Take beautiful sunset photos using a point & shoot camera using these tips from Nancy at Do Small Things With Love. She covers how to get the light right, and what kind of depth of field you should use. … Read More...
Photography for Scrapbookers | Learn to Photograph Your Newborn
In this five part series at It’s Always Autumn, you can learn how to take photos of your newborn. Autumn covers the basics, posing, editing and special post processing methods. I really could have used this four years ago! … Read More...
Freebie: On-Line Holiday Idea Book
Echo Park has a free paper crafting Holiday Idea Book to download ( you’ll need to “check out” but it’s free) and it’s got 3 card ideas, 8 scrapbook pages and 7 altered projects. Click here to download.
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Inspiration du Jour | Life With You
Freebie | Printable Post-it Lunchbox Notes
Here’s another twist on lunchbox notes: these print out on post-its! Download the free post-it template from Dabbles & Babbles. Jamey explains how you use it. Click here to grab this freebie.
Scrapbook Photography | How to Get Your Child to Smile for Photos
We’ve all been there: we point a camera at our children and in response we get that dreaded cheesy fake grin back. Have no fear! Amy from The Connection We Share, lists three tips that will help you get … Read More...
Freebie: Hedgehog SVG
Squeek! How cute is this little hedgehog!? You can down load this SVG cut file for free from Free SVG Files, click here to grab him (and hug him:)).
-Heather
Check out more SVG files and bundles over at Design … Read More...
Freebie | Printable “Oh hey!” Notecards
Get these cute printable notecards from Melissa of Design, Eat Repeat for free! They come in two styles and two colors. Click here to download.
Tutorial | Washi Tape Magnets
If you know me, you’ll know that I love washi tape anything! So I loved this tutorial from Rena at The Cheese Thief showing how you can transform promotional magnets into these cute ones, using washi tape. Use it … Read More...
Technique: Circle Stencils
Stencils are really popular right now in paper crafting, they’re great for using with spray ink, sponging, paints, pastes and more. You can buy a variety of deisngs but why not saving some money and make your own? Using cardboard … Read More...
Freebies: Halloween Fonts
The Graphics Fairy has listing her favorite free Halloween fonts, complete with links to them all. These are perfect for adding just the right saying to your stamped Halloween cards!
-Heather
Looking for more fonts? Check these out at … Read More...
Tutorial | Coordinating Your Journaling Strips
Lauren Hender of Jot Magazine (which we posted about recently), explains how she used her iPhone and a couple Photo Apps to make journaling strips that coordinated with the colors in her layout. Have no fear, you can … Read More...
Article | Scrapbook Organization Tips
Aby Garvey, the coauthor of The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker 
, shares her top five tips to help you get your scrapbooking supplies organized. She suggests that you first identify your motivation for scrapbooking, and goes on to explain … Read More...
Article | How to Get Through A Scrapbooking Slump
Lisa Moorefield suggests six ways that you can get through a scrapbooking slump. Whether you feel overwhelmed by too much (product, photos or ideas), or underwhelmed with no motivation, these tips can help you to get out of that … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | My Sweet
Tip: Stamped Envelopes
Don’t forget the envelope! We spend so much time making our lovely cards why stick it in a plain ol’ envelope? K Werner Deisgns has a video for dressing up that boring envelope.
-Heather
Scrapbooking News Alert! | Creating Keepsakes Announces Closure
Creating Keepsakes magazine, arguably THE magazine for scrapbookers worldwide announced today that its November/December 2013 issue will be its last one. Starting in January CK Media will publish a digital magazine called Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking. Current subscribers will … Read More...
Article | Is the Photo Album Dead?
Dave Griffin at FStoppers, a photography site, is asking if the digital age means the end of the family photo album. With so many of us taking thousands of photos every day, he asks, can we find the … Read More...
Tutorial & Freebie | Stamping with the Silhouette Stamping Kit
Earlier this year Silhouette announced a new product release: the Stamping Kit. In this post Lauren from The Thinking Closet reviews the kit, and takes you through the steps to create your 0wn stamps to make gift tags. … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Autumn Subway Art Poster
If you love Autumn, you will love this free printable subway art poster that celebrates all things Fall. Click here to download it from While he was Napping