Scrapbook & Cards Today - Summer Issue

The summer issue is here. This issue boasts a fun assortment of seasonal layouts, fresh cards, and our 10 most wanted, as well as lots of tips, techniques, and innovative solutions.

Click here to download it for FREE!

Here is some of what you’ll find in the summer issue:

• Beautiful, Bountiful Brads — You don’t want to miss our celebration of this versatile embellishment.
• Celebrating Teens and Inbetweens — Check out these sure-fire solutions to creating fabulous teen layouts.
• What’s Your Status? — Read one designer’s story of her journey into the vast world of Internet chatter (and see how it relates to her scrapbooking on a daily basis).
• Just “Shoot” Me — Join Kathy Thompson Laffoley as she shares her secrets for great outdoor photography .
• I Spy with Emily — Designer Emily Pitts shares her thoughts on the latest trend in scrapbooking this season — canvas.
• It’s My Party — Designer Kim Hughes has created a fabulous kid’s birthday party set — complete with an invitation, a pop-up card, favours, a festive banner, and more.

WoW - Week of Webisodes

Week of Webisodes Starts Monday!

Welcome to Paper Wishes’ Week of Webisodes!

Join Paper Wishes for a full week of inspiration! Each day you’ll have a brand-new Webisode, featuring the very latest tips and techniques on things like templates, stamps, Dazzles, and more. Here's a quick look at the lineup:

Monday: Easy Circles Template
Tuesday: Mix Your Messages / Whimsical Words stamp sets
Wednesday: Metal Embossed Jewelry
Thursday: Photo Carousel
Friday: Bargello Dazzles

Also available are FREE downloads, bonus projects, designer tips, plus bargains on our Deal of the Day.

There’s no need to register and it’s FREE! But, if you would a daily reminder when Paper Wishes uploads each new webisode during Week of Webisodes, click here.

Article originally written for 365 Days of Memories.

May Daily Inspirations

The May 2009 edition of Daily Inspirations is now available. Download for FREE here and start scrapping! Thanks, Jill.

April Daily Inspirations

Each month Jill from A Matter of Memories offers a free download of 30 days worth of inspirations.

Daily Inspirations is a monthly PDF document that is available for FREE through the A Matter of
Memories blog. Each month, there are 30 squares offering prompts to spark creativity in your scrapbooking
Each square, in essence, is a mini-challenge.

There are a variety of types of prompts included each month:

• Color Prompts: Your challenge is to use this color combination on a layout.
• Event/Holiday Prompts: Your challenge is to address the question(s) related to monthly holidays or events and use your response as the basis for a layout.
• Photo Prompts: Your challenge is to take a photo of your interpretation of the word or phrase included in the square. Some can be taken literally; some are very figurative, while still others could go either way…the choice is yours. The idea behind these prompts is to help stretch your photography skills and start to think more creatively when taking photos for your layouts.
• Quote Prompts: Your challenge is to use the quote on your page in some way – as the title, within your journaling, however you please.
• Technique Prompts: Your challenge is to use the specified technique(s) on the layout.
• Title Prompts: Your challenge is to use this word or phrase as the title for a layout.
• Web Prompt: Your challenge is to follow this prompt online to spark your creativity.

Go now to get inspired and challenged to do some scrapbooking this month.

Scrapbook & Cards Today

The spring issue is here. This spring issue boasts a beautiful assortment of seasonal layouts and fresh cards, as well as lots of tips, techniques, and innovative solutions.

Look at what you’ll find in this issue:

• What Goes Around, Comes Around — You don’t want to miss our celebration of the versatile, whimsical, and gender-neutral circle.
• 3 Designer Challenge — Check out what 3 designers did when given the same 5 products to work with... wow!
• Quick Photo Tips — Don’t miss photographer Melanie Godecki’s hands-on solutions for taking your outdoor photography from good to great.
• I Spy with Emily — Join trend-spotter Emily Pitts as she shares her new favourite trend — journaling spots.
• Got Scraps? — Looking for ways to purge your ever-expanding supply of scraps? Three designers share beautiful cards made with only their leftovers.
• Winged Things — Just in time for spring, our designers worked together to showcase a beautiful array of bird and butterfly inspired projects.

Click here to download the Spring issue.