unique and quirky scrapbooking and crafting
These little guys were too easy to make. They are made of paper punches. One 1.5″ square and one 1″ circle. Just use decorative edge scissors to cut the square diagonally in half and adhere to the back of the circle. Add googly eyes and draw on fangs and a mouth and you’ve got Halloween [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The two pages on this layout were never really meant to go together…before they met me. Ha! I had some wonderful photos of the gardens at the Biltmore but I was piecing together pages because I was at a friend’s house and I was using papers I’d stuck in my bag. I was not going [...]
Sometimes I have a title in mind, but I don’t have the letters to make it happen. I discovered a quick and easy way to make letters using a circle punch, a hole punch, scissors and some imagination. I didn’t have large enough letters in the right color but I didn’t run out and buy [...]
If you ever find yourself at a loss for choosing your papers for a layout for certain pictures, you might be able to use those pictures for inspiration. Here the gingham background paper matches the design on the highchair that the baby is sitting in. There is a pale green piping detail on the highchair [...]