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Creative Memories Sketchback – September 2021 Sketch #7

The Sketch September 2021 was a Worldwide Virtual Crop with 12 sketches shared by Creative Memories over the course of 3 days. Sketch #7 was a really versatile sketch with chunky mats around the photos and strips of papers on the mats to give additional details if desired. The background is made by fanning out…

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Scrapbook Live with Meggan August 3, 2022

Please join me on Wednesday, August 3rd at 10am PT (1pm ET) for a Scrapbook Live demo on Facebook! We will be putting together a project from the Creative Memorie’s blog. The handout for the session is below and I recommend you print so that you are able to follow along. If you can’t make…

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Creative Memories Sketchback – June 2021 Sketch #11

My oldest child is getting ready to graduate from high school next month, so this layout from the June 2021 Creative Memories Worldwide Virtual Crop is the perfect throwback sketch to share this week. I will admit – I do NOT have his school album done. In fact, it’s largely still in the planning stages…

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Creative Memories Sketchback – September 2021 Sketch #8

I have a confession – I am not a huge fan of ovals. I don’t know why, but they just aren’t really my thing. At first, I thought I would substitute hexagons for the ovals in this sketch. However, once I decided to use photos of our 2018 Birch Bay trip, I realized ovals would…

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Creative Memories Sketchback – June 2021 Sketch #1

For this week’s throwback sketch (aka – Sketchback) we are going to return to the June 2021 Worldwide Virtual Crop and take a look at Sketch #1. This is one of my favorite pages – I’ve had these gorgeous papers waiting for the right photos and I finally found the perfect ones that worked wonderfully…

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Creative Memories April 2022 Virtual Crop

Here are the April 2022 Virtual Crop Sketches from Creative Memories with measurements added for your convenience. Jump to Sketch Summary Sheet Sketch #1 Looking for the original blog post from CM? Click HERE I made a video for this sketch – check it out on my YouTube Channel! https://youtu.be/8pL0p2x0Rp4 Sketch #2 CLICK HERE to…

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CM Sketchback – February 2021 Sketch #3

The next Creative Memories Virtual Crop starts this Friday and includes the first SECRET BOX opening of 2022! The Secret Boxes have been a huge hit with CM fans, with each box being filled with various exclusive punches, papers and embellishments. The official box opening is on Friday just before the first sketch of the…

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CM Sketchback – December 2020 Sketch #5

This is a bit of a throwback in more ways than one for me. I just love these little photos of my youngest child exploring the playground as a baby (nearly 7 years ago now!) and this sketch, originally shared as part of the Creative Memories December 2020 Virtual Crop just made the perfect page…

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January 2021 Creative Memories Virtual Crop Sketch #4

My youngest child, at age 7, is truly a child of the smart phone camera era. Digital photography has been around since before my older two children were born (ages 15 and 18), but to get quality photos of them as small (and adorable) children, I had to pick up my dSLR and it wasn’t…

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