October 21st, 2016
Inside: how to make a Halloween mini album with hidden pockets, surprising flaps and other interactive spooky elements. I think that interactive mini albums are great but they are especially great for Halloween. Making an interactive mini album filled with pockets, hidden flaps and inserts is exactly like making a witch’s spell book that every page is a new surprise. This mini album is full of spooky moving additions and you can make it too just follow the video tutorial HALLOWEEN MINI ALBUM Making holiday mini albums is a long and grand scrapbook tradition. When there is so much designed and specialty papers and embellishments available it is almost impossible to resist making a mini album for evey holiday. It is even more fitting when it comes to Halloween so here’s why I think making a Halloween mini album is a must: There are many great looking photos of kids in costumes that are just perfect …
October 11th, 2016
What do you do when you want to create an art journal page but only have a black pen? Black Pen Art Journal Page! I was out of the house and found my art journal in my purse. Apparently I forgot it there after a creative get together with some friends. So here I was with some time on my hands and only a black pen to work with. So I challenged myself to create a Black Pen Art Journal Page. Black Pen Art Journal PageIt wasn’t easy to imagine a page with out any color or mediums. Every idea I had for an art journal page ended up with gesso, paints or something like that. But I didn’t have any of those. Only a black pen. So I decided to draw my two favorite things: the sea and the rain. And this is what I came up with.I couldn’t resist adding some color so once I got home I added …
October 7th, 2016
Inside: how to make an art journal page with hand drawn shapes I have a confession… I don’t know how to draw! Yes, your read correctly, I don’t know how to draw and I’m not ashamed of saying it! I’m a living example how a lack of any drawing skills is irrelevant to making beautiful art journal page because I think we can all agree that I can make beautiful art journal pages. So what’s the deal? The deal is that you can make amazing art journal pages with basic sketching or drawing skills like drawing lines, circles and ovals. Scroll down and see how! HAND DRAWN IMAGES Contrary to what you might think everyone can draw! Hand drawn images simply vary from works of art like Picasso to simple basic hand drawn images and shapes so the only question is where are you on this scale. Like I said before I can’t draw but …
October 4th, 2016
Inside: the best scrapbooking tips that will make your pages look amazing! When I started scrapbooking all those years ago I started it because I wanted to remember the stories behind the photos. It wasn’t about beauty or design at first, just about the memory. But slowly, being the artistic person that I am, I wanted my pages to look good and tell the story in amore impressive way. It’s like a show with a nice set, beautiful costumes and fancy lighting compared to a show that is poorly produced and has no set, costumes or lighting to speak of. They both tell the story, but which is more interesting, more compelling and more enjoyable? SCRAPBOOKING TIPS TO UPGRADE YOUR PAGES Making beautiful scrapbook pages that tell the story behind the photos in an interesting, original and engaging way is much easier than you think! By following a few simple tips you can upgrade your …