Don’t have room in your craft area for a big bulky die cutting machine? Don’t worry there are several smaller die cutters on the market that still give you plenty of versatility and the ability to cut many sizes and … Read More...
Christmas in July Snowflake Card
I don’t normally start my holiday cards until later in the year but I know lots of you do Christmas in July to get a jump start on yours. Verity is over on the WOW! Embossing blog with a card … Read More...
Game Night Scrapbook Layouts
During the pandemic I’m sure many of us spent time playing board games, video games, putting together puzzles or Lego. Dorymar used products from Simple Stories to create some amazing layouts that are perfect for documenting Family Game Nights. I … Read More...
Lotus Flower Watercolor Card
Since Lotus Flowers float in water what better medium to color them in but watercolors? Gaylynn used stamps from Unity for this stunning card with a white heat embossed wavy background and beautiful stamped and water colored lotus flowers. She’s … Read More...
Layout Using a Die as a Stencil
Open cut dies are terrific on a layout but you can take it a step further and use them as a stencil for a custom patterned background. Gisselle used a sun pattern die 
with yellow ink to stencil her background, … Read More...
Turtle Card with Ink Smooshing Technique
How cute is this little turtle floating in the ocean on this card from Michelle?! She created her underwater background using ink sprays from Tim Holtz
with an ink smooshing technique on die cut wave panels for some amazing movement … Read More...
Summer Reading Layout Tutorial
I love to read and there’s nothing better to me than laying in the hammock on a sunny summer day and reading a good book. Paige is taking part in a Crafty Youtube Hop that focuses on summer reading and … Read More...
Summer Bike Card Tutorial
This pretty bike with it’s basket filled with flowers is sure to brighten anyone’s day. Channin created this card with stamps and dies from Honey Bee. For the bicycle she die cut the pieces from white cardstock and used ink … Read More...
Mother and Daughter Scrapbook Page
This Mother and Daughter layout from Missy is so sweet with roses and butterflies. I love the black and white with pops of pink color. Sewing stitches she added “trails” behind the butterflies and connected the wavy pattern paper at … Read More...
Dimensional Flower Cards
I love how dimensional and realistic this beautiful flowers look on this card from Laura! She used layering dies from Honey Bee stamps, adding ink blending to colored cardstock for added depth. The white card base also helps these flowers … Read More...
Create a Mini Album from 1 Sheet of Pattern Paper
Would you believe this cute mini album is created from just one sheet of pattern paper? Well, it is! Nadie cut and folded a single piece of paper for the base of her zoo album, adding photos, typed journaling and … Read More...
Gnomes on the Beach Pop Up Card
Christine create this fun little scene of Gnomes having a wonderful time on the beach using stamps and dies from Trinity Stamps. The clouds, waves and sentiment pop up when the card is open for a great interactive card design. … Read More...
Steampunk Picture Frame
Wow, I’m in love with this awesome Steampunk Picture Frame project from Lena! She transformed a plain wooden frame with chipboard shapes
, paint, paper, stamping and heat embossing into a super cool home decor project for a family photo. … Read More...
6 Free Beauty and Nature Coloring Pages
Dover Publication is offering 6 brand new coloring pages from their Blissful Beauty Coloring book. Each page combines either people or animals with nature like flowers or seashells for complex designs that will be so much fun to color. These … Read More...
6 FREE Disney Mickey and Minnie Mouse Hat Dies
Working on projects for the most Magical Place on Earth? These Mickey and Minnie Hat dies are perfect for Disney themed scrapbook layouts, planner pages, greeting cards and more. There 6 different designs, even some for a Disney themed Wedding! … Read More...
Critters on the Beach Slimline Card
Nichol Spohr used adorable new stamps from Mama Elephant for this fun Beach Scene Slimline Card. The long slimline style has lots of room for creating a terrific scene and the die she used breaks the design up into different … Read More...
Scrapbook Layout with Slots for Extra Photos
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...