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Ladies, will you send an email to us at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com to claim your lucky number? Thank you!

Lisa is back today with her final installment in her Digging Deeper series. See you shortly!

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It's Day four in our week of Digging Deeper as we discuss ways to dig deeper into your project life albums to help you create better scrapbook pages. We found the perfect addition to our week and our learning, and it is Thursday which means...

We are so very excited to be able to offer three copies of this new and amazing eBook to you, our favorite readers!! It is another great eBook from the Ella Publishing team (that is now under the BCP umbrella) and it is full of helpful and useful tips on how to Dig Deeper in your Project Life.

Here are a few words from the sponsor:

Project Dig Deep eBook: Becky Higgins' Project Life system, which is built around the idea of scrapbooking quickly inside divided page protectors, has revolutionized the way thousands of people approach memory keeping.

 We're thrilled to unveil the first eBook to dive deep into the Project Life system, revealing seven amazing strategies that could revolutionize the way you approach Project Life!

 This is your chance to join seven avid scrapbookers as they get inspired by their own recent scrapbook pages and then "dig deep" to tell seven types of expanded stories within their ongoing Project Life albums.

 Whether you scrapbook chronologically or in a story-based format, you'll love these concrete strategies for discovering and sharing meaningful stories. You'll be inspired to expand on a loved one's personality, flash back to the past, show off a photo tour of a beloved place, create a tribute page to a loved one who has passed on, explore an important relationship, and more!

 Meaningful, story-based scrapbooking has never been easier—or more fun!

Meet the talented ladies whose stories compose the eBook:
Amy Schubert
Annette Haring
Elisa Blaha Cripe
Jessica Turner
Kam Altar
Megan Anderson
Melanie Britt

 

And now to the easy rules of the giveaway. Comment on this post. Yes, that is it :) Leave us a comment telling us how your project life albums have helped your scrapbooks and scrapbooking! Comments will remain open throughout the evening and three lucky numbers will be drawn at random and posted tomorrow morning. Please remember that it is your responsibility to check back and claim your number before Saturday at midnight!

Thank you, Ella Publishing for sponsoring our give.away.day. and thank you, dear readers for stopping by! Bon chance!

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Thank you to all you left comments! Please email us at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com to claim you number!

Scrapbooking Over the Fold Day 4: Embellishing and it's give.away.day. featuring ELLA PUBLISHING & BIG PICTURE SCRAPBOOKING!

Welcome back! Jennifer Larson sharing a few embellishment tips on two-page layouts before our giveaway.

 

I love embellishing. Love Love Love. The problem? On two-page layouts, there tends to be a lot of photos, so how do you do it without making the spread look too full? Here's some ways I do this on a two-page layout.

 

1. Visual triangle

The visual triangle is a classic, I know, but I admit, I love it. Here I used the speech bubbles to create a visual triangle that led the eye across the page, and gave some humorous side comments to the main journaling as well.

 

Diane Payne did a great job of creating a visual triangle with her stars, which were perfectly thematic as well!

 

2. Balance across the spread.

I learned this from Stacy Julian in her book, The Big Picture. She described a basic embellishment principle that has served me well: what you do on one side of the page, you should do on the other. I would add, with some asymmetry. On the left I added an embellishment cluster, and on the right I made the same cluster but smaller.

 

And here Diane Payne did the same thing: punched circles and dots on the less, the same but fewer on the right.

 

3. Go with very little embellishment.

You can see on some previous pages that I love embellishments; in comparison, on this page I haven't included many embellishments. I'm not crazy enough to go without--not me! Still, this page is mainly photos and strips of patterned paper, plus a stitched circle around the main subject in the big photo.

 

Christa Paustenbaugh was much more austere than I: just the pinked circle next to the main photo plus some tags and a button. Note the visual triangle!

 

This page by Marnie Flores is a perfect example of how stunning a page can be with few embellishments. Look at how beautifully the attention is drawn to the photos! Love the journaling on the photo.

 

And now, for the giveaway!

This week we are excited to have help for three of you!! First, one of you will receive a free copy of the Danielle Flanders' eBook from Ella Publishing, Embellishing Handbook.

Here is a little bit about Danielle's book. 

When it comes to embellishing, how do you know what should go where? And how do you know when enough is enough? Get help from Danielle Flanders' timeless tips for accenting and adorning your scrapbook layouts and cards. In this eBook, you'll learn Danielle's top five strategies for WHY we embellish:
● to establish a focal point
● to set a mood
● to reinforce a style
● to add character and creativity
● to incorporate texture

You'll also delve into her top five strategies for HOW to embellish more effectively:
● vary scale
● use repetition
● choose odd numbers
● create accent clusters
● combine patterns
Each embellishing secret is illustrated by two different projects—a beautiful layout and must-try card idea, all designed by Danielle herself. Get ready to embellish like a pro!

This ebook will certainly contain some strategies for finding places to embellish on your two page layouts!!

