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My name is Deborah Leaverton. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and then I went to college received a Bachelors of Music degree in Piano Pedagogy in 2000. I got married right after college and am now living in Iowa with my husband and children. I have always been interested in arts and crafts and used to make greeting cards using my own hand-drawn art. When I became a stay-at-home mom, I soon ... [More]

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Scrapbooking Essentials - How to Create Beautiful Backgrounds For Your Scrapbook Pages
[Home-and-Family:Scrapbooking] Backgrounds which clash with or overshadow your pictures can spoil the effect of a lovely scrapbook, so how can you be sure to preserve your memories by creating a scrapbook as beautiful as they are? The best page backgrounds pick up colors from the photographs displayed.

How to Create an Heirloom - Seven Secrets of Successful Scrapbooking
[Home-and-Family:Scrapbooking] Some days it's great to experiment and just 'see what happens' when designing a scrapbooking layout. Other days it seems that the final result won't do justice to the photographs, or the memories. Not to worry. When inspiration won't come, these seven simple secrets will help you create a scrapbook or a memory album which is worthy of being called an heirloom.

How to Take Flowers From Your Garden For Your Scrap Album
[Home-and-Family:Scrapbooking] Needing materials for your scrapbook? Why not look to your garden for inspiration? Learn how to preserve flowers from your garden for using in your scrapbooking supplies.

Materials Needed to Start Scrapbooking
[Home-and-Family:Scrapbooking] Scrapbooking is a very popular hobby throughout the world, especially in North America. It is a wonderful way to preserve memories as well as other interesting embellishments, and the best part is that it's a lot of fun too. But scrapbooking nowadays is merely not just pasting photos on to the pages, but preserving them in an interesting and entertaining manner. The best thing about scrapbooking is that there are a lot of supplies available in the market but you just need a few basic things for a good start.

How to Use Acrylic Stamps With Acrylic Block
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Acrylic stamps have not-so-recently made their place in the scrapbooking scene, and for a crafter, this is a must-have when it comes to designing you scrapbook. Acrylic stamps are a polymer product, made with acrylic acids, resulting in a plastic like material, which is "clingy" in nature. Because of which, they need not be permanently mounted on a wooden block like a rubber stamp.