Andrea's Review	Melanie' Review	Lynn Anne's Review	Catherine's Review	Eli's Review

Review by Andrea

Legacy Keepsake strives to bring 3D products to the everyday busy crafter in a fresh and easy manner. The products are meant to be embellishments not needing a lot of additional personalizing. The company recognizes that people are short on time and long on pictures to scrap! Ease of use is a primary target here. Many of the products are themed so that you can just insert your pictures in the ready-made mats. There are products for all levels of scrappers here!

I was very impressed with the package that I received from Legacy Keepsake. There were many items in it that spanned the entire product line: fabric windows, mini monograms, cardstock templates, fabric letters, pockets, tags and more. Each product was packaged very professionally in clear cellophane bags with a company name and logo insert. Upon opening the products, many of them are cut from thick colored mat board. It really screamed "quality" to me! Many of the items were also in many sizes and types. For instance, the fabric windows came in a patterned fabric and a solid color; the mats came in 3 different colors and 3 different sizes.

My first project was a 2-page layout to commemorate National Scrapbook Day. I spent a nice 12 hour day scrapping! It was a lot of fun for me and the group of friends that I was with, so I wanted to make a special layout. I thought of the Mini Monograms and canvas window right away. I love using dimension and texture in my layouts and these items definitely met that desire! The monograms come as a square mat with the letter cut-out so there are actually two monograms, an inner and outer. I used the inner letter for this project. There was a colored simulated texture on each of the letters that did not match my layout colors. I traced them onto solid colored cardstock, cut them out and adhered them to the front of the letter. I really liked the quality and feel of the letters for the title to this page. The canvas window was a perfect accompaniment on the opposing page since I had 4 pictures to showcase our fun throughout the day. I frayed each side of the mat by pulling at the threads to make it look more worn. There was adhesive already applied to the back of the window frame making it extremely easy to add pictures to the page. I was really happy with the way the pages looked when they were complete.

Title: National Scrapbook Day
Products used:
Patterned Paper (Die Cuts With A View)
Monogram Mini Insides (Legacy Keepsake N, S, D)
White Canvas Window (Legacy Keepsake)
Fabric Strips, Flowers & Ribbon (Great Balls of Fiber)
Stamps (Stampin' Up!)
Ink (Stampin' Up!)
Chipboard Title (My own creation)
White Pen (Signo Uniball)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech, Permanent Glue Runner)

For another project I wanted to use the Cardstock Moments mat. I chose the burgundy birthday mat as I thought it would go very well for my Aunt's November birthday celebration. Many of my older pictures are Polaroids which are difficult to work with. This Cardstock Moments product is the PERFECT thing for Polaroids! The mat cut-outs are exactly the right sized opening for this type of photo. I could not even tell that the picture was a Polaroid! I thought that the product as-is was a bit generic for my style, so I wanted to embellish the mat a little bit. I stamped birthday candles and the word "celebrate" with Versamark ink in various places on the mat to "jazz" it up a bit. I also used the included small clear plastic self-sealing bags to make shakers out of the gift box cut-outs. At first I was thinking this would be a rather plain layout for my style, but the opportunity is there to embellish to the level that you want.

Title: Linda's 49th Birthday
Products used:
Patterned Paper (Die Cuts With A View)
Cardstock Mat (Legacy Keepsake, Cardstock Moments Birthday)
Stamps (Close To My Heart)
Ink (Tsukineko Versamark and Stampin' Up!)
Label (Dymo)
MicroBeads (Beadleetz)
Rubble (Magic Scraps)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech, Permanent Glue Runner)

