Last year on our Disney visit one of my favorite places was Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge so I was super excited to come across these great layouts to inspired me to get started on my pages. The team over at … Read More...
Birthday Balloon Arch Easel Card
Bobbi used a bunch of round die cut circles to create a huge balloon arch for this amazing Easel Card that could be for a birthday, graduation or most any celebration. Notice how she used a white gel pen to … Read More...
Ampersand Layout
I love the bold graphic design of the large Ampersand (&) on this page from Kerstin. She die cut it from the center coral cardstock, adding a striped coordinating pattern paper behind and stitched around the edges. Along the bottom … Read More...
Different Ways to Create Interactive Page Elements
Natasha loves to add interactive elements to her pages. Over on her blog she’s showing different ways to add some fun to memory keeping designs like lift the flaps, pull tabs and envelopes. She’s included a process video on how … Read More...
Card making – Lots of BBQ Card Idea for Father’s Day
If you’re looking for creative ways to express your love for Dad on Father’s Day, especially if he’s a barbecue enthusiast, you’re in the right place! Our CraftGossip roundup features a delightful collection of BBQ-themed cards that are perfect … Read More...
3D Shadow Box Frames Project
Madeline used Shadow Box Frames dies from Sizzix to create this wonderful home decor project. She die cut and folded up three 3D frames and connected them together for a photo frame tryptic. She embossed and added Distress Inks to … Read More...
Dragonflies Mini Slimline Card
I love the beautiful water colored Dragonflies on this Mini Slimline Card from Laura Evangeline! She stamped and heat embossed the dragonflies on watercolor paper in white before she colored them. This card also has some fun features like the … Read More...
“Adore” Baby Layout
I “Adore” the yellow and teal with black color combination on this sweet Baby Layout from Tracy. She used lots of chipboard elements and a sentiment on the page that she colored with embossing inks and powders along with some … Read More...
Card Organizer Binder
Are you the type of card maker that makes up cards in advance? Do you remember to send them or do they sit in drawers and boxes forgotten? Jana wanted to create a way she would remember to send her … Read More...
Design Theory with a Stitched Grid Layout
A new article over on the Close to My Heart blog talks about learning to look at scrapbooking layouts and pick up techniques that you can then use on your own designs. For their example they share a beautiful page … Read More...
Birthday Bunny Card
I love it when creators use stamps from one occasion for another. Traditionally you probably think of Bunnies for Easter Cards but Sherri used this rabbit in a carrot car stamp from Art Impression to design a Spring Birthday Card, … Read More...
Crafty Creative Mini Album
Traci used products from Simple Stories to design this wonderful “Creative” Mini Album. Check out that pretty cover she decorated and inside are pages to celebrate being crafty and creative. I love that she’s got pages that are different size … Read More...
Card with Colored Pencils on Kraft Cardstock
I love coloring my stamped images with colored pencils, they are easy to layer and blend and I love the results. Charmaine used colored pencils to color in her Top Flight Stamps on Kraft colored cardstock. Coloring on this light … Read More...
Paper, Scissors Glue Layout with Free Cut File
Celebrate your craftiness with this fun FREE “Paper, Scissor, Glue” cut file. Perfect for adding to layouts featuring your craft room, projects you’re working on or attending crafty classes or crops. Lisa is sharing what she created with the file … Read More...
Birthday Card with Circle Shaker Element
Waffle Flower has taken shaker elements to a whole new level with these new Circle Shaped Shaker Covers. I’ve seen rectangles and squares but these circles are so fun and easy to create a cool new style of shaker card. … Read More...
Congratulations Graduation Layout
A great way to fill a page is by repeating words, images, or a title like on this wonderful Graduation Layout from Sarah. She used a “Congrats” stamp and inked it with a rainbow of different ink pad colors, die … Read More...
Thank You Card with Stenciling Over Stamps
I love this unique stamp coloring technique from Kimberly! She stamped her flowers on white cardstock, added some color with ink blending and then used a polka dot stencil to add dots to the stamped images, such a cool idea! … Read More...
Stamped Beach Traveler’s Notebook Spread
How much fun is this Beachy Traveler’s Notebook Spread from Nicole!? She used stamps from Brutus Monroe, colored with markers to decorate most of the layout, adding some die cut accents with a yellow sun and die cut crab covered … Read More...
Baby Card with Ink Sprayed Stenciled Background
This adorable baby card features cute jungle animals and a pretty hanging vine background. Carrie used Ink Sprays in pink and yellow instead of ink blending with her stencil to create the card background. She colored the Heffy Doodle Stamps … Read More...
Disney Character Meeting with Stitch Layout
One of my favorite things to do at Disney is character meet and greets, to me those of some of the best photos you can get in the park! This super fun layout from Julie features one of my favorite … Read More...