If you’re looking for a fast and easy way to make an adorable card, then look no further. A Little Note by Hero Arts is just what you need. The pre-decorated cards allow you to take about 10 seconds to add a stamp and you’re on your way. You can use 4 different messages with that same card, which is a beautiful thing when you’re in a hurry for a all-occasion card. These are very self explanatory, so I made one card with just the stamp:

I also wanted to spruce it up a little and add some embellishments, so I stuck with coordinating paper colors and the adorable American Craft Dear Lizzy Ribbon (which made all the difference). It’s amazing how much the cute-ness factor increases with just a little ribbon!

I also wanted to do a card with some dies, so I took out the second love of my life, Spellbinders Blossom Five, and added it to a birthday card I’ve needed to make for weeks. All four of these cards took me about 10 mintues. SO easy!

Products used:

CK217- Hero Arts A little Note kit

S4-370 – Spellbinders Blossom Five

89375 – American Crafts Dear Lizzy Ribbon

202 – 1/4″ Scor-Tape

TIM32861 – Festive Berries

Cardstock

Black Ink Pad

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Stacy

We got some foil on our last order and they made such fun and easy Mothers Day cards. If you have forgotten about Mothers Day, first off shame on you, but here is an idea for some last minute ideas for a card. We used Spellbinders #2 foil packs which have 5 different color choices that really work with the Mothers Day feel but you can get them in all sorts of colors and even natural metal colors so check them out. Just start with a background pattern or color and fold your card. Next use some kind of texture folder, we used Spellbinders Framed Lables 18 and Crafts-Two’s Tulip Window. With the blue one we just used it straight as it came out of the folder but on the pink one we lightly sanded the surface which took off the paint on the texture which emphasizes the pattern. One little helpful hint on these just throw a sheet of wax paper between the foil and the folder so it comes out really slick. Add a few stamps on the front and add the bling and you are ready to give to the mothers in your life.

Well I hope all you mothers have a happy Mothers Day and again I hope this helps all you procrastinators (me included) wish the mothers in your life a happy day.

Recipe:

MM1-002: Spellbinders-Foil Pack #2

REN009: Authentique-Renew

E3D-006: Spellbinders 3D M-Bossibilities- Framed Labels 18

CL649: Hero Arts- Remember Your kindness

CG445: Hero Arts- Big Words

CTFD3051: Crafts-Too- Tulip Window

PS-005-00265: DCWV- The Kidlet Stack

TIM34933: Tim Holtz- Peacock Feathers

TIM34995: Tim Holtz- Picked Raspberries

2160: Want2Scrap: Mother of Pearl Rhinestone

2162: Want2Scrap- Lavender pearls

American Crafts- Premium Ribbon

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Doug and Heather

Alright folks, you have ONE week until Mother’s Day, so here’s is another Mother’s Day Gift Album idea. This is actually going to Grandma from my two cuties, so you can really make this for any lovely woman in your life. First off, if you’re reading this blog looking for a Mother’s Day idea, let me tell you, most women (at least the one’s I know) love thoughtful, homemade gifts from their children. Sure, you can flower her with roses (and by all means do so if you’d like), but gift her something from those children that they can help make! It’s fun, it’s personal, and it will make her heart melt.

First off, you need to choose your album. Want2Scrap has a plethora of different albums and what they’re made out of. I used a Mixed Media Album because I liked that it had different chipboard/paper/medias to offer. I’m so glad I went with this because I was able to use my imagination more and my kids were able to get their hands dirty as well! I wasn’t sure what to do with the corrugated…until I saw fingerpaints! I had her create a 2 year old masterpiece and she really liked the bumps. I had them stamp their hands on the canvas and they got to play with magic marker for another picture. I know they were in heaven as they excitedly ruined two marker heads. I’m glad they did.

After you’ve chosen your album, it’s time to choose your paper! I love the DCWV line (ok…I just love paper), but they have so many options to choose from that you can’t go wrong.

* Adhere the paper to the album FIRST, and then cut it out! I suggest using a craft knife (especially if you have an intricate album) but using scissors works great too! This makes the paper fit the chipboard better.

