Scrapbooking Scraps

Super early post this week!

Here is a fun way to use up scrap paper. 

It is so versatile because you can use any shape: heart, star, circle etc.

It is also great for cards as well as layouts.

Here is the simple procedure :)

A BIG sorry about the lighting on this.

But you get the idea :)

I did not have time to complete the layout but here is the beginnings.

And here is the card I forgot to show you.

And finally, here is a different shape.

Hope you find this tip useful.

Leave a comment and let me know :)

Paper Lollipop Flowers

Hope you had a super long weekend! We had a great time with company from Edmonton. I recorded these videos last week so I could get them up earlier :) I know way too many different flowers to make and so it is yet another flower.Yes, I already did a video on Lollipop flowers but this time they are paper and even easier to make!

And part two!

Next week will not be a flower I promise :)

Distressing

I love distressing photos and paper. Giving that edge a little finishing touch to make it stand out. Here are a few ways to do it. Take a look!

OK, so that was quick!

Here is a recap :)

Nail file

Works great on patterned paper and 

cardstock with a white core too!

Scissors

Gives the really distressed look!

Ink

Gives it that finished look.

Close Up

Fabric Flower

Do you remember me mentioning this flower?

I think I mentioned it in the ribbon flower tutorial.

Well, here is the tutorial for this flower :)

And Projects...

Lollipop Flowers

Lollipop, lollipop, oh lolli, lolli, lolli :)

I hope you know the song I'm singing or else that just looks ridiculous, hahaha! 

OK, so it is time for another flower! I have a few planned for the future but this one is one of the easiest and most usable because you can make it fairly thin for your layouts. I love that you just use the patterned paper that matches your project and viola!

To entice you to watch the video, here are some finished flowers that I recently made.

I guess it is pretty obvious how they are made but here is the video anyway!

Here is the finished pink one with a few others.

And then I added ribbon so they could be hung.

Here is a layout where I used half of the lollipop flower as an accent.

I also made a full lollipop to add to my title "Fun at the Fair!"

Did you notice? I used glimmer mist on the background sheet! 

Check out last weeks post to find out how to make it :)

Transparencies

I bought a box of transparencies over a year ago and what a great purchase. I still have TONS left and I have gotten so much use out of them. Punching shapes or cutting them out. Stamping images with Stazon ink! You remember my butterflies :) Well, here is another way that I use transparencies on my layouts.

It is almost too simple to make a video for but I hope watching it gave you some inspiration at least! Maybe you are inspired enough to go out and buy some transparencies???. Here are the ones that I found on Ebay for about $10 US.

Here is the finished bubble page!

Here is a layout where I have used this technique to make a frame for a picture. You could frame journaling too, or any other important element on your page!

And here is one where I cut out clouds to use on my layout. 

Tissue???

Tissue paper is a fabulous and cheap product to have in your scrapcrafting supply! 
This weeks video is a tutorial on a tissue paper butterfly and flower :) 

Here are the final products!

You can of course make these smaller 
for your papercrafting needs.

This layout was inspired by a layout I saw at scrapbook.com.

Lately I have been doing some of the ideas from my 

inspiration journal and it has been rewarding for sure!

Last Weeks Ruffle

Here is a journaling idea I finally tried where 

I did my writing right on the chipboard letter in 

my title. Another idea I found at scrapbook.com.

You will notice the ruffle from last weeks video!
The arrow is supposed to point at the words "Treasure Map."
Oops!

TIP

For my Canadian friends! Look for buttons at Dollarama!

They can be very expensive at scrapbook stores but you can get a cute little package (enough to fill my spice jar at least) for $1 at the dollar store and they are all different sizes with a few unique ones hidden in there too.

Ruffles

Who needs to buy borders and punches when you can make ruffles!! Well, it is nice to mix it up a bit but the ruffles I'm about to show you are the cheapest way to go...and you know my love of inexpensive embellishments! Here are the three ways I do them. 

1. Paper

2. Ribbon

3. Streamers

You can hardly see it here because is it white and layered 

with a paper border done with my border punch.

I love to use my sewing machine but if you don't have one a ruffle can still be achieved with fast drying glue or permanent glue runners. Here is a video showing exactly how they are each made!

Here are some of the pics I promised of my layout using the paper ruffle.

Have fun making RUFFLES!

Flowers

I am a huge fan of the flower embellishment. I have purchased tons of them for my scrapbook projects. The funny thing is...once I learned how to make different types of flowers my self, I quit using the bought ones. Then, when I had a baby boy I no longer found very many opportunities to use them on layouts at all. Now I make them for other projects such as journals, decorating, cards, hair clips/bands and on packaging for gifts.

This weeks video is a tutorial on a simple ribbon flower.

Here is what I did with the flowers I made.

And here are some other flowers I made using the same technique. 

You can do the same thing with strips of fabric if you do not 

have the right ribbon for a project.

The teal flower is a strip of satin

with a frayed edge. I like the

way it looks.