Rustic wood grain and wood texture are super trendy looks and there are stamps, papers and embossing folders to help you get that look. But Amador had a great idea to use her Copic markers to draw out her own … Read More...
3D Shadow Box Frames
I love the depth on these fun scrapbook shadow box frames. They can be added to a 3D layout or used as home decor frames to add around the house. Kathleen used dies from Spellbinders , customizing them with her … Read More...
Floral Card with Nuvo Markers
I love how bright and colorful the flowers are on this card from Kelly Latevola. She used Nuvo markers from Tonic Studio to color them. After she fussy cut the stamps she went around the edges with a black marker, … Read More...
Wreath Builder Card Backgrounds
The wreath builder stamps and stencils from Gina K make it easy to create lovely wreath shaped designs on your cards for all occasions. Dana used them to create perfectly spaced all over backgrounds for her pretty floral cards. The … Read More...
Wreaths Layout with Mini Album
The pretty wreaths scattered around on this page from Flora are the perfect focal to draw your eye to the photo, phrases and embellishments. She used products Pinkfresh Studio for her layout and also used them to create a matching … Read More...
Tri Window Animals Card
I love how Nichol Spohr used the Tri Window die from Mama Elephant to create fun little scenes in each window opening. With each set of cute critters holding a sign it ties the theme of the card together.
Flower Memory Frame
Photos are not the only way to remember a fond memory, objects, ephemera and items like flowers are also great ways to remember or pay tribute to special people or events. Amy Willcut used dried flowers that were important to … Read More...
Stamp Outline vs No Line
Layering stamps are really trendy, they give a really wonderful realistic look. Most have outline stamps that you fill in with colored inks on solid stamps but Lydia wanted to show you don’t have to use the outline. Using the … Read More...
Stargazing Scrapbook Layout
The trendy galaxy look from the Stargazer collection from Paper House makes the perfect scrapbook pages for photos taken while camping or late nights hanging out looking at the stars. Connie used them to create this awesome page and that … Read More...
5 Cards with 1 Die Set
The funky Abstract Flowers dies from Penny Black make some fun shaped flowers but Therese thought outside of the box and also used the shapes for big polka dots and peek a boo windows. She created 5 different card using … Read More...
Add Color to a Large Die with Shimmerz
Niki Rowland colored a large open design die cut image by adding Shimmerz Paints. It’s a pretty way to add multiple colors to one large shape. The splattered background and embellishments in the same colors pulls her lovely scrapbook page … Read More...
Make Easy Rose Gold Wedding Invitations
Wedding invitations can be expensive! But with Delicata Inks and a pretty layered flower stamp, you can create some inexpensive invitations that are not only pretty but they are also easy to make.
Find out how by watching Nadine’s video … Read More...
DIY Origami Boxes
Learn how to make these rectangular origami boxes using pretty scrapbook paper. The perfect handmade wrapping for those special gifts.
You’ll find step by step direction over on the Gathering Beauty blog.
-Heather
Add a Subtle Handmade Card Background w/ Embossing
Try adding a soft subtle background to your cards with dry embossing. This gives some texture to the card but with a clean look. Michelle Short will show you how easy it is to do this technique using a metal … Read More...
Make a Simple Accordion Card/Mini-Book
This little accordion book is a quick and easy project for anyone who loves scrapbooking, cardmaking, stamping, or making little books! Once it’s finished, it makes a great little gift, either filled with photos or quotes or just lovely stamping.… Read More...
How to Use Flocking Sheets
Flocking powder is a fun way to add some fuzzy texture to your stamped images but it’s a little bit messy. Deco Foil has fixed that by creating Flock Transfer sheets, they work similarly to foiling sheets, come in lots … Read More...
Foiled Travelers Notebook Cover
Foiling is super hot and trendy right now, adding it to cards and scrapbook pages adds a lovely metallic shine. But did you know you can add it items other than paper? Aly used her Silhouette machine and Foil Quill … Read More...
Barnyard Card with Masking Technique
Laura used a masking technique to make a cute grouping of pigs on this funny “chicken in” card. She also did some ink blending for her background and colored her images with Spectrum Noir markers.
She’s got a video tutorial … Read More...
Buttons and Dragon Scrapbook Layout
Mary-Ann grabbed her stash of buttons to create this super fun boy layout, don’t we all have a really big bunch hidden away someplace, I know I sure do! And I love the “pie chart graph” shape she used for … Read More...