Video summary
Minda Clove, a long-time demonstrator with thirteen years of experience, shares practical tips for creating simple yet effective scrapbook layouts using items from the Digital Scrapbooking brochure. She emphasizes that you do not need extensive stamp sets or complex tools to make beautiful pages; instead, she demonstrates how to maximize resources like designer series paper packs, coordinating cardstock, and sticker sheets. By utilizing a single pack of Halloween-themed designer paper along with its accompanying stickers and cardstock, Minda was able to create multiple two-page spreads without needing additional embellishments initially. She highlights the versatility of photo sizes, often using 6x4 or 4x6 prints but cutting them down when necessary to fit specific design needs, allowing for a flexible approach that accommodates various picture dimensions within a cohesive layout.
The video illustrates several techniques for arranging photos and elements across two-page spreads to create dynamic visual flow. Minda shows how she sometimes allows images to run over the gutter between pages by slicing off excess paper after gluing them down, which adds an interesting compositional element that breaks up standard grid patterns. She also demonstrates the use of dimensionals to pop up specific photos or elements like small 3x3 squares cut from larger sheets, adding depth and interest without overwhelming the page with too many stickers. Through these methods, she manages to stretch a single pack of designer paper into ten full two-page layouts by carefully saving scraps and utilizing leftover cardstock, proving that minimal supplies can yield a high volume of finished pages if planned thoughtfully.
Beyond traditional scrapbooking materials, Minda explores creative ways to integrate "Memories & More" cards from the annual catalog or holiday mini collections into 12x12 projects. She explains how these pre-made cards, which come in various sizes like 4x6 and smaller multiples of 3x4, can be repurposed as photo mats, journaling spots, or standalone embellishments within a larger layout. Using examples from her Christmas pack, she shows how to cut down standard cardstock sheets to match the dimensions of these cards for consistency while adding punches, ribbons, and stickers to personalize them further. She also shares an innovative technique involving page protectors, where small custom layouts can be inserted into clear sleeves so that only a specific tab or element is visible on the front cover, allowing scrapbookers to display multiple mini-projects within a single album spread without removing pages from their protective covers.
Ultimately, Minda encourages viewers to embrace simplicity and creativity by mixing products such as workshop kits, online exclusive glimmer papers, and various die-cut sheets to build unique collections of layouts. She notes that while she sometimes creates her own "card candy" embellishments using stamp sets like Market Market for swap groups or personal projects, the core message is that there are endless ways to combine existing resources without feeling pressured to buy everything at once. Whether one chooses to use ready-made cards from the catalog or designs their own elements with stamps and punches, the goal remains preserving memories through flexible, enjoyable crafting processes that adapt to whatever photos and supplies a crafter currently has available.
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hi I'm minda clove I've been a
demonstrator for 13 years and I am going
to share some scrapbooking ideas with
you showing you how you can use um some
new items from the digital scrapbooking
brochure um how to use some things from
the annual catalog for scrapbooking and
how to use memories and more cards on
traditional 12x 12 layouts so I
purchased the whoops okay the Halloween
spells 12 x 12 designer series paper I
believe just the paper is with the
sticker sheet is
$17 and then the card stock I should
have looked but I wanted to do stuff
without adding any stamp sets additional
things so I ended up and I kind of
scrapbook a little more simply I I like
my photos most of the majority to be 6x4
or 4X six I cut them down sometimes but
not very much but um I ended up taking
and doing this little two-page spread so
this is just like said using the card
stock so this is the white card stock
that was in the coordinating pack and I
have and I like multiple pictures on a
two-page spread um
so we've got a couple of 4 by 3s some 6X
fours and 4 by sixes so I was able to
get this page and these are all stickers
from the sticker
sheet so we've got those
two and
then these I end up throwing some 3x3
you can cut down um either from 4 by
sixes you can cut them in half and stuff
and then sometimes I like to take like
one or a couple of them and I use
dimensionals these ones I actually
didn't so these I've kind of just put
little things I put a little bit of
adhesive so then when I go and put
pictures on these I can just slip these
off and stick my photos on but I pop
this little one up on dimensionals um we
just have the little
stickers these are just stickers from
the sticker
sheet I believe I was able to
get
eight four two-page spreads so we have
this um just using the card stock
