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In home decor

Create a Stunning Winter Forms Our Character Wall Hanging

January 5, 2025 1 Comment

Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! Are you ready to dive into a fun and creative project? Today, I’m sharing how to create a gorgeous Winter Character Wall Hanging that is perfect for your seasonal home decor. This project features the Winter Birds Collection from Simply Stated Design, dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs, and adhesives from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Grab your favorite winter beverage, and let’s get started! Step-by-Step Instructions: Materials Needed: Simply Stated Design: Winter Birds Collection – Paper 1, Paper 3, Trees Ephemera, Bird Ephemera, and Essentials Ephemera Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Indented Rectangle Dies Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Squares and E-Z Runner Permanent Tape Misc: Twine Step 1: Prepare Your Paper Elements Begin by die-cutting the 4” Indented Rectangle from Paper 1 and the 4 ½” Indented Rectangle from Paper 3 of the Winter Birds Collection. These layered rectangles will form the base of your wall…

In Halloween

DIY Spooky Halloween Tags with Simply Stated Design Halloween Town Collection by Katelyn Spencer

October 28, 2024 No Comments

Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! Katelyn Spencer here for today’s blog post, I’m excited to share a fun and spooky project – Halloween tags perfect for treats and decorations. I’ve created these tags using the Halloween Town Collection from Simply Stated Design, along with adhesive products from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Grab your favorite fall beverage, and let’s get started! Supplies Simply Stated Design: Halloween Town Quirky Ephemera, Scenes Ephemera, Essentials Ephemera, Sentiments Ephemera, Halloween Town Paper 10 Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Squares, E-Z Runner Grand Permanent Tape Miscellaneous: Twine Step-by-Step Guide Tag 1: Got Candy? 1. Prepare the Base To start, cut a 1 ¾” x 2 ¾” piece from the black and gold paper (Halloween Town Paper 10) and a 1 ½” x 2 ¾” piece from the script paper. Sand the edges of both papers for a vintage look. 2. Add Ephemera Use the Halloween Town…

In Cards

How to Create a Stunning Congrats Card Using the Pop Up Book Card Base by Simply Stated Design

August 26, 2024 No Comments

Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! For today’s blog post, I’m excited to share with you how to create a beautiful Congrats Card using the Pop Up Book Card Base from Simply Stated Design. This project also features elements from the By The Light of The Moon Collection by Simply Stated Design. A sentiment from the Tim Holtz Floristry stamp set by Stampers Anonymous. Adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and a ink from Ranger. Grab your favorite summertime beverage and get ready to recreate this stunning card at home! Here is a look at the fabulous inside of this gorgeous design. To start, you’ll need the Pop Up Book Card Base from Simply Stated Design. This essential component includes both the card base and the inside pop-up feature that brings your card to life. Next, select the By The Light of The Moon Solid Paper 2 from Simply Stated Design. Cut…

In Mixed Media

Create a Beautiful Gift Box with Elizabeth Craft Designs: Step-by-Step Guide by Katelyn Spencer

July 29, 2024 No Comments

Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! For today’s blog post, I’m sharing with you how to create this pretty Gift Box using a variety of Dies and Stamps from Elizabeth Craft Designs, along with the Queen Bee Collection from Simply Stated Design, Mildliner Pens from Zebra, Ink from Ranger, and Adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and learn how to recreate my Elizabeth Craft Designs Gift Box at home.To start, choose two patterned papers from the Queen Bee 12×12 Paper Pack by Simply Stated Design. Next, take the Cover Die from the Book Box Die Set by Elizabeth Craft Designs. Die cut the Cover Die from one of the patterned papers. Flip the patterned paper over so your Cover Die cuts on the white side of the second patterned paper. This ensures everything lines up with the cover and the inside piece. Next, you’ll need…

In Cards

Masculine Birthday Cards with Simply Stated Design and Katelyn Spencer

June 27, 2024 No Comments

Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! For today’s blog post, I’m sharing with you how to create these masculine Happy Birthday Cards using the Cogwood Grove Collection from Simply Stated Design. The Build Your Own Sentiments 1 stamp set from Elizabeth Craft DesignsA variety of adhesives from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L – including the E-Z Runner Grand and 3D Foam Squares. Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock and Ranger Tim Holtz Distress ink. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and follow along to recreate these cards at home. Instructions for the Tree Happy Birthday Card: Cut the woodgrain paper to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”, the tan paper to 4” x 5 ¼”, and the forest paper to 3 ¾” x 5” from the Cogwood Grove Paper 9 by Simply Stated Design. Sand the edges of all three papers. From the Cogwood Grove Trees Ephemera by Simply Stated Design, select the tree with…

In Sketchy Gallery

Got Sketch? Three takes on the September Sketchy Challenge.

