You can make a lovely flower embellishment for your cards or any paper crafting project by die cutting layers of tulle. Find a video tutorial over on the Papercrafts Connection blog. What a pretty feminine embellishment that makes!
-Heather
Show & Tell | Using Up Your Scraps
Head on over to Pixels and Glue to see some great ideas from Dana for using up your scraps. She cut mini-envelopes out, then embellished them to use for cards, minis and scrapbook pages. You can use a die-cutting machine … Read More...
Review: Stampin’ Up Catalog
I’m am super excited to bring you a peek at the latest catalog products from Stampin’ Up
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This new catalog is chocked full of wonderful new products for card making, scrapbooking, home décor and parties! Including tons of … Read More...
Freebie | Graduation Gift Card Holder Cut File
Give a new graduate a gift card in style using this free cut file from Pitter & Glink. Bethany designed it to have this clever cut out of a graduation cap to show the gift card design. She shares … Read More...
Tip: Stamping with Painters Tape
The Great Impressions blog shows how to make a neat background using painters tape to stamp with, find out more on their blog.
-Heather
Technique: Sanded Pencil Card Background
This is a really cool technique I’ve not seen before, using sanded water color pencil “shavings” to make a distressed and vintage looking background for your stamped cards. Find step by step directions and a video tutorial for this technique … Read More...
Freebie | Birthday Journaling Cards for Project Life
Beth from Scraps of Five shares these free printable journaling cards and embellishments for Project Life. She shows the Project Life page she used them for to document her son’s tenth birthday.
Looking for Project life Supplies? Check these … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Winter Love
I chose to feature Winter Love by steffinchenb because of the soft wintery mood evoked in her layout by the supplies she used.
Tidbits about Steffka:
How long have you been scrapping?
I have been scrapbooking since 2006. I wanted … Read More...
Project: 3-D Paper Sentiment Flower
Why give someone a plain flat card when you can give them a fun dimensional sentiment flower? The Bits of Paper blog has many different designs for layering a 3-d die cut paper flower over a round die cut sentiment. … Read More...
Project: Fancy Die Cut Card
Linda Lucas has a video tutorial here over on the Spellbinders Dies blog showing how to making this lovely stamped and die cut label card.
-Heather
Photo Editing Tutorial | Brightening Dark Photos
If you are plagued with photos that are too dark, or underexposed, Autumn Baldwin has an easy fix. She explains how to use Photoshop Elements to brighten these photos, so that they are useable after all.
Tutorial | DIY Photo Cards
If you love photographing everything, chances are you have tons of random or extra photos on your hard drive or sitting in boxes. This tutorial from Passion Shake shows how you can out them to good use by making photo … Read More...
Mixed Media Tutorials Using Gelatos
Heather Greenwood has compiled all her tutorials showing Gelato techniques into one post for readers’ convenience. This is a great resource if you’re looking for different ways to use this medium. Included are tutorials for painting with gelatos, and using … Read More...
Tutorial | DIY Mini Notebooks with the Silhouette
Maritza Lisa explains the steps for making mini notebooks with the Silhouette Machine. She used the electronic die cutter and software to design and cut out the covers and pages for her notebooks. Once assembled, she embellished the cover … Read More...
Tutorial and Freebie | Documenting the Tooth Fairy
Nicole at Reaves, Party of Four came up with a great system for documenting her daughter losing her baby teeth. She explains her Project Life process, and includes freebies for the tooth chart and the cut file for the … Read More...
Review | Gelatos versus Pastels
Tiare at Tiare Smith Designs, put Faber Castell gelatos head to head with water soluble oil pastels. She compared them on both untreated and treated paper, and used a variety of techniques for the comparison. Which one do you … Read More...
Technique: Stamped Clay Accent
Add an interesting touch to any card or scrapbooking layout with a stamped clay embellishment. Creating Keepsakes has all the details.
-Heather
Tutorial | Pet Silhouette Canvas Art
If you have extra photos of your pet, you can try this technique shown at Cheryl Style. She explains how to make adorable canvas pet silhouettes. You’ll need basic crafting supplies like scrapbook paper, acrylic paint and a … Read More...
Tutorial | Creating Transparent Printable Accents
Nicole over at Reaves, Party of Four, shares her techniques for creating transparent accents to use in Project Life and other pocket scrapbooking projects. She shows how she embellished clear inserts, and explains how you can print digital accents … Read More...
Freebie |Berry Basket Project Life Organizer Template
I love this style of berry basket, and since we don’t get them like that over here I was happy to find this free template from Julie Campbell of Stamped in His Image. Even happier that she is sharing … Read More...