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Baby Alien Easter Eggs with free SVG file

Baby Alien Easter Eggs with free SVG file

This Cricut tutorial shows you how to use your cutting machine to create a fun b....

Christmas Scrapbook Layouts That You Can Try At Home

Christmas Scrapbook Layouts That You Can Try At Home

Discover fun Christmas scrapbook ideas here! Check out this quick and easy Chris....

DIY Valentine's Gift Box

DIY Valentine's Gift Box

Gift little things that matter most! This Valentine's pack in your love & little....

Christmas Coaster Hangup

Christmas Coaster Hangup

This free Christmas craft project shows you how to make a beyond the scrapbook s....

Winter Bingo Card Collage

Winter Bingo Card Collage

This sweet winter themed hanging collage will add a great shabby vintage look to....

Halloween Artist Trading Cards Guide

Halloween Artist Trading Cards Guide

Artist Trading Cards, also called ATC's, are little works of art, fun for collec....

Button Wall Art Project For Fall

Button Wall Art Project For Fall

Using autumn themed buttons and some scrapbook papers, create this lovely art fo....

DIY Fall Subway Art

DIY Fall Subway Art

This cool subway art frame looks great hanging on a wall, leaning on a mantle or....

Homemade Christmas Bunting

Homemade Christmas Bunting

A Merry Christmas banner is an excellent way to great guests of your home during....

USA Letters Craft

USA Letters Craft

Create these big USA letters this 4th of July for a fun patriotic craft idea.....

Wreath With Christmas Paper

Wreath With Christmas Paper

This is such a fun and simple craft! I just love it! I always use a straw wreat....

How To Make A Binded Book

How To Make A Binded Book

This paper craft project shows you how to make a simple book perfect for keeping....

Index Card Note Deck

Index Card Note Deck

These little note decks are so quick and easy to make that you'll probably want ....

Altered Toilet Roll Album

Altered Toilet Roll Album

Recycling household items can be easy, fun and rewarding. Reuse empty toilet pa....

Grooms Day Frame

Grooms Day Frame

I started out by printing out a digital scrapbook layout, then I mounted it ont....

Make Your Own Rubber Stamp

Make Your Own Rubber Stamp

Making stamps is so much fun! With a slab of rubber and the right tools there is....

Creating a Scrapbook Shadowbox of Memories

Creating a Scrapbook Shadowbox of Memories

If you've recently gone on a vacation, you probably have plenty of photos, souve....

Wine Bottle Gift Box - Birthday Theme

Wine Bottle Gift Box - Birthday Theme

This recycled paper project shows you how to take a postal tube and turn it into....

Altered Scrapbook Gift Bag Album

Altered Scrapbook Gift Bag Album

A gift bag which is a work of altered scrapbook art!....

Baby Shower - Paper Cake

Baby Shower - Paper Cake

This baby girl paper cake would be so cute for a Baby Girl Baby Shower Party. So....

Altered Scrapbook Clipboard

Altered Scrapbook Clipboard

This altered scrapbook style clipboard project is easy to make and looks great. ....

Altered File Folder - Birthday Card Organizer

Altered File Folder - Birthday Card Organizer

This altered scrapbooking project shows you how to revamp an old ring binder int....

Altered Matchbook - Card Necklace

Altered Matchbook - Card Necklace

This free altered matchbook scrapbooking project shows you how to make a necklac....

Sticky Notes Note Board

Sticky Notes Note Board

Get the kids together to make this fun scrapbooking project that would be fun fo....

Magnetic Coaster Album

Magnetic Coaster Album

Alter a cardboard beer coaster and make a creative calendar for your refrigerato....

Stamped Candy Bar Wrappers

Stamped Candy Bar Wrappers

Turn your favorite candy bars into an even sweeter treat by creating unique wrap....

Egg Carton Ribbon Organizer

Egg Carton Ribbon Organizer

This free craft project shows you how to recycle your egg cartons to form practi....

Altered Can - Pop Gift Can

Altered Can - Pop Gift Can

This free altered art scrapbook project shows you how to recycle a pop top can u....

