American Crafts is the sponsor this month at A Matter of Memories and Jill is giving away this Margarita Collection prize pack. Entries close this Thursday May 26th at 5 p.m. Click here to go to the giveaway.
Tutorial: Shaped Bokeh
Jessica Jones from How About Orange shows how you can make a filter attachment for your camera lens to get different kinds of shaped bokeh (the blurry backgrounds in photos). Click here to go to the tutorial.
Freebie: Spring Fever Printable
Jill at A Matter of Memories sent along a link to this free Spring Fever printable that she created. What a great quote from Mark Twain! Click here to go to the download.
Thrifty Thursday With Melissa | Hardware Store
Melissa Thiesse from Bursts of Creativity shares some ideas for using items from the hardware store in scrapbooking and paper crafting. This is part of her Thrifty Thursday series. Click here to go to her post.
Freebie: High Resolution Polaroid Frames
Want to recreate the look of vintage Polaroids for your projects? Then try out these free high resolution Polaroid frames from Fuzzimo. You get 14 frames, and three back sides. The post includes a tutorial on how to … Read More...
Word Art Quote | Successful Aging
I love this quote about ageing! Jill at A Matter of Memories has made it into this word art piece that you can use on your projects. Click here to go to the free download.
Tutorial | Making Backgrounds With Bleeding Tissue
Lyndah from Bloom, Bake & Create sent along this tutorial for creating backgrounds using bleeding tissue paper. Now I’ll be on the hunt for this tissue paper! Click here to go to the tutorial.
Tutorial | Build a Paper Rack
Katie and Jon from Sew Woodsy explain how they built this paper rack or tower for Katie’s new craft room. Hers is over 8 feet tall, but you can easily use the instructions to make a smaller one. Click here… Read More...
Tutorial: Mail Holder from Patterned Paper
Learn how to make this adorable mail holder from patterned paper. Bills won’t be too much of a chore if they are kept in this! Click here to go to the tutorial by Sandy Ang.
Free Digital Kit | Freshly Elegant
This mini kit by Kim B is available free on her blog. Click here to go to the download (scroll to the end of the post).
Winnie the Pooh Baby Shower Invitations
Christy from Glitter and Gumdrops shares how she created these three-dimensional invitations for a Winnie the Pooh themed baby shower. Click here to go to her post.
Free Digital Mini Kit | After The Rain
This mini digital kit by Jennifer Conlon (with four papers and four elements), is available for free until May 14th. Click here for more information. Click here to go to the download.
Free Teacher Quotation Word Art | A Matter of Memories
This teacher appreciation quote is available as a free download from A Matter of Memories. Be sure to carefully read the instructions in the post on how to download the file. Click here to go to the download
Free Home Sweet Home Graphic | The Silly Pearl
Steph from The Silly Pearl created some Home Sweet Home graphics for a friend, and is now sharing them as a free download on her blog. It comes in the format shown above as well as in a square. Click … Read More...
Upcycle a Tray with Faux Tile | Homework
Carolyn from Homework shows how she made over this tray by covering the inside with a faux tiling technique. Click here to go to her post.
10 Giveaways in May | Sandy’s Space
Sandy Ang is celebrating one year of blogging and will be holding 10 giveaways throughout the month of May. Click here for more information.
Online ATC Swap | Punk Projects
Katie at Punk Projects wrote in to let me know that she is holding an ATC swap. Sign ups run until Sunday May 15th 2011. Click here for all the details.
Article | Online Photo Editing Tools
Shala Kerrigan at Don’t Eat the Paste has posted a review of several online sites that offer free photo editing tools. She shows examples of some of the effects you can achieve using these stores. Click here to go to … Read More...
Freebie: Creativity Prompts for May
Jill at A Matter of Memories has released her Creativity Prompts for May. get ideas for scrapping national Bike Month or brother and Sister Day among other events. Click here to download the file.
Tutorial: Making Text Paths
Deena Wuest shares a tutorial on the Creating Keepsakes blog showing how to create text paths for your layouts (as shown in her page above). She also includes two free downloadable text paths. Click here to go to the tutorial.