Alice Boll from Scrapbook Wonderland joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast.

Alice is a Canadian scrapbooker, eh! She loves to travel and to share tips, tricks and techniques to help other scrappers share their memories in a creative way. She is on a quest to make scrapbooking fun! You'll find her at ScrapbookWonderland.com

Listen in as we chat to about scrapbooking YOU!

Links discussed in this episode:

Making Connections:

If you struggle to tell your own story here’s a quick tip that will help you sneak a bit of your own story into your scrapbooks. Make connections. Tell a current story and relate it to an older story. Make a connection between what is happening in the present with a story from the past. This is a great ‘cheat’ for telling stories that don’t have photos! Read more here

Me at 26 page:

This is the first page I really created all about myself. I wanted to try to share everything all on one page. I wanted a photo of myself that I actually liked. I wanted to share all about my current tastes in music, food, fashion and some more revealing tidbits of my life. I also wanted to celebrate some of my successes and adventures that I’d had so far. I also wanted it to be pretty! The result was the page: Me at 26

As scrapbookers we often tell everyone else's stories but don't scrap about ourselves. Our reasons may be that we don't like pictures of ourselves, or we are the ones behind the camera. Yet our reasons can become excuses. Your stories are important too!

Scrapbook YOU! is a class designed to walk scrappers through the process of creating an album all about themselves, to help them discover the person missing from their scrapbooks.

There are 25 daily prompts to help scrappers create a 'highlight reel of their life'. A new prompt will be sent out each day via email, and will provide a theme to scrapbook. The class will cover childhood to adulthood.

There are alternate ideas provided for topics that may not fit perfectly into every person's life. 

Scrappers will love the bonus information about how to create layout without photos or using 'bad' photos.

Students will continue to be able to access all class information after the class is complete. 

Did you know there are more than half a dozen programs you can use on your computer to create digital scrapbook pages?

In today's episode of the Scrapbook Inspiration Podcast I'm joined by 6 fabulous ladies to talk about the different software programs out there for you to work with. Let's meet this week's guests!

Carole Asselin (Cassel) from Scrapbook Campus has been an avid PaintShop Pro user for over 10 years and has taught digital scrapbooking online and in-person to hundreds of users. Over the years, she has written hundreds of tutorials and since opening the Scrapbook Campus two years ago, she has converted the plain written tutorials into multimedia ones, including videos and detailed guidebooks. When time allows, Carole also likes to create scrapbook pages but is more interested by the technical aspect of digital scrapbooking.

Since 2007, scrappers Mary Moseley and Jackie Lyals from Be Photo Wise have been teaching people the why’s and how’s of getting their printed photos and digital images and videos organized, backed up and accessible so that they can be displayed for family and friends to see and enjoy.

Mary and Jackie are certified photo organizers, members of the Association of Personal Photo Organizers and founding members of the Save Your Photos Day Alliance (www.saveyourphotos.org) which gives them all the tools and expertise to guide and inspire you to get organized, preserve and creatively share and celebrate your treasured memories.

Karen Fitting from Photos Kept Alive calls herself a digi-scrapbooker but has been enjoying hybrid projects combining digital and traditional styles. At Photos Kept Alive she shares her crafty projects as well as helps her customers with “all things photos” – including video transfer, scanning, scrapbooking and weekend events. What she loves most is listening to the stories that go with the pictures. Karen lives in Northern California with her husband and Cocker Spaniel-child.

Tameka Bond is one of the founding members of pixels2Pages, which is the preferred digital training site and resource for Panstoria's Artisan and Historian software users. The pixels2Pages website will celebrate its fifth anniversary on April 7, 2015. Though her duties at pixels2Pages are a full-time job, she also have a full-time day job as a paralegal. Tameka is a wife and mother of three children ages 10,13, and 17. They are the inspiration behind her designs, however being from New York City, she find that her surroundings play a big role in her designs as well. Tameka considers herself a tra-digital scrapbooker and hybrid crafter as she combines digital and traditional designs in her albums and other crafting projects. Whatever she crafts, Artisan software is in the mix.

Blayne White from Scrap Room Software has been an entrepreneur for the past 20 years, managing every aspect of an award winning professional photography studio with her husband, Bryan. After handling the studio’s transition from film to digital and hearing customer’s struggles with their own personal digital photos for several years, Blayne decided to follow her passion for photos and scrapbooking to create an answer to the digital dilemma for photo enthusiasts - ScrapRoom Software. ScrapRoom combines the organization of photos, stories, digital elements and the ability to create digital projects into one software, easy enough for even the beginning digital photographer or scrapbooker. ScrapRoom helps users get their stories and photos off their devices and back into their lives. Mac and PC.