I really wanted to scrap a picture of my boyfriend's family from a November visit to Maine and thought of the other Cardstock Moments mat called "Outdoor Fun". It was a little joke that the whole family was together in one place at one time AND that his sister purchased like clothing for them to wear. I had a 5x7 inch photo which didn't quite fit with the mat. I had a difficult time deciding what to do next to overcome the rather stark template color, the mat size and fish cut-out in the lower left corner. I made a decision to alter quite a bit of the mat by cutting some of the openings larger to accomodate this picture. This was nothing a ruler and craft knife couldn't handle! Since the picture was not exactly casual, I wanted to really "dress-up" the mat to match the occasion a little more (in my opinion). I stamped and stippled ink all around the mat, added a rich cardstock foundation and fabric around the remaining mat. I covered the fish cut-out with a library pocket. I needed more journaling space and the fish didn't apply to this occasion. After making all the alterations, I felt happy with the outcome. I would recommend leaving the inside of the letters (like O, D and A) in the template somehow, maybe using a small web? I left the letters as-is in this case so that more background color was visible. This layout was a bit more work than I had originally anticipated to get the look that I wanted.

Title: Family Ties
Products used:
Paper (Prism Prismatics Twilight Dark)
Cardstock Mat (Legacy Keepsake, Cardstock Moments Outdoor Fun)
Stamps (Stampin' Up!)
Ink (Stampin' Up!)
Fabric (unknown)
Brads (Joann's)
Marker (Creative Memories)
Label (Dymo)
Library Pocket (Swap item)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech, Permanent Glue Runner)

I really wanted to use the limited edition pink fabric window, so I decided to scrap a recent trip to a stamping convention. It was a fun occasion which would go well with the brighter fabric tones in the fabric window. When cutting the pictures for the window, I noticed that the window cut-outs were not even. The two-by-two windows were not lined up properly with the second set of windows above the first set. It might not been as noticable if the fabric didn't have horizontal lines on it. The lines tended to exaggerate the problem. I still wanted to use it, so I cut apart the 2 sets of windows and stacked them instead into a one-by-four configuration. I decided to only use 3 windows of the 4 windows, so I cut off the last window. I continued with the layout making a paper bag matchbook to hold the journaling, show program and business cards that I obtained while walking around. The colors went well together and after a bit of work, I was happy with the final layout.

Title: StampFest '05
Products used:
Paper (Prism, Prismatics Intense Kiwi, Intense Pink, Intense Orange, White Prismatic)
Patterned Paper (NRN Design)
Mat (Legacy Keepsake 7x7 Limited Edition Pink Window)
Paper Bags (Uline)
Staples (Making Memories)
Ribbon & Colored Die Cuts (Pinecone Press)
Stamps (Close To My Heart)
Ink (Stampin' Up!)
Sketch (123-Scrap.com)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech Permanent Glue Runner, A Fine Line...)

My personal favorites among the products that Legacy Keepsake creates are ones that use mat board like the small and large tags, Headers and Footers, Pockets, Shapes and Mini Monograms. To me, the mat board has a level of quality with it's weight and feel. The images are crisp, clean and detailed. They can be further embellished or left in their original form. The Cardstock Moments images are equivalent to those in the mat board products, but in a cardstock versus board. I think this product is good for beginners or those scrappers with a very limited scrapping schedule. I found the Cardstock Moments a little too generic for my style and felt that the time I spent embellishing them to my liking was not the real intent of the product. The fabric windows could be a really great product with just working out the window location issue. I believe that would be an adjustment to the cutting machine or possibly a change in fabric to one that is thicker and more dimensionally stable. The adhesive backed fabric is a great idea!

I would recommend Legacy Keepsake products to anyone wanting to add a 3D quality to their pages, especially the mat board ones. You can leave the products unaltered or embellish them more to your liking as I did. Flexibility is what makes a product line strong and I believe Legacy Keepsake has it!

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Review by Melanie

Legacy Keepsake offers custom cut mat boards and other 3D embellishments to help you create unique scrapbook pages. I received an assortment of products from Legacy Keepsake that included a 12x12 custom cut mat, thick mat board monograms, fabric windows, mats and other items. The mat board pieces such as the frames, small tags and monograms are cut with a beveled edge. In addition to scrapbook pages, the 12x12 custom mat can also be used for framing your work so you can hang it on the wall. Each of the items I received was packaged in clear packaging and had a clearly labeled cardstock insert inside the packaging.

