I love how Yana Smakula created an all over card background pattern by repeatedly stamping the same unicorn stamp from My Favorite Things. By coloring in around the images with markers and drawing constellations with a white gel pen this … Read More...
Tropical Fish Layout
I love how Missy used colorful pattern papers to back these fun fish die cuts from Paige Taylor Evans. She created a wonderful bubbly texture on her background by using a stencil and paste. It’s the perfect tropical summer layout.… Read More...
Retro Record Card
As a kid from the 70’s and teen in the 80’s I have very fond memories of LP records. And I still actually have a turn table and albums. So of course I love this retro record album card from … Read More...
Fussy Cut Floral Wreath Page
Yvette fussy cut flowers from pattern paper for this wonderful layout. I love how she framed her photo in a wreath shape and the muted colors of the botanicals gives an elegant look. She’s got a terrific tip of tracing … Read More...
Lunch Box Notes
If you’re kids are heading back to school leave them a little extra smile in their lunch box with these cute lunch box notes. I love how Carly used the die cut kids shapes to hold the food items, so … Read More...
Summer Traveler’s Notebook Pages
Laura created this fun Summer Vibes Traveler’s Notebook layout that includes a list of all the things her family did during the summer. I love how she created her photo collage, it allowed for lots of pictures even on a … Read More...
1 Background Die 3 Ways
The new Folk Art background die from Sizzix is really versatile and can be used as the entire focus of card with just some added sentiments. Over on their blog they’ve got three ways to use it, ink blending, embossing … Read More...
Cruise Scrapbook Page
Anchors, ships, life preservers and flags are the perfect accents on this Cruise layout from Jana. The primary colors really pop on the black background. I love how she took different shaped journaling cards and grouped them together to tell … Read More...
Leo Lion Digital Stamp Download
I’m a Leo August Birthday and I love lions so I of course was super happy to see this fun FREE digital stamp from Some Odd Girl. If you know someone who’s also a Leo be sure to snag this … Read More...
DIY Gold Foil Notebooks
How pretty are these gold foiled notebook covers? I love the shine of the metallic on the darker colors. They are an easy DIY project with a trendy look using a Silhouette machine, embossing tool and foil transfer sheets. Make … Read More...
Back to School Book Cards
Kim has used cool new stamps from Fun Stampers Journey to create some fun back to school cards. I love the focus on books and reading! She created some neat backgrounds for her cards like her own plaid and a … Read More...
2 Back to School Layouts
Jung is sharing two wonderful Back to School Layouts over on the Pinkfresh Studio blog. The first has lots of colorful rings for a trendy rainbow inspiration, the other she used her sewing machine to create stitched ruled lines on … Read More...
No Line Coloring Floral Card
Erum used a light ink color to stamp her flower image and colored it with watercolors for a wonderful realistic look. The splatters make for a very painterly look and the gems add a nice touch of sparkle.
Mini Travel Album
Traci used products from Doodlebug for this fun Travel Mini Album. She decorated the cover of a small 2 ringed book and created pages inside full of pockets to tuck in tickets, maps, photos and more.
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Stamping Technique – One Pencil Shading Card
Jessica used just one pencil to add shading to her lovely floral card. She stamped in white ink one dark cardstock and used a white pencil to add the shading. It’s a simple technique but the results are really beautiful … Read More...
Add Watercolor Techniques to a Layout
You can some terrific details to your scrapbook layouts with watercolors. You can use a rainbow of colors in splatters for a fun splash of color or make rows of color in the same color family for a striped backdrop. … Read More...
Ombre’ Background Scene Card
I used some of the smaller stamps from the Lawn Fawn Toadally Awesome stamp set to create a little nighttime frog scene. I used Spectrum Noir Markers
to create an ombre’ background.
Back to School Mini Album
This fun mini Back to School album is made from one sheet of 12″ x 12″ and contains pockets to tuck in tags and photos. I love the old school retro feel. Heather Tonklin created it with supplies from Authentique.… Read More...
Submarine Slider Cards
The submarines on these fun cards slide to reveal sentiments and underwater creatures, how fun! Ardyth used stamps and dies from Ellen Hutson to create both her cards. I love how much texture and movement she got in her water … Read More...
Quilt Style Layout
The stitched pattern paper squares on this fun layout from Sandra remind me of a quilt. Each square leaves a space for an embellishment and I like how she left some of the treads hanging lose. The tassels are the … Read More...