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To get you excited for National Scrapbooking Day, we’ve posted some exciting freebies on our site, including the FREE digital kit Art Nation—Blossom that GinaMarie posted about yesterday.

Click here to take part in our National Scrapbooking Day kick-off celebration (and get all of the fun freebies!).

Here’s to scrapbooking!

Warm wishes from your friends at Memory Makers.

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Sitting on my desk is the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 just begging to be hooked
up and used (waiting on IT of course). It's kind of like someone telling you
what you're getting for Christmas and you have to wait weeks before actually
getting it in your hands. It's driving me CRAZY to have a new printer that I
can't play with yet! So you're probably wondering why I am telling you that we
have a new printer ... It's because we’re giving one away just like it to
one lucky reader for National Scrapbooking Day!! Cool, huh?

I've been doing some research on the printer so that I know its
capabilities before I start using it and so that I can share them with you.
Check this out:
   
* Wide-Format printer (great for printing 12x12 layouts and photos up to 13" wide)
* Photos with a superior gloss finish
* Red and orange inks — improved vibrancy
* Smudge-, fade- and water-resistant prints (archival up to 200 years under glass and 300 years in an album)
* Gallery-quality prints at faster speeds
* Thick paper support for fine art media
* Roll paper support for printing panoramas up to 13"x44" (I know, I can't believe it either!)
* Professional-quality CD/DVD printing (what a great way to label and archive photos)
* Auto-switching Photo and Matte Black inks
* Smoother color transitions for great photos

How do you enter, you ask? Click here to register to win the Epson Stylus
Photo R1900 valued at more than $500. We'll give away the printer on
May 5.

You can click here to visit Epson's Web site to learn more about the Epson
Stylus Photo R1900. Stay tuned for projects that we'll be creating and
printing!

Good Luck,
Christy
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I wanted to create a background for my photo with a certain amount of significance. In Photoshop Elements, I typed a passage from the Bible to use as my background and then placed a digital overlay and my photo on top of the text. I also included a digital piece of paper for my journaling spot.

After I printed the 8x9 digital layout, I placed it on a 12x12 piece of patterned paper and added the title, handwritten journaling and other embellishments to complete the hybrid look. For another hybrid idea, check out Master ’08 Iris’s blog, here.

Have you ventured into the hybrid world, yet? Click, here, to take a quick poll and let us know what you think about hybrid scrapbooking.




Create something. Inspire everyone.
GinaMarie
 
Supplies:
Glitz Design: Digital frames, overlay
Cosmo Cricket: Blackboard letters, patterned paper, ribbon
EK Success: Pen
Image-editing software: Photoshop Elements, Picnik
Tombow: Adhesive
UGlu: All-purpose adhesive
Misc: Brad, buttons, clip, metal plate
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Happy Friday!

This week went by so fast. Is anyone else feeling like there are not enough hours in the day? For me, I have to have several hours a week to release all the creative energy that dwells within. But lately, there have been so many things to cross off the to-do list that my creative time has been limited to smaller, 30-miutes or less, projects. This birthday card is one example. Few supplies, glue scissors, and handwritten type made this card  and matching envelope easy to complete.



Find some time to release some creative energy this weekend. I am even going to help you get started...

Use your own handwriting or download this really nice FREE font.

Writing/Creative Prompt: What is the meaning behind your name? Include a some childhood and recent photos of yourself.

Add these to your journaling if you wish:
• Find out why your parents gave you the name they gave you.
• Did you ever wish you could change your name? What would you have named yourself if you had the chance?
• Were you named after a relative? Do you share any similarities with that relative (looks, personality, interests)? Add a photo of that relative.
• Or maybe create a page about your children's names.

Post your layouts here.

Have a wonderful weekend!
christy