Scrapbooking – Page 102

Project: Year of the Horse Card

January 25, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Celebrate Chinese New Year (Jan. 31st) with a beautiful stamped Year of the Horse Card, the Frugal Crafter has a video tutorial. Being from the horse capital of the world (Kentucky) I’m particularly fond of this card! 🙂

-Heather

Sale: Silhouette Totes and New CHA Items

January 24, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

From today through Feb 1st you can get great deals on totes over at Silhouette, perfect for taking your Silhouette machine to classes, crops or to craft at a friends house! In addition Silhouette is also offering 20% brand new … Read More...

Tutorial | Digitize Your Handwriting With an iPad

January 24, 2014 by Francine Clouden

Did you know that you can use your iPad to digitize your handwriting? Gillian Nelson explains how you can easily do this, and then use that file in your paper crafting. She shows how you can use it digitally, for … Read More...

Photography for Scrapbookers | What is ISO?

January 24, 2014 by Francine Clouden

Lucrecer Braxton explores the ISO setting on digital cameras to help you get a better handle on using this setting. If you’ve ever wondered how to use ISO effectively, you need to go read her article. it’s all part of … Read More...

Freebie | Silhouette Cut Files for Planner Dividers

January 21, 2014 by Francine Clouden

This is a great freebie and tutorial over at Titi Crafty on making your own divider sheets for a letter size or A4 binder or planner. She provides free cut files in both sizes, and takes you through … Read More...

Tutorial | Stitched Mini-Notebooks

January 20, 2014 by Francine Clouden

Kaley Ann shares a method for making mini-notebooks that is simple and quite clever. I love her idea of what to use for the covers. You can use these for jotting down journaling, page ideas, or even as a mini … Read More...

CHA Trendspotting With Amy Heller

January 20, 2014 by Francine Clouden

Amy Heller highlights seven trends that she has spotted coming out of the recent CHA winter releases. Among them are brush script as shown above, chalkboard, and metallics. Click over to see her entire list.

Tip: Stenciled Ribbon

January 17, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Don’t have the perfect printed ribbon for your paper crafting project? No problem, get out a stencil and some paint and design your own. The Notable Nest blog has directions.

-Heather

Technique: Card Background

January 17, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Learn how to use Gesso, modeling paste and stencils for a cool mixed media card background, Splitcoast Stampers has a detailed tutorial.

-Heather

Show & Tell | Chinese New Year Fortune Cookies

January 17, 2014 by Francine Clouden

Caroline talks about the paper fortune cookies she made for Chinese New Year which falls on on January 31st. She explains how she made hers from scrapbooking and origami papers, and links to a tutorial you can use if … Read More...

Opinion | Does Instagram Affect Our Memory?

January 17, 2014 by Francine Clouden

I came across this interesting article on The Atlantic Cities website about the possible effect using Instagram has on our memories. The article quotes the results of a study by psychological scientist Linda Henkel. She asked

“To what extent … Read More...

Project: Photo Cube

January 16, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Fold up some cardstock and add some pictures for a wonderful way to keep your memories hanging around on a fun photo cube. Find the directions over at Ellen Hutson’s blog.

-Heather

January Freebie | 4×6 Journal Cards

January 16, 2014 by Francine Clouden

Time to grab the first freebie of the year! Use these 4×6 cards in your Project Life, or other pocket page systems, on regular pages, or in your journals. Click here to get them.

Looking for more Art … Read More...

Tutorial | 2014 Photo Calendar

January 15, 2014 by Francine Clouden

January isn’t over yet, so we can still make calendars, right?Full disclosure: so far I have none for 2014! Thank goodness for this tutorial from Nathalie, for a desktop photo calendar. She used an acrylic panoramic frame, binder rings, … Read More...

Technique: Paper Marbling

January 13, 2014 by Heather Holbrook

Combine your stamping ink pad refills with shaving cream (yes, shaving cream!:)) for a cool marbling technique, perfect for tags and card backgrounds. Find directions over on the Damask Love blog.