Altered Coasters - Photo Frame

Altered Coasters - Photo Frame

This free altered coaster scrapbooking project shows you how to use coasters and....

Altered Coasters - Photo Hangup

Altered Coasters - Photo Hangup

Chipboard hanging signs can be used as a wall decoration, picture frame, doorkno....

Wreath - Scrapbook Style

Wreath - Scrapbook Style

This free craft project shows you how to make a beyond the scrapbook style wreat....

Shabby Chic Bird Tree Ornament

Shabby Chic Bird Tree Ornament

Make a shabby chic inspired decoration for your Christmas tree with our free tem....

Paper Hanging Gift Basket

Paper Hanging Gift Basket

This project shows you how to make a simple but elegant paper basket that can be....

Magnetic Advent Calender

Magnetic Advent Calender

Create a unique countdown to Christmas with a cookie sheet, some paper and lots ....

Soda Can Treat Holder

Soda Can Treat Holder

Convert an empty soda can into a treat holder in this simple project idea.....

Altered Tin - CD Gift Box

Altered Tin - CD Gift Box

This altered scrapbooking project shows you how to make a "beyond the page" scra....

Altered Cookie Tray Notice Board

Altered Cookie Tray Notice Board

Cookie sheets/trays are not just for cookies anymore? Who would have thought tha....

Altered Wood Letters

Altered Wood Letters

Using store bought wooden letters, create an embellished piece of art!....

Album - Shabby Chic

Album - Shabby Chic

This chipboard album takes scrapbooking beyond the page and into home decor and ....

Dymo Labelling With Cardstock

Dymo Labelling With Cardstock

I love the look of using my Dymo labeler, but the limited color choice of the st....

Word Bloom Album

Word Bloom Album

The word bloom mini-album is made of individual pages with block letters. Each p....

Altered Journal

Altered Journal

Transform an everyday blank notebook into a custom, one of a kind altered scrapb....

Expoloding Scrapbook In A Box

Expoloding Scrapbook In A Box

A scrapbook-in-a-box is mini-scrapbook that folds into a box to house your photo....

Baby Shower - Advice Bouquet

Baby Shower - Advice Bouquet

Baby shower decorations can have multiple uses. Why not create a "baby advice" b....

Altered Tin - Lunch Box

Altered Tin - Lunch Box

Altered tins have become a popular craft among scrappers. There are so many vari....

Mini Scrapbook Albums - Coasters

Mini Scrapbook Albums - Coasters

Coasters have become a popular scrapbook item. These cardboard-like embellishmen....

Altered Tin - Mini Purse

Altered Tin - Mini Purse

his Altered Tin Scrapbooking project will help inspire you to turn your trash in....

Happy Birthday Gift Card Bouquet

Happy Birthday Gift Card Bouquet

This project shows you how to make a fun Birthday Bouquet arrangement that will ....

Brown Paper Bag Album - Valentine Theme

Brown Paper Bag Album - Valentine Theme

This unique scrapbook is created out of brown paper lunch bags. What a creative ....

Brown Paper Bag Tags

Brown Paper Bag Tags

These brown paper bag tags are rustic for old style layouts and very versatile a....

Brown Paper Bag Scrapbook Album - Basic

Brown Paper Bag Scrapbook Album - Basic

This brown paper bag scrapbook album is a great recycled look for your scrapbook....

Personalized Printed Ribbon

Personalized Printed Ribbon

Creating personalized ribbons is easy as long as you know how (and have access t....

Personalize A Layout

Personalize A Layout

We all enjoy making scrapbook layouts and albums for ourselves, but often we lik....

Baby Shower - Canvas Scrapbook Letters

Baby Shower - Canvas Scrapbook Letters

These wall letters are fun to make and look adorable in your nursery. You can cu....

Fun Paper Journal

Fun Paper Journal

Create a fun paper journal with these step by step instructions.....

Using Acrylic Paints On Scrapbooking Projects

Using Acrylic Paints On Scrapbooking Projects

Acrylic paint is wonderful, because it is acid-free, dries very quickly, it's wa....

