I love sewing and stitching on paper for scrapbooking and cards, it’s a great way to add extra color and texture to a design. You can hand stitch or use a sewing machine and use simple stitches or be more … Read More ...
Coloring Die Cuts for a BFF Double Layout
One great way to add custom color to a layout is by inking die cuts. Nathalie die cut lots of hanging vines and BFF alphabet letters from white cardstock and added color by ink blending with colored ink pads. One … Read More ...
Boy and His Cat Circle Grid Layout
When in doubt go back to the basics. This wonderful layout from Suzanna uses a grid of circles for the main design but this is really anything but basic. With sewn circles, round photos and pattern paper circles there is … Read More ...
Mountain Hike Layout
Noelle used a large heart shaped die with mountains and trees for the focal point of this colorful Mountain Hike layout. She painted the trees and added glitter paper to the “snow” on the hills, tucked the photo and a … Read More ...
Lots and Lots of Blocks Layout
Lisa created an amazing pattern using lots and lots of small square blocks punched from pattern papers. To add texture she’s distressed the edges of each square and also added rows of horizontal sewing. Notice how many blocks have either … Read More ...
Flowers and Rainbows Album
Kelly created this amazing mini album to document her love of flowers. The base is a spiral mini album but she added a large colorful rainbow die bursting from the top for a really unique design. Inside the pages are … Read More ...
“Your Passion” Tags Layout
This wonderful “Your Passion” layout from Kerstin has so much texture and layers and I love all the different tones of coral colors together! She pulls the eye right into the center by stitching a smaller square of cardstock to … Read More ...
Suitcase Shaped Mini Album
This Suitcase Shaped Mini Album from Katelyn is perfect for vacation and travel photos. She used a suitcase shaped die to cut out the shapes for the cover and inside pages, adding 3 metal rings at the edge to hold … Read More ...
Add More to a Layout with Hidden Flaps
Jessica has a terrific way to add more space and an interactive element to layouts with hidden flaps. On her left page she created smaller flaps under the photos, on the right page most of the entire page lifts up … Read More ...
Art Museum Layout
What’s more inspiring for a layout than a trip to the art museum!? Jil created a photo collages of some of the art she saw on her museum trip and used fun mixed media techniques to decorate her layout. Paste … Read More ...
Foiled Butterflies Layout
Jessica created this beautiful swarm of butterflies with stamps, stencils, dies and foil from Brutus Monroe. She created a yellow watercolor wash with a few splatters in a diagonal across the background of her layout, adding the butterflies fluttering over … Read More ...
Ranch Life Layout
Connie used papers and supplies from Photo Play for this cool Ranch Life layout. These rustic designs are perfect for hiking, camping and outdoor pages, with lots of plaid patterns, trees and gear. Notice how instead of centering her main … Read More ...
Summer Lovin’ Double Page Layout
This fun Summer Lovin’ double page layout uses a twist on a grid design and is accented by wonderful borders. The base paper has a grass border but it’s accented with an additional pink diamond border sticker across the bottom … Read More ...
“Currently Doing” Teen Layout
This colorful layout from Suzanna is a fun way to document what your teen is currently up to. She used a rainbow of colorful labels, tabs and stickers to created a row of spaces to note things like what they … Read More ...
Pastel Rainbow Paintbrush Layout
I love the pretty pastel rainbow of colors on this layout from Susi! She fussy cut a row of paintbrushes from pattern paper from Pinkfresh Studio, choosing ink pad colors that matched the paper and used a stamp to add … Read More ...