Sunday's Scribblings !  

Welcome to SimplyScrapbookingNow.com's first newsletter!  I'm really excited to be able to create this for all of you lovely people.

In this issue we are looking at ways to help you organise your stamps, make your own background papers and find free or discount Scrapbooking supplies.  Now there's a word I like to hear..."Free"!  

The two Reviews are for a book (very simple layouts of a graphic design style) and a digital scrapbooking program (simple to use, so great for hybrid scrapping, you don't have to be into digital scrapping to appreciate it!).  

The Sketch and Challenge are there to stretch your talents... but only a little bit...promise!

And Don't Forget... the Freebie Frenzy... check out what's in the kit, if you haven't already, and then keep an eye out for the Freebie Frenzy Alert email around mid September... then race over to the blog, post a comment and you never know you may well be a winner of one of the two kits I am giving away this month, no matter where in the world you live!

Anyhoo!... I've worked hard to get things up and running in the last few weeks, and I hope you will find everything working such as the links, but if you have any problems, let me know via email and I will do my very best to put it right asap!!

As for the future... my plans are to add some videos to the Website and this Newsletter in the coming months, plus lots more information, inspiration, links, "How Tos" and some "Fun Stuff" too. And I will be adding a Gallery to the Website too.  I'll keep you updated with all the latest!

Here's to your Crafting Success

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This Month's Articles

7 ways to find Free or Discount Scrapbooking Supplies

There is a wealth of scrapbooking layout supplies out there and more being invented every day. But the cost of these things can mount up pretty quickly and so here is a list of tips for making your scrapbooking budget go a lot further. ... more>>>

How to Make Your Own Scrapbooking Background Paper

Here is a great way to make your own background papers!... more>>>

How to Organise your Stamps

Do you know how many stamps you have?  Can you remember what all your stamps look like?
Well here are a couple of ways you can document your stamps horde so that you can quickly and easily check out whether you have what you need!... more>>>

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Reviews for September

There are TWO reviews this month, one scrapbooking book and one scrapbooking program.

The Book is by Cathy Zielske and is called "Clean and Simple Scrapbooking".  A great book for beginners and a breath of fresh air for experienced scrappers alike... 

Read the Review>>>

The Program is the "Scrapbook Max!" digital scrapbooking program. I have already posted a couple of pages made using the program on my blog.  It's only $39.99, easy to use, even if you're a beginner, AND, with all it's templates, kits and embellishments included you can easily print out items for use in traditional scrapbooking.

Read the review>>>

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Sketch and Challenge 

This month's sketch is based on an 8x8" page 

layout using one photo.  A nice uncluttered page! 

This way to the Sketch>>>

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The picture here is a sneaky peek of the layout made for this challenge, it includes some hidden journaling.

This way to the Challenge>>>

September's FREEBIE Frenzy - 8x8" kit with embellishments

Here's a photo of this month's Freebie Frenzy Goodies up for grabs!  

It's an 8x8 kit and includes 

• 10 pieces of Dovecraft 8x8 paper (from the Retro Floral collection)

• 2 pieces of white card

• a pre-printed page of quotes and titles and a tag template

• 6 ribbons approx 12" each

• and a pre-printed tag on cardstock.

• There are some (splat type) flowers and colour co-ordinated brads in the kits too 
  (they are not in the picture).

                          (click on any picture for an enlargement)

You can make ALL FOUR of the layouts below from the one kit and still have lots left over! I created this kit for a Beginners Workshop a couple of months ago and it worked very well.

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