My first creation uses the 12x12 Birthday mat. I altered the color of the mat by using Krylon paper finish spray in blue. I had to use extra coats of spray to cover the cardstock completely. In order for more of my paper underneath to show, I trimmed the edges of the mat so that it is slightly smaller than 12x12. I used a multi color striped paper underneath and I was happy with the way the colors showed through the windows in the mat. I used two photos, a journaling block and an accent music sheet and my layout was complete. Other than adding a few cardstock stickers to the surface of the mat, this layout didn’t need anything else to be complete.

Title: Birthday
Supplies:
Patterned Paper: We R Memory Keepers; Flair Designs (Music paper)
Birthday Cardstock Moments Cut Mat: Legacy Keepsake
Cardstock Stickers: Flair Designs
Paint: Krylon Shortcuts (Tanzanite)
Adhesive: Adhesive Tech, Permanent Glue Runner

The mat board monograms worked well for my son’s spring portrait from his school. The monogram's area is approximately 2 1/4" x 2 1/4". The portrait in the layout has the school monograms in it, so I played on that and used the monograms in the same manner. I chose a rustic patterned paper to coordinate with the various colors in the monograms. The mat board that the letters are cut from are various shades and patterns of board. Some are solid colored and some have texture that resembles leather, fabric and stone. I attached them with double-sided sticky tape and they adhered to my page without moving.

Title: WRMS Spring 05
Supplies:
Patterned Paper: The Paper Loft
Monogram Mini Mats: Legacy Keepsake
Stickers: The Paper Loft, Pebbles, Inc, and Making Memories
Adhesive: Adhesive Tech Permanent Glue Runner

One my next project I used an adhesive backed fabric monogram and some of the small mat board tags. The “S” was white, so I painted it red to match my layout. The outside of the packaging suggests ways to alter the fabric such as sewing and painting. After the paint dried, I peeled off the back and adhered it to my patterned paper. The “S” seems to have been cut by hand. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that there are 2 overcuts on one of the curves. While this look may or may not be desirable for a scrapbook page should be left up to the individual. I added rub ons to one of the mat board tags. The rub ons attached easily to the surface. I made a hole on the ends and strung ribbon through the holes and tied the tags together before adhering them to my page.

Title: September
Supplies:
Cardstock: Prism (Intense Cobalt)
Patterned Paper: Sweetwater
"S" Monogram: Legacy Keepsake
Mat Board Tags: Legacy Keepsake
Rick Rack: Wrights
Ribbon: Offray
Rub Ons: Making Memories
Ink: Nick Bantock by Ranger
Other: Acrylic paint, office tag
Adhesive: Adhesive Tech Permanent Glue Runner

I am disappointed to report that I was unable to use either of the fabric windows that I received from Legacy Keepsake. The adhesive backed striped 7x7 window has 4 windows on it, but two of the windows were uneven and I found it unacceptable to use on my scrapbook page. I have included an image of this flaw.

The 9x9 adhesive backed fabric window was also unusable. The mat had a bubble in it - where the fabric was bunched up before cutting. Therefore, the edge would not lay perfectly flat. Also, this seemed to have caused the corner of the window to be cut unevenly (not at a 45 degree angle). And an inch away, there is a knick in the fabric. With these very visible flaws, the mat is completely unusable. In addition to this, the left outer edge of the mat seems to have been cut haphazardly and is not a clean straight cut as the right side is. I would have been able to overlook this flaw and trimmed the edges myself making the size of the mat smaller than 9x9, but with the problems with the edges of one of the windows, I could not salvage this window. An image of the main flaw is below.

In order to me to recommend these products, I will have to break down the items in categories. The 12x12 mat was easy to use. It reminded me of the large photo frames with the many windows that you fill with family photos and hang on the wall. I didn’t care for having to make my photos fit the window frames while making them adhere straight. It was almost backwards from scrapbooking, but other than that part, it was quick and easy. This may appeal to some scrapbookers, especially scrappers who want fast and easy pages. They are easy to use and have a variety of themes available.

