Decorating a Journal (3)

It’s not time to actually begin your journal. If you a true scrapbooker, you want this to be a true reflection of yourself and show off your personality a bit. Of course we can record the everyday mundane things, but try to spice it up a little. Here are a few examples on how: Include Pictures Yep, just adhere them right to your page and journal around them. Either use up duplicates, or take a few new ones. Cut out of magazines, photos that interest you or set a mood for how you feel that day. If you have a … Continue reading →

Decorating a Journal (2)

Yesterday, I explained the basic instructions for decorating your journal. In this article, I’d like to focus on the extra touches you can do to make the album a personal reflection of you, and just to make it stand out. I created two recently. The first, shown at left, was a composition notebook that I covered with two different sheets of patterned paper. I chose a dark green patterned paper, to accompany the aged tan paper with the leaves all over it. I immediately loved the look, but then I am very drawn to autumn and fall colors. I decided … Continue reading →

Decorating a Journal (1)

Obviously, my addiction with journaling on my layouts, rolls over to my everyday life. It can’t be helped. I love writing and I love preserving my memories. I believe most scrapbookers do. I recently went out to purchase a couple of composition notebooks so I could journal a couple of new topics. Composition notebooks seem to be my favorite journals of choice. I like that I can decorate them, there’s plenty of room and they are the perfect size. Decorating the journal is probably the most fun part. I started mine last night, and just love how they are turning … Continue reading →

Art Supplies Box

Art Supplies Box If your house is like mine, it is not uncommon to find crayons, markers and glue sticks in several locations around the house. I decided to try and do something about all of the art supplies all over the house and put some of my scrapbooking supplies to use at the same time. Here are the steps I followed to create a fun, simple storage solution for my daughter’s art supplies. 1. Find a box that you want to alter. I found mine in the scrapbook clearance section at Target. It had scrapbooking supplies in it that … Continue reading →

Altered Lunch Boxes

There are so many fun items that you can alter, and one of the latest crazes seems to be lunch boxes and small tin boxes. This adorable altered lunch box was Contributed by Tina Husong It’s really very easy to alter a lunch box or tin box and there are so many things you can use them for. To alter a lunch box you will need: A small lunch box or lunch pail Themed papers Embellishments Double Sided Tape or other adhesive Hot glue gun or other sturdy adhesive for embellishments First, you will need to decide what you want … Continue reading →

Altered Art: The Paint Can

The latest rage is scrapbooking seems to be altered art. Altered art defined is when you take something that isn’t necessarily a scrapbooking supply or item and turn it into a work of art. Many different items can be altered and turned into gifts for others. I have seen some exotic items altered including boxes, books, clip boards and more. Paint Cans seem to be one of the favorites amongst altered items right now. People have been altering paint cans for a couple of years and they are very impressive. Most altered paint cans become gifts for others. They are … Continue reading →

Mass-Producing Handmade Cards

It natural extension of our scrapbooking hobby to create handmade cards out of paper scraps and embellishments. Mass-producing (making more that one of the same card, at the same time) is a great way to make sure that you will always have a card on hand when the need arises. Always make a least 2 cards at a time. It really doesn’t take very much extra time to make a second card when you already have all of the materials out. The time consuming part of card making for me is coming up with the design. If you have already … Continue reading →

Easy Invitation Idea 2

Making an invitation for an event is a fun and nice way to add a more personal touch, rather than just purchasing a store bought invitation. I just created an invitation for an upcoming Daisy Scout event for my daughter’s troop. This is a simple design that could be used as an invitation for any event or even just as a greeting card design. Since this was a Daisy Scout activity, I looked through my stash of paper for something with daisies. I found some cute pink and white daisy paper in a Making Memories Kid’s Collection paper pack from … Continue reading →

Easy Invitation Idea

Need a quick, easy and fun invitation for an upcoming gathering? I want to share an invitation I just completed. The design can be used for any type of event: birthday party, baby shower, moving announcement, etc. You will first need to choose which patterned paper you want to use. I suggest using a sheet that is double sided so that both the outside and inside of the card will have color. The paper I chose to use had a pattern on one side and a coordinating solid color on the other. Here is the short list of materials you … Continue reading →

Craft Time: Making Magnets

Craft Time: Making Magnets Here is a fun, quick craft project you can work on with your kids that can spice up the magnet collection on your fridge. Supplies needed: 1. Bazzill Heavy Duty Magnets – these magnets are so small that I figured I would have to use a couple on the back of each magnet. That was not the case as they are very strong and had no problem holding the magnet to the board. 2. Scraps of patterned paper – this is a great way to use up the scraps sitting around in your craft space. 3. … Continue reading →