LC Smith used lots of different techniques to create this wonderful weather themed layout for her retired meteorologist husband. She used ink sprays
with a scalloped stencil for the background, heat embossing on black for the umbrellas, stitched sequins for … Read More...
Use a Digital Stamp for No Line Coloring
If you’ve been around the cardmaking world for a while, you’ve probably heard the term “no line coloring” tossed around in tutorials and Facebook groups. It’s one of those techniques that instantly makes handmade cards look soft, painterly, and almost … Read More...
Disney Scrapbooking and Card Making Workshops
Close to My Heart had some amazing products that are perfect for Disney themed scrapbook pages, cards, party invites and more. They are offering scrapbook and card making workshops guides online with step by step directions for making terrific layouts … Read More...
One Layer Dragon Card with Masking Technique
If you’re looking for a simple card without lots of layers but still want the look of dimension then masking might be the answer. This one layer card used masking to cover up the stamped dragon image and the top … Read More...
California Vacation Pages with Free Printables
Lisa used some FREE summer printable to create these fun California Vacation pocket pages. Scrapbook and Cards Today has 6 printable journaling cards for summer, beach and vacation layouts that you can download and print for your next project.
Fruit Card with Heat Emboss Resist Technique
Mindy used a simple Heat Embossing
Resist Technique for this fun and fruity card. She first heat embossed her stamped images with white powder on white cardstock, then she ink blended over top, the embossing resists the ink applied … Read More...
Faux Embroidery Hoop Layout
The look of sewing, quilting and embroidery can add a warm, homey feeling to your scrapbook designs and are perfect for documenting photos of sewing projects or handsewn keepsakes like grandma’s quilts. Sachiyo created her own faux embroidery hoop for … Read More...
6 FREE Unicorn Coloring Pages
Unicorns are still super popular an trendy, which makes me so happy, I love anything fantasy! If you do too then you’ll want to print out and color these 6 beautiful Unicorn coloring pages FREE from Dover Publications.
Hand Written Calligraphy Alphabet
If you like to write on your scrapbook layouts, planner or journal pages or if you’d like to improve your handwriting give this tutorial from Kelly a try. She’ll show you how to use two colors of brush markers
for … Read More...
Tropical Birds Card with Copics
Check out all the bright and bold colors on this Tropical Birds Card from Yana Smakula! Those colors really stand out on the black card background. She colored the stamps from My Favorite Things with Copic Markers 
and heat embossed … Read More...
Craft Cart Shaped Mini Album
Those 3 tiered carts are a very popular way to store and organize your crafting supplies. So why not use it for crafty projects as well? Traci used a die cut file in the shape of a craft cart to … Read More...
Whale Done Card Tutorial
I love the puny “Whale Done” sentiment on this sweet card from Jill Foster! She stamped the whales in a light colored ink pad and then used Distress Ink Re-inkers to color them in for a beautiful water colored design … Read More...
Lego Scrapbook Layout
Lydia create her own Lego Blocks
for her layout by cutting rectangles from pattern paper and punching holes in them. What a simple and creative way to make customized Lego bricks in any color and pattern you’d like! She also … Read More...
Create a Card with Pattern and Texture
This card from Nora has so much texture and pattern. She used a Gel Plate, applying Distress inks
to the plate with a stencil and was able to use both the positive and negative images from the “print” on her … Read More...
11 FREE Summer Pattern Papers
These bright and colorful pattern papers are perfect for Summer themed cards, invitations, planner pages and scrapbook layouts. There are 11 different patterns that you can print for FREE from Pretty Little Things For You.
Lovely Bird Card with Inking Techniques
Shauna used a couple of different inking techniques to create this Lovely Bird Card. For the leaves frame she used an ink smooshing technique and then die cut the frame. For the bird she ink blended different colors onto the … Read More...
Letters Mini Album with Mailbox Holder
Wow, I think this is one of the most adorable and clever scrapbook projects I’ve seen in a while! Ashley created pages for her mini album that look like a stack of letters, each envelope opens up to reveal the … Read More...
Rainbow Splash Floral Card
I love the bold rainbow colors on this beautiful card from Channin! She stamped each flower in a different color of Distress Ink, then spritzed them with water and blew the wet colors with an air blaster tool to move … Read More...
Back to School Layout
Tags, tabs and labels are perfect elements to add to Back to School layouts. Jamie used several for her design also adding clusters of stamps and strips of washi tape. Keeping her background white creates a nice clean design. … Read More...
Otter Shaker Card with New MISTI Tools
Heather Nichols used new tools and accessories that make using a stamp positioning tool, like a MISTI, even easier to use. With stamps from Taylored Expressions she created cute shaker cards and is sharing how she used the tools to … Read More...