The monogram mat boards were easy to use. They are unique, thick and come in a variety of mat colors. The mat board tags were also easy to use. I recommend any of the mat board type items.

I am hesitant to recommend the adhesive backed windows. Both of the window mats I received were flawed, and the fabric “S” that I used wasn’t cut in a quality I can recommend.

View our layout gallery for more ideas using Legacy Keepsake products, or visit their website at the link provided below.

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Review by Lynn Anne

Legacy Keepsake produces an innovative line of scrapbooking products designed to save time, while helping to create standout projects. Their line includes pre-cut Cardstock Moments ‘layouts’, frames, shapes and tags made from mat board, and page elements crafted from a small variety of fabrics. I have been able to work with items spanning most of their product line, and they do live up to the “fun” and “unique” billing the company claims in their online catalog.

The first item I tried out was the one I thought I would have the hardest time using. “Cardstock Moments” are sheets of medium-weight cardstock into which a title, photo/journaling blocks and shapes related to the title have been cut. Each “Cardstock Moments” sheet also comes with a small, clear, sealable plastic pocket that can be used either to store a piece of memorabilia, or to fill with confetti, microbeads or other design elements and placed behind one of the shaped openings. The first thing I noticed was what I thought was an odd look to the cut letters, since they are by design missing the ‘insides’ of many letters, such as A, O, and P. They did look better once I added the missing shapes, in one instance by using a charm, and in another by cutting the shapes from another sheet of cardstock that was close to the color of the Legacy Keepsake cardstock. I also worried about finding photos to fit, since none of the photo blocks even come close to the size of a standard 4x6 photo. I tend to fill the frame of the photo with my subject – a photography basic – so in order to use one of my ‘whole’ photos I would have had to reduce the size. I ended up finding photos in my collection where the subjects were far enough away to fit the frames, but my selection was more limited.

Once I had selected my photos and actually started working with the "Cardstock Moments" layouts, I did start to have fun with them. For the “USA” layout, I didn’t do much to the layout itself, other than rim each opening with Krylon’s 18KT Gold Leafing Pen. Blocks were filled with photos, journaling, a title, and mesh, and in the end I was very pleased with how the layout came together.

Supplies:
Cardstock Moments Overlay by Legacy Keepsake
12x12 mesh by Magenta
18 KT gold leafing pen by Krylon
Cardstock by Bazzill, Stampin' Up!
Bottlecap Sticker by Design Originals
Mini file folder by Design Originals
Quote by Tiny Type
Ribbon banners by Offray
Wood Letter by Go West
Alphadotz by Scrapworks
Ink by Stampin' Up! (Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel)
Pen by Stampin' Up! (black)
Ribbon by Really Reasonable Ribbon
Staples: office supply

This “Outdoor Fun” Cardstock Moments layout came with the image of a fish in the lower left hand corner, which really didn’t apply to my theme. (Several variations of this style are available, such as one that had a bear in place of the fish.) It only took a minute to mat a photo and place it right over the fish cutout. This time, instead of leaving the cardstock as it was, I decided to stamp it up. Wow! The smooth, matte cardstock took the stamping beautifully.

Supplies:
Cardstock Moments Overlay by Legacy Keepsake
Cardstock by Prism
Fine Weave Mesh by Magic Mesh
Permanent Bond Glue Runner by Adhesive Tech
Tree stamp by Butterfly Stamps, quote stamp and Letter Stamps (Collage Alphabet) by Stampin’ Up!
Ink and Pigment Markers by Stampin’ Up!
Short Cuts Paint Pen by Krylon

I also tried out “Fabric Windows”, which are squares of self-adhesive fabric with four evenly sized square windows cut into it. Fabric Windows are available in several styles of fabric, from plain white to “limited edition” striped pink or blue to burlap, and in 7”x7” and 9”x9” sizes. The images in the catalog show perfect squares and evenly spaced windows. In reality, the windows contain imperfections that may or may not affect the final design.

