creating keepsakes has a new special issue, that just hit the stores this past week. scrapbooking tips & tricks: summer fun and travel issue, is the newest issue in the tips & tricks series.

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Summer is the perfect time for adventure, fun, and travel. In Scrapbooking Tips & Tricks: Summer Fun & Travel you'll learn the best ways to capture all those memories in your scrapbooks. You'll see ways to take and use scenic photos, learn colorful ways to enhance your summer and vacation layouts, and discover money-saving ideas for using found objects, maps, and travel memorabilia on your layouts. In addition, you'll be inspired by a gallery filled with 94 ideas for scrapbooking your summertime adventures. Make the most of your summer by checking out this issue today!

Laura 

here's a peek at one of my layouts in this issue. i'll share more about it in the next few weeks.

you can also find lots of downloads, tips, and ideas from this issue in the online content for this issue, found HERE.

if you'd like to purchase a copy for yourself, you can use coupon code CKFUN10, which is good for free shipping (in the US) on all orders of $25 or more. coupon expires august 8th, 2011. 

creating keepsakes is letting me give away a copy of this issue, to one of my lucky blog readers. to be entered, just leave me a comment and tell me what summer photos you are looking forward to scrapping and getting in your albums. i will leave the comments open until thursday evening, and will announce a winner on friday!

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60 responses to “scrapbooking tips & tricks: summer fun & travel issue + GIVEAWAY”

  1. ana roat Avatar
    ana roat

    Hi Laura-After a 13 year break we’re going back to Disneyland and taking the new grand baby. I am so excited that I can’t hardly stand it! I also have some great pictures of our 4th of July family celebration where we had both kids (and their families) with us. Mighty good summer if you ask me!!!

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  2. Marissa Avatar
    Marissa

    I am looking forward to getting both kids’ birthdays scrapped (one at Santa Cruz, one at raging waters). Thank you for the chance to win! Looks like a great issue!

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  3. Patty C Avatar
    Patty C

    This summer I am determined to get photos of our trip to Ireland in an album. I would love some inspiration and this book looks great for that.

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  4. Rhadonda Avatar
    Rhadonda

    Photos of a family reunion since my siblings are scattered across the country and it is rare to have us all together. Thanks so much.

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  5. Lynne Avatar
    Lynne

    I have baseball and softball photos that I am looking forward to scrapping.

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  6. HeatherC Avatar

    I could always use some tips and tricks!!! I am looking forward to scapping my beach photos!

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  7. debbie susee Avatar
    debbie susee

    I’m looking forward to scrapping a weekend trip to the beach that my husband and I took for our 20th anniversary.

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  8. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    I can’t wait to scrap our trip to Newport and Boston for my husband’s nephews wedding in 3 weeks. It is a black tie affair and it will be the first time my son has worn a suit.

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  9. Yvonne Avatar
    Yvonne

    I love all their Tips and Tricks issues…. do you know if they offer a subscription super-sized to include these? That would be awesome!

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  10. Laura Bruynell Avatar
    Laura Bruynell

    I have plenty of pool photos of the grandkids that I need to get scrapped. Would love to win this issue!

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  11. Amy W. Avatar

    I am looking forward to scrapping all our fun summer pictures. I can’t wait to scrap all my Zoo, Amusement park, Entertraiment Junction, and pool pics. My kids were so happy to pose for the pics this year, so I have a ton of great shots. 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win!

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  12. Janet Avatar
    Janet

    Let’s see…our fav summer photos would be of our travels and of our home- can you say TONS of yardwork and projects. This looks like another great T & T issue. I have loved every one so far. Thanks for the chance to win Laura. And you know, I can’t wait to see your projects in this issue…wooooo hooooo!
    Smiles from PA!

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  13. Susie Lewis Gerdes Avatar

    My step-daughter is getting married this Saturday in South Lake Tahoe and hoping that the pictures are beautiful and will be making her a scrapbook for sure. The reception is in August and it’ll be an outside bbq with all of our family and friends and of course those will be getting scrapped too! lol 🙂

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  14. Angie Blom Avatar

    Oh now this is just wonderful.. I am doing the week in a life this week and I am looking forward to scrapping all week starting today with some Birthday photo’s of our day.. me and the hubby celebrate our birthday’s today!! this would be a great win!! thanks for a chance.. love your 2 page layout. xx

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  15. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    WOW–these layouts are perfect for me! We just got back from the beach; all four of my kids play soccer and we have a Hallwoeen birthday! Love all of the ideas!

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  16. Michelle Avatar
    Michelle

    Oh that is a beautiful page!!! I love the design!! For me scrapping some zoo pics, slip n slide, pool and garden photos. We go to the zoo so often. I swear I could have quite a few albums filled with photos from all of our trips. Pretty much a staycation this summer.

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  17. Carolyn Avatar
    Carolyn

    I’ve been so busy at work that I’d be happy to get anything scrapped. I am trying out Ali’s WITL project this week. We will see how that goes. Thanks for a chance to win.

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  18. Victoria in OHio Avatar
    Victoria in OHio

    awww could be our NY trip to Buffalo and Alex Bay or could be our trip to Wisconsin water park. we have had a fun summer!

