try Scrapbook Paige out today! You will have a ton of fun.

Mom Quotes for Scrapbooking

Looking for some digital papers, flowers and brads for your next mother scrapbooking project?  These mom quotes and scrapbook images would be perfect for ANY mom!

OR….are you simply looking for some Mom Quotes to put in your existing Scrapbook?

Will any of these work?

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.  ~Tenneva Jordan

Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world over.
~George Cooper

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love.  ~Mildred B. Vermont

The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
~William Goldsmith Brown

A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.  ~Peter De Vries

If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam.  ~Lord Langdale (Henry Bickersteth)

All mothers are working mothers.  ~Author Unknown

It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.  ~Phyllis Diller

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.  She never existed before.  The woman existed, but the mother, never.  A mother is something absolutely new.  ~Rajneesh

Woman in the home has not yet lost her dignity, in spite of Mother’s Day, with its offensive implication that our love needs an annual nudging, like our enthusiasm for the battle of Bunker Hill.  ~John Erskine

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.  ~Author Unknown

Sweater, n.:  garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.  ~Ambrose Bierce

Women’s Liberation is just a lot of foolishness.  It’s the men who are discriminated against.  They can’t bear children.  And no one’s likely to do anything about that.  ~Golda Meir

All women become like their mothers.  That is their tragedy.  No man does.  That’s his.  ~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts.  A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.  ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.  ~Aristotle

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.  ~Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul

Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.  ~T. DeWitt Talmage

A man’s work is from sun to sun, but a mother’s work is never done.  ~Author Unknown

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.  ~Irish Proverb

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.  ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.  ~Jewish Proverb

Motherhood is priced
Of God, at price no man may dare
To lessen or misunderstand.
~Helen Hunt Jackson

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.  ~Oprah Winfrey

You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.  ~William D. Tammeus

Now that… my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together.  The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations.  Thank you!  ~Forest Houtenschil

My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being.  I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune.  ~Graycie Harmon

Making the decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.  ~Elizabeth Stone

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.  ~John Wilmot

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn’t have anything to do with it.  ~Haim Ginott

Are we not like two volumes of one book?  ~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

It kills you to see them grow up.  But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.  ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.
~Anne Taylor

On Mother’s Day I have written a poem for you.  In the interest of poetic economy and truth, I have succeeded in concentrating my deepest feelings and beliefs into two perfectly crafted lines:  You’re my mother, I would have no other!  ~Forest Houtenschil

Children are a great comfort in your old age – and they help you reach it faster, too.  ~Lionel Kauffman

Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children.  ~Marilyn Penland

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.  ~Charles R. Swindoll, The Strong Family

Now the thing about having a baby – and I can’t be the first person to have noticed this – is that thereafter you have it.  ~Jean Kerr

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.  ~Chinese Proverb

Never raise your hand to your kids.  It leaves your groin unprotected.  ~Red Buttons

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.  ~Lawrence Housman

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.  ~William Makepeace Thackeray

Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.  ~Sam Levenson

The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents.  ~John J. Plomp

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.  ~William Feather, The Business of Life, 1949

Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine.  You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion-picture star.  If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word “collectible” as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.  ~Fran Lebowitz, “Parental Guidance,” Social Studies, 1981

This heart, my own dear mother, bends,
With love’s true instinct, back to thee!
~Thomas Moore

Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying.  (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for a horn and make loud “snort” noises.)  I don’t know why parents don’t do this more often.  Usually it makes the kid laugh.  Sometimes it sends him into shock.  Either way it quiets him down.  If you’re a parent, acting like a rhino has another advantage.  Keep it up until the kid is a teenager and he definitely won’t have his friends hanging around your house all the time.  ~P.J. O’Rourke

I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.  ~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, M*A*S*H, “Identity Crisis,”

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.  ~Dinah Craik

Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.  ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.  It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.  We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.  ~Albert Schweitzer

You can always tell a real friend:  when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.  ~Laurence J. Peter

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.  ~Marcel Proust

If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.  ~Attributed to Claudia Ghandi

Source: http://www.quotegarden.com/mom-day.html

Scrapbook Business Cards

Your scrapbooking business cards need a REAL MARKETERS touch!  Design is NOT enough.  Yes, they should look professional and well designed…but that’s only half of the point!