I used some of the new QuicKutz dies that cut AND emboss! They are so cute! They are super easy to use and I love that they don’t get stuck in the die; they just pop right out! Easy. When you’re dong with your paper/ dies, embellish that puppy up! Want2Scrap Bling and American Craft Ribbon (SO adorable!) are the perfect ways to add SO MUCH pizzaz to any project.

HAVE FUN with it and it will be awesome!

Products used:

1202 - Want2Scrap Stepping Stones Album

PS-005-00283 – DCWV Blue Citrus 12×12 Paper

S5-1756 – Spellbinders Labels Twenty -Nine

CL544 – Hero Arts Big Ticket Stamps

DC0468 – QuicKutz Flowers

DC0469 – QuicKutz Flutter

DC0284 – QuicKutz Nesting Butterflies

658502 – Sizzix Flower, Daisy

2163-  Want2Scrap Steel Blue Pearls

2063 - Want2Scrap Baby Blue Rhinestones

2294 - Want2Scrap Gun Metal Pearls

4055 - Want2Scrap B.Y.O.B. 1

TIM32830 – Tim Holtz Ripe Persimmon

TIM20257 - Tim Holtz Weathered Wood

TIM32861 - Tim Holtz Festive Berries

89357 – American Crafts Dear Lizzy Ribbon

202 – 1/4″ Scor-Tape

Glitter

Sharpies

Happy Mother’s Day to all those wonderful Mothers and Grandmothers out there!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Stacy

Mothers Day is coming up pretty quick so what better gift could you give her than an album full of pictures of her children? Unfortunately I can’t give this one to Heather because she made half of it but take a few minutes and make one for the mother you have in your life. We had these pictures that grandma took as they played cowboy (and cowgirl) at their house. These Albums from Want2Scrap are really fun to put together and they have so many different styles to choose from. Sometimes it is nice to get a break from doing page layouts that are not the usual size, it allows you to approach it a little different than you normally do. We also used a lot of different papers but took a lot of them from Teresa Collins He Said She Said pack which includes so many different papers, embellishments, and anything else you might need to jazz up a page. Take a look:

Well mothers I hope you all a Happy mothers Day!

Recipe:

1670- Want2Scrap: Wanted for Stealing Hearts Album

HSS132- Teresa Collins: He Said She Said (He Said)

HSS172- Teresa Collins: He Said She Said (She Said)

LOV010- Authentique: Lovely Collection

MS-003-00108- DCWV:A Guilded Orchard Matstack

MS-003-00107- DCWV: A Type of Art Matstack

4500638- Graphic 45: French Country Collection

ST1030- My Minds Eye: The Sweetest thing

TIM32823-Tim Holtz: Distress Ink Gathered Twigs

Flower Embelishments

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Doug and Heather

Heather and I love making these cards that could really fit any occasion in case we need a last minute card or even if there isn’t really any occasion and we just want to say hi to cheer someones day up. What is so cool about this card is that if you have the Decorative Blossom Corner from Spellbinders and the Remember Your Kindness stamp set from Hero Arts, you could follow this same design and make so many different cards with each one being unique. I have said this before but I love these 6×6 paper stacks from Bo Bunny because if you are card making you don’t have to go looking through all of your paper just to find paper that matches, all that work is done for you because you really can go through and choose any paper and you know that it is going to go well together–Simple! Really this card looks way more complicated that it really is, just grab some card stock and fold it for the card. Next, cut the Decorative Blossom Corner out of any corner and place a decorative paper behind it. Lastly add some designs on top with a saying that you stamp.

Recipe:

HCD729: Spillbinders Heartfelt Creations-Decorative Blossom Corner

13417435: Bo Bunny-Serenade

CL649: Hero Arts- Remember Your Kindness

TIM32823: Tim Holtz-Distress ink Gathered Twigs

Card Stock

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Doug and Heather

Going back in time a little for this page layout to celebrate Turners first birthday using clock cogs from Spellbinders. When Heather got out these pictures I thought she was pulling out pictures of our younger son Brexton because they look so much alike when they were at this age.