Of the two windows I used, the one used in the following layout had the more pronounced inconsistencies. This is a 7”x7” window in Limited Edition Pink. The two squares on the right are offset, cut about a quarter of an inch higher than the two on the left. Also, the sides are not straight, but follow an uneven line. While I need to note this, I did find that the imperfections were much less noticeable after the layout had been completed than they seemed when I was looking at the packaged windows. For this particular layout, the uneven lines lent a bit of a ‘homemade’ look that wasn’t out of place here. I really love the fun, bright pattern. And the repositionable adhesive made the windows easy to move into just the right position, yet kept them in place when I added some hand-stitching. But caveat emptor with these windows – compare them in the shop to make sure you get one that you like, and if you order them sight unseen, don’t expect the product you receive to be as even as it looks in the catalog.

Supplies:
7x7 Fabric Window by Legacy Keepsake (Limited Edition Pink)
Cardstock by Prism (Papaya Puree light, medium and dark)
Letter stamps by Making Memories (Jersey), Pixie, Rusty Pickle and Stampin’ Up! (Collage Alphabet)
Heart embellishments by Jolee’s
Vellum envelope by Memory Makers
Embroidery Cotton by DMC
Color Blocks images by PM Designs
Ink by Ink it Up!
Fine Weave Mesh by Magic Mesh

On the Fabric Windows packaging, the company urges scrapbookers to fray, paint, distress or otherwise alter the product. I did nothing to the “Aunt Toni” window but add a little stitching. For another layout I completed with 9”x9” Fabric Windows, however, I tried both fraying and painting. I was happy with that result too. That layout can be found in the Legacy Keepsake Gallery under the title, “Red Tricycle”.

Legacy Keepsake also offers smaller fabric embellishments. An alphabet that looks like the font used in the “Outdoor Fun” Cardstock Moments layout above is available, as well as shapes such as an airplane or the heart below. Fabrics include dark blue denim, white, burlap and the limited edition pink and blue patterned fabrics. I used the burlap heart outline in “The Littlest Fan”, below.

This layout also incorporates a “Mini Mat” frame, made of mat board. Mat board is thicker and sturdier than cardstock, and the inner edges are beveled and white, even if the mat board itself is a different color. This gives an immediate contrast in the mat itself, and makes for a sharp looking photo mat on a scrapbook page. Mini Mats are available in a variety of sizes. The one used below, which fit a 4”x6” photo perfectly, took very well to stamping and embossing.

This layout also incorporates Legacy Keepsake’s “Monogram Mini” letter “K” in a denim blue color. These minis are cut from the same mat board as the photo mats, and both the inner letter (shown) and the letter outline can be used, as with standard stencils. I was amazed to see a thirty-cent pricetag on these monogram minis. That’s a great price for this sharp-looking embellishment.

Supplies:
Heart Shape (burlap) by Legacy Keepsake
Mini Mat (black) by Legacy Keepsake
Monogram Mini by Legacy Keepsake
Cardstock by Prism
Patterned paper by Memories in the Making
Stickers by Sandylion
Letter stamps by Making Memories (Jersey)
Stamps by Stampin’ Up!
Ink by Versamark
Embossing Powder by Judi Kins (opaque white)
Black ink by Ink it Up!
Marker by Stampin’ Up!
The Border Line glue stick and Permanent Bond Glue Runner by Adhesive Tech

The layout below also incorporates both a Monogram Mini and a Mini Mat Board. This time, I used the letter outline for the “C”, and a small mat to frame a bit of patterned paper. All mat board products are available in several colors/patterns, including options such as black, denim and tweed. The Monogram Mini I used here is black, and the Mini Mat is a darker blue, but I sprayed each of them with Krylon’s whitewash spray to achieve lighter colors for this particular layout.

