Category Archives: Techniques

Stencil Technique: Watercolor Lifting Ink Blended Backgrounds With STAMPlorations

Hi friends!  I am the Throwback Thursday Guest Designer on the STAMPlorations blog today sharing 6 cards on the that I created using the Christmas tags created by Karola Rehnstrom for  as my inspiration! The Throwback Thursday feature allows me to select a project previously created by one of the other design team members and shared on STAMPlorations. … Read More »

10 Minute Card: Bright & Easy Spring Card With Scrappy Tails Crafts Dies

I’m all about 10 minute cards lately!  It seems that so many of the stamp sets that are available are perfect for coloring with whatever your favorite medium is and I LOVE them.  I love my alcohol markers and my watercolors, especially if I have an afternoon or evening that I can spend working on my project. Then… Read More »

DIY Valentines: Create 2 Adorable Cards With The Sweet Bear Scrappy Tails Stamp Set

Scrappy Tails Crafts hit it out of the park with the January release!  They had numerous fabulous stamp sets and die sets.  It was very hard to select what I wanted to play with from this release. You know how it is!  You want it all!! I selected the adorable Sweet Bear stamp set because I thought it… Read More »

Design Team Challenge Competition For Scrapping 4 Fun

I’m participating in a design team challenge competition with my Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge design team.  We were given the challenge to create a project using a color challenge with the twist of a song or poem line included somehow.   I love the color challenge!  How gorgeous are these colors together? Of course, I immediately made myself… Read More »

3 More Scrapbook Layouts With The October Hip Kit Club

Participating in a month long layout a day challenge is really quite a challenge!  I’m enjoying it immensely and I am loving all the scrapbooking that I’ve been doing. I don’t think I’ll ever give up stamping and cardmaking, but I am finding that right now, I’m really loving the scrapbooking. Scrapbooking was how I got involved in… Read More »

Sketch HACK: Create A Scrapbook Layout With A Card Sketch

LOAD Challenge 1020 Day 6:  Layout A Day Challenge! This is my layout for today’s Scrap Happy LOAD Challenge.  I receive the story prompt emailed to me today and it was to share a physical feature that affected someone’s life. The technique prompt was to include an icon related to that physical feature.  I had no idea what… Read More »

Speedy Scrapbooking With Pocket Pages and Digital Products: LOAD Challenge Day 5

Do you ever have days where you feel like creating but want it just to be quick and easy? One tip I have…create a speedy scrapbook layout with pocket pages, digital products you can download and print, and add some goodies from your stash! I had some fun today using more of the Traci Reed Designs digital products. … Read More »

LOAD Challenge 4: How To Use Digital Products on Traditional Layouts

I’m still managing to keep up with the load layouts!!  I waited to post this so I could add the process video for the layout that I have to share with you today. I attended a virtual Scrap Smarter experience a few weeks ago and there were 11 presentations from women who are leaders in the scrapbooking and… Read More »