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Make Your Own Pocket Life Journal Cards!

A very popular style of scrapbooking is with photo pocket pages. The Scrap Girls Boutique has a whole section devoted to pocket scrapbooking, Pocket Life Journaling Cards. In this section, you’ll find all kinds of pre-made cards, many with matching kits elsewhere in the Boutique. If you’re like me, these are great as filler cards, […]

Behind the Scenes: Elisha Barnett’s ScrapSimple Club!

Each month we get a glimpse behind the scenes of our Scrap Girls ScrapSimple Club designers, and this month’s designer is Elisha Barnett! Click here to check out Elisha’s ScrapSimple Club at a great price! What inspired the colors in your club? Well, since ScrapSimple products are designed in grayscale, I didn’t start with a color set […]

Tips for Using Curled Templates

Audience: Beginners Category: Templates Operating System: Windows 7 Software: Photoshop CS6 Curled products can add dimension and a bit of fun to your digital scrapbook pages. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use two different ScrapSimple items with curled edges. First, we’ll start with a paper from ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Curled and Torn. These curled templates […]

Scrap Girls Club Exclusive: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

September’s Scrap Girls Club was created for you by Syndee Rogers-NucklesThis month’s Scrap Girls Club takes us through a nostalgic journey of children’s games, old books, and vintage images. We asked Syndee what inspired her as she was working on this club; and the types of projects it would work well for. Here’s what she had […]

Behind the Scenes: Syndee Nuckles’ September Club!

Click here to check out this beautiful September club at a great price! When you started working on your club, what was the first thing you did? Well, I was bound and determined to figure out a direction early on this time! LOL I decided that a vintage children/school/old books theme would be perfect for September. It’s […]

Easy-Peasy Coasters using Digital Layouts & Kits!

It is never too early to start on Christmas projects and I have a perfectly easy, inexpensive one for all the teachers on your gift list. Easy because you can use your existing layouts or create new ones! I have used the JIFFY Album pages that came with Syndee Nuckles’ adorable One, Two, Buckle My Shoe September […]

Sketch Tuesday – September 16th, 2014

Once a month on the Blog we create a sketch either from an existing Design Team or CT member’s layout or one of the Creative Team members creates a new original sketch. Using sketches for inspiration is a great way to put together a layout quickly and still be able to add your own unique […]

Hybrid Greeting Card Basics

Have you ever wondered what to do with those paper scrapping products that you’ve stuffed into the hall closet? Use them along with your digital scrapbooking supplies to create unique hybrid greeting cards! If you haven’t tried one, a hybrid project uses a combination of digital and traditional crafting techniques. In this tutorial, I will […]

Create an Embossed Paper

Article written using Adobe Photoshop CS6 with Windows 7 I have always loved the look of embossed papers, and as paper crafter, I amassed quite a collection of stencils and tools. Now, however, they are gathering dust on a shelf because I can get the same look with the click of my mouse using Brandy […]

Using the Gradient Tool to Add Color to Brushes

Audience: Intermediate Category: Photoshop Tips and Tools Operating System: Windows 7 Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 In this tutorial, I am going to share with you another quick and easy way to add some color to your brushwork or your ScrapSimple products. It draws on skills you already have, but just uses them a little […]