25 INSANELY CLEVER WAYS TO MAKE PROJECTS WITH CRAFT PUNCHES

Inside: 25 creative and clever ways to use craft punches in your projects!   I was always a big fan of making my own embellishments so craft punches were always a part of my essential tools list. In-spite of the fact that they were not easy to get here because they were both heavy and expensive I managed to build quite a collection of different sizes and shapes of  punches and I still think they are a vital tool in any crafter’s kit. Because I couldn’t have all the craft punches I wanted I had to come up with ideas to create shapes with the ones I did have. So over the years I came up with little tricks to make what I want even if I didn’t have the right punch.     WHY CRAFT PUNCHES ARE POPULAR TOOL Punches are a very popular tool with scrapbookers, card makers and paper crafters because You can use them as many …

20 QUICK SKILL FREE IDEAS TO SCRAP YOUR LEFTOVERS NOW

Inside: 20 easy and fun ideas to scrap your leftovers without using special skills or tools.   Leftover supplies…paper scraps… we all have them in boxes, drawers and containers! Some of us have a lot and some of us just a little but we all stare at them not knowing how to use them. In this post I want to share with you some fun and easy ways to use your leftovers on your scrapbook pages so these piles will get a little smaller.     WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY LEFTOVERS?   We love buying craft supplies for a specific project or just because we saw something we like at the craft store. But we usually buy more than we need. We use the supplies in a project but we don’t use all of them so we have little pieces of paper, ribbons etc. These leftovers go to a drawer or a box and we kind of forget …

WANT TO MAKE FRUGAL DIY PAPER EMBELLISHMENTS FOR THE MOST AMAZING CRAFT PROJECTS?

  Inside: how to make frugal DIY paper embellishments for the most amazing craft projects   How many times you were making a scrapbook page or a card and needed an embellishment but couldn’t find anything that fits? Instead of buying every embellishment in the craft store make your own!       WHAT IS FRUGAL CRAFTING   Frugal crafting is a way of crafting that emphasize using the craft supplies you have to make all your project and instead of buying supplies – making them from what you have! Here are a few tips how you can use the supplies you already have in your craft projects: Use household items as the base for your project. For example, use milk or juice cartons to make a project like a photo display, recipe box and more. Check out some ideas here. Add items from other parts of life as embellishments to your project. For example: use metal washers, screws and …

HOW TO USE LEFTOVER STICKERS IN YOUR STASH THE EASY WAY

  inside: how to use leftover sticker sheets in your art journaling.   One of the most annoying things in crafting is sticker sheets! I’m not against them at all, they are useful for almost any type of craft but for some reason you are always left with letters you don’t need and need the letters that you already used. I don’t know who plans these things but they obviously doing a terrible job! I have a few of these half used sticker sheets and I decided to put an end to it and find a way to use them!     HOW TO USE EVERY LEFTOVER STICKER   The idea behind this technique is not to look at the letters as letters, but to look at them as a graphic shape. When you eliminate the meaning of the letter then it becomes a shape you can use in a different context and not in a word.   The technique …

HOW TO USE PAPER SCRAPS TO MAKE AMAZING EMBELLISHMENTS

  Inside: how to use paper scraps to make embellishments for scrapbook pages, cards, art journals and more.   I recently came to the realization that I have too many paper scraps. So instead of taking new papers for my projects I decided to try and use my paper scraps and reduce my pile. as it turned out it is not as difficult as I thought because once you challenge yourself to do something you come up with really creative ideas!     HOW TO ORGANIZE PAPER LEFTOVERS   When you have piles or drawers full of pieces of paper you first need to organize them so you’ll be able to efficiently use these pieces for the right project. The best way to organize these pieces is by size because that is the main factor you’ll need to consider when using them. The larger pieces can be tags, cards or even mini album pages and the smaller pieces can be …

HOW TO CRAFT YOUR PAPER SCRAPS – CLEVER IDEA YOU CAN MAKE

  Inside: how to craft your paper scraps and make a clever and fast junk journal   I’m not a hoarder! But I’ll admit I hate throwing away paper scraps, even the small ones. I feel like I’m throwing away an important resource and it just makes me so uncomfortable I simply don’t throw any paper scraps. That created another problem of piles of craft paper piles that need using…     WHAT ARE PAPER SCRAPS   This might sounds like a stupid question but the definition of scraps is a subjective definition. Some will consider a small 2 inches piece like a paper scrap and others will consider it as trash and throw it away. So the first thing you need to do when crafting your paper scraps is to decide how big is your pile and sort through it. Once you do that using your scraps will be much easier!   HOW TO CRAFT YOUR PAPER SCRAPS   …

Maximize your supplies – Use your scraps!

Use your scraps! It’s good for the environment, it’s good for the pocket and it’s good for the soul (because it’s less clutter….). Here’s a layout I created from scraps and left over materials.                             Here are all the tips for creating a layout like that… 1. When you use leftover materials, the biggest problem will probably be the letters. Some of them were already used and you have to use what you have or mix up a few types of letters. This is why I started this layout from the title. When I was sure I had a fun title I picked my paper and my photo.                         2. Pick a paper that has a theme or build in embellishments, this way you will not have to add a lot of extra stuff. 3. I …

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