You need scrapbooking business cards that tell your audience what you do!

Afterall – the most classic home for a business card is a drawer or roladex somewhere.  Your card might sit there for MONTHS before someone takes a REAL good look at it. Why would you simply add a cool logo, business name and your contact information if that’s the case?

You need to design your card wisely! Design it for results!

You should design your card to PULL customers in for YEARS to come – and make it measurable!

Did you know that you can TRACK the success of your business card through to sales!!!!????  That way you know that your money is well spent?

Amazing huh!?

You need business cards that SELL your products and services for you!

They aren’t just calling cards so that you have to do the selling later!

If you are serious about your scrapbooking business, your cards MUST be designed right!

For tips and ideas….please inquire via our comment form below or send an email to (cijaye – @- scrapbookingdirections.com)  and we will gladly share what you need to know.

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We want to get to know our site visitors a little better.  In doing this we will be able to make more Scrapbooking Education and Supplies available that actually appeal to YOU (not just us)! 

This is a win win for everyone. Especially if you intend to visit our site frequently.

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Promote Your Scrapbooking Business

Whether you are a freelance scrapbooker – making occasional income on the side as a service provider, consultant, demonstrator or distributor… OR you are a bonafide scrapbooking business  owner – you can never have enough promotion for your business!

But you do need the RIGHT promotion.
Every business does!

Here’s where we can help.  ScrapbookingDirections.com would like to work with you.  Possibly even at NO COST to you.

We are offering everything from referral marketing to joint ventures.

If you are interested in any of the following – we invite you to contact us:

• Featured business promotions (on our website, newsletters, podcasts or other media)
• Collaborations (digital scrapbook kit packages, information product etc)
• Advertising (on site, off site)

Etc.

Site owner/primary scrapbooker , Cijaye DePradine can be reached by email: cijaye[@]scrapbookingdirections[.com]  or phone: 1-778-840-9673.

All you need to do is make contact and tell Cijaye that you are interested, provide her with any pertinent contact info to respond to you by as well as your business name, location &/or website URL.

We will then contact you in return and initiate conversation directly with you.  We need to know what your business needs most FIRST.  Then we can determine a mutually beneficial way to make that happen.

We are looking forward to hearing from you. Please call today!

Marketing A Scrapbook Business

What do you do to market your scrapbooking business?  Do you:

1. Share your business name/contact info in your email signature?
2. Have a business card and disperse it WIDELY?
3. Have letterhead or promo pieces for special occasions?
4. Boot around town with your business details in vinyl lettering on your car?
5. Frequent scrapbooking events all over town and network like there’s no tomorrow?

If not…you should..definitely.  You should do all of the above and so much more.

But don’t underestimate HOW MUCH and HOW STRATEGICALLY you should take advantage of these opportunities either…if you use them wisely and creatively – there will be NO STOPPING YOU!

For example…a business card should never just contain your business name and contact details!  NEVER!

It should also contain a list of your products/services (even if you have to summarize them).  Remember…someone who gets your card and is too busy to look at it and store it in a special place immediately after getting it – is ALSO going to be to busy to remember who you REALLY are and why they took your card in the first place!

And that’s for the people you have met!

Then there is an entire arena of opportunity to get your business cards off to qualified strangers too.

For example…have you ever thought about slipping your business card in to the BEST pages of your favorite scrapbooking books in the library (so that when someone ELSE borrows the book…they will find out about your business)?

What about leaving your business card on counters at local book and craft stores?  Or in local restaurants or coffee shops?  WHY NOT?  As long as you get permission to do it – only the people who WANT to pick up your card will right?

So – just like the people who have met you – they too will need a reminder as to WHY they picked up your card?

It does NOT cost that much more to print on BOTH sides of your business card!  Trust me; I have helped people market their businesses since 1995!  I also designed business cards AND printed them FOR my customers.

All you have to do is plan ahead for the RIGHT strategies and that business card will bring you MORE BUSINESS than you could have EVER IMAGINED possible (of a business card).

Feel free to comment if you want more info.

I will provide more tips on the other 4 marketing strategies mentioned later too!

Happy Scrapping for now.

Cijaye.

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