unique and quirky scrapbooking and crafting
Want a super cool threaded or woven paper look on your layout without actually threading or weaving it? All you need is a couple small paper blocks with even widths. On this “Wild & Free” layout I needed something to fill the space above and below my title block. I didn’t want anything big [...]
Want some fun shaped journaling blocks? There are many journaling pads available now with cute shapes, fun edges and printed designs and lines on which to write. Sometimes the printed images or colors contrast too greatly with your layout or worse – the printed lines meant for writing upon go the opposite direction than [...]
Here’s a simple and fast Valentine’s Day card I made for my Husband this year. In my case I’m only making one of these cards every year, so it’s something I put a little thought into and it’s been fun creating them. This one started with a basic light blue cardstock and then I topped [...]
This is a video detailing how to make a quick, handmade greeting card with a cute lace-look detail made with nothing more than two commonly available pens. I highly recommend making a whole set using different colors. They would make a great gift for a friend or a useful go-to resource for those times [...]
Last week I sat down to make a few greeting cards and discovered my trimmer blade was dull. I searched high and low and couldn’t find a spare – I couldn’t believe I didn’t have a spare blade to use – but I didn’t, no matter how much I wanted one. So then I remembered [...]
When you don’t have the perfect embellishments to complement your photos, then look for creative ways to place the embellishments you do have. Many paper packs come with coordinating stickers that you can use to create a common theme within an album and you can add or edit images as you deem necessary. Sometimes [...]
I was making a layout as part of my Trip to Michigan album and I had these pictures of our stop in Frankenmuth. It is a town rich in its German heritage and also known as “Little Bavaria.” Many of the buildings have the beautiful Bavarian gingerbread detail on the trim. So naturally I [...]
If you’re going to make an album and you want one cohesive look throughout that album, then I suggest you gather all your papers and embellishments ahead of time. Whether you buy coordinating paper packs and embellishments or scour your existing supplies to find papers, stickers, sentiments, bling, titles, inks etc. that match just get [...]
Sometimes you just want to stamp. But I find stamping is an activity I enjoy doing separately from scrapbooking. So I get together with girlfriends and we bring stamps, ink pads, colored pencils, scissors and cardstock. Usually one of us brews up some coffee or we pour wine and then we get busy stamping a [...]
I was nearing the end of a stack of pictures as I chronicled my trip to Michigan to visit a dear friend when I made this “Up North” page. I had already used the super cute journaling sticker on another layout in the album but I still had the negative on the sticker sheet. So [...]