Lisa Moorefield has done something that I long to do, but am scared of: altering a book to use for scrapbooking! Yes, taking a perfectly good book (albeit a vintage one), ripping pages out, and then using the book as … Read More...
Show & Tell | Using Your Kids’ Artwork
Is your house overflowing with your kids’ artwork? Mine certainly is, and I’ve been collecting ideas on how to use them in projects instead of just tossing them out. Over and Buttons and Paint they are sharing a few ideas. … Read More...
Tutorial | Make Your Own To-Do Notepad
Create your own personalized to-do list notepads from scratch, with a tutorial from Maritza Lisa. She shows you how to use your Silhouette Cameo to design and print out the sheets, then explains how to make them into a notepad. … Read More...
Scrapbook Organization | Cataloging Rubber & Acrylic Stamps
Scarlata shares how she cataloged her rubber and acrylic stamps in a spiral bound journal. She used a solid journal with sturdy kraft covers, and thick page to prevent ink bleeding through. Then she went through and stamped her images … Read More...
Where You Scrap | An Entire House for Scrapbooking
Imagine if you had an entire house just for your scrapbooking? Well that’s what a scrapbooker known as scrappin2do is blessed with. Her husband built her this cottage as her scrapbook studio!
This is such a great idea, if you … Read More...
Photography for Scrapbookers | Capturing Natural Smiles
Posed photos have their place, but I tend to prefer using candids for my scrapbooking pages. I admit that I cringe when I see a parent interrupting a child in the midst of playing to say “smile for the camera!”. … Read More...
Photography for Scrapbookers | 7 Ways to Create Depth of Field
Head on over to Submarines and Sewing Machines with Gemma, to learn 7 ways you can create depth of field in your photos. Depth of field refers to how much of your photo is in focus.
You know those lovely … Read More...
Freebie | Floral Overlays for Photos
Nash at Craft A Doodle Doo has done it again! She’s giving away this set of digital floral overlays on her blog. You can use these for adding to photos and blog images, as well as designing cards or scrapbook … Read More...
Tutorial | DIY Watercolor Flowers
These watercolor flowers are gorgeous! They may be too bulky for a scrapbook page (unless you’re into that), but would work perfectly on cards, mini-book covers and mixed media pieces. But the technique that Daniela at Curly Made uses … Read More...
Freebie: Scarecrow Digital Stamp
This guy is all dress up and ready to scare on Halloween! Download this scary scarecrow digi stamp for free from Dearie Dolls. It’s available in color or black and white to color yourself. Perfect for a Halloween card or … Read More...
Show & Tell | Silhouette Challenge by Heather Greenwood
Heather Greenwood shares how she made the gorgeous piece above using varying products and techniques from Silhouette. She used printable canvas, corrugated paper, white sticker paper and sketch pens, as well as various cutting techniques to create this honeymoon memento. … Read More...
Tutorial | Quick and Easy Scrapbook Photo Frame
Got an extra photo lying around? Use scrapbooking paper and embellishments to create a cute 4×6 frame for displaying a treasured photo. Albion Gould takes you through the steps. You’ll also need ModPodge, letter stickers, a foam brush and … Read More...
Tutorial | Quick Fabric Cards
I love this idea because there are so many variations you can do. The original tutorial from A Spoonful of Sugar Designs is for making cards using fabric scraps, but the way it’s done means you can totally use paper … Read More...
Tutorial | Simple Fabric Flowers
Are your summer flowers fading away in the garden? Make yourself an entire bouquet to use on your layouts with this simple tutorial from Jamie. You’ll only need some basic hand sewing skills to make them, plus use up … Read More...
Tutorial | DIY Triangle Garland
Got scraps? Whether patterned or plain, Vicky Barone can help you use them to make a triangle garland. You will need lots of scraps, a paper cutter and a sewing machine. They are easy to make, drape beautifully, and can … Read More...
Refresh Your Space after a Scrapocalypse!
If you’ve been working on one or more big projects lately, your creative space might need some attention. Are you wading through project remnants? Can;t find a 12×12 space to work on your desk? Maybe your tools are buried under … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt Flower Card Embellishment
Metal die cuts are just for paper, you can also use them cut fabric , thin sheets of metal, felt thin chipboard and lots more. Using a pretty little flower and leaf die cut Betsy Veldman made a pretty little … Read More...
8 Tips for Photo Organization
Overwhelmed with all your photos in numerous sources? DSLR, printed, Camera photos, Instagram….. these days we take lots of photos and they are everywhere. So how do you keep track of those photos that you want to be sure to … Read More...
Keeping Up With Former Two Peas Garden Girls
Two Peas in a Bucket is now completely shut down and it is a new era in the online scrapbooking world. But what happened to their Design Team, The Garden Girls? If you want to be sure to still get … Read More...
Freebie | Tear Away Seed Envelope Cut File
Use these cute tear-away envelope to use for storing and sharing seeds, and also as embellishments on scrapbook pages, cards, and mini-albums. maritza shares the free Studio cut file, and explains how you can make them. She also talks … Read More...