One of the trends I have been noticing in the last little while is the Native American inspired look. From crafts to decor, to fashion this trend is bound to show it's influence in scrapbooking sooner or later. Danielle Thompson showed how to make your own arrows in a post here a few months ago. [...]
Have you seen the new Cricut Magazine yet? The first issue is now out and created by Northridge Publishing. (Northridge Publishing are the makers of Scrapbook Trends, Handmade, Cards, and Bead Trends.) Inside, there are so many inspiring projects you can make using your Cricut machine. You can get the Cricut Magazine either digitally or [...]
I recently had the chance to play with a new embossing board by The Glitter Girls, available through Happy Crafter. Their "all-in-one cardmaking and scrapbooking system" makes it easy to emboss on cardstock and patterned paper as well. All you need is the embossing board, a stylus/ball tool and a dryer/slicker sheet to lubricate the [...]
Altered Art Junkies – Valentine's Day Swap AAJ is starting to take sign-ups for our annual Valentine's swap. The rules, just in case you are new: – 10 participants (or less) per group – Each participants makes 9 Valentine cards – Each participant mails one card to each participant by February 10th – In [...]
Jenny, from Allsorts, shares a free download of these, "Lots o Dots," shown at right. Check out recent posts on her blog for some ideas of how she used them, like magnets. Oh my, these little paper boats by Jurianne Matter are adorable. See onephoto at left and more here. Sew Homegrown shows how she [...]
Noel Mignon Introducing the February kit from NoelMingon.com…meet "Truly Scrumptious". As you can see, the colors in this kit are just delicious, and aren't we all ready for some bright and fun colors this time of year? After the gloom of clouds and cold weather, this kit is the perfect cure for the winter blues. [...]
Congratulations to… #77 Linda Cummings Submitted on 2011/01/17 at 10:37pm "I like to visit thrift stores and purchase small items I can add to scrapbook layouts…such as old pattern pieces, cards of old buttons, labels from old packaging, etc. A bit of real vintage goes a long way. My old items will be great with [...]
Nathalie Kalbach, of the blog Scrapbook Trends, shares her thoughts with us today on the subject of trends in scrapbooking for 2011. Visit Nathalie at her blog here. Patterns: I think there will be two different styles coming up and those will be also presented by different colors. A very clean and minimalistic look but [...]
Heidi Swapp and Jessica Sprague are co-teaching an online class about hybrid scrapbooking, "Mouse, Paper, Scissors," set to begin on Feb 21st, 2011. For more details, please click here. Kaari Meng, of French General, has organized a 3-day workshop event for Jan 28-30th, 2011. Classes will be taught by Charlotte Lyons, Anna Corba, Tracie Lyn [...]
There are lots of Valentine ideas in this slide show from Martha Stewart here. Vintage Street Market has several Valentine ideas here, including the one below. Such a pretty card by Nicole Heady of Paper Trey, perfect for Valentine's Day. Love this pretty heart garland by How About Orange. See instructions here. CraftZine shows how [...]
