Mini Heart Album
Make this mini heart album with simple supplies and no fancy equipment needed. Grab scissors, kraft colored cardstock, and whatever embellishments and photos you want. You can even make this stand up using a “frog” (florists use these all the time to get flowers to stand up tall). You should be able to find them…
Ribbon Bow easy as 123
Use this common kitchen utensil to make perfect ribbon bows every time. Follow along with the step by step photo tutorial on how to make your own ribbon bows and stop buying them. Ribbon is pretty cheap and you can get quite a few out of a spool. So stop wasting your money on these…
Pumpkin Treat Box
Craft this cute pumpkin treat box from supplies you have on hand. Too adorable for your favorite hob goblin this Halloween. Fill with their favorite treats and/or toys and watch them squeal with delight. Get all the directions, equipment needed and odd’s n ends’ required to complete this project here. Click here to get everything!…
Fall Pumpkin Card
Make this fall pumpkin card in 10 minutes. Using simple stamping techniques, you can have this card finished in ten minutes tops. Pull together all your supplies: Pumpkin stamps: preferable three sizes Background word stamp Inks: 2 different oranges, one gold and black Pigment pen: brown or black Glitter pens in orange, gold and brown…
Re-purposed Old Books for Fall
Have old dusty books just sitting around? Re-purpose them into a fall decoration this year. We all have them. Old dusty books that no one reads, that no one will take home with them, that everyone has pawned off on you because they don’t want to look at them anymore. The spines are broken and…
Art Journal How To’s
Coffee Art Pages made with simple scraps. Using scraps of paper, distress paints and ink markers, turns ordinary note pages into a masterpiece. This video shows step by step how to make this awesome looking Coffee Art Page that says “Take life one cup at a time”. A very fun project with clear directions. This…
(Video) Black and White Scrapbook Layout
Make awesome pearls to embellish your page. Have an amazing photo you want to feature? Watch this video and see how to showcase that one photo through easy paper piecing and embellishments to make an amazing scrapbook layout. Loving the “pearls” that curl around the photo and give it that touch of elegance. Beautiful! Go…
Easy Scrapbook Album Any One Can Make
Forget about fancy paper folding, or cutting or gluing. Pull this easy scrapbook album together in minutes. Any one can make this. Remember those file recipe holders that your mom and grandma had in their kitchen? Well , now you can turn that into a mini scrapbook album with pull out pages. This would make…
Cute as a Button Pumpkin Card
Use buttons to create a 30 minute Fall Card. For all of you who complain that you don’t have enough time to get your projects done, here’s one that can be completed in less time than it takes to talk about it. Dig through your stash of buttons and pull out orange ones or black…
DIY Matchbox and Template
Make your adorable matchboxes in two different styles. Be sure to scour your stash for some fun papers to make these cute matchboxes. Ready to be stuffed with a little gift or small card or both, these will delight anyone who receives one. Here are the instructions for the blue and black box featured here:…
Mummy Drink Carrier
Get ready for Halloween with this cute drink carrier. The Mummy Walks! Or in this case, holds drinks or cones of treats or even bags of treats or would make a cute holder for goodies after a kids Halloween party. Love all the black spiders and the stamped “webs”. Here is a list of the…
Halloween Haunts Layouts
Ghostly layouts for your Halloween Scrapbooks. Every year Disneyland and Disney World host Mickey’s Halloween Party on select days at the parks. You can pick up a special ticket, get treated to characters decked out in Halloween garb, snag yummy treats and basically have a grand old time “trick-or-treating” Disney style. These scrapbook page layouts…
Too frightful Halloween Card
Send this Frightfully Wonderful Card for Halloween. Love the colors and the shading on this Halloween Card. Using Silhouette software “Tombstone” shape for the card itself with a little tweaking. The haunted house shape is terrific and love the dotted edge on the letters “BOO”. I also tried something different… I used Tim Holtz Distress…
Scary Two Page Layout
Don’t be afraid to try this layout for Halloween. Check your stash and make sure you have enough Halloween colors to get started on these two-page layouts. The standard orange, black, gray, and yellow colors along with a Cricut cartridge from Close To My Heart makes for some devilishly cute pages. You could add some…
Fall Box Cards
Create awesome looking box cards for fall. Give these to someone and watch them swoon. Make a few more and set them up as part of your fall decor. Get ready for the compliments 🙂 Take a peek at the list of items needed for these. Supplies: Wavy Banners Metal Die Fall Banners Sentiment Stamp…
Using Scrapbook Bundles
Grab a Scrapbook Bundle pack and have fun. You’ve all seen them at the local craft store. Cool packs of paper bundled with embellishments, stickers, cut-outs, chip boards, and various other things. Sometimes it’s hard to envision what to do with these. Here are a couple of Dad page layouts that use a scrapbook bundle.…
Fabulous Fall Color
Fast and easy stamped fall leaves. Use your ink pads, sponges and a few other supplies to replicate beautiful fall colors. Make small leaves and have them “drop” down the side of your page. Use in a card like this one or punch holes in big ones and use as napkin rings for Thanksgiving. You…
Use Punches for Disney Characters
Use a few punches to make an adorable Eeyore! Did you go to the Happiest Place on Earth this summer? Planning to take off and see the Halloween Party, or spend some time during Winter break and enjoy all the beautiful decorations ( it’s worth it to go just for that). If so, you need…
(Video) Amazing Pop-Up Scrapbook
These are some of the coolest pop-ups for a scrapbook ever. This was made for the Close to My Heart contest. Entitled: Make-a-Wish Pop-Up Interactive Scrapbook it is truly amazing. A fairy princess castle pops up from the middle of the page in this book and a ship pops up from the left side of one…
Dull Paper Cutter no More
Tired of your paper getting a shredded edge? No clean cuts and having to do one piece at a time? Learn how to sharpen your own paper cutter and get back that nice clean edge you’ve been missing. You can do it in just 4 easy steps. Here are three of the steps to get…
