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Masking Fall Leaves with Distress Spray Stains

October 14, 2025 No Comments

If you love creative backgrounds, this Masking Fall Leaves technique by Nicole Wright is for you! Featured in the Fall 2024 issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine, this project shows you how to create a layered autumn background using Ranger Distress Spray Stains. The results are vibrant, textured, and full of fall magic. Grab your copy today for more inspiring ideas just like this! Step 1: Die Cut and Mask Die cut several assorted leaves from watercolour paper and cut a mask to match your image size.Place a few leaves on a Super Stock 12” x 12” paper, layer the mask on the leaves, and spray your lightest Ranger Distress Spray Stain. Step 2: Add Depth with a Darker Shade Remove both the mask and leaves. Shift the leaves to a new position and repeat the first step, this time using a slightly darker Ranger Distress Spray Stain. Spray around the…

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Simple Stories Layout: Cindy Agar with the Simple Vintage Linen Market Collection

August 25, 2025 No Comments

If you’re looking for a Simple Stories layout that screams sunshine, laughter, and happy vibes — you’ve found it! Designer Cindy Agar has created a scrapbook page so full of charm and colour, it practically pedals off the paper on its little vintage bicycle. Simple Stories Layout: A Closer Look This Simple Stories layout is pure joy on a page. Cindy layered bold florals, cheerful ginghams, and pops of yellow, red, and blue that instantly make you think of warm summer days. Add in a bike ride, a basket full of flowers, and a few fluttering butterflies, and you’ve got a recipe for a picture-perfect scrapbook spread. The Simple Vintage Linen Market Collection by Simple Stories is the star of the show here. It’s packed with nostalgic patterns, juicy lemons, and whimsical embellishments that practically beg you to cut, layer, and play. It’s like a farmer’s market meets a patchwork…

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Carta Bella My Valentine – The Perfect Collection for Valentine’s Day

February 7, 2025 No Comments

Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day crafting collection? Carta Bella My Valentine has everything you need! From charming hearts and delicate florals to nostalgic bicycles and sweet treats, this collection is brimming with romance. Featuring textured double-sided papers, ephemera, stickers, enamel dots, and coordinating cardstock, it’s the ultimate kit for love-themed projects. A Stunning Project by Heather Fischer Heather Fischer brought the My Valentine collection to life with a heartwarming scrapbook layout. The design features layered hearts, vintage florals, and a heartfelt sentiment, making it an ideal keepsake. To ensure every detail stayed in place, she used Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares and the E-Z Runner Grand, adding both dimension and stability to her project. Why You’ll Love This Collection Romantic Color Palette: A mix of classic reds, soft pinks, and vintage greens. Charming Patterns: Featuring roses, hearts, gingham, and sweet Valentine’s motifs. Endless Creative Possibilities: Perfect for…

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Add Some Shine: Scrapbook Fun with Color Harmony Transfer Foils

December 3, 2024 1 Comment

Ready to bring some sparkle to your scrapbook projects? Designer Jessica Michaels has created a whimsical and heartwarming birthday layout titled “Weee I’m Three” using Color Harmony Transfer Foils from Therm O Web. Trust us, this page is packed with energy, color, and all the celebratory vibes! The shining stars of this layout are the Color Harmony Transfer Foils in green tones—Electric Lime, Green, Jade, and Spring Green. These foils don’t just add shimmer; they make the entire layout pop! Jessica used them to foil the large “3” elements, which instantly draw your eye to the theme of the layout. Paired with playful stamped phrases, twine accents, and those adorable photos, this design screams celebration! Let’s Talk About the Foils These foils are magic in a sheet! Therm O Web’s Color Harmony Transfer Foils are perfect for adding bold, shiny details to your layouts. Whether you’re highlighting focal points like…

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Halloween Magic Layout with Simple Stories Simple Vintage October 31st Collection

October 22, 2024 No Comments

In the spirit of Halloween, Tracy McLennon crafted this captivating scrapbook layout using the Simple Stories Simple Vintage October 31st collection. This project, featured in the Fall issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine, brings the spooky season to life with layers of vintage Halloween elements and bold pops of orange and black. In Tracy McLennon’s Halloween layout, the Bits & Pieces Ephemera from the Simple Stories Simple Vintage October 31st collection plays a key role in bringing vintage charm and detail to the page. These ephemera pieces include nostalgic Halloween icons like witches, jack-o’-lanterns, owls, and spooky sentiments, adding a playful and whimsical feel to the design. The cardstock stickers from the Simple Vintage October 31st collection further enhance the layout with bold, dimensional elements. From pumpkins to bats and vintage-inspired typography, these stickers provide the perfect finishing touches. Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape, 3D Foam Squares, and E-Z…

