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Hi, Happy August!!!!! Sadly, summer is coming to an end and we will all be busy with shopping and getting ready for Back to School before to long.  But for the next few weeks I hope you are all busy with fun family activities, vacations, and creating lots of memories to scrapbook once the kids are back in school!!   Vacation Reminder: We will be going on vacation this month. Disney here we come! While we are gone, the site will be open but orders will not be able to be placed.  You can browse, add items to your wish list and create saved baskets for when we return, but you will not be able to checkout.  I apologize in advance for any inconvenience. *The exception is check/money order orders.  Those orders will go through, and you would mail your payment in as normal.   The site will be closed from August 15th through Sept. 2nd. We will re-open for orders on Sept. 3rd.   Coupon/Specials ..... Please join our Newsletter Mailing list and any Coupons or specials are sent out once a month to our members.       What's New! ..... A few of our new products are listed below. Clicking on the image will bring you to the shopping cart for that item.     David Walker New Alphabet Stickers David Walker Papers & Stickers Shotz Alphabet Stickers     Sonnets Poetic Language Collection   EK Success Stuffed UPs   EK Success Tiles Play Newsletter Spotlight..... Jennifer shares below her thoughts on the Making Memories Details Line. **Clicking on layouts will show a larger view.**

Making Memories   By: Jennifer Keastead I really love the Making Memories Details series of product. With their gorgeous brushed pewter finish, my first thought was they would only go good with black & white photos, but as you can see from my layouts, I've been using them with my color photos also, even more so then with B&W.   The eyelet word plaques are definately my new favorite item.   I used the verse "Home is where your story begins" from the Home pack, for our sons adoption page. (first layout) You can find a wide variety of beautiful verses to use. Both the eyelet shapes, and the eyelet words were very easy to use, give your pages a rich look and lay nice and flat. The charmed plaques and small frames also lie flat, and can easily be attached with scrapbook safe glue for a strong hold. The best part about this line of products, is they all coordinate with each other, so you can mix and match them all. (layout 2) Two other products I really enjoyed working with were the shaped clips, and the stitched tin tiles. As you can see in the winter layout  I use the S shaped swirl clips to "stitch" my page together. And for the tags, I punched a small hole in the center of the smallest tin tile so I could thread the fibers threw the top. Using the same fiber I stitched the corners of the larger tin tiles to accent them just a bit. These tiles have endless possibilities, you can stitch all around them, you can stitch them right onto cardstock, you can punch shapes through them, you can even emboss your own designs on them. If you're into embellishments as much as I am, the variety in Making Memories Details line will keep you busy scrapping for a long time. View the Details Line

Scrapping Disney   By: Laura Bernhard

Walt Disney World.... a photo opportunity at every turn.  And, if you’re like me, you will return from a trip to Disney with a pile or two of photos to scrap.  I thought I was being pretty sensible at the time, but now that more than 500 prints are staring me in the face I realize that I’ve got some work to do... and fast... my husband is talking about making a return trip next year!

Bazzill Monochromatic Packs take all guesswork out of color selection and help you plow through piles of photos without panic.  I chose the Orange Monochromatic Pack and plan to use it throughout our Disney album.  If you haven’t tried Bazzill, you are in for a real treat.  The papers are nice and thick with a tiny woven texture on one side.  They also have the most delicious names, like Peach, Apricot and Cantaloupe.
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My new favorite trick is to print my digital photos in wallet size using the Microsoft Printing Wizard.  Select nine photos you want to print and choose wallets as the size.  In a matter of minutes you have nine perfectly sized photos to use as accents, or to fill up an entire page.  In World Views, three stripes serve to highlight the rows of photos.  The title is printed with a computer font Tristan, downloaded from the Internet at http://www.disneyexperience.com/fonts.htm is the same font used in Toon Town.  Other fonts are available for the Walt Disney Script, Epcot, and many of the lands.

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In our Race to Dumbo page, all five of the pack’s colors are used.  The journaling reads: “Do not stop for food.  Do not stop for Mickey.  Do not stop for Space Mountain.  If you want to ride Dumbo without a wait, you have to get there first.  We did.”

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When your short on ideas, or even struggling with scrapper’s block, try some 6 x 6 layouts.  They’re fun, economical (you can make four 6 x 6 backgrounds with one sheet of 12 x 12 paper) and most importantly, they’re fast!   These papers from KI Memories are terrific and are ideally suited to use with metal-rimmed square tags and shaped clips from Making Memories.  You’ll notice I have included more wallet sized photos here.  The title page features a Making Memories  tag I ran through my printer.
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If you can’t find an album you like and don’t feel like springing for the official Disney album (available in gift shops all over the park,) you can make your own with some decoupage medium and all the maps and memorabilia you collect along the way.  A Making Memories Charmed Plaque is a nice addition to the otherwise flat cover.. 

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This is also a great project to work on as a family.  As I learned this week, 3-year-olds are really into decoupage!  Have fun Kelly and all other Disney visitors this year.  When you have a chance, post your layouts in the Idea Gallery. (*We have a Theme Park Category which is perfect for your Disney or other "theme park" layouts.)

Design Team Pick.....

Design Team Layouts.....

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Layout Contest News.....

Our theme for July was Vacations. Thank you to all of you who contributed to our contest this month! (The winners each month are chosen by our design team.) *clicking on image will show you a larger view*
Congratulations to our July Contest Winners!!

1st-By Claudine22

2nd-By Peggy S

3rd-By Kathi

We are taking August off and will not have any contests this month.  We will continue with our contest in September with the theme of Home & Family.  The category is already in the gallery and layouts can be uploaded at any time.
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  Contest Drawing Winner.....

The winner for our random drawing this month is: Kristine Schnittgen!
Congratulations! (Your gift certificate was sent in a private email.)
Contest drawing will resume in September

Wishing you all a very Happy End of Summer!!

Have a Wonderful Day!!
~Kelly
kam@tomemories.com
www.tomemories.com  

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