 

Next, another lucky reader will take home a free copy of May Flaum's new eBook from Ella Publishing, Fashionable Fast.

Here is a little bit about May's book.

You've heard of being fashionably late, but what about being fashionably FAST? Join the speediest scrapbooker on the block, May Flaum, as she joins forces with five of the fastest (and most fabulous) scrapbookers she knows in Fashionably Fast: 10 strategies for stylish, speedy scrapbook pages. This two-time author and popular instructor has compiled her 10 best time-saving strategies, which are illustrated by 20 gorgeous scrapbook pages and accompanied with 30 minutes of exclusive video instruction! See how easy it can be to accelerate your scrapbooking process without sacrificing artistry. 

 

And our third lucky reader will get a spot in Lisa Day's new class, 28 Days of Sketches.

Here is a little about the class:

Lisa Day is back with another round of 28 sketches! This time, in addition to receiving 28 daily sketches accompanied by layouts from Lisa, you will also receive exclusive layouts and cards from seven fabulous guest stars! This means that you will receive 28 brand new sketches and 56 exclusive projects to inspire you to create beautiful layouts and cards quickly.

Another exciting new addition is that in addition to the 12" x 12" daily sketch, you will see the sketch adapted to a double page layout and an 8 1/2" x 11" sketch. All this means MORE inspiration and MORE ideas of how to make a sketch work for you!

 

We hope these books and this class help your layouts come together more quickly and more beautifully. If you would like to be considered for our giveaway, please leave us a comment telling us more about your use of two page layouts. Do you love them? use them? Exclusively or never? Do you struggle with them? And if so, what part? We love gaining insight into your struggles so that we can help you resolve your issues!

Comments will remain open throughout the evening. Three lucky numbers will be selected at random and posted tomorrow morning. Please remember it is your responsibility to check back and to claim your lucky number before midnight Saturday.

Thanks again for coming! Tomorrow we'll share the lucky number and some journaling tips.

 

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Malin, please email us at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com. Congratulations!

give.away.day. featuring COCOA DAISY

Today brings our final

in our MiniMadness Month. We can't even believe how much fun we have had! The talent on our team is amazing and every March we are reminded just how so. Goodness.

Speaking of talent, it takes talent to create a good kit. It really does. And Christine has it, that kit creating talent. And you can tell by how quickly they all sell out!

Did you notice that the preview for the new kit is out?

Isn't it lovely? Set your watches... April 1st 12:00 midnight.

 

If you would like a chance to take home the Sketchbook kit that our designers had a chance to use this week, please leave us a comment telling us something you like to use a sketchbook for. Do you keep sketches in it? or journaling snippets? or starters? or color samplers? 

If you would like a second and third comment opportunity, please leave Cocoa Daisy some love on their blog or facebook page, and then come back and leave us an extra comment for each morsel of love you leave.

Comments will remain open through Sunday evening and one lucky number will be posted Monday. Please remember it is your responsiblity to check back and claim your lucky number before midnight Tuesday.

 

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Tape! Congratulations! Please email us at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com. We are excited for you!

give.away.day. featuring GOSSAMER BLUE

The madness of the mini is outdoing itself with another amazing

We want you to be able to recreate any of the four books that you have seen this week as they are nothing short of fantabulous!! Our designers were smitten with the kit and we are sure you will be, too. So today we have the 

March main kit for one lucky reader.

Gossamer Blue is a wonderful company. Their site is easy to navigate and their kits are well curated. We cannot thank them enough for their generosity and hope that you will all pop over to them and take a look around if you haven't yet this week.

Did you that gossamer means so thin as to transmit light (a hat with a diaphanous veil; filmy wings of a moth; gauzy clouds of dandelion down; gossamer cobwebs; sheer silk stockings; transparent chiffon; vaporous silks)? As I read through all the descriptions I couldn't help but think of spring. Dandelion fluff blowing, the strings of spider webs that connect the bushes to the trees... So for our giveaway today, please leave us a comment telling us something delicate that brings spring to mind or to memory. 

If you would like a second chance to enter, please stop on over to the Gossamer Blue blog, or to their facebook page, or both, and thank them for their generosity this week. Then come back and tell us you have done so. (You may have an extra comment for each place you leave your bitty gratitude.)

Comments for the giveaway will remain open through Sunday evening. One lucky number will be selected at random and posted Monday morning. Please remember to check back as it is your responsibility to claim your lucky number via email by midnight Tuesday. We can't wait to read your comments (we hope they help to call spring closer!). Then before you forget what you wrote, take a minute and make a quick page for your album! Thank you, Gossamer Blue, and our fingers are crossed for each of you leaving comments!!

This week is brought to you by Gossamer Blue!

Each of our designers this week will be using the
March main kit from Gossamer Blue.

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Amy, Theresa, and Geezee, please email your mailing address to us at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com. Thank you!