Scrapbooking Tags and Ribbons

Scrapbooking Tags and Ribbons

Ideas and techniques for using tags and ribbons in your scrapbooks....

Embellishments That Can Ruin Your Scrapbooks

Embellishments That Can Ruin Your Scrapbooks

Scrapbooks are some of your family's most precious treasures. They are a legacy ....

Chalk Some Leaves

Chalk Some Leaves

Get out your chalks and a make-up sponge or cotton ball and start making leaves!....

Advice Booklet

Advice Booklet

At a baby shower I passed the book around and had her friends and family give th....

Poochie Placemat

Poochie Placemat

A placemat for your pet that you make yourself!....

Hair Gel Greeting Card

Hair Gel Greeting Card

Combine hair gel into a card to create a unique card that will surprise your fri....

ABC Scrapbook Album - Not the Ordinary ABCs!

ABC Scrapbook Album - Not the Ordinary ABCs!

Now that school has started, the ABC's are all the buzz! Whether you child is a ....

 Scrapbook Multiple Photos on One Page

Scrapbook Multiple Photos on One Page

Here is a way to add many photos to your scrapbook layout using only one page. I....

Mini Scrapbook Album - Matchbook

Mini Scrapbook Album - Matchbook

Here is photos of the Mini Matchbook scrapbook that I made for on my grand daugh....

Make Your Own Envelope

Make Your Own Envelope

Envelopes are a great embellishment to your layouts! You can add extra photos, j....

Maps, Phamplets and Tickets of your Vacation!

Maps, Phamplets and Tickets of your Vacation!

A picture might say a 1,000 words, but those words are pretty important on their....

SCRAPBOOK Embellishments from Around the House

SCRAPBOOK Embellishments from Around the House

Look around! Scrapbook embellishments and creations are often seen but not used!....

Scrapbooking Tins

Scrapbooking Tins

Scrapbooking has headed off in a variety of assorted craft directions and one fu....

Creating Scrapbooking Brag Books

Creating Scrapbooking Brag Books

What better gift than a brag book for grandma and grandpa? Over the years, I kno....

Fabric Print Embellishments

Fabric Print Embellishments

Printed fabric is a great way to embellish all sorts of crafts. Print titles for....

Scrapbooking Graduation Memories

Scrapbooking Graduation Memories

It's hard to believe that my daughter has just graduated from high school. She h....

Layout - Malia the Pooh

Layout - Malia the Pooh

A cute layout idea from one of our readers - Malia the Pooh!....

Easter Craft: Hungry Bunny Embellishment

Easter Craft: Hungry Bunny Embellishment

This free Easter craft project shows you how to make an embellishment that can b....

Altered Notebook - Torn Layers

Altered Notebook - Torn Layers

This is a fun project for anyone who is into scrapbooking. If you don't have scr....

Christmas CD KeepSake

Christmas CD KeepSake

After just completing my very own movie file containing our Christmas photos set....

Tear a Torn Paper Bear

Tear a Torn Paper Bear

Create a tear bear pattern using this simple guide.....

Create Your Own Calendar

Create Your Own Calendar

So, I put together my 2005 Christmas Card. This year, I decided to send out blan....

Use Newspaper Clippings and kids art in your Scrapbooks

Use Newspaper Clippings and kids art in your Scrapbooks

A popular addition to scrapbook pages is newspaper clippings. Newspaper clipping....

The Leather Look for Your Scrapbook

The Leather Look for Your Scrapbook

A leather look can add elegance to your scrapbooking page.....

Hints And Tips On Scrapbooking Baby's

Hints And Tips On Scrapbooking Baby's "Firsts"

It is true to say that a lot of people begin to get the scrappin bug after their....

Spruce Up Your Pages with Scrapbooking Embellishments

Spruce Up Your Pages with Scrapbooking Embellishments

For anyone who loves scrapbooking embellishments, we have to learn some balancin....

Scrapbooking on a Budget

Scrapbooking on a Budget

Memories are priceless, but the cost of preserving them can be high. Here are ni....

Organize 1000 Of Photos Easily

Organize 1000 Of Photos Easily

The easiest way is to start right from the beginning, your pregnancy. Chronologi....

