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 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 …
September 16th, 2016
Inside: how to make whimsical DIY paper dolls for paper crafts Remember when we were kids (the older ladies among us) and paper dolls were a big hit? Well, they are now popular in crafts more than ever and they are being made in different styles and sizes. From altered paper dolls to mixed media, moving and stamped in art journaling, scrapbooking, cards and more. WHAT ARE PAPER DOLLS Paper dolls or paper piecing dolls are figures cut out of paper or thin card, sometimes with separate clothes, also made of paper, that are usually held onto the dolls by paper folding tabs. They may be a figure of a person, animal or inanimate object and they have been inexpensive children’s toys for almost two hundred years. Today, many artists are turning paper dolls into an art form. HOW TO MAKE PAPER PIECING DOLLS The basic technique for making paper dolls is …
July 19th, 2016
Inside: how to make a DIY bulletin board in minutes! How many times did you go grocery shopping and came back home with what you don’t need? It happens to me every time that I go to the supermarket without a list! I have a terrible memory and it doesn’t really help to see the products on the shelf and remember you need them, even though that’s what I tell myself. Experience has taught me that a list is my friend not just in the grocery store, if I don’t write things down I forget! So I write everything on post-it notes, pieces of papers and lately on my new DIY bulletin board that I made in minutes! WHAT CAN YOU USE TO MAKE A BULLETIN BOARD You can make a DIY bulletin board for home or the office from almost anything. You can recycle an old frame or make it from scratch. Here are …
June 26th, 2016
Inside: you’ll find what is gel printing and the basics of gelli printing – materials, tools and techniques you need to know! Although I have a room full of craft supplies I never seem to have the paper I need. I’m a control freak so I like to match my papers to the theme, mood, colors and basically everything. So it drives me crazy if I don’t have the exact same paper I envision in my head. The solution: Compromise on the projects I make, which is unacceptable to me… Make my own papers Move in the craft store so I’ll have access to as many papers I want I decided to make my own papers and I found the most fun, easy and creative way to do it! WHAT IS GEL PRINTING Gel printing or gelli printing is a form of art to make prints called monoprinting. Previously in order to …
June 5th, 2016
Inside: how to embellish pocket mini album pages When you go somewhere do you always take your purse? I have to admit I’m kind of lazy that way. Because when I go somewhere close or for a short time I prefer putting some things in my pockets and don’t take my purse at all. That’s why all my pants have pockets. So do all my jackets and coats, so this way I can stick my phone, keys and credit card in them and go! Pockets are very useful not only in pants but in mini albums too. They serve the same purpose of adding extra space for things. In this case more photos and journaling cards. POCKET MINI ALBUM Pocket mini album come in all shapes and sizes and you can make them in any size. It’s an album that has pocket pages, which means that all or most the pages have a space to …
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