Summer is coming to a close, time to say good by to all the lovely flowers….The Scrapping Mommy has directions for making this pretty pansy card with a second generation stamping technique for getting a lighter ink color.
-Heather
Tutorial | Get More Smiling Photos of Your Kids Part 2
Last week I posted some tips from Amy of The Connection We Share to help get better photos of your kids. Well she has added even more photography techniques, with a part two post that includes reverse psychology! Click … Read More...
Tutorial | How to Make a Stationery Organizer
Do you make lots of cards, gift tags and other stationery items, but then don’t know how to store them? Take a look at this beautiful tutorial from Amber at Damask Love. She takes you through the steps of … Read More...
Sale at Silhouette!!
From now through Sept. 19th Silhouette is having a 25% off site wide sale on all supplies! Use coupon code: GOSSIP at check out. Please note that this does not apply for the machines, downloads, download cards, gift … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | The Best Part of Me
Freebie | Fall Chalkboard Printable Poster
This one is for all the people who love Fall! Print off this free chalkboard poster about all things fall by Kierste of Simply Kierste. You can get a PDF or JPG file for printing at home, or sending … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Pumpkin Spice Journaling Cards
Love pumpkin spice? Talk about it in your Project Life or scrapbook pages and use this set of free journaling cards from Wild Olive. The set of four 3×4 cards includes a September title card. Click here to get … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | I Love You, Mom
Tip: Glitter Card
Add a ton of sparkle and shine to your cards with glitter. Jennifer McGuire has a fun video tutorial showing how to use the new Tim Holtz Distress Glitters at Ranger , perfect for adding a big glittery impact on … Read More...
Point & Shoot Photography | Tips for Sunset Photos
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.
-Heather… Read More...
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...