Scrapbooking

Celebrate the season

Celebrate the season

Materials… Melissa Frances patterned paper DCWV Christmas cardstok stack Making Memories cardstock stickers Making Memories acrylic paint Swarovski gems Cricut die-cutter Cricut Christmas Cheer cartridge Assorted ribbons Top tip… To save time and money cut out shapes you know you will use a lot of in advance and store somewhere to hand. These can be [...]

Martha Stewart’s Craft Encylopedia!

Martha Stewart’s Craft Encylopedia!

The much loved American celebrity, Martha Stewart has brought out an A-Z craft guide with detailed instructions and endless inspiration, and is available in hardback for £19.99 from 29th October 2009. There are 416 pages, packed with must-know crafts, ideal for those wanting to follow the ongoing homemade trend. It is a contemporary, practical, extensive [...]

Christmas Papercrafts

Christmas Papercrafts

The brand new Christmas Papercrafts book by Corrine Bradd is available to buy now! This wonderful collection of classic and contemporary papercrafting ideas allows busy crafters to cover every aspect of the festive season with style.  Readers will find over 40 fresh and inspiring ideas for greeting (cards and tags), giving (packaging and wrapping) and [...]

Apple Grove bumper craft packs to give away!

Apple Grove bumper craft packs to give away!

Apple Grove Designs are giving away 10 bumper craft packs worth over £100 each! Inside each pack you will find: A Brenda Walton Scrapbooking Kit containing: a 12×12″ scrapbook a 12×12″ memory folder 24 sheets of 12×12″ paper (2 each of 12 designs) Jewel embellishments Sparkle toppers Co-ordinating floral toppers Mini alphabet stickers 24 double-sided [...]

Just You

Just You

Materials… Patterned paper chipboard letters chipboard embellishments Cardstock: Prism, Strathmore Flowers:  Prima The inspiration “At the end of a long day my niece started getting silly and making faces at my camera.  I knew immediately they would make perfect scrap material for a vibrant layout.” To create… How to cover raw chipboard with patterned paper [...]

Social scrapbooking

Social scrapbooking

DaisyTrail, the growing free online community of digital scrapbookers, has launched a new shop which features around 80 uniquely designed digikits (from as little as £3.49) and other essential digital scrapbooking supplies. The new shop will give digital and hybrid scrapbookers even more creative inspiration and tools for preserving life’s special moments without breaking the [...]

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

With inspiration taken from the famous diary of Edith Holden, Joanna Sheen has brought together a beautiful papercraft CD with hundreds of pages of classic artwork you can print again and again. Adapted from the original watercolour paintings, the CD features over 100 printable toppers, backing papers and card inserts, along with embellishments, decoupage designs, [...]

Madame Royale

Madame Royale

The new Madame Royale collection from We R Memory Keepers is full of perfect pastels. We love the colour combinations in this collection with its mix of oranges coupled with pale blues, and the distressed effect which features on the papers is simply fab! As well as papers, you’ll also find a great selection of [...]