Connie has a great way to add more photos to a layout. On this fun Art Activity page she twice cut a square die that has slots in it so she could slip lots of extra photos into the slots … Read More...
Flat Shaker Cards
Intimidated by shaker cards? Well Amy R. has a quick and simple way to create shaker cards and bonus, they are flat for easier mailing! She used thin clear plastic from packaging (recycling, that’s another bonus!), wrapped it around her … Read More...
Pocket Journal Pages
Using pockets, cards, tags and envelopes Shari created lots of interest on these Mixed Media Journaling pages. There are lots of places to tuck in photos, notes and ephemera in the pockets or slip inside the envelope making this a … Read More...
Succulent Rainbow Card
Michelle Short combined two popular trends, succulents and rainbow colors for this beautiful botanical card design. She stamped the bouquet onto watercolor paper using liquid watercolors to color around the outside of stamped images, she then stamped and colored the … Read More...
Baby Traveler’s Notebook Pages
Kerri Bradford created this sweet double page Baby spread for her Traveler’s Notebook. On one page is a large photo (how cute is this baby and dog together!?) adding just a half sheet of pattern paper and a title strip. … Read More...
Pirate Ocean Animals Slimline Card
How much fun are these ocean animals dressed up like Pirates?! Annie Williams used cute stamps from Rubber Necker along with some Slimline dies to create the wooden ship with portholes card background. The stamped ocean waves and embossed sentiment … Read More...
Family Mini Foldout Album
This sweet little album is small enough to carry around in your bag and would also make a wonderful gift. Celine created this fold out mini album using products from Pinkfresh Studio and filled it with small square black and … Read More...
Interactive Birdhouse Card
Debbie used dies from Lawn Fawn to create this fun interactive Birdhouse Card. When you pull the tab at the side of the card the Magic Iris opens up to reveal the sentiment inside the birdhouse, so cute! I love … Read More...
Summer Layout with Pattern Papers
Pattern papers makes it easy to create impactful backgrounds for your scrapbooking layouts. You can use a single sheet or layer them up like Anya did on this Summer page. She used coordinating pattern papers in colors of orange and … Read More...
Colorful Sunflowers Card
Jen used Nuvo Alcohol Markers from Tonic Studios to color in her colorful Sunflower Card. I love this pretty color combo of pinks and yellow! She posted a helpful step by step photo guide of exactly how she colored in … Read More...
“Be You” Black and White Layout with Freebie
Sometimes there’s no need for color. Black and white can be classic, romantic or graphic and makes for a clean design that’s easy to pull together. Mari Clarke used black and white only on this selfie layout with flowers, splatters … Read More...
Corner Fold Frog Prince Card
Add some extra interest to your next card design with a simple fold. Robyn folded the corner on her cute Frog Prince Card to reveal part of the background inside the card. I’m always seeing people ask “what do you … Read More...
FREE Summer Circles Cut File
Paige Evans created this fun Summer Circle cut file that is FREE to download and cut with your electronic die cutting machine. Lisa used it on her layout by placing it over rainbow striped paper, added coordinating papers behind the … Read More...
String Wrapped Rainbow Cards
A new die cut set from Simon Says Stamp mimic the look of string wrapped rainbows which have a been trendy lately. The dies alone give the look but you also still wrap string around them too. Caly has created … Read More...
Using Tools for DIY Scrapbook Embellishments
Lisa used lots of different tools from We R Memory Keepers for this Vacation Layout. She used a trimmer to cut down her pattern paper, a punch to punch out flags for her banner, she used dies to create ice … Read More...
How to Emboss without an Embossing Folder
If you want to add a raised texture to your cardstock embossing folders are a great way to do so but there are other ways to do this technique like using stencils. Lynn used a rubber embossing mat 
in her … Read More...
DIY Fringe Scrapbook Layout
To add lots of color and texture to this Sweet Layout Katrina used a striped stamp, lots of pink stamping ink pads and fringe scissors to create DIY layers of fringe down her design. She added even more texture and … Read More...
Ocean Card with New Sectional Stamps
The amazing new Sea and Sky background stamp set from Simon Says Stamp comes in sections and looks almost like big puzzle pieces. So you can stamp them together in a single color as one large image or stamp the … Read More...
4th of July Pocket Page
Sharon used a pocket page for this fun 4th of July Layout. She used what I call a “tic tac toe” design, adding her journaling card crisscross on both diagonals, adding her photos in the remaining pockets. This makes for … Read More...
Copic Marker Coloring for a Gorgeous Card
The coloring on this card from Delphine is simply Gorgeous! She used alcohol based Copic Markers
to color in a digital stamp from The Greeting Farm. She’s sharing a coloring tutorial over on their blog, so grab a cup, sit … Read More...