Natasha loves to add interactive elements to her pages. Over on her blog she’s showing different ways to add some fun to memory keeping designs like lift the flaps, pull tabs and envelopes. She’s included a process video on how … Read More ...
3D Shadow Box Frames Project
Madeline used Shadow Box Frames dies from Sizzix to create this wonderful home decor project. She die cut and folded up three 3D frames and connected them together for a photo frame tryptic. She embossed and added Distress Inks to … Read More ...
“Adore” Baby Layout
I “Adore” the yellow and teal with black color combination on this sweet Baby Layout from Tracy. She used lots of chipboard elements and a sentiment on the page that she colored with embossing inks and powders along with some … Read More ...
Design Theory with a Stitched Grid Layout
A new article over on the Close to My Heart blog talks about learning to look at scrapbooking layouts and pick up techniques that you can then use on your own designs. For their example they share a beautiful page … Read More ...
Crafty Creative Mini Album
Traci used products from Simple Stories to design this wonderful “Creative” Mini Album. Check out that pretty cover she decorated and inside are pages to celebrate being crafty and creative. I love that she’s got pages that are different size … Read More ...
Congratulations Graduation Layout
A great way to fill a page is by repeating words, images, or a title like on this wonderful Graduation Layout from Sarah. She used a “Congrats” stamp and inked it with a rainbow of different ink pad colors, die … Read More ...
Stamped Beach Traveler’s Notebook Spread
How much fun is this Beachy Traveler’s Notebook Spread from Nicole!? She used stamps from Brutus Monroe, colored with markers to decorate most of the layout, adding some die cut accents with a yellow sun and die cut crab covered … Read More ...
Disney Character Meeting with Stitch Layout
One of my favorite things to do at Disney is character meet and greets, to me those of some of the best photos you can get in the park! This super fun layout from Julie features one of my favorite … Read More ...
“The Best” Dog Layout
Michelle used big, bold triangles and stars to create a graphic design on this cool “The Best” Dog Layout. Grey watercolor and paint splatter and stitching with loose threads help add to the grungy look. And be sure to notice … Read More ...
Alice Tea Party Tag Album
This wonderful Alice in Wonderland Mini Tag Album from Lena is so unique with it’s upside down tags, perfect for a topsy turvy Alice theme! She used Alice’s Tea Party products from Graphic 45 to create her album with layers … Read More ...
“Create” a Crafty Layout
This Crafty Layout from Bea is in celebration of last weeks National Scrapbook Day, focusing on all things creative. She created rows of die cut heart windows and filled them with some of her favorite crafty techniques like sewing, adding … Read More ...
Focus on a Single Photo Layout
I know sometimes I’m guilty of focusing more on my layout backgrounds and embellishments then on the actual photos themselves. Let’s not forget what scrapbooking is really about and that’s the memories captured in photos. Jamie used a large black … Read More ...
Stitched Sunburst Floral Layout
Wow, you know this amazing layout from Chrissy took a lot of work, check out the stitched background and all those fussy cut flowers. But the results are worth it, I’m mean just look at it! 🙂 She’s sharing tips … Read More ...
On the Farm Circle Mini Album
Erica used new products from Doodlebug to create this adorable little round Down on The Farm mini album. It’s small size is perfect for capturing the memories of a trip to the farm, an orchard, 4H event or county fair. … Read More ...
Repeated Sentiment Traveler’s Notebook Spread
Repeating a word or phrase is a great way to fill the space on a layout and create a modern graphic look. This clean and simple Traveler’s Notebook spread from Kerri is the perfect example with the title repeated 3 … Read More ...