and the DSP some more stickers and stuff
like that just simple little layouts I
like I like my layout sometimes to run
onto the next page you just cut off
sometimes it's 2 inches a little bit but
I do like to do that a lot see on this
photo right here you'll end up just
putting it on here you'll slice it off
and it'll be like it'll kind of run over
into the two pages I like to do that
sometimes too and then I also got these
two
pages so they're again using you know I
pop this middle one up um and then just
have more stickers so I was able to get
four two page layouts using just one
pack of the designer series paper the
coordinating card stock and the sticker
sheet and I still have all these scraps
and I have two full sheets and then all
these scraps and four sheets of card
stock still that if maybe I spread my
stickers out I could probably get two
more so I could get like 10 or five
two-page layouts and have a total of 10
pages just using like said one designer
paper pack coordin card stock and a
sticker sheet so that's what you can do
with um and I've got dimensionals on the
back of these but I haven't like stuck
it all the way down because I want to
set my photos on and the really sad
thing is I've got the Halloween one
because I thought it was so cute I
actually don't have any Halloween
pictures to put on these I have already
scrap but my kids from when they dressed
up there're already scrapbooked and so
I'm not quite sure on what I'm going to
do with these these might get gifted to
someone because I don't I have no
Halloween
pictures um another thing that I I had
just done this recently so I thought I'd
grab it and come these are just this is
just designer series paper cut and
squares and then this is using the
iconic celebration from the online
exclusives it's got the paper this is a
stamp set I have old candles some of
these they're some are every other one
is popped up and then I used the
something to say d with the little
celebrate and just it's kind of just on
an angle it's a really clean and simple
layout and that's just using some dyes
and like I said some DSP and like this
is like kind of like a little bundle set
so just clean and simple don't have to
have a lot to scrapbook so this I
thought was really fun so you know how
we have um this paper pack it has three
pieces of designer series paper and then
it has three laser cut sheets of die
cuts and stuff on them and so I wanted
to see what I could do which is three
those three pieces of DSP and then I
added this petal pink glimmer paper
that's an online exclusive right now
there's three colors in there want to
see what I can do with four sheets of
paper and then just some coordinating
card
stock and it has all these wonderful
dyes in it I have all these dyes still
left over it's kind of hard to tell but
I have a ton of d still left so I can
embellish more if I want once I get my
my pictures on so using the four sheets
of
paper so I've got I said I like I said I
like these to kind of flow together
again so I've done I've got this s
layout and I I did cut down some smaller
ones but you can add like I said we can
add more embellishments if we feel like
we need that later I did use some
additional stamp sets on this and some
of our punches and some dyes and just
added some words from stamps that so I
thought would just kind of make a simple
I felt like this could be any kind of
holiday or any kind of pictures so it's
not necessarily specific to a birthday
but it could be and then we have this
layout here so I was able to get two
nope three two-page layouts with four
pieces of DSP and then just some
coordinating 12 by 12 card stock so I've
got you know 6x4 layout here little
Journal a little title box um some
embellishments and stuff like that so we
have this and then I have this so just
really simple these I didn't glue down
I've just kind of got a little tiny
thing I can just pull them right up to
stick my pictures on but um like this
I've popped up on dimensionals right
here and this one too just because you
can um it's nice to have a little bit of
diens mention in your scrapbooking still
so with four sheets of DSP and some corn
card stock and then the die cuts that
came in the kit you can get six two page
layouts and then I wanted to show you
how you can do use memories and more
cards this is our little Christmas pack
and they have you know the 4X the 3x
fours you have multiples of each one and
then you have the
4x6 again multiples of H and they're of
course double-sided and then you have
four sticker sheets you have two of each
of these so I used memories and more and
then just some of the
stickers
so one thing you can do with these is
you're going to just you know use any
designer series paper and I use reindeer
paper from the reindeer days Suite I
just have a couple of
layouts that I used but so this one it
just has some I actually hit on basic
White on the back and then I took um an
8 and 1/2 by 11 card stock sheet and
just cut it down these two cards here
are two 3x
fours these are 3x fours but they're cut
in half and then this is a 4x6 I've used
some of the stickers and a little bit a
little punch these are some stickers and
then
embellishments
um from the kit these are 3x fours and
this one I didn't realize until after
the fact but the P you notice that the
