Nash from Craft a Doodle Doo shows you two ways you can make your own stationery, in this tutorial that uses two faux techniques. You’ll end up with some cute notepads! Take the idea and fly with it to … Read More ...
Tutorial | Water Brush Tips & Tricks
Elizabeth Kartchner shares some of her tips and tricks for working with a water brush. It’s a special brush for working with watercolors and other liquid media that has a built-in well. I’ve had one of these water brushes for … Read More ...
Freebie | Best Script Fonts for the Silhouette Machine
Rena from The Cheese Thief shares this list of free script fonts that work well being cut out by the Silhouette Machine. She also includes a tip on a cheaper alternative to the Silhouette vinyl. Go here to get … Read More ...
Tutorial | Get More Smiling Photos of Your Kids Part 2
Last week I posted some tips from Amy of The Connection We Share to help get better photos of your kids. Well she has added even more photography techniques, with a part two post that includes reverse psychology! Click … Read More ...
Tutorial | How to Make a Stationery Organizer
Do you make lots of cards, gift tags and other stationery items, but then don’t know how to store them? Take a look at this beautiful tutorial from Amber at Damask Love. She takes you through the steps of … Read More ...
Photography for Scrapbookers | Learn to Photograph Your Newborn
In this five part series at It’s Always Autumn, you can learn how to take photos of your newborn. Autumn covers the basics, posing, editing and special post processing methods. I really could have used this four years ago! … Read More ...
Scrapbook Photography | How to Get Your Child to Smile for Photos
We’ve all been there: we point a camera at our children and in response we get that dreaded cheesy fake grin back. Have no fear! Amy from The Connection We Share, lists three tips that will help you get … Read More ...
Tutorial | Coordinating Your Journaling Strips
Lauren Hender of Jot Magazine (which we posted about recently), explains how she used her iPhone and a couple Photo Apps to make journaling strips that coordinated with the colors in her layout. Have no fear, you can … Read More ...
Article | Scrapbook Organization Tips
Aby Garvey, the coauthor of The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker , shares her top five tips to help you get your scrapbooking supplies organized. She suggests that you first identify your motivation for scrapbooking, and goes on to explain … Read More ...
Article | How to Get Through A Scrapbooking Slump
Lisa Moorefield suggests six ways that you can get through a scrapbooking slump. Whether you feel overwhelmed by too much (product, photos or ideas), or underwhelmed with no motivation, these tips can help you to get out of that … Read More ...
Tutorial & Freebie | Stamping with the Silhouette Stamping Kit
Earlier this year Silhouette announced a new product release: the Stamping Kit. In this post Lauren from The Thinking Closet reviews the kit, and takes you through the steps to create your 0wn stamps to make gift tags. … Read More ...
Tutorial | Create Dry Embossing Without an Embossing Machine
Alexis Middleton over at Persia Lou shares how she made embossed invitations without having an embossing machine. You’ll be surprised to see what she used, and you just might have the same tool on hand! Click here to find out … Read More ...
Trend Watch | Ombre on Scrapbook Pages
If you love the ombre trend, and want to include it on your scrapbook pages, check out this article over at Get it Scrapped. Debbie Hodge showcases 12 layouts featuring this trend, and asks each designer to explain … Read More ...
Show & Tell | Vintage Modern Drawers
Lowri McNabb talks about this off-the-page project using a set of wooden drawers that she had specially made for her online store. She taught this project in a class, and in her blog post explains how you can go about … Read More ...
Tutorial & Freebie | Watercolor Background Papers
Nicole from Tikkido shares not only a tutorial for making watercolor backgrounds for scrapbooking and paper crafts, but also free printable versions of the ones she made. So you can either DIY it or just print them off for instant … Read More ...