When we got this die cut and the embossing folder of cogs, right away we wanted to do a “Time to Celebrate” page. This is one of those pages that comes together so easily just cut out a bunch of cogs of different sizes and colors and emboss a few papers and the rest is just figuring out where you want to place everything. We used Surprise-Birthday paper for the background paper by Bo Bunny–it really makes a difference  having good patterned paper to work with as a base. If you have a birthday that you are needing to scrapbook this paper stack is a must because there is such a fun variety of patterns and colors to work with.

Recipe:

E3D-002: Spellbinders 3D M-Bossibilities- Creative Cogs

S4-386: Spellbinders Shapeabilities-Cogs

S5-126: Spellbinders Shapeabilities-Up, Up, and Away

14201699: Bo Bunny- Surprise! Birthday

Cl611: Hero Arts: Many Birthday Messages

TIM35008: Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Mowed Lawn

TIM32861: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Festive Berries

TIM34933: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Peacock Feathers

Numbers and letters stamp

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Doug and Heather

I am the Cubmaster in our neighborhood and our Pinewood Derby is coming up so I thought that it would be nice to make a sign for the Scouts to take pictures in front of with their cars. I started looking through my stuff and found a wood grain stamp from Hero Arts and Heather found some paper for the car that had sparkly wood grain for the car from the Playtime Stack by Die Cuts with a View. I think that it turned out and it will make a fun backdrop for a lot of proud scouts holding their cars that they have worked so hard on. These kind of things are so easy and quick to do, if you have an event, especially a pinewood derby, go and get crafty and make a fun sign for it.

Recipe:

CG506: Hero Arts- Wood Background

PS-005-00145:DCWV- The Playtime Stack

TIM32823:Tim Holtz- Gathered Twigs

TIM21407:Tim Holtz-Aged Mahogany

Cricut- Doodle Type

Cricut- Paper Doll Dress Up

Cardstock

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Doug and Heather

What a fun and exciting way to start Spring off – when Sizzix meets Suga Pop! Kaisercraft paper and the Sizzix Framelits Die Set are seriously the way to go and you’ll love every project you make with them. Just peruse through the sample pictures, I dare you! You may not be able to resist yourself (sometimes like me) and you’ll have to have it all! I had a really tough time deciding which paper I was going to get just because all of the Kaisercraft paper is to die for.

I wanted to make a bajillion cards to show you just how adorable these projects were, but alas, it was way too late (again) and I was able to get one finished before my eyes started to close. I promise to have more finished beauties from these two products in the near future. They’re just so irresistible.

Products used:

658701 – Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9pk with Stamps Word Labels

PK424 – Kaisercraft Siga Pop Paper Pack 12×12

Tim32861 – Tim Holtz Distress Ink Festive Berries

Tim32830 – Tim Holtz Disress Ink Ripe Persimmon

S6-001 – Spellbinders 5×7 Matting Basics A

1/8″ Scor-tape

6046 – Want2Scrap Baby Bling Pink Rhinestone

Stamp Block

Cuttlebug

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Stacy

With it being Spring Break for everyone, I wanted to make a Sring Time Card to celebrate.  I Love making cards and Spellbinders really makes it easy for me with some of my favorite Dies.  I started off by cutting my cardstock down to a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 size and then folded that in half.  I then used  Bo Bunny paper to use with  Spellbinders dies, A2 Bracket Borders One. This gave a nice border to my card.  Then I used Spellbinders Les Papillions Two Die and I used the two smaller butterflies for this project. Bo Bunny paper collection, Prairie Chic, has some great paper and it is all double sided.  On one side of the sheets I found some fun banners that I cut out and used those with my card.  After I inked my papers and die cuts with some Distress Ink, I taped everything together with some Scor-Tape and pop up stickers and some bling from Want2Scrap.  I love this card!  It is so bright and happy and I cant wait to give it to someone to put a little spring in their step!