presents are going are going this way
but I thought well it's already stuck
there and it looks okay if you don't
look that close you won't ever know
right so here's these are two 4X sixes
and then two more and then you can just
you know throw a picture here picture
here you can you know depending on your
photos you can have one like this you
can you know have some smaller ones you
can you know you can kind of just play
with your layouts and stuff like that
but this is this is one way you can use
like your memories and more cards and
then I
have this
layout these are just 8 1 12 by 11 this
is real
red same thing on this side on 12 x 12
you know designer a garden green and
then you have these are just three of
the memories and more cards on each side
just different ones I used a punch kind
of used some of this you know stickers
on there these are all stickers and
these are some of our embellishments
this is um just one of the 4x6 cards I
thought I'll use as a photo mat and I I
popped it up on dimensionals kind of
hard to see but um got another 3x4 and
4x6 here and I put some ribbon here and
then kind of carried over so we kind of
have and then if you have smaller
pictures you can throw them up here um
but that's just a way to use our r made
memers of more
cards and then just one more thing I
wanted to show you which I had a lot of
fun doing this I love our Market Market
set so back in the
day I was part of a group we we made our
own memories of more cards and we were
it was part of a swap and everybody kind
of picked a stamp set and then you kind
of you had to design two 4x6 cards and
four 3x
fours and then we would swap them with
other people that had signed up for the
group and then you had to do two pieces
of what we used to call card candy
they're like little embellishments you
can kind of stick on and stuff and so so
what you get in the mail or if you swap
locally as you get this little this is
just one of our clear envelopes and this
is just something so this is one of my
little card candies this is using the to
Market stamp set and dieses and the
coordinating design Miner series paper
and then I used a bunch of other dyes
and stuff and then our um natural thread
linen threader it's in the holiday mini
cuz it's got garden green these are my
3x4 cards that I did here's another one
and this one I used a little pocket D so
I'll pull out and then I have this and
then this is a little journaling card
okay um like this one I actually
did um a card for card class and this
was our focal point so I actually just
took it and stuck it on there this was
this was inspired by a card designed by
another demonstrator and I just made it
little um so what you do with this is
then you take your you know own little
pieces that you've made and I have just
a piece of basic white and we are going
to do I have to remember the correct way
that I did it okay I think I did a photo
here
and then I have this up here and then
for 6x4 here our little journaling card
came down
here and then we
have NOP that's not
right goes like this and photo here okay
so you would glue these all down like so
and then this I should just be putting
this together and then I had this little
strip here you're going to have your
photos here do some journaling here or
if you want to stick another picture
here you could and then you have the
little card one really cool thing and I
should have brought one of my pages I
done you can take your page protectors
and then slide this in and then take
this out and then if you will carefully
take an xacto knife and cut through the
page protector but don't cut through
your card stock then you can then take
this outside of your page protector and
put it here so you don't have to like
tap the whole page out to pull out the
little tab so you're going to have this
little layout like so and then you're
going to put pop this up on dimensionals
and this is just going to kind of come
hang out right there so then we're going
to take this lovely dizzy piece of paper
I love these veggies on here and we're
going to cover part of it with a
Blackberry Bliss square and then we're
going to stick a 4x4 and then you're
going to stick these so now you have
two-page spread and then we have our
other little piece of card candy and
this is going to go right
here and so then you have this little
two-page spread so you could do this
same layout which just are already
readymade memories of more cards that in
the annual catalog
or the holiday mini but I really enjoy
creating and making my own too because
we have such great products it's like I
just want to use them all in my
scrapbooking and so those are just a few
different ways that you can
use our products with scrapbooking like
you don't have I we have the lovely
Workshop kits that have everything you
need in it except your adhesive you know
and they have beautiful layouts you can
play with just the DSP the sticker sheet
and the card stock you can use our paper
from the annual catalog and our stamp
sets to make your embellishments you can
make your own memories and more or you
can use memories and more in your 12 X2
scrapbooking there's lots of different
ways you can use our products and I hope
hope you get excited and yeah preserve
your memories
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