Old books are very easy to come by at thrift stores and garage sales, and they make the perfect base for creating scrapbooks and journals
. You can use the book as is, and just add your own photos, journaling, … Read More ...
Technique: No Photo Layouts
This post on the Creating Keepsakes blog shows a few ideas for making scrapbook pages without photos. This technique comes in handy if you don;t have photos of an occassion you still want to record. Click here to go to … Read More ...
10 Tips for Photo Album Scrapbooks
Stacy Julian has posted an article with tips for using two-up photo albums for scrapbooking. Click here to go to article.… Read More ...
Ultimate Binderie Giveaway
I wrote recently about the altered Binderie Punches that various artists have been sharing on the 7Gypsies website. Now you can alter your own punch and win! Upload a photo of your altered punch by June 30th to be entered … Read More ...
Tutorial: Photo Cube
Get instructions from American Crafts in-house designer Nichole to create this photo cube. Go to tutorial
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Tutorial: Butterfly Mobile
Emily Pitts of the Studio Calico Design Team has posted step by step instructions to make this lovely mobile using patterned papers and a butterfly punch. Go to tutorial: Part 1 and Part 2
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Tutorial: Altered Binder Clip
This quick and simple project by Cheryl Nyboer is a great photo holder idea. Go to tutorial.
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Scrapbooking Adoption
Lisa Copen has written a comprehensive article on how to approach scrapbooking your child’s adoption.
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Win a copy of Corel Painter Essentials
Robert MacDonald, Product Manager for CorelR Painter(TM) and CorelR Painter(TM) Essentials, will lead a session on hybrid scrapbooking at the Craft & Hobbyist Association (CHA) Winter 2009 Convention and Trade Show, in Anaheim, CA. The session, entitled “The Best of … Read More ...
Create a scrapbook while hiking
The Sierra Club will be leading a hike along the John Muir Trail, Yosemite National Park, California from September 21-25, 2009 that includes a scrapbooking component. Part of the trip involves journaling along the way and creating a scrapbook of … Read More ...
Photo Books – a great gift idea
With many people owning digital cameras, our hard drives are overflowing with all the photos that we take. The chance that we will get all those photos into a traditional scrapnook album is slim, so why not take advantage of … Read More ...
Altered Tin Tutorial
Check out this free tutorial on our sister site Craftbits.com for making your own gift tin from a CD tin.
Trends vs. Fads and Home Sweet Home
Fads are things that are around for a season or two, trends on the other hand, can define a generation….RayBan sunglasses, rolled peg-legged jeans, and big, overly highlighted, teased, hair…. can we say 1980’s. Catch my meaning here? I remember … Read More ...
Familiar Faces
Part 3 of CHA Thoughts
In addition to hanging out with our very own Jennifer Perkins over at the Duncan booth at CHA, I was geeked about some new things Duncan had hanging there on the wall….Crafty Chica was … Read More ...
Emboss the Plastic
Every once in a while you get to stumble upon something just plain cool and right then, all of the sudden, the whole world transforms into a playground full of possibility! So, I happened on some nifty little tags Alexandra … Read More ...