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The Frugal Scrapbooker – Connie Nichol

June 20, 2022 No Comments

Connie Nichol has been our Frugal Scrapbooker since the VERY BEGINNING of our magazine! WOWZERS! We like to call her our ORIGINAL GANGSTER! Each issue Connie shares a frugal tip or trick using inexpensive items that you probably already have hanging around your house. Check out this fabulous layout designed by Connie featuring Q-Tip painting! Connie gathered 4-5 Q-tips together with an elastic band, dabbed them in paint and then dabbed them on her background to create this gorgeous design. LOVE IT!As a final touch, Connie used Zebra Sarasa Pourous pens to add journaling to her layout. These pens are our serious GO TO when it comes to journaling!Connie’s layout was featured in her Frugal Article – Inspired by Bathroom Supplies – that was featured in the Summer issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine – GET YOUR COPY TODAY! Happy Monday Friends! ENTER TO WIN A HUGE PRIZE PACKAGE from our…

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Connie Nichol and this Month’s FREE SVG File

December 16, 2021 No Comments

This week we have been playing with the FREE Cut Files from Creative Geek Design Our team had a ton of fun designing and playing with this cut file AND so can you!!!! CLICK HERE to see all the amazing files you can download TODAY for FREE! This month Alison designed this file JUST FOR YOU! Here is Connie Nichol’s Card Trio featuring this months FREE cut file. Simple, timeless and gorgeous I’d say! I have been loving seeing all the different takes using this cut file. So many different looks! Download your file and make sure you share your designs with us on social media! Be sure to tag us so we don’t miss a thing!A AND check out Creative Geek Design – CLICK HERE Happy Thursday Friends

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Impression Obsession Stitched Flower Bouquet

April 20, 2021 No Comments

Hello, Connie Nichol here today with a couple of cards made with the Stitched Flower Bouquet set and other assorted Impression Obsession dies and stamps. Isn’t that Nutella stamp a hoot? 🙂 There are 14 dies in the Stitched Bouquet set. Mix and match them with other dies such as the pinked edge frame for a very versatile and elegant look. I suppose you could snip the dies apart, but I find that it’s easier not to lose the little guys if you keep the die set in one piece. Also, if you cut a bunch of flowers at one time, use them to make multiple cards. For this card, I cut my flower bouquet out of specialty paper from Tonic Studios. The mirror and glitter cardstock is so pretty and it just makes the card so much fancier! Thanks for stopping by today! Hopefully, you are inspired to go…

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Help Stop Global Warming Sunshine Card!

January 17, 2021 No Comments

This card by Connie Nichol is not only a GIGGLE maker – it might just be the “sunniest” card EVER!!!! To create this card Connie laid her Picket Fence Studios stencil down on a piece of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Super Stock. She then applied Ranger Tim Holtz Distress ink to create the sunburst. Using Therm O Web icraft Mixed Media Adhesive she adhered the sequins over the inked design. She then stamped the Picket Fence Studios sentiment and adhered it to the card. Easy Peasy! Connie, you can mail me this card ANYTIME! Happy Sunday everyone!

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Tea Time with Heartfelt Creations

September 29, 2020 No Comments

Hi, Connie Nichol here today with a few cards that I created using the Tea Time collection from Heartfelt Creations. These were super quick to make using the elegant teapot and floral stamps along with the premade card fronts in the paper collection. As usual, this collection has beautiful pastel colours and lovely floral accents. I stamped the images using Ranger Archival Black Ink, cut out the images with the matching dies and coloured with Tim Holtz distress markers and Stickles glitter glue. Stickles makes everything extra pretty. I put everything together with Glue Dots adhesives. I love the pop up dots for giving my teapots a little added dimension. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful and creative day!

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Celebrating Agriculture in the Fall issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine

September 6, 2020 No Comments

The Fall issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine will be showing up in your mailboxes, at your Local Scrapbooker Stores, and on Newsstands! The Fall issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine is PACKED with paper crafting, card making, scrapbooking, photography tips and tricks, organizational inspiration and so much more! In this issue, we have a feature celebrating agriculture and farm animals. As a farmer myself – this section made me warm and fuzzy! I hope you like it as much as I do! Here is an example of one of the projects you will find in our Farm Animals feature designed by Connie Nichol. Connie created this layout featuring the Echo Park Paper Co. Down on the Farm collection. She added some stitching with her Brother sewing machine. And adhered all the elements in place with Glue Dots Adhesives. So fun! Get your copy of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine today! Happy crafting and…

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Scrapbook with Heartfelt Creations Wild Rose Collection

June 16, 2020 2 Comments

Hi Connie NIchol here today with a scrapbook layout featuring the new Wild Rose collection from Heartfelt Creations. This company has such beautiful products and the wild rose collection is a great addition to anyone’s craft stash. As usual, the collection includes coordinating paper, stamps, dies and dimensional shaping molds, with the wild roses coming in both small and large sizes. This makes them super versatile because you can use the single flowers as I did below, or layer many sizes together to make a flower full of dimension. Heartfelt Creations papers go so well with pictures from my childhood. This one is scanned from a 35 mm slide from 1963. I remember the scratchy couch and my favourite stuffed bunny whose name was Teddy. You can create your roses and leaves by stamping with the cling mount stamps and colouring, or I used the coordinating dies to cut them…

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Scrapbook your Social Isolation with Glue Dots, Prima and Brother

May 11, 2020 4 Comments

Hi Connie Nichol here today with a scrapbook layout describing one aspect of this unusual time that we are living in. I strongly encourage you to write down the details and scrapbook your experiences during the Covid 19 pandemic including shortages, social distancing and isolation. I think when we look back, we won’t remember how truly strange it was. This is an 8.5 x 11 double page layout, not a size I typically completebut I enjoyed it greatly . It seemed so quick to fill the pages because they are smaller than the typical 12 x 12″ papers. It’s also very convenient if you want to print directly onto the scrapbook page because the paper will fit into a normal sized inkjet printer. I used Prima Marketing Spring Farm House patterned paper and die cuts (the house and home theme seemed perfect for this project), the Brother P Touch cube…

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Front Door Art Cards with Connie Nichol

April 28, 2020 3 Comments

Hello, Connie Nichol here with a couple of cards I created using Stampers Anonymous cling mounted stamps and wooden mat minis designed by Wendy Vecchi. The front door stamp totally captured my imagination – it’s so versatile! You can make it any colour you want, you can stamp it on the wooden mat minis to add dimension, you can decorate it with pots, flowers or anything else you can imagine to make your door welcoming. I was totally feeling a red door decorated with assorted plants so I added some MultiCraft paint and stickers to bring my vision to life. Here’s the stamp set and the coordinating wood veneer mini mats. They are lots of fun. Add one flower pot or many to your front door. The pearlescent paint by Color Factory (a MultiCraft brand) is very pretty with a lovely shimmer and the Forever in Time cactus stickers have…

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Succulents by Art Impressions

April 17, 2020 2 Comments

Hello, Connie Nichol here today with two cards featuring the Art Impressions Succulents stamps and dies set. These stamps are so pretty and succulents are so trendy right now! I stamped them with Ranger Archival Black Ink , coloured them with Chameleon pens. Next I cut them out with the coordinating dies and stuck everything together with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L adhesives. Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D foam squares are perfect for adding dimension to a row of succulents. I put a coat of Glossy Accents on a few of the flowers to add some gloss and dimension and dabbed some Stickles glitter glue on some of the foliage. Small details but it’s the little things that make cards extra special. The background patterned paper is from this wood and gingham basics paper pad from Simple Stories. This paper pad is HUGE and has awesome colors and patterns. Thanks for…