Did you know there's all sorts of software programs that you can use to scrapbook? In this episode of the Scrapbooking Inspriation Podcast I've gathered digital scrapbooking experts from around the globe to talk about 7 different programs that scrapbookers can use to create pages on their computers. We had a great time chatting and if there's a specific program you'd like to hear more about let me know in the comments!

Enjoy the show!

Links discussed in this episode:

 Pixels 2 Pages FAQ 

 25 Days of Photo Management Challenges

 Digital Scrapbooking for Absolute Beginners

Doris Sander and Celeste Smith from the Get it Scrapped design team join me today on the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast

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That crazy picture

The key to scrapping fast is to remove as many decisions as you can from the process. The fewer decisions you have to make, the easier it is to get things done.

On the flip side of that, if you aren't in to getting things done quickly Calvinball is still for you. After just a few days it's like this treasure trove of ideas and people spurring you on. So even if you don't want to complete a large number of pages in a month there is still a benefit from Calvinball.

Jennifer Wilson from Simple Scrapper joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast.

Jennifer Wilson is an educator dedicated to helping women simplify memory keeping. She is founder of the Simple Scrapper community and editor of the Everyday Storyteller idea book series. Jennifer has co-taught with Stacy Julian at Big Picture Classes, guest posted for Ali Edwards and Becky Higgins, and appeared on the Paperclipping Roundtable.

Listen in as we chat about Jennifer's new class "The Finishing Project."

Sometimes you have to just get over whatever mental blocks you have. Posting in an online group can help keep you accountable and also give you ideas. That way you can get over the block, get the project done, and celebrate!

Too many unfinished projects? What if you could finally finish one (or more!) projects in just four weeks and create a plan to tackle the rest? (Awesome, right?)

The Finishing Project is a new workshop offering expert guidance and an inspiring community structure to swiftly move you forward on any memory keeping or scrapbooking project.

Instead of starting something new, start finishing.

Would you like to win? Just let me know about one project you need to finish in the comments. I’ll draw the winner on February 23rd and if you win, I’ll email you with your class access details!

You can use the Rafflecopter widget below to get a couple of extra entries…I’d love to see you in class!

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Leah Farquharson from Bluebird Chic joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast.

This is me. I’m pretty ordinary. I love cooking, photography, home, and making. Endlessly making. My childhood is filled with memories of me constantly being on the move or “bored”. My mom’s solution was getting me into just about any crafty endeavor she came across – you name it, I learned it. Calligraphy, beading, crochet, macrame, cross stitch, knitting, and sketching all succumbed to my eager fingers. I still love so many of them today.

Leah has worked in the scrapbooking industry with several leading companies for the past five years. As a part of that work, she has provided creative  samples and DIY’s for trade shows,  company blogs, catalogs, and television spots. Her scrapbooking work has been published in several industry print magazines and books, including MemoryMakers, Scrapbook Trends, Cards, and Mini Albums, including an “Award Winning Style” feature in Scrapbook Trends, and Everyday Storyteller 2. Her papercrafting designs and goods can be found on Etsy.

Listen in as we chat about what Leah saw on the CHA floor.

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When it comes to designs in scrapbooking paper and fabric, the scrapbook industry as a whole seems to be a little bit ahead of the fabric industry. But there is an off shoot in the fabric industry that is very trendy, and is the fastest growing portion of the industry right now. There's some very trendy geometric fabrics aiming at the 20 something DIY crowd and yet the bulk of the fabric industry is more traditional. It's so interesting to see how high fashion gets incorporated into our crafting.

Margareta Carlsson from Paper Pile Kitten joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast.

Margareta Carlsson lives with her husband in Stockholm, Sweden. A life long paper crafter and a scrapbooker since 2003, she is the founder of several scrapbooking online services, such as Use Your Stash.com with ScrapStashKitClub.com, OrganizeYourStash.com and MyDreamDecember.com.

Listen in as we chat to about scrapbooking trends from CHA 2015.

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Trends can be fun and inspiring! But it's important to know, that you don't need to pay any attention to trends either. Scrap what inspires you!

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Cara Vincens from the Hooting Pirate joins me for the next episode of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast.