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  19. April W Avatar

    Awesome giveaway!! The Summer pics I’m really looking forward to scrapping right now are the ones I took yesterday at my Aunt’s pool. My awesome hubby just got me a waterproof digital camera and I got some amazing shots!
    – April W

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  20. Michele S Avatar
    Michele S

    Wow! I could really use this issue. I’m working on 2 cruise albums and also have a ton of pool photos from this summer.

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  21. Tammy Cappolina Avatar
    Tammy Cappolina

    Just took some pics today up on the boardwalk. We rented a surrey for the first time. Thanks for the chance.

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  22. katemeri Avatar
    katemeri

    I get to spend 2 months with my family in California this summer so I hope to have a ton of family photos to scrap. So far I’ve got lots of flag football and skateboard photos. I really liked your soccer layouts last week and hope to do something like that with the football pics although I’ve only got 2 years worth (so far). Thanks for all your inspiration!

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  23. Jennifer DeWolfe Avatar

    I’m looking forward to doing all the camping photos we have taken so far. We always have a great time and scrapping them always bring back those memories 🙂 thanks for the chance to win!

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  24. mary jo Avatar
    mary jo

    Looking forward to scrapping our family vacation to the lake. Thanks!

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  25. heidiy Avatar
    heidiy

    We have LOTS of family coming into town for the summer, so it would be GREAT to do an album of Summer Family(or something like that). THX for the great giveaway!

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  26. Laura T. Avatar

    I’m looking forward to scrapbooking pictures of both Nicholas and Rebecca in the pool. Rebecca went in the pool for the first time this year, so I’m looking forward to scrapbooking those photos.

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  27. Lynda P Avatar
    Lynda P

    Over the summer we had a few bday parties, so can’t wait to see those; one was a luau

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  28. Carolyn Avatar
    Carolyn

    We’re starting company today and then non-stop for the next three weeks. (Three groups) I am going to need New ideas since I am taking them to most of the same places.

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  29. Cindy C Avatar
    Cindy C

    I took my daughter to San Antonio, TX for a gymnastics event and I’m excited to scrap the photos of all the places we visited. Thanks for a chance to win the magazine.

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  30. kristen Avatar

    Looking forward to scrapping summer pics of a favorite things party that I am hosting tomorrow night.

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  31. dawn Avatar
    dawn

    love the layout and the magazine looks fun. i am looking forward to scrapping our pictures from the places we are going this summer. I am also looking forward to possibly making my first garden book since I’ve been eating more fresh foods and baking zucchini bread from our garden. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  32. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    I am looking forward to scrappin pics from my recent Chicgao trip. Thanks for the chance to win. 🙂

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  33. Carla Avatar
    Carla

    Hey girl! Cute LO! Can’t wait to get this issue! Looking to scrap my baseball pics 🙂

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  34. Marcia Scantlin Avatar
    Marcia Scantlin

    I have an assortment from this summer – fishing, fish fry, playing in the sprinklers, heat wave.I’m sure there will be more.

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  35. SandyB Avatar
    SandyB

    Looking forward to scrapping our 1st family vacation with my 6 month old son.

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  36. AnitaP Avatar
    AnitaP

    I’m looking forward to scrapping some pictures from a wedding I went to in Vermont last weekend. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of this issue!

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  37. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    I’m already scrapping our June beach vacation, and I’m looking forward to working on my daughter’s July birthday photos too. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  38. Kathy R Avatar
    Kathy R

    Our summers are loaded with beach trips and trips to fairs. Always have lots of summer photos to scrap so this book would be perfect.

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  39. RUTH Avatar
    RUTH

    Just came back from a family reunion so i’ve got tons of photos to scrap.

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  40. Julia Boyack Avatar
    Julia Boyack

    So hard to narrow it down to one topic but I guess just the pics of my kids playing outside. Love the bright colors in the pics and that you can use on your pages.

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  41. Lisa in Texas Avatar

    I got a new underwater camera and have taken a lot of pics with it, can’t wait to scrap them!

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  42. Joanna Avatar

    We finally took a real vacation and I cannot WAIT to print and scrap the photos! As always, I love the page you showed here!

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  43. Sav O'G Avatar

    OHHH! Super fun–I love flipping through magazines for inspiration! I cannot wait to scrap pics of my husband working in the yard. He has been dreading replanting our shrubs that died last year! He enjoys it–but he hates the heat:) THANKS for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com

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  44. Camille Avatar

    I am looking forward to scrapbooking family photos from our family vacation to Orlando. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  45. Brittney A Avatar
    Brittney A

    Any summer photos at all really. I have been terrible lately with taking photos, so I’ll take anything!

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  46. Sandy B. Avatar
    Sandy B.

    Had a great time, captured with great photos, from my first visit to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, IL. I will be going back!

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  47. Eileen Van Dyke Avatar
    Eileen Van Dyke

    I would love to get all of our camping pictures from over the years into a scrapbook! From this summer, I really want to scrap the cute pictures of my little guy swimming!

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  48. Krista Lund Avatar

    woot woot! what a fun giveaway!
    i am looking forward to putting together our beach vacation scrapbook. but first i think i should finish our tahoe vacation one!

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  49. Amanda S. Avatar

    Pics of my nephew and niece at Lake Tahoe! 🙂

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