10 things

it’s the tenth of the month and that means a bunch of us share ten things. any things, as long as there are ten of them! you’re welcome to join in! this month i decided to share ten scrapbooking techniques i want to try...

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1. misting wood
i recently just watched miss heidi swapp create this beautiful wood album on her craft channel and now i am determined to try too! its amazing how glimmer mists and some stamping can transform a plain jane cover.

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2. divided page protectors
i'm not one to use page protectors to create a page, however after seeing shimelle make this layout i might give it a try. i just love how she stamps right on the protector instead of on the photo.

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3. many layers

i absolutely love this look of this page!! what a great use of embellishments and movement! this would definitely be different for me to use so much on one page, but if i have that one special photo, this would be a great way to treat it.

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4. minimal design
now completely opposite of the last point- a layout with hardly anything on it. somehow the minimalism is very interesting to me. it barely uses a whole photo!

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5. make a shadow box
when visiting my parents a few months ago (it was just in july--doesn't seem that long ago!), my mom and i went to archivers...a magical, wonderful scrapbook paradise (if only there was once here). anyhow, i purchased a divided shadowed box by 7gyspies thinking it would make a great decor item for our hallway. well...it is still in its packaging sitting next to my desk, blank as can be. aftering seeing what shimelle has done with her box here, i'm super inspired to pretty mine up now.

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6. simple grid design
grids make for a solid, simple design. i find them boring sometimes. but using bakers twine and the offset position makes this grid way cute! must try.

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7. using iphone photos
i take so so many photos on my iphone and sadly thats where they stay. i say it is time to print those bad boys out and make pretty things with them! who's with me?!

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8. use mostly journaling on a page
usually i don't put much journaling on a page, if any at all. i just am not a storyteller when it comes to my scrapbook pages. i always think the photos do that for me. well its time to step out of my tiny little box and have journaling be my main feature on the page like this layout here. how gorgeous it that??

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9. embossed patterned paper
 how many of you loved embossing when it first came out?! i certainly did. i loved watching it melt as i used the heat gun and feeling the bumps and bubbles after it was done. but then, like most trends, it went to the wayside and into my bottom drawer. this new technique uses many colors of embossing powder to create a ty-dye pattern paper-awesome!! time to dig out my heat gun :)

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10. rosettes
with my fancy scoring board, making rosettes will be a walk in the park!

if you join in on the ten things this month, share a link in the comments, i would love to see what you list!
xoxo