Why not try to just use some water and see if that will help. One pad wouldn't be too bad to experiment on. Or maybe some kind of paint extender from the craft paint dept. I know they sell a bottle to use on the pallette when you dont want the full strength of the paint on a project or to keep the paint moist for a while (one of the two!!) I should check my own pad drawer and see how they are doing. Someone said to store them upside down. I know all my gel pens dried out.

Hello, and what a wonderful idea. It is funny, but my parents and I don't seem to have many of the same memories...I swear I don't think they are my real parents. They never seem to remember all the trouble we kids were always in, I guess that is a good thing. I am not sure about which of these will last longer, the inkjet ink, or copier toner, but I would personally go with the inkjet ink. Copier toner smudges, and I don't have any problems with my inkjet ink, so I think you will be safe. Just be sure to use a page protector, and everything will be safer. You can always laminate the questions, and then put them on the paper also. Just a thought. I found a good site today, www.Gracefulbee.com, you may want to check them out. alot of good information. Have fun, and let us know how it turns out. sherry

We are not yet thinking to go into scrapbooking business now, but I have 2 friends who try to let to know scrapbooking in our area. They teach and they have many people interested (about 50 ) and it is growing up every day. It is a first step... they had papers on local news and one of them will have a broadcast program on a local radio by the end of march. we 'll had a demonstration day in a craft shop in april, I made my site, but it is still local. It is why we try to find french people in other part of France. One of my friend will organise scrapbooking week-end for people coming outside from Lyon very soon, but we need to have a real scrapbookers community before to do a real bussiness. but maybe things can go very fast. For my own, I keep doing my computer engineer job and scrapbooking at nigth! Thank you for your advice :-)

Forgot to add that Walmart has the cutest foam stamps for 27 cents each. Things like footballs, scoccer balls, images of a little girl and boy, flowers, stars, hearts, moons, pets, animals, etc. They look to be just the right size for scrapbooks and are a LOT cheaper than rubber ones. They are located in clear canister type bins in the fabric dept. Penny