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Creative Memories Riveting Collection and Noreen Smith

April 9, 2024 No Comments

SPRING is in the air and that means – RENOS! Check out this fabulous Home Improvement layout that Noreen Smith designed featuring the Creative Memories Riveting Collection. Here are the basic step-by-steps Cut a 3.5″ × 6″ rectangle from the Riveting light woodgrain paper. Use a pen and ruler to mark 2″ down from the top on either side of the rectangle, and 1″ in from either side along the bottom edge of the rectangle. Place the paper rectangle on the 13″ × 13″ Cutting Mat. Align the top of the largest Rectangle Custom Cutting System Patterns template with the 2″ mark, and the side of the template with the 1″ mark. Place the red blade in the template track, press down, and move the blade along the template to cut out the paper shape as shown. Repeat on the opposite side of the rectangle to create the paintbrush handle.…

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Art Impressions Christmas Slimline Stamp Set and Cathie Allan

September 14, 2023 No Comments

Cathie Allan was very busy designing projects using this Art Impressions Christmas Slimline Stamp Set. Here is a look at one of the layouts she designed. And here is a fabulous coordinating card. That snowman from the Art Impressions Christmas Slimline stamp set is absolutely delicious. WOWZA! Stunning creations Cathie! I love that Cathie used the stamp on BOTH a card and a layout. We often purchase supplies with one thing in mind and forget that there are so many possibilities and projects that it could apply to! Cathie’s projects both have a really unique aspect to them – they both include REMOVABLE tags that you can take off and hang on the Christmas tree. How stinkin’ cool is that! Both of these projects were featured in the Fall issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine in Cathie’s regular column – Cathie’s Choice.Do you have your copy yet? CLICK HERE to order…

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U.S. Destinations Paper Packs and Stickers – Lighthouse Layout by Noreen Smith

May 23, 2023 No Comments

Hey there! It’s Noreen Smith here to share a layout using one of the new U.S. Destinations Paper Packs and Stickers from Creative Memories with you! The four destinations featured – as voted on by Creative Memories Advisors! – are Florida, Great Lakes, New York City and Washington, D.C., and of course these new paper packs and stickers will be great for documenting your trips to those destinations. But you might be surprised at how well they will work with lots of other types of layouts too! For example, my family and I recently spent some Spring break on Vancouver Island where we enjoyed hiking the Wild Pacific Trail and visiting the historic Amphitrite Lighthouse near Ucluelet, British Columbia. I knew the U.S. Destinations Great Lakes Paper Pack and Stickers featured lighthouses, so I set out to see if I could make the fun Great Lakes papers work with my…

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New Toner Card Fronts by Deco Foil

May 10, 2023 No Comments

Yesturday, Therm O Web announced a new release of products and we got super excited! The line up includes NEW double-sided foam adhesives by Gina K. Designs and NEW Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts! YAHOOOOO! If you have not tried Toner Card Fronts as of yet – NOW is the time! They make adding sparkly foils to your project an absolute breeze! Now the words “CARD FRONT” might make you think that these products can only be used for card making (which they make creating beautiful cards so easy by the way) but this is just not the case! Check out this BEAUTIFUL layout we found over on the Therm O Web blog, designed by Jessica Michaels, demonstrating the versatility of Toner Card Fronts. CLICK HERE to go directly to Jessica’s blog post where you will find all the product details AND a process video!!! Today is a GREAT day…

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Slice of Summer with Creative Memories

July 20, 2017 No Comments

Hi everyone Noreen Smith once again playing with Creative Memories! Happy to be back on the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine blog today sharing a couple of layouts made with Creative Memories’ new Slice of Summer seasonal products! As soon as I saw the papers, stickers and variety mat pack for this collection I knew it would work for lots of fun summer photos.For the first layout I chose several photos of my family at the beach last year in Osoyoos, British Columbia. The photos are not the best, as the sun was behind my sons as they stood in the lake, but I wanted to use them to remember the lovely, relaxing holiday that we had. I figured that cropping them down would help, so I chose the best photo to leave as the largest (4” x 4”), then trimmed down the supporting photos to 3” x 3”. I matted all…