October 25, 2023 No Comments

Hello and Happy Fall! Kim here with some layouts to share, inspired by the September Sketchy Challenge. It’s no secret that I LOVE a good sketch as a starting place for scrapbooking. It seems to be what my brain seeks to start my creative process. I’m not one to always follow a sketch exactly. I never see absolutes with a sketch. Some folks see a sketch and distinguish what is a photo, paper and embellishment, they want to know what size to print photos and cut paper to make an exact replica, this is not wrong, just not my way. I, however see a sketch and think looser. What if the photo was paper or vice-versa, could an embellishment be a photo, one photo could hold the ‘weight’ of many photos, a photo could be a journal block, etc. I do not look to replicate the sketch, though sometimes it…

In 12X12 Scrapbook Layouts

Sketchy Challenge, a Honey Bee Layout

July 3, 2023 No Comments

Hello Creative Scrapbookers! Kim here, hope you are settling into a great summer routine and finding time to enjoy these lovely, long days! I love the extra energy the sunshine seems to gift us, I find time to enjoy so much more, and that includes scrapbooking. Even after a busy day, I am ready for an hour or two to unwind in my craft room. This week I pulled out the March Sketchy Challenge again. My first layout with this sketch can be found on the Facebook Sketchy Gallery. I took the scale down to an 8.25 x 8.25, and believe it or not I used an instruction book that came with a recent purchase. It’s a good base to create over, travellers notebook size and a fun way to up-cycle some waste. Once I have figured out where I want my papers and emebellishments to be, I like to…

In Carnival

Simply Stated Design is a Carnival Sponsor

March 16, 2023 No Comments

Hello Creative Scrapbookers! Kim here with a layout share full of warm, tropical vibes! I am just back from a weekend retreat with some of my favourite people. We shared stories, scrapbooking supplies, laughs and great food…there may have been some wine as well. Most of my friends were so productive…I was not. I do not create well at retreats. I know this and I accept this…yet I keep going to them. Why? Because surrounding myself with creative people, ‘my’ people and craft supplies fills up my mojo. These people feed my energy and my soul! I pack supplies knowing they will only be shuffled around and put back when I get home. Today was my day off. Between laundry, tidying and walking the dog I finished this layout. Little bursts of paper breaks mixed into my day…how about that!? It’s how I create; quietly in my own space, knowing…

In Halloween

Pumpkins After Dark ~ A Scrapbook Layout

October 27, 2022 No Comments

I could live in a world of Octobers! I love the temperatures, colours, pumpkins and I am all over Halloween. My son is off on his own and our house doesn’t get many kids dropping by on October 31st, but I still try to fill my cup with as much of the season as I can. We took in the Pumpkins after Dark event in Edmonton, imagine over 6000 hand carved pumpkins! It was impressive to say the least, and a fun evening to be out with my son and husband. I knew as I pulled out my phone to take pictures that I had the PERFECT, new paper collection at home to create a scrapbook page with. Such a new collection to me that it was still in a bag and not put away! For this fun layout I used the Simply Stated Design “Haunted Halloween” collection. Gorgeous papers…

In It's a Sketchy Challenge

Ready for the next Season ~ June Sketchy Challenge

June 21, 2022 1 Comment

Hello Creative Scrapbookers! Kim here with a quick share of a recent layout inspired by the June 2022 Sketchy Challenge designed by Kerry Engel.This was a super quick layout to pull together, which was awesome when life is busy. Allowed me some creative head space as well as a sense of accomplishment when I add it to my album! I used a combination of Simply Stated Design papers and die cut embellishments and a few bits and pieces from my Ali Edwards stash. I just LOVE how easy it was to make these little embellishment clusters, there are so many lovely pieces to play with! My permanent tape runner from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L was my adhesive of choice to keep all my parts together! I look forward to working with our second June Sketchy Challenge, stay tuned! Hopefully you are enjoying the beautiful issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine, if…