Even more flowers! This time of year I can;t help but be attracted to the abundance of flower tutorials out there. Paper flowers just speak Spring to me, plus they work really well for Mother’s Day decor. And of course … Read More...
Freebie | Spring Paper Flower Garland
I love this paper flower Spring garland, and think it would be lovely decor for a Spring themed event or Mother’s Day luncheon. Lia provides both SVG cut files and a PDF for hand cutting the flower petals. Once cut … Read More...
Project: Mini Boxes from Scrapbook Paper
You can turn a pretty piece of heavy weight scrapbooking paper into a cute little box buy using and envelope punch board. The Ginger Snaps Crafts blog has scoring and punching directions for making these sweet little gift boxes, click … Read More...
Tip: Coloring Texture Paste
Texture paste is a great product to use with stencils, when applied with a pallet knife over the stencil it gives not only the shape of the stenciled design but also depth and texture. But this paste usually comes in … Read More...
Tutorial | How to Make Crepe Paper Flowers
Here’s a beautiful way to adorn a Mother’s Day gift, card or scrapbook page: crepe paper flowers! These delicate looking beauties, are pretty simple to whip up. You’ll need crepe paper, scissors, a brad, and something to cut out a … Read More...
Techniques: 10 Ways to Use Ink Sprays
Ink sprays and mists are so much fun to play with and they are so many techniques you can do with them, they can be used on cards, scrapbook pages, collage art and home decor projects using papers and fabrics.. … Read More...
Saturday Inspirations Week 5
I loved the combination of the photo, vintage page and handwriting. I knew exactly how I wanted to use this inspiration.
I had fun with painting the background with some spray inks. Doilies and butterflies were a must! You can … Read More...
Tutorial | Welding Fonts in Silhouette Software
If you love fonts, type and lettering, you’ll love finding out that with a Silhouette machine you can use any of the fonts installed on your computer to create wonderful designs like those shown above. heather Greenwood explains exactly how … Read More...
Saturday Inspirations Week 5
Here is this week’s inspiration! It made me think about paint chips, always a handy crafting supply to have on hand. Here is my layout:
My son was three months old in these photos, but this page got scrapped when … Read More...
Video | Frugal Scrapbook Storage Ideas
Lindsay Weirich, The Frugal Crafter, takes us on a tour of her craft room to show all the frugal options she came up with for storing her scrapbook supplies. Her craft space is in a small corner of her basement, … Read More...
Tutorial | Sketch out an Inspiring Quote
Get those inspiring quotations off your computer screens and up on your walls using this tutorial from Get Silvered. Pam shares how she used her Silhouette sketching pens to create the poster above. She also made a more minimalist version. … Read More...
Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin Kit
If you’re looking for paper crafting inspiration Paper Pumpkin is here to inspire you and bring creativity to your door each and every month. Paper Pumpkin is a subscription kit brought to you by the folks at Stampin’ Up. … Read More...
Tutorial | Working With Photoshop Templates & Brushes
I share lots of links to free digital and hybrid scrapbooking resources like the layered template earlier this week. If you’re not an experienced digital scrapbooker, and want to learn how best to use these free resources, take a … Read More...
How To Fake Calligraphy | Video Fixed
My apologies for all the frustration you must have had yesterday trying to watch this video! it’s now been fixed and you can see it by clicking here.
Freebie | Clean & Simple Template and Printable
Compliments of Cathy Zielske and Srapbooks & Cards Today magazine, download this free layered PSD template to use on digital and hybrid layouts. It’s great for All About Me layouts! See Cathy’s sweet & simple example layouts for inspiration, and … Read More...
Inspiration Saturdays Week 4
This week’s inspiration piece is another sewing project. I loved this quilted tote, especially those hexagons! I went through my stash and found a patterned paper with a hexagon pattern, which made things simpler. You could also cut out hexagon … Read More...
Printer Paper Comparison + Giveaway
Last month on my personal blog, I shared a free printable every single day. While working on that project I used two different kinds of paper to print out my samples, and last week I decided to run a serious … Read More...
Giveaway | 3 Months Membership at Simple Scrapper
Use the March Story Starter Challenge at Simple Scrapper, and enter to win a three month Simple Scrapper membership pass. Download the free prompt, and make a layout, pocket page or mini book by March 30th to enter. head on … Read More...
Tutorial |Make Your Own Scandinavian Note Cards + Cricut Giveaway
Lia used inspiration from her surroundings in the Pacific Northwest to create these Scandivian influenced critter note cards. The designs are available as a Cricut svg cut file, so that you can make your own! In this days of heavy … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Lucky Charm Print & Cut Stickers
St. Patrick;s Day is behind us, but these free printable stickers can still come in handy! Use them as embellishments on your St. Patrick’s Day scrapbook page, save them for next year, or adapt them for other use. Some of … Read More...