I’ve been doing a lot of research and I’ve taken several classes on scrapbook layout design. I’ve come up with 5 key elements that I like to include on all of my layouts or in each double page layout. These 5 items include: Photos Canvas (layout background) Ephemera (the “jewelry”) Title Journaling I scrapbook to tell my… Read More »
I have really been enjoying the scrapbook workshop kits that I have purchased from Close To My Heart. I have been playing with the Now & Forever Scrapbook Workshop Kit. I got the kit with the stamp and thin cuts set included and I’m so happy that I did that! I’ve made a ton of my own ephemera… Read More »
Today, I was playing with a small set of word dies that I purchased from Close To My Heart last month. It actually has 4 words that can be used in a variety of combinations to make card sentiments or titles for scrapbook layouts. I decided to use it to create an elegant background on a couple of… Read More »
This month’s Star Stampz challenge is all about animals! I selected this adorable dragon from the Dragon and Knight digital stamp that I have in my stash. I created a card for my son last year with this digi and decided to use it again. This time, I modified the digi by eliminating the knight and just… Read More »
Happy 2023! It’s time for a Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge. The first challenge of the year is to create a 2022 Year in Review layout. I had a lot of fun with this challenge! I don’t think I’ve ever done a year in review layout before and it was eye opening to really see highlights of the… Read More »
It’s time for another Kendra’s Card Challenge! You can go to Kendra’s blog and download the cutting diagrams and layout sketches to create 15 cards from 6 pieces of patterned paper. The cutting templates and the card layout sketches are FREE!! That’s 15 sketches of card inspiration friends and a great way to use up that patterned paper… Read More »
Wishing you a happy and healthy 2023!!
I hope your holiday season has been, and continues to be, joyful! It’s the start of a new Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge! This month’s theme is black and white photos. I used the October Hip Kit Club kit to create my layout. I absolutely loved the color scheme of this kit! It was less pastel… Read More »
I am posting a reminder that the Star Stampz Challenge ends on December 8 for this month! This month’s challenge is an anything goes with a focus on nature. This month, I used the Autumn Gift digi from the Star Stampz Shop on Etsy. I love this sweet image. When I first started coloring the digi images from… Read More »
We have a new challenge on the Three Room Studio blog today! The theme for the challenge is Happy Birthday! You can never have too many birthday cards! I used several stamp sets to create my project today. Check it out: I used the amazing Awesome Coffee clear stamp set for my image. I just love that… Read More »
I have absolutely fallen in love with creating traveler’s notebook and mini album layouts to document my days. I have fallen back in love with memory keeping in an entirely new way! I have always wanted to keep a journal, but I never last more than a few days with that habit. Once in college I actually made… Read More »
This month’s theme for the scrapbook layout challenge on the Challenge YOUrself blog is to use your own handwriting to do some journaling on the page. I won’t lie…I’m too lazy to do anything but my own handwriting to do journaling on my layout! Everything else seems like a lot more work! I had fun with… Read More »
Once November gets here, I go into holiday prep mode. I need to actually start thinking about what I am giving people for Christmas this year as well. I got a couple of cute stamp sets last week from Maker Forte. I started making projects with both of them as soon as I got them! I… Read More »
I created a quick card using my scrap bin and a new stamp, die, and stencil set that I purchased from Close To My Heart. Close To My Heart was the first company that I ever purchase paper craft supplies from! I love that they focus on stamping and scrapbooking. I treated myself to a couple of… Read More »
I’m hoppin’ along on YouTube with some crafty friends today. We all belong to the Handmade Happiness and Card Hoppin’ Facebook groups. Today’s hop has a fall theme and the technique focus for the hop is either retiform or geometric. I chose to use the geometric technique: You can check out the details and… Read More »