Easy way to hang charms

Easy way to hang charms

I love iron-on thread! I have found this to be the easiest, fastest way to hang ....

Paw Print Embellishments

Paw Print Embellishments

One elegant way to decorate a pet memorial or pet page is to add paw prints made....

Make Rub on Decals

Make Rub on Decals

A very simple and creative idea to make your own rub on decals. It can't be eas....

Homemade Stamps

Homemade Stamps

It really is quite easy to make stamps at home. Just use some sticky backed foam....

Save Big Money by Colorizing Your Own Mesh

Save Big Money by Colorizing Your Own Mesh

Make your own colored mesh by following these simple step by step directions.....

Independence Day Layout

Independence Day Layout

This is a layout made from Accents 2 Scrapbooking Independence Day Theme Pack!....

All Dressed Up

All Dressed Up

All dressed up and nowhere to go? Then make this scrapbooking layout!....

10 Tips For Great Scrapbooking

10 Tips For Great Scrapbooking

Here are 10 tips for great scrapbooking!....

Taking Better Photos

Taking Better Photos

Taking better photos doesn't have to be a chore. By putting just a little more t....

Frugal Scrapbooking

Frugal Scrapbooking

7 tips to scrapbooking on a budget.....

Submitting Layouts for Publication

Submitting Layouts for Publication

If you are looking for websites of the magazines to send your layouts then this ....

Scrapbook Glossary Of Terms

Scrapbook Glossary Of Terms

Here is a giant list of terms used in Scrapbooking. Have we missed any?....

Good Journaling is Easier Than You Think!

Good Journaling is Easier Than You Think!

For many Scrapbookers Journaling is something we just see everyone else doing be....

Get To Know Serendipity Squares

Get To Know Serendipity Squares

Serendipity Squares are wonderfully cute little squares that have been embellish....

Get To Know Magic Mesh

Get To Know Magic Mesh

Magic Mesh is a fun embellishment for your Scrapbooking pages that adds dimensio....

Get To Know Paper Piecing

Get To Know Paper Piecing

Piecing is one of the latest trends gaining popularity in the scrapbooking world....

Get to know Scrapbooking Chalk

Get to know Scrapbooking Chalk

Chalk is a medium that's some what old to scrapbooking but due to the fact it lo....

Get to Know Eyelets

Get to Know Eyelets

Eyelets are definitely perfect for scrapbooking as they make a wonderful embelli....

Organization - It's as Easy as 1 2 3!

Organization - It's as Easy as 1 2 3!

Gather up all your photos if they are not already cataloged then lets start by o....

Stress-Free Scrapbook Journaling Ideas

Stress-Free Scrapbook Journaling Ideas

Do you find it intimidating when you come to journal your scrapbook pages? You'r....

"Friends are Forever" Scrapbooking Layout (I)

My sister-in-law is graduating from high school this year, and my mother-in-law ....

"My Shadow" Pet Tribute Scrapbooking Layout

First I have to tell you how I came up with this pet scrapbook layout idea. My f....

Kids Memory Book

Kids Memory Book

Inside this book add your memories and photos, for a great reminder of each pass....

Ribbon Storage Box

Ribbon Storage Box

Ribbon is a popular item for scrapbooking and cardmaking, but how do you keep it....

Delicious Texas Breakfast Recipe page

Delicious Texas Breakfast Recipe page

Something for the boys! A recipe layout idea that is sure to be a hit.....

Casserole Recipe Page

Casserole Recipe Page

We don't have a finished image for this project so if you ever make this layout,....

Embellished Latin Recipe Page

Embellished Latin Recipe Page

Have a favorite Latin recipe? Preserve it forever by embellishing it in a favori....

Oriental Cultural Recipe Page

Oriental Cultural Recipe Page

Have a favorite Oriental recipe? Turn it into a scrapbook layout with these step....

Recipe Scrapbooking

Recipe Scrapbooking

This is a great gift idea for newlyweds or those just moving out of home.....

Shaker Boxes

Shaker Boxes

A fun project to do with the kids. Create your own shaker boxes with some card, ....