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Twine Flowers

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  I was looking on Pinterest for some new ways to use twine and I stumbled across these cute flowers from Michelle from “Lady of Leisure Ink “guest posting on “The Bug Bytes February 2012”.  I have made a few adjustments to suit my needs and this is what I came up with. You don’t […]

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Be You—Background Tutuorial

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Hello Nerds! I apologize for the tardiness for the late blog post. This should have been posted yesterday. I am here to show you all how I did my background for my layout. It is actually very easy, and very fun! Here is what you will need stencil, blending tool, inks of choice, and washi/masking […]

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Best Friends – Scrapbook Tutorial –

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Hello Nerds!, Once again, Nathalie here… For this month I chose to work  mainly with the Felicity collection from Pink Fresh Studio.  I love the bright spring colors mixed in white lots of white space and colorful illustrations.      Once I saw the heart paper in the collection, i  knew exactly the pictures I […]

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Mixed Media on Monday

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Hi Everyone! I’m excited to share my project with you today. I’m showing you how I made my own background paper to make a series of mixed media cards.  I love creating background in my art journal so working with a large piece of watercolour paper I simply used the same techniques. I used acrylic […]

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Step-by-Step Tutorial

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http://static.inlinkz.com/ppr.js Hello everyone. Now that the Holidays are winding down, it’s time to get your paper out and get creative again. After I’ve had a bit of a break in scrapbooking, I find that I need a quick project to boost my creative energy. Today, I have a quick and easy page tutorial to help […]

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NerdGirl Fleur’s December Projects

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This month I am cotinuing with the Simple Stories and Basic Grey Christmas collections. I continued to make Christmas Cards, ornaments and a cute little organizer for my purse. Here is a fun masculine card using the pretty wood grain animals from the Basic Grey Juniper Berry collection. A pretty card with added wooden snowflakes. […]

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A Gelatos Tutorials…Just as delicious as the name suggests!!

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Have you ever tried watercolouring? Me neither but I decided to go out with a bang and push myself out of my comfort zone! LOL!! Luckily theses yummy Gelatos from Faber Castill make this technique super easy!! First choose your gelato colours…You will also need cardstock, paintbrush, embossing gun and a spray bottle. Some people […]

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Doing a little “skinny dipping”…Tutorial…

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For today’s tutorial I thought I would combine it with one of our camp challenges and create a layout using only cardstock. But even “naked” you wanna look good so what better way to create a little interest than add a little ink! LOL!! You will need… Embossing folder and die cutting tool (big shot, […]

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Making Your Own Epoxy Titles

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  Hello all you Nerds! Welcome to another tutorial by the Scrapbook Nerd Design Team. If you’re like me, you love the look of epoxy titles. I buy them up, but then when it comes time to try and use one, I can’t seem to find one that fits the page I’m working on. So, […]

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Monique’s Simple Mobile

DIY general kids craft mobile Nerd Academy Tips & Tutorials tutorial

Hey ladies….I tried to make a mobile, just something to hang in my craft space…here a quick way of how I created it.. I started out by using the scraps from my kit this month, I really didn’t have much left over, but I think it works. It’s actually very simple to make and takes […]

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June Tutorial – Fauxdori

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I love making things with paper not just layouts and when I saw the midoris that people are using (they are like a folder you can use as a travel journal or planner) I decided to give making one myself a go. You will need notebooks (I got these 5 for a dollar at the […]

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A Quick Notepad Tutorial

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Good morning Nerds! I thought I would share a quick and easy little notepad… For supplies you will need… lightweight cardboard trimmer with scoring blade ruler notepad from dollar store Liquid adhesive or redline tape Pattern paper I used some of the yummy goodness from SS Say Cheese II line) embellies of choice First measure […]

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DIY Enamel Dots

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Hey Nerds!!  Hope you all had a wonderful long weekend with family and lots of yummy treats from the Easter Bunny!!  I had to work through the whole holiday, but I did come home to a house full off family and lots of delicious food! So…on to the Tutorial… I am so not a pink […]

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NerdGirl Fleur Smith – Gift Card Holders

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  Today I am sharing my March Tutorial – Gift Card Holders.  These are so simple to make and so cute!  First up you will need a 6×6 paper pad (I am using Dear Lizzy Serendipity), a bone folder and some embellishments.  That’s it! Take a 6×6 piece of patterned paper and fist score in […]

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Print Screen Tutorial

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Good Morning Fellow Nerds…. I have decided to try out my print screen, I purchased this a few months ago and have not even taken it out of the package as of yet…so today I decided to give it a try. As you can see all I did was use Ink and my Inking tool. […]

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Make Your Own Rub-ons

DIY Nerd Academy papercrafts rub-ons Scrapbooking Tips & Tutorials tutorial

Welcome to another Tutorial Tuesday! What better way to keep warm on these cold winter days, then to play around and learn new things! Today’s tutorial is all about how to make your own rub ons. First, here’s a peak at my finished layout: On this layout, I made my own rub on for the […]

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Day Five – Love is in the Air

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Day Five’s project comes to you from Nerd Girl Monique.

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Quick Flower Tutorial

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Hey Nerds!  Monique here!! with a super quick circle flower tutorial!! They take no time to make and are super cute when coordinated with your projects. As you can see all you need for this one is minimum material: Glue Scissors Felt/paper/or whatever material     Have Fun!!

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Celebrate the Season – day 3 with DIY Christmas

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Hi friends, Joy here today sharing a few DIY Christmas projects. I had a happy scrappy week & I’m totally into Christmas now working on these projects.  I’m a list maker so I always have little books and pads of paper around so I decided to pretty up one for the holidays. Simple. I could not […]

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