unique and quirky scrapbooking and crafting
. If you have a great piece of paper to use as a background and then you cover it up with a bunch of photos, you can trim your journaling block to reveal more of the paper behind. On this “Poolside On Vacation” layout, I covered up much of the background paper with [...]
Sometimes there is something on your photo that you want to point out without actually cropping away the rest of the photo. This is a good time to use a big arrow die cut embellishment. It is an easy way to draw attention to something in a photograph, spread color around your layout [...]
What better way to let your personality shine through in your work than using your own silly self-speak in your titles? The people closest to you will probably be able to tell you some silly words you use – so if you need some inspiration for titles, look to this personal level of communication in [...]
Sounds silly eh? Sneaking a die cut onto a layout. But I think it really lends itself to a found opportunity and a found treasure for the people who will look at your scrapbook after it is completed. On this “Delightful Dinner” layout, I used a lighthouse die cut that I’d had for [...]
I added bling to some of my Scrapbookaloo stickers the other day and they came out SO cute. Orange bling rhinestones as coals on the campfire one and multi colored stones to the GPS one to mimic city lights. Anyway when I did it I was grinning ear to ear because they were [...]
If you have ever tried to get your letter stickers lined up perfectly, then you know how much of a pain that little task can be. It reminds me of cutting bangs – a little off this side, now even it up, a little more over here, darn still not even – pretty soon you [...]
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 [...]