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Get Ready! Get Set! The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival is just around the corner!

July 20, 2018 1 Comment

Get ready! Get set! Mark your calendars and have a babysitter ready! The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival is right around the corner! EDMONTON: September 7th & 8th CALGARY: September 21st& 22nd Be sure to visit our website often or sign up for our newsletter so you don’t miss the updates! We are blessed with some amazing sponsors for our carnival! They are trend setters in the industry and we want to start sending out some BIG SHOUT OUTS and THANK YOUS, so you know who has partnered with us for your ultimate enjoyment! Today’s Thank You goes out to ELIZABETH CRAFT DESIGNS! In honour of their continued support, I have made a super fun card using the Cacti stamps and dies, along with the Sliders and Spinners die set. We just love the sentiment, and it pretty much sums up this fabulous company! We look forward to seeing you…

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Create a Card Featuring Art-C

July 13, 2018 No Comments

Hello everyone, Tracy McLennon on the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine blog today sharing with you a card I created using a variety of different products from the wonderful company Art-C.The card base is cream cardstock and cut to a 4.25×5.5 card front. Cut the 2 shades of kraft cardstock to 4.5.25 and 3.75×5, both of these were found in the Collage Kit. Using the honeycomb cling stamps from the Stamp and Adhesive Stencils and using brown ink, add some stamped detail to the darker kraft cardstock layer. Adhere these layers together using the E-Z Runner Ultra. Add the kraft photo corners from the collage kit. Using Ivory Burlap String, create a large layered circle and adhere to the middle of the card using Adhesive Dots. Add the large tag with a Natural Burlap String bow to the card over the twine circle using Crafty Foam Tape. Using the super strong E-Z…

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Easy Watercolor Technique for Card Making

July 12, 2018 No Comments

Nicole Wright is on our latest web show with a watercolor technique that will KNOCK your socks off because it is so darn easy! This technique is absolutely perfect for soft, subtle backgrounds on your scrapbooking projects and cardmaking. Check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvDv4F_qFf0 SUPPLIES Stampers Anonymous Stamps Ranger Distress Watercolor Paper Ranger Distress Oxide Inks and Archival Inks Eileen Hull for Sizzix Dies Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Pentel Aqua Waterbrush Be sure to follow Creative Scrapbooker Magazine on YouTube! Do not miss a single video! CLICK HERE Happy Scrapbooking EveryoneSubscribe today to Creative Scrapbooker Magazine

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A HELLO card for our CSM friends!

June 17, 2018 No Comments

Hello CSM friends! Thanks for dropping by to see how this sweet “HELLO” card came together. I used several fun products from MultiCraft’s Forever in Time products. Neutrals Cardstock, 6×6 paper stack; “Vintage 2”, Laser-Cut Wood Stickers and Epoxy Alpha Buttons. The papers have some gorgeous patterns and their size is perfect for card making! One of the key principles of design is repetition. For my card, I chose to repeat elements from the patterned paper – the rose image, the colours and the circle shape of the roses. My Chameleon pens were the key ingredient to matching the colours. I used them to colour the laser-cut wooden rose & leaf, as well as the epoxy alpha, even on the wood I was able to get nice blending of colours! …and I can’t even tell you how yummy it was to colour on the epoxy buttons! The colour was perfect…

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Brea Reese Glitter Watercolor and Mermaids!

