This effective, yet simple to make, light up box frame is perfect for adorning a shelf or wall in your home, or even given as a gift. A little patience is required when fussy-cutting all of the foliage that adorns the edge of this light up frame, but the end result is well worth it! This project is great for Christmas, but too good not to use all year around! You Will Need Christmas Woodland 12 x 12″ Paper Pad »  Robin Wooden Toppers »  Pine Cone Wooden Toppers » White Snowflake Wooden Toppers »  White Merry Christmas Wooden Topper »  Snowflake Glitter Stickers » White Shadow Box Frame » Stri ..read more

I love to sew on my books and layouts so I have taken this opportunity to use my fave Hobbycraft sewing machine, some gold thread and these oh so colourful Eastern Opulence papers to make a little book to remind me of a day at the Safari Park with my sister. Don’t worry if you don’t have a sewing machine – you can use a gold pen to draw faux stitches onto your book or add your stitching by hand. You Will Need Eastern Opulence 6 x 6″ Paper Pad »  Assorted Mini Pearl Flowers »  Assorted Paper Flowers »  Tim Holtz Ide-ology Metallic Word Stickers »  Intricut Elephant Die Set »  Guttermann Gold S ..read more

Travel journals make it super-easy to document your travels on the go. Armed with a few journaling essentials and some nifty pre-made essentials you’ll have everything you need and more to document your well-deserved holiday time. You Will Need Let the Adventure Begin Travel Journal »  Kraft Travel Notebook Journal Inserts »  Explore the Globe 12 x 12″ Paper Pad »  Travel Washi Tape Pack »  Travel Wooden Embellishments »  Kraft Alphabet Stickers »  Assorted Fine liner Pens – Black »  Craft Essentials Fiskars Large Trimmer »  Fiskars Score Blade »  Tacky Glue »  Hot Glue Gun Bundle »  How to ..read more

Fussy-cutting is a great versatile technique that allows you to cut out specific elements from a sheet of patterned paper, in this instance beautiful foliage, and then layer them up and stick them down in any arrangement of your choosing. This layout uses lots of fussy-cut pieces of foliage which are then arranged around a central aperture to create a festive wreath. You Will Need 12 x 12″ Christmas Woodland Paper Pad »   Christmas Woodland Postcard Book »  Petite White Pearl Flowers »  White Snowflake Confetti »  Premium Textured Cardstock »  A4 Gold Foil Card »  Craft Essentials Tacky Glu ..read more

This super-simple scrapbook layout uses a little sewing skill but don’t worry, if you’ve not got a machine, you can can draw the stitches on instead! You Will Need 12 x 12″ Christmas Woodland Paper Pad »   White Snowflake Confetti »  Cosmic Shimmer Golden Gilding Flakes – optional »  Gold Glitter Wooden Letters »  Red and White Wooden Alphabet »  12 x 12″ Kraft Scrapbook »  Craft Essentials 12 x 12″ White Cardstock »  Tacky Glue »  2″ Circle Punch » Sewing Machine »  Paper Trimmer » How to Make 1. Take a sheet of white 12 x 12 inches white card – this will be your backing sheet. From the ..read more

This simple step-by-step guide will help you create a gorgeous, modern floral pattern using Tombow ABT Dual Brush Pens. The design is made up of simple floral shapes, pattern & line to build the look, which means that anybody is able to recreate this piece no matter the skill level. Illustrator Chloe Turner choses 7 Tombow colours & a pencil to work with, but you can choose a colour palette that works for you! This is a lovely design that could be put in a frame or applied to a card, and the techniques learned here can be used to create your own designs. You Will Need A3 Daler Rowney ..read more

Create a sketchbook spread to capture the magic of a beautiful Summers day! Using just a few pens, some washi tape and a photograph, follow the steps below to create a beautiful brush lettered layout – the perfect way to document your adventure.  You Will Need Sketchbook » Posca paint pens » Washi tape » Kelly creates calligraphy pen »  How to Make Begin in the middle of the sketchbook, Stick a photograph from the day in the middle with a snippet of washi tape either side. If you don’t have any images perhaps you have a ticket, receipt, leaflet, you could cut this up to stick in for your m ..read more

The best holidays are the ones where you can’t even think of the best bit! Holidays are a great opportunity to collect bits and bobs that you can use when scrapbooking. That said, sometimes I find myself collecting loads of things that I’d love to keep but have no idea how to lay them out or best present them. As a scrapbooker, I find myself torn: should the project look beautiful or should it be sentimental? Which one is most important? This tutorial is packed full of tips and techniques that you can use when scrapbooking so that you can create something you love. In this project I have used ..read more

Scrapbooking and documenting special moments can take many forms, from super-simple layouts to mixed media masterpieces, and everything in between! However they are all predominantly made up of the same three components, a main image, a title and journaling.  Days can be spent perfecting the final layout, as I predominantly work on children’s projects they can’t be time consuming or particularly intricate as children like to achieve their finished piece sooner rather than later. Therefor for my layout I have gone for a less is more approach,documenting my son’s 6th birthday party.  You Will N ..read more

As soon as spring arrives so do the plants, butterflies, birds and insects; why not get your children and grandchildren out and about exploring and discovering them?! Within my bird spotting book I’ve included a few examples of simple illustrations, but you can easily print out images from the internet if you’d prefer.  This spotting book can easily be recreated for recording plants, butterflies or even creepy crawlies! Why not add photographs and drawings taken on your day out and create a scrapbook page of your explorations to look back on in months/years to come. You Will Need 8 x 8″ White ..read more