From the CM Blog: Small Squares for the Win! This week’s Scrapbook Live is showcasing a CM Blog project that is all about small-scale creativity with a layout built from a grid of 2×2 designer paper squares and mini photos in 2×2 and 2×4 sizes. It’s a fun, flexible design that works with any Creative…
Spooky Scrapbooking Fun: Halloween “Mummy Wrap” Layout Halloween is the perfect excuse to get a little creepy and cute with your scrapbooking — and this week’s Scrapbook Live layout delivers just that! I’ll be working with Creative Memories’ Hide & Eek! collection, which strikes a delightful balance of playful ghosts and not-so-scary spooks. Mummy-Inspired Paper…
Look Beyond the Collection to See the Possibilities This layout from the Creative Memories Blog is SO adorable, and I can’t wait to show you how to customize it to work with any collection that fits the theme of your photos. The playful mix of circles paired with border elements gives this page so much…
Creative Memories October 2025 Virtual Crop This week during Scrapbook Live, we’re revisiting a favorite layout idea from the Creative Memories June 2020 Virtual Crop. This single-page sketch is the perfect “warm-up” project to get our creative muscles moving before the October 2025 Virtual Crop, which kicks off Friday, October 10th at 3pm PT. Grab…
A WOW Factor Layout with Noteworthy Days This week’s Scrapbook Live features a layout design from the Creative Memories Blog—and let me tell you, it’s a definite WOW factor page. The original design surrounds your photos with layers of coordinating papers and decorative accents, making your images the star of the show. What I love…
A Scrapbook Design That Keeps Coming Back Five years ago, I shared a layout inside my VIP Customer Facebook group that unexpectedly found its way to Pinterest. Every so often, I get messages asking how to re-create it. The challenge? This project pre-dates my habit of making printable handouts for all my designs, so the…
Inspiration from the Creative Memories Blog This week’s Scrapbook Live project takes inspiration from a design featured on the Creative Memories Blog. What stood out to me is how it showcases two things most of us scrapbookers have plenty of—decorative mats and borders! With just a few trims and layers, you can turn these stash…
Note: I am traveling this week, so I am pulling a layout idea out of my personal vault to share! A Starburst of Creativity Back in 2023, I created this striking scrapbook layout with the Summer Nights Collection, which was part of Creative Memories’ Secret Box #2. While this collection has since been retired, the…
From the Creative Memories Blog: Ribbon & Tile-Inspired Layout One of the main premises of Scrapbook live is taking inspiration from existing projects and making them my own. For this week’s episode, I’m reimagining a Creative Memories blog layout made with the Poolside Paradise collection that combines two fun design details: a ribbon-inspired paper border…
Creative Punch Play: Tab + Square + More! Scrapbook Live is one of my favorite ways to share creative project and ideas with you. This week we’re focusing on the Creative Memories Tab Punch. If you grabbed it during the recent sale, or if it’s been waiting in your stash, this project will give you…
