Using your handwriting on your scrapbook pages is a good way to leave a piece of yourself on your layouts for future generations (or even the current ones!) to reminisce.
However we live in the digital age, and beautiful penmanship … Read More...
How To | Basic Photo Organization
Get some tips and tricks for organizing your digital photos in this series over at Humble in a Heartbeat.
The first step is to get everything organized by date on your hard drive. CharleeAnne shows you how to figure out … Read More...
Tutorial | Faux Calligraphy
Faux calligraphy is another way that you can get beautiful lettering in your scrapbooks. All you need is a pencil and your favourite pen.
The base of faux calligraphy is your natural handwriting, so you may want to practice writing … Read More...
The Beginner’s Guide to Brush Lettering
Get started with brush lettering using this beginner’s guide over at Destination DIY. Along with written and video tutorials, you’ll also find free printable practice sheets for improving your lettering.
If traditional calligraphy isn’t for you, give brush lettering a … Read More...
Free Planner Printable | Back to School Stickers
Get your planner ready for back-to-school with these free planner stickers that are also perfect for using in scrapbooks and minibooks.
You’ll find two versions: one for The Happy Planner, and one for Erin Condren planners.
Get them both at … Read More...
Free Disney Princess Dress Paper Templates
Choose from 6 free templates and download instantly to print your own Disney Princess dress paper cutout. Featuring Cinderella, Snow White, Elsa and more!
Color guidelines for each piece are written on all of the templates, but use whatever looks … Read More...
How to Organize for School
Before the school year starts to get away from you, make sure all your organizational systems are in place.
You’ll see lots of ways to organize different things like lunch boxes, school supplies, homework stations, back-packs and all those miscellaneous … Read More...
Free Printable Back to School Papers
Here’s a great collection of free digital papers, that you can print out to use on your back-to-school projects. They would be perfect for yesterday’s paper pencil DIY!
… Read More...The papers are embellished with retro glasses, pencils, paper planes, and cool
Tutorial | Back-to-School Paper Pencils
Craft up these fun paper pencils for all your back-to-school projects. This is a great one to do with your kids!
You’ll need:
A4 cardstock
: white, off-white, and grayPaper pad or your favourite patterned paper
Gold foil sticker
What Modern Scrapbooking Looks Like
… Read More...Scrapbooking has grown and evolved since back in the day when I started this wonderful hobby (2000!). I’ve learnt that for me, changing along with the hobby has kept my interest in it thriving. So I definitely loved this perspective
5 Creative Ways to Preserve Your Memories
Expand your memory keeping and discover 5 creative photo album ideas. These ideas include ways to integrate journaling, letters, and your own creativity into your memory keeping.
They make a great complement to traditional scrapbooking pages, and will help you … Read More...
Make Mason Jar Gift Tags | Cut File & Printable
Download a free cut file and printable to make your own “made with love” mason jar gift tags – perfect for any occasion!
You can use the cut file with your Silhouette machine, or go old school and hand cut … Read More...
Free Vintage Digital 12×12 Paper
Get this free 12×12 vintage scrapbook paper. It’s a digital paper but you can always print it out on card stock if you’re a paper scrapper. I think those flowers would look great if they were fussy cut out to … Read More...
Tutorial | Blocking & Illustrated Lettering
Here’s another tutorial to check out if you’re exploring using hand lettering on your scrapbook projects. The blocking technique involves blocking out sections for the words in your quote or title ahead of time, and then lettering each block individually.… Read More...
Tutorial | Using Project Life® Cards on a Scrapbook Layout
If you use Project Life or other journaling cards in your pocket scrapbooking, you might be left with numerous cards that you haven’t used.
In this tutorial Geralyn Sy from the Studio Calico design team shares how easy it is … Read More...
DIY Origami Photo Stand
Display extras of those special photos on these DIY origami photo stands. Not every photo has to go in a scrapbook, it’s also nice to be surrounded by our memories!
This simple folding technique will teach you to make these … Read More...
Brush Calligraphy Blending Techniques
Using brush calligraphy in your scrapbooks? Here are two blending styles to try with your Tombow Dual Tips!
In this tutorial by Bugaboo Bear Designs for DawnNicoleDesigns.com you’ll learn how to create tow different but equally gorgeous blended words that … Read More...
Tutorial | Happy Birthday Card
Follow this video tutorial from TrimCraft, and adapt it to make this simple but lovely birthday card. You can change the patterns, colors and sentiment to make it appropriate for any occasion you like.
You’ll need patterned papers, a card … Read More...
Tutorial | Letter Formation for Brush Lettering & Calligraphy
Are you trying out brush lettering or calligraphy for using on your scrapbooking projects? here’s a great tutorial that will help you break letters down to their basic strokes, so you can practice and improve your letter shapes.
Watch these … Read More...
Fold-Your-Own Geometric Envelopes
Learn how to fold these fun geometric envelopes that you can use as embellishments or for holding journaling and more!
You’ll get free printable stencils to use to fold five different geometric envelopes from your patterned papers or cardstock.
Source: … Read More...