Here’s a clever idea from Creative in Chicago: prime number birthday cards! You can download a free copy of the card for each birthday starting from age 7. The appropriate age is highlighted. Click here to get them.
Tutorial | Decorate a Photo Frame
Meridith shares how to use the new ModPodge Peel & Stick Stencils to decorate a photo frame with a subtle glitter effect. She started with a plain wood frame that she painted, and then added the dimensional touch. She shares … Read More...
Project: Easter Bunny Card
Visit my own personal blog P is for Paper and I’ll show you how to make this adorable bunny card, perfect for spring or Easter.
-Heather
Tutorial | Make Paper Roses With Your Silhouette
You can make these gorgeous paper roses using a tutorial from Lia Griffith and a Silhouette cut file from Lil Mrs Tori. Tori used the PDF pattern designed by Lia to create a cut file if you don’t … Read More...
Freebie: Frogs Coloring Page
Dover Publications has a fun and funky springtime scene with funny frogs and toadstools to download for free. This would be a great card front or coloring page for the kids.
-Heather
Photography for Scrapbookers | The Selfie Help Book
Last year The Oxford Dictionay named “selfie” their word of the year, and who are we to argue with that? Now the folks at PhotoJojo have written a guide to selfies that they are calling “The Selfie Help Book”… Read More...
Freebie | Spring Mantel Decor
Bloom and Grow with this free printable banner for your Spring decor. Michelle from Elegance and Enchantment shows how she decorated for Spring, and shares the free file with us. Click here to get it.
Tutorial | Greeting Cards Using Duck Tape
Learn how to make these greeting cards with patterned and glitter Duck Tape over at Craft Test Dummies. The sentiment is made using a Silhouette cut file (a link to buy is included), but hand cutting or another die cut … Read More...
Show and Tell | Mixed Media Burlap Canvas
Shelley Levis at Sow and Dippity talks about the two mixed media canvases she recently created. The one above is a very neutral palette, but she also has another brighter and more springlike one displayed in her post. Click her… Read More...
Project: Spring Rain Card
Spring showers bring May flowers! The Spellbinders s blog has a video tutorial for making this fun spring rain card.
-Heather
Show & Tell | Quilled Fringe Flowers
Ann Martin, the author of All Things Paper (and blog of the same name), shares some quilled paper flowers made with a new type of graduated paper strips called Exotic. She explains several ways you can use the strips … Read More...
Project: Stamped Bunny Tags
The Pin is Here blog has directions for making some adorable personalized Easter Bunny tags. These would be great to hang on a basket or treat bag.
-Heather
Project: Candy Wrapper
The C C Designs Stamps blog has step by step directions for making a cute paper folded and stamped chocolate wrapper, how adorable is that little snail stamp!?
-Heather
Photography For Scrapbookers | Tips for Taking Your Best Photos Ever
Get some great tips for taking better photos over at Blythe PonyTail Parade. She covers a host of topics in this post, including outdoor lighting, flash, composition and the rule of thirds. Set yourself a challenge to attack each … Read More...
Tutorial | DIY Camera Wrap Bag
When I came across this tutorial from PhotoJojo, I knew I’d not only have to share it here, but also definitely make use of it! Sometimes I want to take along my “big” camera without taking my camera bag … Read More...
Tutorial | Ombre Watercolor Resist
This share is a two-fer! Mabey links us to her tutorial showing how to do the ombre resist above, but first she gives a refresher course in heat embossing. So gather your papers, stamps, embossing powders and inks, and … Read More...
Freebie | Digital Stamp Inspired by Arrow TV Series
Christine from penny Blossom is sharing this free digital stamp, of a character based on the Arrow TV series. In the image above, you can see how Christine coloured the stamps in with Prismacolour pencils. Click here to … Read More...
Tutorial | Getting Messy With Gesso
Wendi at Scrappy Day in Paradise shares three ways you can get messy with gesso and stencils on your paper products. Add in some mists and paints, and get artsy! Get all the details here.
Freebie: Vigilante Digital Stamp
Are you a fan of the TV show Arrow? Penny Blossom digital stamps has a fun free vigilante stamp inspired by the show to download for free, click here to get it.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps … Read More...
Technique: Using a Stencil as a Stamp
Get more from your stencils. The Bolton House blog has a really cool technique to share adhering stencils instead of stamps to clear acrylic blocks for mono print stamping. Click here to see how it’s done.
-Heather