April 19th, 2016
This paper folding mini album is a really fun and easy project but with a surprising outcome. The fun part about it is once you get the hang of the folding you can make the album as long as you want. Each page of the mini album can fit one photo, so just make as many folded squares as you need. This paper folding mini album is a project you can finish in one evening! Paper Folding Mini AlbumYou need square double sided papers (I’m not using double sided but it’s nicer this way). The larger the papers the larger the mini album pages will be. You will also need the same amount of pattern papers quarter in size of large papers and a ribbon.Let’s get started!Fold a double sided paper in half. Then fold in half again.Open folds, turn paper a quarter turn and repeat folds.You should get a pattern of 12 squares.Fold corner to the center. Repeat with all …
April 17th, 2016
Inside: how to make a pop up book! Pop up books always fascinated me with the beautiful 3D images and shapes standing on the book’s pages. How to make a pop up book seemed like a mystery to me and I thought they are impossible to make. I was determined to solve this mystery and find out how I can make such a book. WHAT IS A POP UP BOOK A pop-up book is any book with three-dimensional pages. Design and creation of such books in arts is also known as “paper engineering” and you need thick and siff cardstock, cutting, folding and the use of glue to make them. BASICS OF POP UP PAGE DESIGN Making a pop up book is not as complicated as it looks. There are really only two things you need to know to build a pop up page: How to build the pop up mechanism, which is the …
April 10th, 2016
Spring is in the air so it’s a perfect time for a Spring Flowers Round Up. I’m taking you back to some of the DIY flowers I made over the years so you can create some of them yourselves. All photo tutorials are super easy and you can fill your house with flowers that will last forever. Spring Flowers Round UpLet’s start with one of my favorites: Rose. A classical flower that is not only timeless but is so pretty it can embellish any card,project or even a centerpiece on your table. It’s all a matter of changing the size to fit whatever you want. Find the tutorial here.next flower is a Wet Flower. Don’t worry it’s not actually wet but you need water to create it. Sounds interesting? You can find the tutorial here.Everybody has duck tape at home, but did you know you can create a Duck Tape Flower? There are so many colors of duck tape you can …
April 3rd, 2016
Inside: how to use watercolors in art journaling and how to make art journal page backgrounds with watercolors. I was always kind of scared to use watercolos because I don’t know how to draw. All the amazing creations I saw online with beautiful watercolor images really discouraged me from trying because there was no way I could make these art journal pages. I was so wrong! Watercolors are so easy to use! I just couldn’t believe it! You can do it too! Just follow the steps in this video tutorial and start making amazing art journaling pages using watercolors! WHY USE WATERCOLORS IN ART JOURNALING That’s a good question! If watercolors are so difficult to use then why bother? Watercolors is a very forgiving medium – when you use watercolors for backgrounds, for covering the page or for coloring abstract shapes this medium is very forgiving. You don’t need to be accurate or follow a …
