July Newsletter Journaling Card

Well hopefully here they are.  In the July newsletter over on our main website I have written article about journaling cards.  I thought it would be fun to create a couple and create a pdf that you could download, alter and use on your scrapbooking layouts and paper crafting projects.  I hope you have fun using these as much as I have had in creating them. Click here for the pdf of the Journaling Cards.

Uploading to Online Gallery

Oh my goodness I feel so terrible about not getting this up sooner.  I had planned to do this on Saturday afternoon after our little church get together but it just did not happen.  We did not get home until a lot later than normal and then all Sunday I was frantically working on Grace's Ball dress.  I am so so sorry to not have gotten to this sooner.

Anyway, now that that is all said let see if we can help you to upload things to our online gallery.
First of all to visit the online gallery you need to click on the Click here area under the Ideas section on our main webpage.
Once you are at the online gallery you will have to log in (you need to be registered to log into and upload to the online gallery).
To upload something you will need to click on the "upload" word/button in the top right hand corner just below the word "Gallery" in the top right hand corner.  This will bring up a new page that looks like this:

Once you have this page you can then click the "Member Gallery" pull down menu and then scroll to the section you want to place your photo (eg. June Layout Challenge)

Under the pull down menu you just used is where you choose your file to upload to the online gallery.  Click this and choose your photo from the file where you have stored it.

Next add your title and description.  Once you have your title and description click the upload/submit button.

 That will take you to another page where you can add your tags.  Do not add your tags in the about area as it will not come through.  Once you have added your tags (these are search words connected with your layout so other people can find them easily, such as, G&T, or layout, kids, birthday, card, June, "your name" ... stuff like that).  Then click the upload/submit button and there you go you have uploaded to the online gallery.  It can take a bit of time for the last upload to occur, but be patient you did it.

Well done!

Layout 2 Using Bo Bunny Little Miss Collection

I really love this collection.  It is very girlie without being totally over the top.  It has a lovely vintage feel to it also.  This is a layout I did of my eldest daughter.  I really like it's simplicity.
Hope you enjoy!

Happy Scrappin' everyone!

Bo Bunny Little Miss Collection

Hi everyone!

Today I wanted to share a video I have done about a layout I create using some of the beautiful papers and stickers from the Bo Bunny Little Miss Collection.

Please leave a comment below.
Happy scrappin' everyone!

Mother Daughter Girlie Craft Afternoon

This Sunday 10th June
2pm-4pm
at the
Better Scrapbooking Ltd workshop

Come and join us for a fun afternoon of paper crafting.  We will be making a lovely treat box and a fun
quad-easel card.

This is a great chance to craft and create with your daughter, niece, grand-daughter, best friend, buddy.
The cost is only $25 for two people  ... or $15 each.
The cost includes materials for your projects as well as a tasty afternoon tea.

To join us for this fun event simply email me at: megan@betterscrapbooking.co.nz

Flowers Part 2

Hi everyone,
Well I have another video for you.  Slowly getting the hang of uploading video to You Tube.  Today I have two flowers to show you, one using paper and one using material.  I would love to see how you use your flowers, feel free to upload some of you flower projects to our online gallery (Click here).

Also let me know what you think of the video or what other flowers you would like to see how to make in the comments below.

Making your own Paper Flowers

My plan was to get this video up yesterday ... best laid plans as they say.  Still learning about getting video from the camera to the computer, to You Tube.  Getting there.  Then we had a queue for the computer as Grace needed to finish her Dance portfolio for school.

Ah well, I here now LOL!

I don't know about you but I love making my own paper flowers for my projects.  There are so many different ways to make flowers, so I thought this week I would show you some different ways you can made some flowers.  Today's video I am showing two different flowers.  One is using my favourite scrunching technique and I think ends up looking like a carnation.  The second one uses a spiral technique and I think looks a lot like a rose.

I hope you enjoy the video, please leave a comment below and let me know what you think of these two techniques.