June 11, 2018 1 Comment

Hello everyone, Kerry Engel here today on the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine blog. I’ve been playing a lot with Brea Reese watercolor inks. They are very bright and beautifully transparent. The glitter inks are just yummy. They are perfect for making the galaxy paintings that you see all over Instagram and Pinterest. Brea Reese watercolor inks are dye-based ink and they dry quickly. They are very concentrated…a little goes a long way. If you put them in a paint pallet they will dry in the pallet and when you come back later with a wet brush you can re-activate them. To make this card download a mermaid tail and turned it into a stencil. You could use any large silhouette type shape with this technique. Large flowers work well too. To begin, trace the tail onto watercolor paper. Use the rough side of 140 Lb, cold pressed watercolor paper. Paint the inside of…

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We Must Celebrate by Stampin’ Up! with Cathy Caines

May 14, 2018 3 Comments

Hello everyone, Cathy Caines here today on the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine blog. We must celebrate! Indeed we do! We have many things to celebrate including the carry over of the Celebrate You Thinlet Dies into the 2018-2019 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Since it’s introduction in the Sale-a-Bration catalog, I have made too many projects to count with these thinlet dies. When I heard they would carry over I was over the moon!Today’s projects were created combining the Celebrate You Thinlet Dies as well as the sans serif sentiments of the We Must Celebrate Stamp Set from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Catalog. I love mixing and matching different stamps and dies.To create the above card, you must first make the multi-colored background. With your Aqua Painter, dip each colour into the refill ink one by one resulting in a multi-colored wash. I would recommend drying each colour with a Heat Tool…

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Glitter Backgrounds for Card Making

May 3, 2018 No Comments

Nicole Wright is on our web show today with an easy way to create glitter backgrounds for your next homemade card. Adding glitter has never been easier! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG1dHu66EME Nicole used the following supplies: Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock Ranger Distress Oxide Inks Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Adhesive Sheets and E-Z Runner Grand Ranger Distress Glitter Stampers Anonymous Flower Jar Stamp Set Sizzix coordinating Framelits Like what you see? Be sure to follow Creative Scrapbooker Magazine on YouTube – CLICK HERE Happy Scrappin’ Everyone!Subscribe today to Creative Scrapbooker Magazine – HOLD IT! READ IT! LOVE IT!

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Birthday Card from our April Sketch

April 16, 2018 7 Comments

Good morning and happy Monday! Kim here with a quick birthday card share today! This month I challenged myself to use the April Sketchy Challenge as a starting point for a card. Even before choosing my products, I knew I wanted to make the triangle accent from stamps! I created a paper mask from my Impression Obsession stamped image so I could easily overlap my stamped design making it look like one continuous image – I love how it turned out! I took a black marker and ruler to divide the two sides. I created three layered areas using stamps, stencil and Clearsnap Chalk ink! I fussy cut the bird image and layered it with the Impression Obsession die cut pine boughs and a little black tread. The “Happy Birthday” sentiment was a perfect finishing touch! Thanks for taking the time to check out my card, try one of our…

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Winter Note Card by Katelyn Grosart

December 30, 2017 3 Comments

Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! Winter has definitely hit the west coast of Canada this week and we even ended up with a white Christmas. With the cold weather here, I decided to create a winter note card . For my note card, I’ve used a variety of products from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies, dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs, Super Stock from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine, some adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L as well as a few products from Ranger Ink, to create this fabulous Warmest Wishes winter note card. To start, cut a piece of Super Stock from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine that measures 3 3/4” x 3 3/4”. Using a blending tool with foam as well as Broken China Distress Ink and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink from Ranger Ink, blend the inks over the entire surface of the cardstock. With the ink dry, dab a bit of Brushed Pewter Distress…

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Christmas Sweaters and Stampin’ Up!

December 10, 2017 No Comments

Deck the Halls with Christmas Sweaters by Cathy Caines The holiday season is upon us and I am in full swing. I am so ready for the magic of Christmas and all the simple joys it brings as I enjoy the wonder of the season through the eyes of my children Jane (7) and Jack (5). I am wishing you and your families the very best this holiday season – from my family to yours. About a month ago Stampin’ Up! released their new line of alcohol markers called Stampin’ Blends. Ever since the release, I have been coloring just about everything. However, the Stampin’ Up! Christmas Sweaters stamp set is by far my favourite. The markers seem to bring the sweaters to life.Before making any projects, I coloured several of the images while catching up on The Americans TV show. Once I found myself back in my craft room,…