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Freedom to Scrap

July 4, 2008 by sarah hodsdon

I was thinking about some Red, White, and Blue post to commemorate the 4th of July (America’s Independence Day) when something occurred to me…. not everyone who reads this blog is from the U.S. AND, such is the shame, do not have the day off to enjoy the fireworks. It got me thinking about the underlying principles of this holiday……Freedom and Self-Determination.

I have been noticing more and more that Scrapbookers are getting the courage to wriggle free from the constrains of “traditional” 12 x 12 albums and are exploring new and innovative ways to document the moments of their lives. I think we will be seeing a lot more of this as folks give themselves permission to be different and use their scrapbooking supplies and materials in untraditional ways.  I saw this lovely project on CRAFT Magazine’s Blog and thought, this is just perfect! What an amazing way to keep all those tidbits in your head and enjoy the freedom that comes with making something from scratch for yourself (self-determination). I know, it’s a huge stretch but, I wanted to share Rachel’s handiwork and get you thinking about new ways to preserve your memories. Have fun!

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4 Crayon Cutable or Printable Files for Back to School

4 Crayon Cutable or Printable Files for Back to School

These 4 adorable, colorful Crayons are perfect for back to school crafting, create scrapbook layout for that first day, cards for new teachers or notes to tuck inside kids lunch boxes. There’s 4 different colors of Crayon, pink, blue, orange and green, each with a cute smiley face and feet. This group comes in SVG, PNG, DXF and EPS file types so you can die cut them with your electronic die cutting machine in any color you’d like or print them out to use and best of all they are FREE to download!

Click here to visit Caluya Designs to get them.

-Heather

Looking for Back To School papers, stamps, and embellishments? Check out these Back to School-themed supplies we found.

 

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