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Help us get to know you! Share where you're based, and a little bit about yourself. Sharing your latest YBM project is a bonus! 😁

Jeannine Powell

March 21

• Edited (Mar 21, 2025)

Utter newbie here, but my daughters (11 & 13) and I (46) are starting books for our upcoming spring break.

Quick question - is it common for the paper edges at the spine to split? (The 80# cardstock). Am I using too much force to bend the cover of the album? not enough force? or is it a "calm down newbie that's what happens" thing?

Also - I have a hard time following a tutorial exactly, so I love that I can watch a few and add bits and pieces from one album/folio into another. I'm totally geeking out right now.

Francės Long

February 07

• Edited (Mar 20, 2025)

I would love to welcome some of our newest members! I'm so excited to get to know you and can't wait to see all the albums you share! Share a bit about yourself and what project you plan to make, we would love to know 😍

Welcome in Terri Chapman , Heather Parker , Syreeta Thomas , Jerilyn Wilson , Rita Shew , Courtney Tutka Sarah Munguia , Pauline Cox , Aniet van der Wurff , Liat Melamed , danielle , Val del Olmo , Nicole Bradley , Tracy R Dunigan , Laura Henke , Tracy Lowery , Dilynn Harmonson , Connie Davis , Lisa R Carlson , Dana Reed , Kim Kumfer , Angela Young , Ania Kalinowska , Veronica Hebard , Meghan Lucey , María Alvarez , Corinne Mueller , Vialoux , Jackie Moisan , maria jose oliveira , Christine Clarke , danielle vanden Assem , Dawn Kloman, Graciela Maria Mena Juárez and Lisa !

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Francės Long

March 21

• Edited (Mar 22, 2025)

Another warm welcome to new friends here! Share where you are from and what project you are working on, we’d love to know!
Welcome in Carmen M Ortega M , Charlotte auber , Deb Keller , Stephanie Cater, Amanda Paar Conroy and Angela Pittman !

Francės Long

March 06

• Edited (Mar 15, 2025)

Hi friends! I’d like us to give a happy welcome to some of our new YBM members!

Stefanie Swarthout , Heather , Vonda Collins , Nina Whitehead Ronke Medunoye , Marian , Marsha L Kendrick , Christina Woodby , Brenda Flick , Nicole Mucica , Darshana Menon , Sarah Tuck , Robin Crawford , IVREA VINSON , Corinne Dulude , Brenda Hobdy , Diane Robichaud Dee and Tracee Pratt , Kay Harrison Brenda Borges Ramirez , Maggie Snyder , Jeannine Powell, Rebecca Harrington, Laura Henke

I cannot wait to see what you create! Share a pic of what you’re working on 😄

Dilynn Harmonson

March 08

Hi everyone. I am so excited to have found Frances’ YouTube channel and joined this group. I am a retired RN and love having time to do my crafting. I live in Beaumont California with the love of my life, husband Tim. I have been making cards for a long time and just recently got interested in making folios and albums. I am hooked. Frances, I love your tutorials. I love how much you love what you’re are doing. Your teaching has improved my craft a lot. Thanks so much. I am working on the album Today. I hope to post picts eventually. There are so many of your classes I want to do. Being retired doesn’t mean you are not busy. 😵‍💫

CHAR DIEHM

August 26, 2024

Hi my name is Char, short for Charlotte, and I'm a 71 (almost 72) y.o. retiree, mom, grandma and beginning crafter who lives in Delaware.

I've been "studying" crafting (cards and mini albums) for several years now (this means watching lots of YT videos and collecting supplies for that "start" day, which seems to be starting now...). Seriously, though, I have collected a ridiculous amounts of stamps, dies and PAPER! I actually had a plan in mind when I got most of this stuff - retirement. Well retirement happened in April and I'm still afraid of just digging in!

The other distraction that I fell in love with recently is AI image generation and what I hope / plan to do is start creating my own digital papers. I have all of the necessary tools except for faith! But I'll get there.

Now, however, I have grandchildren in college and I want to do memory books for them to fill with their photos and general memorabilia and I have one of Francés' books that I plan to use for just this purpose. Double Waterfall Folio.

Anyway, that's probably way more than you wanted to know but thanks for reading!

Take care ... Char

Jackie Wood

November 08, 2024

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Hi! My name is Jackie and I am a music and art teacher and commissioned artist. Scrapbooking was brought to my attention by Francis and quickly became a passion for myself and my adult daughter. Now I have quite a collection. I love giving them away as gifts and the recipiants are so grateful. Thank tou Francis for your gift of teachining something that could be difficult and making it easy! From the FOREVER album.

Tania Allen

November 02, 2024

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I just finish my Easter Album using the Today Mini Album. I used the paper from Simple Stories Simple Vintage Spring Garden. Thanks France Long for supper fun album.

Christine Umthun

November 01, 2024

• Edited (Nov 03, 2024)

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My get your MOJO product. Hidden magnet clasps for closures
G45 "Make a Splash"
Can't get my photos to load correctly. Oh well. Here's the dangle on the cover! Added cover!

Anna Corrine Jacobson

November 02, 2024

I guess I’m in the right spot