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How to Make Notebooks Using Greeting Cards

May 1, 2018 by Francine Clouden

This is a really smart and practical idea for using greeting cards that you might never send. You can use plain printer paper, or even drawing paper to make these clever notebooks. Use them for to do lists, or turn … Read More...

Make Your Own Mini Notebooks With Recycled Paper & Card Stock 

April 10, 2018 by Francine Clouden

These tiny notebooks are made form bits of scrap paper and card stock. I’m sure you have lots of those hanging around, so this is a great way to use them up. You can make blank notebooks as shown, but … Read More...

Make Your Own Baby Photo Book 

March 21, 2018 by Francine Clouden

Use a plain notebook, patterned papers and a label maker to quickly pull together this adorable baby book. Of course with your scrapbook stash you can take this up a notch with stickers and more, but if you need to … Read More...

Lucky Printable Gratitude Banner for St. Patrick’s Day 

February 16, 2018 by Francine Clouden

Print this “lucky” printable gratitude banner for St. Patrick’s Day to help remind you of everything you have to be grateful for! This might help remind you to keep up with your daily gratitude practice. Or use them on a … Read More...

Make Your Own Stickers with Your Silhouette Machine

January 28, 2018 by Francine Clouden

Stickers! What paper crafter can live without them? If you have a Silhouette machine, you’ll love this tutorial on how to make your very own custom stickers. Use them on scrapbooks, Project Life, Mini Albums, planners and bullet journals. Now … Read More...

Beautiful Printable Fall Decor in 4 Designs 

October 14, 2017 by Francine Clouden

These gorgeous Fall printable designs are multi-functional. Simply download, print and pop the image into a picture frame you already have on hand. Or use the 5×7 prints as the front of a card, notebook or mini-album.

Source: Beautiful Printable … Read More...

Twelve Terrific Cinch or Bind-it-All Projects 

October 13, 2017 by Francine Clouden

Do you have a Cinch or Bind-it-All spiral binding machine sitting gathering dust? (*raises hand*). Well dust it off and get busy making one or more of these 12 terrific binding projects. Many of them would make perfect gifts if … Read More...

How to Make an Envelope Mini Album 

September 7, 2017 by Francine Clouden

Make this envelope mini album from scratch with the detailed instructions over at Crate Paper. For the structure of the album, you’ll need cardboard, fabric, ribbon and small envelopes.

 

Stephanie shows how to construct the album cover, as well … Read More...

These DIY Tumblr Inspired Notebooks Would Make Great Mini Albums

August 31, 2017 by Francine Clouden

I absolutely love this idea from Ann Le. As soon as I saw this on Pinterest I knew it would be a perfect idea for making mini books or mini albums, especially for travel photos. I’m planning to do something … Read More...

Travel Journal Idea: Instax Mini Album 

July 28, 2017 by Francine Clouden

I am loving this very loose and organic mini travel album by Elizabeth Kartchner of Dear Lizzy. Instead of binding the pages she left them loose, and wrapped them in an envelope binder. She also did lots of free form … Read More...

DIY | Putting Together a Travel Binder

July 24, 2017 by Francine Clouden

I have travel journals on the brain right now as I prepare for our family vacation, and had to share this great post from Kelly Purkey with you. She explained how she put together a travel binder of a trip … Read More...

DIY Letterboard Birthday Cards

June 14, 2017 by Francine Clouden

Letter boards are all the rage now, and how fun are these letter board birthday cards? You can use this simple DIY for cards or even as a background element on a scrapbook page. or how about as the cover … Read More...

DIY Minnie Mouse Party Invitation with Free Pattern

May 23, 2017 by Francine Clouden

Create your own Minnie Mouse Party Invitation for your upcoming party with the free printable PDF pattern and SVG cut file. If you’re not interested in them as invitations, you can also use them for holding journaling on a scrapbook … Read More...

DIY Accordion Photo Album

May 10, 2017 by Francine Clouden

Create a unique Mother’s Day gift with a DIY Accordion Photo Album. Perfect for displaying beautiful photos. Get the free PDF pattern and SVG cut file at the source below.

You’ll also need:

 

  • Decorative paper – I used three
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DIY Spiral Bound Book for Grandma

May 6, 2017 by Francine Clouden

This looks like such an amazing idea as a gift for a grandmother or even a close frined for Mother’s Day. it’s made entirely from scratch using the Cinch binding system (you could also use a Bind-it-All or have it … Read More...

How to Make Pocket Pages in a Notebook

May 4, 2017 by Francine Clouden

Here are some great ideas for turning pages into pockets, and adding pockets to notebooks or journals.

These are really great ideas for a travel journal as shown in the example, but can also be adapted for those of you … Read More...

Inspiration | A Travel Sketchbook by Olya Schmidt

May 3, 2017 by Francine Clouden

The next time you go on a trip why not document it along the way in a travel sketchbook? Olya Schmidt shows you hers from a trip to Denver & Phoenix. She used a Moleskine sketchbook.

Along with sketches, doodles, … Read More...

DIY Cork Pin Board Notebook

May 2, 2017 by Francine Clouden

How cute would it be to have a notebook that doubles as a cork board?  Follow along with this video tutorial and make one for yourself or a friend!

You will need
-pages from an old notebook
– a leaf … Read More...

DIY Accordion Photo Book

April 21, 2017 by Francine Clouden

Create a photo album perfect for your instagram prints. This DIY Accordion Photo Book is perfect for journaling travel or any adventure.

Once you learn how to put this album together, you can make it in any size to fit … Read More...

Tutorial | DIY Envelope Album

April 18, 2017 by Francine Clouden

Take a look at this mini album over at Paper, Scissors and Superheroes, and learn how to make the album base using A2 envelopes. All you need is envelopes and adhesive!

You can make an album with the exact number … Read More...

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