If you use pattern paper on your cards I’m sure like me you have tons of strips left over from your projects. We keep them becuase they are pretty and surly we’ll find a use for them, right? Well, here’s … Read More...
How to Create Embellishment Clusters
Clusters have been a trend in scrapbooking and paper crafts for a while now. It’s a great way to add interest and balance to a design. They can be made of stamped images, stickers, tags, buttons, really any embellishments you … Read More...
Step Card Free Template
I love an interactive card and of course you can cut, score and fold them yourself or save yourself a lot of time and trouble and use a template. Fran has generously shared a FREE template you can download and … Read More...
Let’s Go Travel Layout
Annette gathered photos from all her family trips from one year to create this fun design. It features 8 photos in black and white in a circle around the round center title. Color blocks of pattern paper form 4 grid … Read More...
How to use a Blender Pen
A water based blender pen
is a very helpful tool to have in your crafting arsenal. It can be use with a variety of coloring mediums for softening, applying color directly or of course, blending. Lindsay is sharing lots of … Read More...
Nature Traveler’s Notebook
Annette used a tall Traveler’s Notebook style for her wonderful Nature Notebook. Inside are pages filled with plant, flower and animal photos with lots of botanical papers and designs. I love how interactive the pages are with flaps, pockets, tags … Read More...
Simply By Amy Designs
Looking for something to show off your passion for your favorite craft or share that you’re a proud small business owner? Then check out Simply By Amy Designs. She’s got fun stickers, key chains, magnets, notepads and enamel pins… Read More...
Life is Good Sunburst Layout
Danni stitched a sunburst pattern on the background of her Life is Good Layout and filled each section with pattern paper. Notice how the photo is the center point that the rays reach out from and how each area isn’t … Read More...
Birthday Candles Card
This amazing card has holders for candles, how fun and festive is this for a birthday card!? The card folds into a thin box with a flap for presenting and folds out for display and can be decorated with pattern … Read More...
Ice Cream Smile Layout
What says summer better than an ice cream cone? Melissa used products from Bella Blvd to create this wonderful Ice Cream Smile layout. A large die cut title is backed by colorful pattern papers on the bottom half of the … Read More...
Dressed Pets Free Coloring Pages
Cute dogs and cats in even cuter outfits adorn these sweet coloring pages. Relax on a lazy day coloring these cuties that are sure to put a big smile on your face. There are 4 different pages to chose from … Read More...
Fairy House Card
I used the new Mushroom House background stamp along with some other stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird to create this cute Fairy House Card. I used Arteza Brush Pens to watercolor the images for an easy coloring technique. Visit … Read More...
Free Cherry Font
Add some fun and fruity flair to your next layout with this Cherry Font. This alphabet is perfect for food related greeting cards, recipe cards and scrapbook pages for the summer. It’s FREE to download from Creative Fabrica (you will … Read More...
Interactive Pocket Layout
Pocket pages are perfect when you’ve got lots of pictures and they are quick and simple to put together. This lovely pocket Travel Layout has a flap to hold 3 large photos. All together this design holds loads of photos … Read More...
Wavy Borders Card
Using new stamps, foil plates and dies from the monthly Spellbinders kits you can create a beautiful card with wavy borders. This curved design adds lots of movement and interest to a card design with out much fuss.
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How To Make A Spring Envelope Mini Scrapbook Photo Album
This sweet little album is perfect for Spring. It’s made from pattern paper has lots of little envelope pockets with tabbed cards that slide inside. You can find a printable template and complete project directions for making one over on … Read More...
Card Backgrounds with Book Pages
One of my favorite things to use in my mixed media projects are old book pages. They have such amazing illustrations and text and the age can add interesting vintage coloration on the paper. Gina K used some book pages … Read More...
Dreams Layout
Samantha created a beautiful swirl of stars using a stencil with paste and adding blue watercolor over top for this Dreams layout. The black and white photos of her boys sleeping really stand out against the blue and white background. … Read More...
Mother’s Day Paper Crafts
This sweet grouping of a Mother’s Day Card, Box, Tag and Pocket will put a smile on any mom’s face this year. The floral and faux stitching make for a pretty feminine design! The matching gift set is simple to … Read More...
Happy Happy Happy…. Birthday
I love the rainbow of colors on this festive Birthday Layout! Jackie used a “Happy” stamp and stamped it multiple times down one side of her layout in different colors of ink. It’s a fun way to fill half a … Read More...