Dawy McVey added a lovely painterly touch to the backgrounds of these holiday cards by using a wide paint brush and acrylic paint. Showing the brushstrokes really adds extra interest to the backgrounds.
Easy Thanksgiving Paper Banner
Decorate your home this Thanksgiving with a pretty handmade banner. This quick and easy banner uses scrapbook items like cardstock, fall patterned papers, string and some flag and letter dies.
Christmas Scene Tin
Anna-Karin transformed an altoid tin into a magical winter wonderland scene with stamps from Simon Says Stamp. Small tins like this are gift by themselves but you can also slip in gift cards, cash or small presents for gift giving.… Read More...
Poinsettia Papers Download
These pretty poinsettia patterns will be great to create small scrapbook albums and cards this holiday season. You’ll find all over pattern papers, a frame, banners and images all FREE to download from Paper Crafts Inspirations Magazine.
3 Christmas Cards with 1 Layout
When making lots of cards for the holidays having one layout you can repeat, even with different images, can help make things a little easier. Jill Foster created 3 amazing cards using the same window frame opening layout idea using … Read More...
Use Card Kits for Pocket Pages with 4 Printables
Lots of companies have card kits with pre-cut pattern papers, die cuts and embellishments. They make quick and easy cards but you can also use the same products to make fun pocket scrapbook pages. Amy used a card kit from … Read More...
Christmas Bear Card
I love the bow tie and real buttons Emma used on her Christmas Bear card! And the other embellishments and stitching give her card a great rustic touch as well. Perfect for that vintage holiday look.
50 Ways to Make Fall Memories
Fall is the perfect time to make new memories and capture perfect moments to scrapbook. Katie has put together a list of 50 great way to make Fall memories, from going to the pumpkin patch to keeping lists of what … Read More...
Christmas Cross Stitched Tag Patterns
I love mixing paper crafting with other crafts like sewing. Lots of companies have dies that have holes to include cross stitching on your hand made cards and tags, including Marianne Designs. To get you in the holiday spirit they’ve … Read More...
Winter Wonderland Layout with Texture
Denise used embossing folder on paper strips, ink spray and splatter, popped up snowflakes and stitching to add some really great depth and texture to this wonderful winter wonderland layout. And the adorable photo of her dog is the glittery … Read More...
5 Nutcracker Christmas Coloring Pages
When I was little my Mom took me every year to see the Nutcracker ballet and I loved it so much. I’m really excited to see the new Nutcracker movie coming out soon too. I’m also excited to see Dover … Read More...
Day of the Dead Die Cut
Whip up some fast and easy Day of the Dead projects with this great sugar skull die cut. It’s FREE to download from SVG Cuts to use with your electronic die cutting machine.
-Heather
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Photographing Autumn Colors
Rae has some tips for capturing those amazing fall colors this time of year. Tree, leaves and woodland areas make perfect backdrops for Autumn photography to include in your fall scrapbook layouts.
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Skating Snowman Card
Using a reverse stamping technique I made this fun card with a snowman skating across the ice. I used stamps, Frost ink and papers from Stampin’ Up’s new holiday catalog.
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Fun Fall Layouts
Cute woodland animals, acorn and leaves are the perfect accents for Autumn pages. Julie made two fun fall pages using products from Echo Park. I really love the inked cheese cloth she used, it adds a great rustic touch!
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Three Mirror Stamping Ideas
Trina Fam is sharing three amazing ways to use a mirror technique. With this reverse stamping technique she shows how you can use the same stamp to have images facing each other, a reflection or a double sided spinner card.… Read More...
Dream Catcher Layout
Zelda created this fantastic layout to look like a dream catcher. Using an embroidery hoop as a template for the large circle she added leaves and feathers around the edges with stitching to tie it all together.
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Congrats to………..
Catie Kniess, she’s this months winner of the Paper Pumpkin kit giveaway!
-Heather
Christmas Stocking Shaker Card
Who wouldn’t love a stocking full of gold? This fun shaker card is filled with gold glitter for a festive holiday look. Jen Gallacher shares step by step photo directions for making this card with new products from Jillibean Soup… Read More...
Christmas Layout with Lots of Photos
There’s always so many photos taken around the holidays, it can be hard to get a bunch on a single scrapbook layout. By making 2 4″x6″ photo collages with 4 photos each Ayna was able to get a lot of … Read More...