Supplies:
Cardstock by Prism (Suede Brown light, medium and dark)
Photo Corners by Rebecca Sower Fresh Cuts
Monogram Mini by Legacy Keepsake
Mini Mat by Legacy Keepsake
Paper by Kelly Panacci and K&Company
Sticker by Do-Jiggies Marcel Shurman
Ribbon by Really Reasonable Ribbon
Permanent Bond Glue Runner by Adhesive Tech
Rub-on (date) by Autumn Leaves
Ink by Ranger (Tim Holtz Antique Linen) and Stampin’ Up! (Close to Cocoa) and Colorbox (White)
Flower stamp by Stampin’ Up!
Whitewash Paper Finishes spray by Krylon

The sharpest looking product I received was this apple ‘pocket’. This consists of the mat board apple shape in front, with a filled pocket adhered to the back. The pocket’s filling includes a variety of tiny, shiny bits, such as apple-shaped confetti and a substance that looks like mica flakes. It’s really a beautiful thing. At $3.50 a pop, they’re not something I would use often, but I loved having this special apple to use on the “A” page in my son’s 6”x6” ABC book.

Supplies:
Shaker by Legacy Keepsake
Ribbon by Really Reasonable Ribbon
Permanent Bond Glue Runner by Adhesive Tech
Alphadotz by Scrapworks

Legacy Keepsake goes a long way towards fulfilling its stated goals of offering fun and unique page elements that make attractive pages easy to achieve. I found that not much ‘needed’ to be done with any of the items I reviewed, but that they took well to additional fussing-with, such as stamping or stitching, when I was in the mood to play! Aside from some inconsistencies with the Fabric Windows, which affected the look of my completed projects less than I originally thought they would, each item was true to its description, and everything looked really sharp on the page. Legacy Keepsake earns my recommendation.

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Review by Catherine

First off, I must say that I am completely biased. I love Legacy Keepsake products. I was first introduced to their products on National Scrapbook Day in May, and was very excited to see that they chose to have us review their lines.

Legacy Keepsake sent us a tremendous amount of product. I was very impressed by the package they sent when I opened it. Basically, Legacy Keepsake produces three main types of products: shapes, titles, monograms, frames, and shaker boxes made of Mat Board; Monograms, shapes, and windows made of Fabric; and Cardstock Moments, which are die-cut cardstock pages. I love the fact that there is such a wide selection of products from this company, and that they are all so unique.

By far, my favorite products are the ones made of Mat Board. It is amazing that no other company has produced Mat Board embellishments previously for scrapbooking. It seems like such a wonderful fit, and mat board has been used for pictures for years. Mat Board is light weight and doesn’t warp like chipboard can, and is also acid-free without any type of buffering. What a wonderful compliment to any page! During the National Scrapbook Day crop, one of the make and takes was making a five second shaker box. I was a little skeptical, as most people were, but using the mat board Shapes to create shaker boxes is seriously as simple and quick as the owner promised. One just fills the baggie that comes with the shape with glitter, and attaches it to the shape. Simple! I love the look of the mat board shapes on my pages, with or without making them into shaker box elements.

The first project I completed was an altered clipboard using a shaker box element. I plan on using this clipboard in my classroom, and I loved the apple shape that they sent. I altered the shape slightly by stamping on it, inking it, and adding ribbon. What a quick and easy embellishment!

Altered Clipboard:
Products used:
Patterned Paper: Autumn Leaves; DCWV
Mat Board Shape: Legacy Keepsake
Scrapbook Colors, Foam Stamps, Staples: Making Memories
Ink: Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink - Clearsnap
Ribbon: Bazzill
Adhesive: Adhesive Tech Permanent Adhesive Runner; Adhesive Tech The Glue Tube

I love the fact that the mat board shapes can be altered in so many different ways. In the next layout, I used a leaf cut mat board shape, stamped and inked.

