Sara Winnick shares some tips for working with mini brads to create a decorative element like the one shown above. Hers was inspired by a pillow she owned.
Tutorial | Make Your Own Patterned Paper
If you love a scrapbooking paper collection, but can’t buy it all, Ashli Oliver has a great video tutorial showing how you can maximize the parts you can afford. The key item is the stamp set! She shows how you … Read More ...
Free Mini Journaling Course
Jennifer Wilson from Simple Scrapper discusses scrapbook journaling in this mini course. If you need help with your writing, go take a look. She shares a writing technique that could help, and gives you an assignment for trying it … Read More ...
Never Miss a Week of Project Life Scrapping
Melissa Jersey is posting over at Traci Reed Designs about how she never misses a week of Project Life pages. Now, she’s not talking about being “caught up” or “current”, but about how she makes sure she has the … Read More ...
Tutorial | Mixed Media Scrapbook Page Background
Ashley Calder at Things That Shine made this mixed media background for her scrapbook page using old book pages, gesso, watercolor crayons and other scrapbooking supplies. In her video tutorial she shows you how she created this background, which … Read More ...
Show & Tell | Mixed Media Cards
SimSim at Buttons and Paint shares some mixed media cards she recently made that would be lovely to send to friends for Spring or for Mother’s Day. She explained her inspirations and the techniques she used. Click here to see … Read More ...
Tutorial | Print Instagram Photos to Look Like Polaroids
Lauren at The Thinking Closet shares a tutorial for printing Instagram photos yourself to make them look like Polaroids. it’s part of her amazing post showcasing a Graduation party in a box that she made for her sister. use … Read More ...
Tutorial | Glue Gun Art Backgrounds
Make gorgeous painted backgrounds for your layouts and cards using this technique by Meghan Quinones at Blitsy Crafts. You will need a glue gun and art media like paint or inks. A simple but effective technique! Click here for the … Read More ...
Tutorial | Make Paper Roses With Your Silhouette
You can make these gorgeous paper roses using a tutorial from Lia Griffith and a Silhouette cut file from Lil Mrs Tori. Tori used the PDF pattern designed by Lia to create a cut file if you don’t … Read More ...
Photography for Scrapbookers | The Selfie Help Book
Last year The Oxford Dictionay named “selfie” their word of the year, and who are we to argue with that? Now the folks at PhotoJojo have written a guide to selfies that they are calling “The Selfie Help Book”… Read More ...
Tutorial | Greeting Cards Using Duck Tape
Learn how to make these greeting cards with patterned and glitter Duck Tape over at Craft Test Dummies. The sentiment is made using a Silhouette cut file (a link to buy is included), but hand cutting or another die cut … Read More ...
Show and Tell | Mixed Media Burlap Canvas
Shelley Levis at Sow and Dippity talks about the two mixed media canvases she recently created. The one above is a very neutral palette, but she also has another brighter and more springlike one displayed in her post. Click her… Read More ...
Show & Tell | Quilled Fringe Flowers
Ann Martin, the author of All Things Paper (and blog of the same name), shares some quilled paper flowers made with a new type of graduated paper strips called Exotic. She explains several ways you can use the strips … Read More ...
Tutorial | Acrylic Paint Skin Flower
Melissa Samuels reveals the secret to making this gorgeous flower: it’s made with acrylic paint skin! She explains how to make paint skin, and then shows how you can cut the flower shapes using a die cutting machine and the … Read More ...
Tutorial | Melted Crayon Mini Album DIY
Here’s a clever idea for customizing the cover of a mini-album from Katie at Punk projects. She made that stained glass looking circle with a melted crayon technique! Plus did you know that such a thing as Paper Crafter crayons … Read More ...