Many of us have inherited family photos and they usually aren’t given to us in a nice photo album or even stored in archival safe boxes or envelopes. Here are just a few ideas of what you could do to preserve the memories.
Simple Scrapbook-
Articles by Angie
You are currently browsing Angie’s articles.
Tags: heritage, Scrapbook pages
The day after Halloween is the number one day of the year to upload photos online…so we KNOW you have photos to scrap! Halloween is a great event to scrapbook because you know you have pictures and a theme to start working with. Here are three ideas to get you started thinking about all of the great Halloween product we have in-stores now! Remember to take photos when there’s still daylight to get the best photos :)
Tags: halloween
You can try out this technique in our Vintage Holidays card workshop (make the Santa card shown in the video) or our 10 Tags workshop (make the lightpost tag and the banner tag shown in the video). The card with the lightpost and the card with the blue snowflakes can be seen in our Holiday card showcase. Make sure you’re stopping in to check out Tim’s technique!
One of my favorite new products is the pigment markers from Inkadinkado! If you’re a stamper, you’re going to love having the option to color your stamps any way you want!
Tags: stamping
Have you tried a QuickStik yet? It may be one little tool, but it’s a must-have for anyone who uses gems!
If you’ve ever had trouble peeling self-adhesive gems from the package and placing them on your project, the QuickStik is here to help! Each QuickStik has two ends. One end is a plastic scraper-like tool that is perfect for gems. Just slide the scraper under the gems and lift up to release them from their packaging and transfer them to precisely where you want them on your project. It works great whether you want to place one gem, or a whole row of them! The other end features a putty-like substance that can help you pick up small pieces of paper, die-cuts, etc. easily. It’s so handy–everyone needs a QuickStik!
Check out this adorable mini card, complete with a gem for a little “bling” (and yes, a QuickStik was used to place that gem):
Tags: Mini Cards, stamping
I found this idea in the book A Card a Day by PaperCrafts Magazine and knew right away which stamps I would use to create my own version of this Thinking of You card.
I used a a floral cling stamp from Hero Arts and inked it with Denim dabber paint from Ranger rather than an ink pad to make it really stand out on the white cardstock. My favorite part of the card was the wide ribbon wrapped around the stamped flowers but I decided to wrap a skinnier ribbon around three times to give a similar look. My sentiment is a clear stamp from Hero and it’s stamped on the card rather than on the flowers, and once again, I used dabber paint from Ranger, Silver really pops on the navy cardstock. Try painting on your stamps with the Dabber Paints from Ranger to get a rich color on your projects.
Hey Archiver’s fans,
Just returned from CHA Chicago where I had a great time seeing all of the fabulous new products. I was fortunate enough to chat with a few “celebrities” as I made my way through “creative bliss”! As you can imagine, Tim Holtz was completely surrounded by fans but was gracious enough to spend some time with me. I was excited to tell him about one of our upcoming holiday card workshops (Vintage Holidays) that features so many of his products. While concepting the cards for this workshop I discovered that one of my co-workers left a photo of Tim on my desk as inspiration. As I sat gathering my creative genius, I decided to practice a few of my favorite “grunge techniques” on……..you guessed it……….
Tim’s photo!
I think he looks Awesome…in person and on paper :) Who doesn’t love a “distressed stickles” goatee or a “resistable” crown! And of course I had to distress all of the edges using his paper distresser and distressed ink (Pumice stone is my absolute FAVE). Thanks Tim for having such a good sense of humor and for designing such outstanding signature products.
Don’t forget to check out the video clip below, and stay tuned for more videos to come next week!
Tags: Tim Holtz
I had a hard time stamping my image onto embossed card (cardstock with a raised pattern) since my image wouldn’t stamp down into the grooves. I found a remedy for this…stamp the image on flat cardstock first, then run it through the Sizzix texture folders to create beautiful paper for cards and scrapbooks. I was surprised that it didn’t distort the image or the detailed sentiment. You can try out this technique at our Make & Take event, August 6th, 7th & 8th!
Humor and handmade cards don’t usually go together, but I don’t see why they shouldn’t! I love reading through all the funny cards at Hallmark and I love making cards, so why not combine the two?!
All 3 of these cards have 3 products in common: Silhouette SD die-cut machine, cardstock and a printer. If you don’t want to handwrite your funny sentiments, you can always run your cardstock through a printer (*Kinko’s will also print on our cardstock). And the Silhouette is a great tool for card-makers and scrapbookers…I cut out the word bubble, the skateboard, the girl and the bridge using this tool. You can adjust the shape or word to any size you need. Plus, my favorite feature is that it cuts from vinyl (vinyl doesn’t require the use of a cutting mat so you can cut forever on the adhesive vinyl and not worry about using up your mats!) Check out the book Get Real Greetings for tons of sassy ideas for your handmade cards :)