I love all the fun tassels I see around these days I bought a few for my planner and bag. I decided to give making them a try since they didn’t look that hard. To start you need embroidery floss, yarn or twine, scissors and that’s it! It’s really easy if you start with embroidery […]
I love flowers…in the garden…in my house and especially on my layouts!! This month I thought I would share how I make all of those flowers for my projects. As most of you know…I LOVE my dies!! I’m gonna share why…I can match my flowers to whatever colours or papers I am creating with so […]
Have you ever lost a day? I did….all day yesterday was Monday for me..I really thought it was Monday. Could this mean I need a vacation? Oh I think so!!! So that being said, I am a day late at posting my tutorial, I am so lost this week…LOL Well, I decided to make a […]
Hi all, Fleur with you today to show you how to make a super cute and quick mini album using chipboard frames. Here is the finished album. To make this album I used my Iphone photos and printed them at about 4×4 size then trimmed them to fit into the frames. I kept it pretty […]
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 […]
Welcome to another Tutorial Tuesday with Scrapbook Nerd. This week I’m going to show you how I made this mini album using a light switch plate cover – that’s right, a switch plate cover from the hardware store. What I love about using the switch plate covers for the cover of the mini album is […]
Hello crafty friends, Welcome back for another installment of Nerd Academy. Today I’m sharing a few ideas for crafting with Washi Tape. If you are not familiar with washi tape the easiest way for me to describe it to you is to say it’s very similar to low tack masking tape. It’s easy to work […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Good morning Nerds! Today I am sharing a how to on creating a super cute and super easy waterfall album made from paper bags!! Yep! They aren’t just for lunches anymore!! As soon as I saw the kit from carta bella in my pizza box I knew I was making a mini album with it! I […]
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!!
With planners all the rage (I have one being shipped as we speak) I have seen some cute embellished paper clips and other embellishments for them and thought I could make my own. I made several different kinds but this tutorial (includes a video) shows how I make the clips using die cuts. First gather […]
Hi there, it’s Joy here, today I would like to share with you a few simple techniques to help you create your own 3×4 journaling & filler cards for pocket style scrapbooking or for your more traditional layouts. for the projects today Simple Stories Sn@p! Dog bits & pieces, 3×4 cards, stickers and washi […]
It’s Tuesday, once again, and time for another Tutorial Tuesday here at the Scrapbook Nerd Academy. The Scrapbook Nerd Design Team has been playing with the Simple Stories Sn@p Sets all month. This week, I’m sharing what I’ve created using the Simple Stories Sn@p Travel Set. I have a lot of travel photos and I’m […]
Good Morning Nerds! I’m Kim and this is my first blog post over at Scrapbook Nerds. I’m super stoked to share a cute little project tutorial with y’all! I don’t know about you but I love corrugated cardboard! You can paint it, punch it out, even use it as a stamp…its so yummy to play […]
Hello everyone! Monique here with my first tutorial for all you Scrapbook Nerds Here are a few products I brought to work with me to work on my card: -Pattern paper is Echo Park – All About a Boy (yo yo paper) & EP Birthday Boy (stars) – Dear Lizzy – Puffy Hearts […]
Hi all, Fleur here today with a fun tutorial on how to make a quick dry erase memo board. To start off you will need a frame with glass in it – you can use any size, I used a 4×6 glass frame from Ikea. You will also need some 3×4 journaling cards, letter stickers and small photo. […]
Hey Nerds! I hope you’re all ready for Christmas!! I just have a few more things to do and then it’s smooth sailing! Except for my oldest’s birthday on December 23rd! It’s always a little hairy having a birthday 2 days before Christmas, but we always have a great time!! But I digress! I wanted […]
Hey everyone, Michelle here today with a mini album tutorial. If you’re like me, you’ve accumulated a lot of 3×4 cards in your stash. I never know what to do with all these leftover cards until I came across a mini album on Pinterest made with 3×4 cards and plastic photo id holders. I thought […]
These ribbon spool ornaments are one of my favorite to make – I usually add them to the top of the present. They recycle which is great and they are fast and easy which is even better. Even the kids could help make these. Here is a quick tutorial on how to make them. You […]
Faux Chalkboard DIY with Joy (Supplies are listed at the bottom of this post) Hello friends, Today I am showing how I crate a Faux chalkboard look with a few simple supplies. The application is the same for each of my projects, super simple! Pigment inks like this one take longer to dry on […]
Hey everyone, Michelle here today with a fun tutorial on making a paper pumpkin. I saw this idea on Pinterest and I just had to try it out. It was pretty easy to make and turned out super cute! The first thing you need to do is to cut out strips of paper with cardstock […]
Hi all – Fleur here today to share with you one of my most favorite (yet really easy to make) gifts. With Christmas coming up these make great little neighbour or teacher gifts and they only take a few minutes to put together. First up get some plain glass candle holders – these are from […]
Hey Hey My fellow Nerds!!! It’s Sarah here and I ALMOST forgot to post my tutorial today!! It’s 11:55pm here right now, so I’m technically still getting this out on Tuesday!! HA! I do apologize for my tardiness! This will be worth the wait I promise!! I wanted to share with you how I made […]
Welcome to another week of the Scrapbook Nerd Academy. This week I’m going to share with you how I created a stitched border. The first step, of course, is gathering your supplies. For my layout I used the Jillibean Cool as a Cucumber collection. My background is Kraft Cardstock. For my title I used Jillibean […]
Hey everyone, Michelle here today with a little tutorial using some layering and stitching techniques. I’m using the Teresa Collins Life Emporium collection today. One of my favorite collections this year! First I started with a triangle punch (love my triangles) After I punched out some triangles (I used 5), I put the corner of […]
Today I am going to share with you how to make a fun layered background for your cards. After doing several layouts using my heart punch I had lots of pieces of paper left over that has the heart shape punched out of them and I didn’t want to just throw them out. I decided to […]
Hello everyone, It’s Joy here this week for an installment of Scrapbook Nerd Academy. I love to use my scrappy supplies to make cards. This week I challenged myself to limit my supplies and not use any stamps. Let’s get to it, I’ll show you how. For this card I started by […]
Hello there, my lovely Nerds! I wanted to share a super fun tutorial with you using Hero Arts Daubers. They are my new BFF! I LOVE the fun things you can do with them! For this technique, you just need some daubers and either a craft mat or an acrylic block. I like the […]