Hi, I’m Cara, I’m a Canucklehead (Nova Scotia) living in Luxembourg with my tall, dark and hot hubby. He’s French and the reason I came here in the first place. Wouldn’t we all do anything for love? Though, it’s not like he had to twist my rubber arm to come to this fairy tale land, we love Luxie! We have 6 children… nope, not a typo! And only one of those is a girl As you can imagine, she’s a spitfire.

As far as crafting goes, I’m a mixed media artist and I do a lot of paper crafts but I absolutely love scrapbooking. I love every single moment of the process, from the stories (oh, how I love to tell a good story!) and the photos, to the design, techniques and product (who can resist all those gorgeous products!). I love bright, happy colours, lots of white and lots of white space and lots of layers and clusters!

My first love was sewing, and I can usually incorporate it into my scrapbooks. Sometimes however, my cheating heart strays… it’s usually as Carnaval approaches and all those fabulous costumes are tempting me. I get that itch to sew on fabric (gasp!)… and I cheat on Scrapbooking, but she always takes me back

Listen in as we chat to about our planner evolution and how we use planners to organize our lives.

We tend to think we can get more done in a day than we really can. Put some breathing room into your schedule. If you think something will take 15 min schedule 30 for yourself. Allow yourself some space to get things done and breathe.

Cara has a brand new class that will help you get planning in 2015! Customize a planner to work perfectly for you!

Jackie Lyals from Be Photo Wise joins me as we wrap up this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast.

Since 2007, scrappers Mary Moseley and Jackie Lyals have been teaching people the why’s and how’s of getting their printed photos and digital images and videos organized, backed up and accessible so that they can be displayed for family and friends to see and enjoy.

Mary and Jackie are certified photo organizers, members of the Association of Personal Photo Organizers and founding members of the Save Your Photos Day Alliance (www.saveyourphotos.org) which gives them all the tools and expertise to guide and inspire you to get organized, preserve and creatively share and celebrate your treasured memories.

Listen in as we chat about the upcoming Christmas season and her contribution to the Creative Christmas bundle.

Use the images that you already have to make a fast and easy photo gift! It will probably take more time to wrap than to make the gift itself!

For the Creative Christmas Bundle, they bring you their class “Photo Gifts for the Holidays.” Here are just a few details.

What You Will Learn:

What You Will Get:

Beth Soler from Scrapping Wonders joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast.

Beth has been scrapping and crafting for ten years. She loves preserving and sharing family memories, recording history for her husband, three active kids, extended family and friends. Beth is a phone-photo ninja, stealthily, snapping pics, then swiftly and skillfully transferring, organizing and using those photos in super-fun projects to save and share. Beth’s technique and project tutorials will train you to be a phone-photo ninja, too. As an independent consultant for Close To My Heart, she’s also your link to exciting products to make your projects shine.

Listen in as we chat about the upcoming Christmas season and her contribution to the Creative Christmas bundle.

Links discussed in this episode:

Try the December Daily approach. Prep the album ahead of time. Then all you have to do is print your photos, write a few words and toss them in. Use apps like the Collect App or Momento to capture those memories.

For the Christmas Bundle, Beth will teach you how to make your own project life journal and filler cards with just your iPhone. This class will teach you how create mini calendars for your title cards, how to create journal and filler cards for your project life or scrapbooking layouts and what are the best collage apps to use and more. Don’t be afraid of getting creative with your iPhone! You will get video tutorials on all the apps that are needed to make your scrapbooking/project life layouts come to life. Once you take this class you will know how to enhance the project life app and create journal cards for your project life or scrapbook layouts.

What you will learn:

Kristie Sloan from Artful Adventures joins me as we continue this season of the Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast.

Kristie Sloan takes you on Artful Adventures at KristieSloan.com. She has enjoyed arts and crafts as long as she can remember, and currently focuses on scrapbooking, card making, art journaling, and mixed media. She enjoys learning techniques, breaking them down into bite-sized and approachable morsels to share, urging you to try new things to stretch your own creative muscles!

Listen in as we chat about the upcoming Christmas season and her contribution to the Creative Christmas bundle.

Planning is the key! Schedule time so that you can get your creative projects done. Everyone's life is busy, but it's ok to make time for your creativity!

Kristie is bringing art journaling to the Creative Christmas bundle. You can learn the basics to get started on your own art journal in her online class, Artful Adventures into Art Journaling Basics! If you have always wanted to find out more about art journaling, here’s your chance. This online class is complete with videos, as well as images and ideas for your first few pages! It addresses some questions you may have about the very basics of getting started.