Recipe:

TIM32823- Tim Holtz  Gathered Twigs Distress Ink

203- 1/2″  Scor Tape

S4-395- Spellbinders, Les Papillions Two

S5-181- Spellbinders, A2 Bracket Borders One

2226- Want2Scrap Pink Pearls

14116694- Bo Bunny, Prairie Chic

655268- Sizzix Big Shot

As always, I have included this weeks video tutorial. Enjoy!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Alexis

This week is all about DCWV’s The Kidlet Stack, Heather and I decided to use a common paper for a page layout and see how different they would be in the end. The funny thing is that when we finished and showed each other our pages they looked very similar even to the point that they could work well as a spread.

Wow what a cute kid right? I really like how both pages use colors that relate to the pictures.  I decided to stick with the paper stack because it came with a page full of all sorts of fun images to use as embellishments. Heather used the paper as an accent and then dolled it up using Spellbinders Playtime die cut set. I really like how these turned out even if they are very similar.

So get some of these paper stacks from DCWV because they make page layouts really quick and easy.

Recipe:

PS-005-00265: DCWV-The Kidlet Stack

S4-261: Spellbinders Shapebilities- Playtime

TIM21407: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Aged Mahogany

TIM32830: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Ripe Persimmon

TIM32823: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Gathered Twigs

TIM34933: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Peacock Feathers

Cardstock

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Doug and Heather

It is Teacher Appreciation Week so Heather and I thought a fun handmade gift would be fun to give to our kids teachers, here are a few ideas that you can use to thank your teachers for all they do. For the first idea we just went to the store and picked up some cheep clip boards and decorated them. For the paper we used DCWV, the background was from the Kidlet Stack and everything else was from A Type of Art because it really related to teaching with all the numbers and letters. We also found two Cricut cartridges that had some fun school related cutouts that was a nice finishing touch.

As for the paper clips they are so simple, we just used Hero Arts Remember Your kindness stamp set because it had a stamp that was a circle and cut out an extra circle and basically glued the two circles together sandwiching the paperclip.

Our kids are really excited to give these to their teachers, they wrote a nice little thank you on the back of them with a marker. Coming from a teacher please take a few minutes to make a nice little gift for your students teachers, it really helps to know that they are appreciated for what they do. We did 2 different ideas for you to hopefully take and go with, click here to view the other post.

Recipe:

MS-003-00107: DCWV-A Type of Art

PS-005-00265: DCWV-The Kidlet Stack

CL649: Hero Arts-Remember Your Kindness

TIM32823:Tim Holtz- Distress Ink Gathered Twigs

Cricut-Graphically Speaking

Cricut-Printing 101

Mod Podge

Clipboard

Large paper clips

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Doug and Heather

I have several family members and friends that will be celebrating their Birthdays in the next month and so I thought for my next project a should make a birthday card with Sizzix.  This was such a fast and easy card to make.  I started off cutting my cardstock down to a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 size sheet and then I used Bo Bunny 6×6 collection paper to border the front of my card.  I love to ink alot of my projcets and with this project I used Hero Hues Chalk Ink around all the edges.  Then I used Sizzix Banners #2 framelits and stamps and I used all of the banner framelits (and the Happy Birthday stamp) on my card.  I put it all together using Scor Tape and pop up stickers. I  Love how easy and how fun it was to make this Birthday card!  Now its time to Celebrate with a Sizzix Birthday Card!

Receipe:

655268- Sizzix Big Shot Machine

658696- Sizzex Banners #2

13417425 -Bo Bunny 6×6 Serenade

203 -Scor Tape

Pop up Stickers

AF186- Hero Hues Night

AF184 -Hero Hues Latte

Want to see how I created this card step by step? Here’s this weeks tutorial!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Alexis

Hero Arts is the Hero of card making, here are some card ideas that use some of the stamp sets that gave a good base for the cards. First was the “Thinking of You Today” card. Heather just started with a fun patterned paper and went with the same color throughout. Fairly simple but makes for a nice looking tag. We were talking yesterday at how a stamp can make or break a card, with Hero Arts it really adds a nice touch. The second card was the “Birthday Wishes” card which was also monochromatic at first but we decided to add some color with the embellishments. We started both cards with the stamp and then built the cards around the little sayings.  A couple of months ago we ordered a variety of Tim Holtz distress inks that we can coordinate with most pages, cards or any other crafting project. Why give a boring store bought card when a nice hand made card can be so quick and easy?

