March 2019

In Scrapbooking Videos

Watercolor Technique for Card Making – Technique Tasters #179

March 16, 2019 No Comments

Such an EASY and Basic watercolor technique for card making and scrapbooking! Watch Nicole Wright in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v70SFBG5Rag SUPPLIES USED Brea Reese Watercolor Paper Brea Reese Watercolor Ink Brea Reese Liquid Metal Pigment Ink Stampers Anonymous Stamps Ranger Archival Ink Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Runner Grand Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Super Stock Be sure to follow Creative Scrapbooker Magazine on YouTube! Do not miss a single video! CLICK HERE Happy Scrapbooking Everyone!Subscribe today to Creative Scrapbooker Magazine

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March Sketchy Challenge – how Kim plays with sketches

March 15, 2019 2 Comments

Today I’m sharing my layout, inspired by our March Sketchy Challenge. Sketches are always a great place to start your creative process…it’s almost like oil for the cogs of your creative brain.I like to flip and rotate sketches to see all the different ways I can play with it. As you see by my finished layout I opted to rotate counter clockwise. My large block became two photos to fill a similar space and my two small squares became a 4×6 photo with a small inset photo. Let your brain work with the spaces of the sketch but be open to mix it up! You’ll be amazed at how many ways one sketch can unfold differently on several layouts! Here are some of the supplies I pulled out to work with! I chose to play with the Creative Memories Secret Garden collection including their paper and stickers. This collection is…

In Why Not Win Wednesdays

Clearsnap ColorBox – GIVEAWAY!

March 13, 2019 392 Comments

WINNER UPDATE – Congratulations to Rhonda Rushing this week’s lucky winner. YAHOOO! It is Why Not Win Wednesday….let the drums roll! CHECK out this AMAZING prize package by Clearsnap ColorBox! WOWZERS! One lucky winner will be taking this prize package home! Why not you?!?! We want you to win! With this week’s Why Not Win Wednesday Prize from ColorBox® you’ll be paper crafting your way to spring! NEW COLORS have been added to the Dyestress line and they are perfect for this delightful, upcoming season! These inks blend, watercolor, and stamp out beautifully, and they can even be embossed for added texture and dimension! We’re including Art Daubers, Smooch® Accent Tips and embossing powders to help you achieve these fun effects! An adorable wood mount stamp and a fun Art Screen Trio set are also included to complete this blooming bundle! To enter to win this contest leave a comment…

In 12X12 Scrapbook Layouts

Wild Whisper Designs Farmhouse Collection with Jayme Loge

March 12, 2019 No Comments

Hello and happy Tuesday! It is Jayme Loge here hoping all you Creative Scrapbookers are having a lovely morning with some signs of spring. Where I live, we’ve been buried under an endless ‘polar vortex’. While it has meant a lot of time indoors for scrapbooking I am totally craving some outdoor life! It was a good opportunity to tackle some of the photographs in my ‘to be scrapbooked’ folder. My usual process is to start with a photograph and find paper and embellishments to suit, but I had the lovely Wild Whisper Designs “Farmhouse” paper pack that was just calling. I ended up choosing two pictures of my daughter, Avery, taken about 11 years apart! And both featured the great outdoors, so I could at least revel in the memory of it… I first scrapbooked the more recent picture. I like to wait until the school year is over…

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Easy Color Blending Technique for Card Making – Technique Tasters #178

March 9, 2019 No Comments

Adhering intricate dies AND an EASY color blending technique that will take your card making to the NEXT level!!! Grab a coffee and watch Kim Gowdy in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp4C85RUXOA SUPPLIES USED Elizabeth Craft Designs Die Elizabeth Craft Design Stamps Chameleon Color Tone Pens Chameleon Color Tops Clearsnap ColorBox Archival Ink Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Adhesive Sheets Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Super Stock Be sure to follow Creative Scrapbooker Magazine on YouTube! Do not miss a single video! CLICK HERE Happy Scrapbooking Everyone!Subscribe today to Creative Scrapbooker Magazine