Fall Frolic:
Products used:
Cardstock: Prism Papers
Patterned Paper: Arctic Frog
Mat Board Shape: Legacy Keepsake
Stamps: Leave Memories
Ink: Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink - ClearSnap
Foam Stamps: Li’l Davis Design
Twine: Pebbles, Inc.
Eyelets: Karen Foster Design
Metal tag, rub-on: Making Memories
Adhesive: Adhesive Tech Permanent Adhesive Runner

Next, I decided to use one of the headers in my packet along with a mat board frame. I used a crackle finish on the mat board elements, and I was very pleased with how they turned out.

Smashed Coins:
Products used:
Cardstock: Prism Papers
Patterned Paper: Autumn Leaves; BasicGrey
Mat Board Header, Frame: Legacy Keepsake
Paint, Crackle Medium: Delta
Photo Corners: Chatterbox
Stamps: Clearly Impressed
Adhesive: Adhesive Tech Permanent Adhesive Runner

By this time, I felt like I was addicted to using Mat Board on my projects. I decided to use another header and frame, but I cut off a portion of the header that I did not want to use. On this frame, I used Modeling Paste and Paint to alter it. I love the way the mat board holds up to various methods of altering without warping. This page actually has turned out to be one of my favorite pages.

ABC’s of Holden at 1:
Products used:
Cardstock: Prism Papers
Mat Board Header, Monogram, Frame: Legacy Keepsake
Patterned Paper: Daisy D’s
Stamps: Technique Tuesday; Leave Memories
Bazzill Bet: Bazzill
Beads: Magic Scraps
Clamp: Karen Foster Design
Ink: Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink - Clearsnap; Ancient Page - Clearsnap
Adhesive: Adhesive Tech Permanent Adhesive Runner

For the next layout, I decided to use one of the Fabric Windows and Monogram that I was sent. This turned out to be another favorite layout of mine. I used ink to alter the fabric window, to fit the rugged theme of the layout.

Boys will be Boys:
Products used:
Cardstock: Prism Papers
Patterned Paper: KI Memories; Chatterbox; MOD; Wild Asparagus
Fabric Window, Monogram, Shape: Legacy Keepsake
Acrylic Alphabet, Bottle Cap: Spare Parts - The Paper Studio
Rub-ons: Scrapworks
Chipboard elements: Li’l Davis
Photo Turns: MemoryCreators
Sticker: Making Memories
Ribbon: American Crafts
Ribbon Slide: Junkitz
Adhesive: Adhesive Tech Permanent Adhesive Runner

Finally, I decided to use the Cardstock Moments page. Using these die-cut cardstock pages is so simple. I just placed the elements for my page onto a cardstock background and placed the Cardstock Moments on top. Voila! Finished page.

Birthday Fun:
Products used:
Cardstock: Prism Papers
Patterned Paper: Dirty Laundry
Cardstock Moments: Legacy Keepsake
Gel ribbon & slide: Karen Foster Design
Stamps: Leave Memories
Metal Frame element: K & Co.
Beads: Magic Scraps
Adhesive: Adhesive Tech Permanent Adhesive Runner

I love every one of the products that I was sent from Legacy Keepsake. I love the fact that all of the products are easy to use, and to alter to fit my own style. I certainly hope to see more scrappers using Legacy Keepsake products in the future!

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Review by Eli

Legacy Keepsake

Opening this assortment of products was a bit overwhelming. Included in my packet were 12x12" die cut sheets of cardstock called “Cardstock Moments” in birthday and outdoor themes; mat board monograms, shapes, frames and tags; and self-adhesive fabric elements such as “windows” in two sizes, monograms and shapes. It was a generous selection of products that I used for three layouts. I checked out the website and noted that other themes are available.

When I perused my package and saw the leaf cut-out, I immediately thought it looked like the Canadian Maple Leaf. I had a couple of options for designing a page but chose to use the “Canadian Quilt” that Hannah’s preschool made in Spring 2004 for International Night. I added several of the monograms to the double page spread. For consistency, I covered the “C” and “Q” monograms with dark blue cardstock.

