If you’re heading out to watch the fireworks tonight, make sure to read these three articles first!
How to Photograph Fireworks by Decor & the Dog
How to Photograph Good Enough Fireworks with a Point and Shoot by Unskinny Boppy… Read More...
Product Review: Stampin’ Up!
This is my third review using products from the brand new Stampin’ Up Catalog. If you missed my first post with details about what’s in the catalog, along with project ideas you can check it out here and … Read More...
Project: Travel Card
Send someone off in style with a cute travel card, find a video tutorial for making this one over on the Purple Onion stamps blog.
-Heather
Photography for Scrapbookers | Shooting Star Trails
If you’ll be in the great outdoors this summer, you might want to take photos of the night sky. In this tutorial at Digital Photography School, you can learn how to create photos with star trails. It takes some time, … Read More...
Show & Tell | Memory File for A Brand New Baby
Lindsay at Frenchie Wraps shows off this lovely mini album she made for the new baby of a close friend. What a wonderful gift! She shares a bit about how she put it together in her blog post.
Looking for … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Journal Cards
Heather Greenwood is sharing her coral obsession with this set of free printable journaling cards. You’ll get two 3×4 cards and one 4×6 card in JPG and PDF formats.
Looking for more Art Journal supplies? Check these out … Read More...
Giveaway | Birthday Card Class at Craftsy
Kimber McGray and Craftsy are giving away a spot in Kimber’s Birthday Card Class. learn to create stunning birthday cards in this fabulous class.
Tutorial: Watercolor Stamps with Markers
The Power Poppy stamps blog has a video tutorial showing you how to water coloring your stamped images using Distress Markers. What a pretty soft look!
-Heather
Tutorial – Stamping and Ink Blending
Learn some stamping and blending and blending techniques, with this tutorial from Sweet Steph Card Designs. Make a card as shown above, or a background element for a scrapbook page.
Freebie: Digital Owl Stamp
The Papierkleckse blog has an adorable digital owl stamp to download for free, click here to get it.
-Heather
Looking for more Owl themed papers, stamps and embellishments? Check these out on Scrapbook.com
Freebie | Mini Pack of Papers & Tags
Download a luscious mini pack of papers and tags by Nash of Craft-A-Doodle-Doo. Use for making notebooks, for gift tags or as scrapbooking patterned papers.
Project: Mixed Media Photo Album Cover
The BEADZ blog has directions for turning the cover of a plain old chipboard photo album into a pretty mixed media art piece using gesso, ink sprays, modeling paste and stencils. I love the texture on this one!
-Heather
Photography for Scrapbookers | 5 Tips for Better Beach Photos
Elicia Graves shares her five top tips for better beach photos. I will definitely be using these this summer! These tips from Click It Up A Notch will help you get “creative and beautifully lit shots” to document your beach … Read More...
Project: Stamped Mixed Media Tag
Check out this video tutorial over on the Stampington and Company site and learn how to incorporate gesso, pain and stamps for a fun mixed media bird tag.
-Heather
14 Valuable Photography Tips You Must Read
Valerie Jardin at Digital Photography School reached out to social media and asked ” What is the most valuable photography tip you’ve gotten?” She received a plethora of responses, and in her article she shares 14 of them with … Read More...
Tutorial | Make Your Own Greeting Cards
You can easily make your own greeting cards using supplies from your scrapbooking stash. It’s a great way to use up scraps too. These two tutorials can give you some ideas for personalized cards you can make. First try the … Read More...
Tutorial | Chalkboard Camera Tags Using the Silhouette
Maritza shares how she made these camera tags using a Silhouette cut file and a chalkboard background. Use them for gifts, or as embellishments on a layout or card.
Freebie: Moon and Stars Die Cut
Free SVG Files has a sweet moon and stars svg die cut set to download for free, perfect for a baby card!
-Heather
Tutorial | Paper Flower Wreath
If you love crafting with paper, you will definitely want to make this paper flower wreath by Kat at Just Crafty Enough. She shows you how to make the buds and flowers, and cut out the leaves and wreath … Read More...
Technique: Melted Crayon Card
The Faber-Castell blog is sharing a card technique using melted Paper Crafter’s Crayons, click on the video link on their blog to learn how to add this fun background to your cards.
-Heather