Tips and Techniques

Paper Crafts 101 has lots of basic information for new scrappers and cardmakers.

http://www.papercraftz.com/index.shtml

Lots of neat paper projects at http://www.scor-pal.com

Check out the Projects link

‘Nanny’s Shine’ layout

To create the circular text in Microsoft Word, select Insert, Picture, and WordArt. Choose the style you want, type your phrase or word several times in the desired font and point size. Click OK. When the text appears on your page, click on phrase. WordArt toolbar will appear. Select the WordArt Shape option and click on the circle. Stretch and size the circle to the shape you desire. After I’d printed ‘You are my Sunshine’, I created another circle completely covering the text and printed that as a template for cutting. I then created another circle completely covering that one and printed the third circle as a template for my ’shadow’.