Canadian Quilt
Supplies:
Mat board custom-cut leaf (Legacy Keepsake)
Monogram mini mats (Legacy Keepsake)
Prismatics Candle Glow Dark, Blush Red Dark and Mystic Dark (Prism)
Blue serif and box letter stickers (Colorbök)
Ultra-fine pens (Sharpie)
Unknown: Travel stickers
Permanent Glue Runner, Premiere glue stick (Adhesive Tech)

I love the colors in the striped fabric window and thought it would make a perfect showcase Hannah’s birthday layout. I frayed the top and bottom edges and used coordinating cardstock and journaling to finish the page. Writing on the fabric came easily and did not bleed. I did have some difficulty getting the adhesive paper off the back of the window but the adhesive was repositionable, making it easy to get it in just the right place on the page.

Party Crafts
Supplies:
Fabric Moments adhesive backed fabric window 7x7" (Legacy Keepsake)
Prismatics Intense Kiwi, Razzleberry Light and Black cardstocks (Prism)
Simply Chic letter stickers (American Crafts)
Pink and green ultra-fine pens (Sharpie)
Permanent Glue Runner (Adhesive Tech)

Finally I created one of my all time favorite layouts. I was looking at my other fabric window, a little larger than the first, when I suddenly remembered the photos of Vail shops I had taken last summer. The idea just clicked. The fabric frame became a window and the elements just flowed from there, including: the gathered ribbon “valance” complete with rod finials at the end and a planter box underneath. I used a mat board mini tag for journaling and a strip from another mat board title to create the flower box.

Window Shopping
Supplies:
Fabric Moments 9x9" window (Legacy Keepsake)
Grey mat board strip(Legacy Keepsake)
Small mat board tag (Legacy Keepsake)
Prismatics Razzleberry Light, Medium and Dark; Majestic Purple Light; Sunflower Yellow Light; Perfect Baby Blue (Prism)
Polka dot ribbon (Offray)
Flower punch (Marvy/Uchida)
Metal bar embellishment (K & Company)
Chocolate Brown dye ink (Stampabilities)
Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Alphabities Pixie Serif letter stickers (Provo Craft)
Green quilling strips (Quilled Creations)
Title Font (Kelmscott)
Pink ultra-fine pen (Sharpie)
Premiere glue stick, Permanent Glue Runner, A Fine Line liquid adhesive (Adhesive Tech)
Other: wooden beads, foam adhesive squares, Glue Lines and Dots

Observations:
Legacy Keepsake offers quality mat board elements such as: monograms, shapes, tags and frames in a variety of colors. An alphabet of the Monogram Mini’s costs $7.80 while an individual letter is $.30. Do the math and discover that there is no break for ordering an entire alphabet. I suggest just ordering what you specifically need or if you want to have them on-hand, choose the more common letters, you know, the one’s that you always choose on “Wheel of Fortune” and definitely order more vowels.

Although I didn’t use a clear sleeve with my mat board shape, I thought it was quite clever. It looks like an easy way to make a shaker-type “pocket” to go under the shapes. Sleeve sets may be purchased on the site.

Legacy Keepsake also offers a repositionable self-adhesive fabric line: two sizes of fabric windows along with a number of shapes and monograms. Again, if interested in purchasing the monograms, stick with what you need as there is no break for volume buying.

I need to mention that although I really enjoyed designing with the fabric windows, I was disappointed with their outside edges. The inside shapes were carefully cut to exacting standards while the outside edges were not straight in either of my samples. Although I fixed the problem quickly with a few snips of my scissors, I feel I shouldn’t have to do that when purchasing from a professional site.

Good Quality Products:
The quality of product offered in the mat board line is excellent. There are plenty of times when I want a tag or frame to carry a more significant weight on the page and Legacy Keepsake offers this. The variety of the products is sufficient with a number of colors, textures and themes.

Questions:
Where is the volume discount for purchasing a whole alphabet?
Why are the edges of the fabric windows not straight?

Conclusion: If you are looking for quality mat board elements or shapes, this is the place. Again, the quality is high and the variety is enough to cover basic needs.

For more information visit Legacy Keepsake