In Free Projects

FREE March Coloring Card featuring Brea Reese and Betty Hung

March 7, 2019 4 Comments

Download your FREE monthly Coloring Card! Today on our blog, we welcome our regular contributor coloring artist Betty Hung. Betty has designed this FREE March coloring card just for you! – CLICK HERE to download your card. Here is Betty’s version of the card. Betty drew the illustration and colored it using a variety of products by Brea Reese including Brea Reese Dual Tip Brush PensSix piece, professional dual tip brush pens. Brea Reese Fine Liner Pens Highest quality artist fine liners Pigments from Germany and nibs from Japan 24 popular colors Brea Reese Water Based Dual-Tip Markers • Popular dual tip markers • Water-based inks • Pigments from Germany and nibs from Japan • 12 coordinating colors per set Visit Betty’s blog – Color Art – for more coloring inspiration. SUBSCRIBE TODAY to our quarterly publication – delivered right to your door

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Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps – GIVEAWAY

March 6, 2019 172 Comments

WINNER – Congratulations to Marlee Craven – this week’s lucky winner. YAHOOOOO it is Why not win Wednesday with Kraftin’ Kimmie! This week we have partnered up with the wonderful people over at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. This prize package includes – A Dog’s Life clear stamp set, You are Super clear stamp set, Krafty Stencils in Sweater Weather and Beautiful Burlap, Krafty Kolours Hybrid Inks in Mermaid Melody and Purple Pansy, Krafty Rainbow Dots! These are all from their latest releases!!!! YAHOOOO!To enter to win 1. Leave a comment right here under this blog post. 2. Visit Kraftin Kimmie on Facebook – Ask to join their facebook group! You have until Friday, March 8th at midnight to enter! Good Luck everyone! Subscribe to our quarterly publication! Don’t miss a single copy!

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Sketchy Challenge and Snowflakes

March 5, 2019 6 Comments

Good Morning and WELCOME March! It sure doesn’t feel like spring is around the corner but we have turned the page on February and that’s enough for me! Head’s up…today’s project share is not very spring like either! I choose to work with our January Sketchy Challenge and some fun products I have in my stash, old & new! If you prefer to share on Facebook, we have a Sketchy Challenge Group you are welcome to join! I stayed pretty true to the sketch, with the diagonal stack of photos and snowflake embellishments, then I let intuition guide the placement of my title and other embellishments. Carta Bella’s “Let it Snow” collection was perfect for my snowy pictures. I used the papers to mat my layout and pictures. They add the perfect amount of contrast and interest to my white Bazzill cardstock base. The Carta Bella stickers, chipboard and enamel dots…

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Dealing With a Lot of Pictures with Cathy Caines

March 4, 2019 1 Comment

Like most vacation days, we took a lot of pictures that day. So many memories crammed into one afternoon. The island was so beautiful, how could we not? But when I go back and look at all the beautiful photos, I feel overwhelmed. These are the photos that I never want to scrapbook. It’s a daunting task. But I figured it out. At least, what works for me. Maybe it will work for you too. I choose ONE photo that I love and print it in oversize. I write some journaling about the whole day in Microsoft Word or Adobe Photoshop. What I am saying is ‘just write’. Write it all down. All in one swoop. In this project, I did the journaling right on the page. But other times I’ll put in on a pocket journal card or if it’s too long, it will be its own insert. Now…

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Opal Magic Acrylic Paint by Prima Marketing – Technique Tasters #177

March 1, 2019 5 Comments

Ever wonder what exactly makes Opal Magic Acrylic Paint by Prima Marketing so darn cool? Grab a coffee and watch as Connie Nichol demonstrates the magical effects of this product while putting together a scrapbook layout. Products used include Prima Marketing Finnabair Art Alchemy Opal Magic Acrylic Paint Prima Marketing Flowers Clearsnap ColorBox Archival Ink Impression Obsession Stamps American Crafts Bazzill Basics Paper Cardstock Glue Dots Adhesives Be sure to follow Creative Scrapbooker Magazine on YouTube! Do not miss a single video! CLICK HERE Happy Scrapbooking Everyone!Subscribe today to Creative Scrapbooker Magazine