Recipe for “Thinking of You Today”:

AC024: Hero Arts-Tag Collage

CL649: Hero Arts-Remember Your Kindness

CG445: Hero Arts-Big Words

2267: Want2Scrap-Red Rhinestones

6062: Want2Scap-Hot Pink Pearls

TIM34995: Tim Holtz-Picked Raspberry Distress Ink

TIM32861: Tim Holtz-Festive Berries Distress Ink

Card Stock

Ribbon

Recipe for “Happy Birthday Wishes”:

DC0347: Quickutz-Chearful Doily

REN009: Authentique-8X8 Renew

CL611: Hero Arts-Many Birthday Messages

CL649: Hero Arts-Remember your Kindness

TIM32878: Tim Holtz-Iced Spruce Distress Ink

TIM34933: Tim Holtz-Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

Card Stock

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!

Doug and Heather

I must really be in the mood for spring because all I can think about is Floral Doilies and Flowers.  So I had to make a page layout and another card using some very fun products from our website.  I started off finding some beautiful paper from Bo Bunny from their Love Letters Collection pack.  And then of course and as always, I wanted to use the Sizzix Big Shot machine and a Sizzix Die called Flower Layers w/ Heart Petals.  QuicKutz has a great die that I used as well called Nesting Floral Doilies.  And then I had to use some amazing paper from Tim Holtz called Kraft Glassine that I had a ton of fun with.  This paper is amazing, it has a wax feel to it but you can cut it you can wrinkle it and when you use Distress Ink on it, it gives a lot of fun personality to your project. I also could’nt help myself using a little bling from Want2Scrap.  I loved using these Dies, they are so easy and fun to use and they make some very beautiful flowers that you can really have fun putting together to make your page layout pop and your card happy and warm.

Receipe:

655268 Sizzix Big Shot

TIM32823 Distress Ink

TH92916 Kraft Glassine

658053 Sizzix Flower layer w/Heart Petals Die

DC0434 QuicKutz Nesting Floral Doilies Die

Want2Scrap

13516516 Bo Bunny Love Letters

I hope you enjoy my video tutorial showing how to create this layout!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!

Alexis

Wow! that is the word for this “He Said She Said Collection” by Teresa Collins because of all that they include in the set which makes page layouts a breeze. I am really pleased with this spread and most of it is just picking and choosing fun little things that come with the collection to add to it. Yes all the little embellishments came with the collection, we added enamel dots, paper quotes, decorative beads, photo corners, boarder strips, decorative buttons, chipboard embellishments and there were so many more to choose from. The paper patterns are great, we added some solids in as well because we felt that just patterns made it a little busy. We also stamped Brextons name using Hero Arts Stepping Stone Alphabet and Tim Holtz distress ink. There are a total of 9 double sided papers and like I said earlier plenty of extras to make all 9 pages just as cute as these ones.

About the photo’s this is my son Brexton and we just celebrated his first birthday on Saturday so it was a lot of fun to look back one year ago and see how small and cute he was (He is still cute but in a different way). It is amazing what happens in one short year, they start out so helpless and now he is walking and has quite the little personality. He is quite the little boy!

Again I cannot say enough good about these collections by Teresa Collins, you’ve got to try them out for yourself!

Recipe:

HSS132- Teresa Collins: He Said She Said (He Said)

HSS172- Teresa Collins: He Said She Said (She Said)

330055-Hero Arts:Stepping Stone Alphabet

REN009-Authentique: 8X8 Bundle Renew Collection

Hop002-Authentique: Promise Paper

TIM32823-Tim Holtz: Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs)

Brown and blue cardstock

Scor Tape

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!

Doug and Heather