Karen @cardsbykaren created these 3 different cards using stencils, stamps and ink blending. The first card features Taylored Expressions’ “Gifted” stencil with the “Gifted Background” stamp and an assortment of colourful Distress Inks. The sentiment was stamped and die cut from Waffle Flower’s “Happy Birthday” combo set. The second card uses TE’s square “Masking Stencils” to create the background. The ice-cream and sentiment were stamped from the “Birthday Scoops” set by Concord & 9th. The third card combines the “Gifted Background” stamp, ink-blending with the square masking stencil, and a shaker element. Simon Hurley’s Lunar Paste was applied with...
Create beautiful backgrounds (and even a cut-out shape) with Distress Oxide Inks, blending brushes and a stencil.For the first piece: Karen applied three different shades of ink onto a sheet of Neenah Classic Crest cardstock creating an ombré look. For the second piece: Karen die cut a heart shape and used low tack tape to adhere it to the cardstock. She placed a stencil from Vicki Boutin on top and blended on the ink, keeping the lightest colour in the centre and the darker inks towards the edges. Next, images from Lawn Fawn’s “Charge Me Up” stamp set were stamped,...
Hi there! It is getting closer and closer to the magical days of Christmas. We are so excited to welcome the holidays and document all the memories that come with this season. Our Design Team has been busy creating projects that will inspire you. First up Mari. Mari created these Christmas Tags using the […]
Hello everyone, it’s Gisele here with a new tutorial. Are you working on a project and looking for embellishments? Well look no further than your patterned papers, Project Life type cards, cut apart cards and sometimes even the packaging!! Yup, it’s so easy, get your precision scissors and get cutting; fussy cutting. Your tool to cut is […]
Hey scrappy nerds, Gisele here with a tutorial about sketches, yup, I love them and use them all the time! I use them as my starting point and sometimes the page does not even look like the sketch, but I get pages done and that is what it’s all about! I often use Pinterest and have […]
Hey everyone, it’s Gisele again bringing you our latest design team work plus a new cut file we showcased earlier this week. We have been busy creating again and have some wonderful projects for you. Happy belated 4th of July to our neighbours to the south. We celebrated Canada day earlier this month. so now, lets […]
Hi there! We hope you had a fabulous Canada Day! ( July 1st is Canada Day, and since we are a proudly Canadian store, we hope you got to celebrate our country), and to celebrate (and because it is the beginning of the month) we are releasing a new cut file, Time To Shine. Our […]
REPEATING shapes, colours, die cuts… Hello everyone, Gisele here for a little tutorial on making your pages cohesive. Making your eye travel around the page, more visually appealing. This technique is similar to the visual triangle but goes beyond, it’s a continuity to help your card or LO. In this example, I repeated the colour orange/coral and the […]
Hello scrappy nerds, Gisele here with a little tutorial. Let’s talk washi. Do you hoard all of your washi tapes like they are gold or never buy them or not sure what to do with them?? Well I have been scouring Pinterest for ideas that might make you think twice about washi tapes. in this first […]
Hello scrappy nerds, Gisele here bringing you a tutorial: the rule of 3 and the visual triangle. Let’s start with the rule of 3. In decor and other the rule of 3 is used quite a lot. Meaning use 3 of the same thing example: 3 flowers, or usually an odd number things as embellishments. In the photo […]
Welcome back to another revealing post with projects from Gisele, Mari, and Nathalie. This week we have a super cute birthday card, a fun ‘dance’ layout, and beautiful layout with a watercolour background. First up is Mari’s super cute Birthday Chicks card. There’s nothing like some little Birthday Chicks to celebrate spring! Mari created this card using […]
Hey scrappy nerds, Gisele here to talk about tags and what to do with them. I have several to show you and I hope you read until the very end as I have a special Easter banner video made with tags. Tags are very versatile, you can use them in so many ways. I have lots examples […]
Hello there! It is March already! And we all are thinking of Spring, flowers and nicer weather. Or at least are wishing for nicer weather to come! This week our Creative team has been hard at work bringing a bit of inspiration for all of you! Let’s see what they have been […]
It’s Friday, where did the week go? This week’s creative team projects… Hello all you wonderful scrappy Nerds, it’s Gisele here to bring you this week’s all things scrappy from our creative team. We have some wonderful Valentine themed projects for you, so let’s get started. I had a tutorial earlier this week, where I made this […]
Hey scrappy Nerds, Gisele here to bring you a Valentine card tutorial and a little bonus… a small treat bag. Some of the materials used: American Crafts Thickers: Together, Rose and Sweetest. Also from Crate Paper: Main Squeeze 6×6 paper pad, stickers. I used a bow punch too, Tim Holtz ruler for measuring, Tim Holtz […]
Hi there! Nathalie with you today bringing you a bit of inspiration courtesy of the amazing Scrapbook Nerd Design team. First up is Gisele with a sweet and colorful layout about her grand-nieces. She is a master at combining colors and designs in one page. For this page, she is using Photoplay Paper’s “I […]
Today’s the day! Say hello to our newest cut file, Love Story. This month’s cut file is perfect for everyday moments and for your special valentine. This fun new FREE cut file was designed by Ashley Horton from over at The Cut Shoppe. You can download your copy by clicking on the image below. Joy created a […]
Welcome to the blog today! The creative team at Scrapbook Nerd has been busy creating some fun projects over the last week! First, we have this beautiful project by Nathalie! Nathalie created this page using the new Vicki Boutin “All the Good Things” collection. She used Prima Marketing’s Odyssey watercolor palette to create the background, and […]
Hey all you scrappy nerds, Gisele here with some scrappy goodness. This week is theme week to get you to try a mood board as inspiration. How beautiful is this board? If you have never played with a mood board, then maybe this is your cue. You use colours, or textures, or patterns… from this picture […]
Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by the Scrapbook Nerd blog today! Hopefully you are finding some normalcy in all of the holiday chaos! The Nerd Girls are still busy creating and having fun with all of our goodies from the shop. We have lots of inspiration for you this week Let’s start with this amazing […]
Hello scrappy nerds, Gisele here to show you our design team scrappy projects. We have some wonderful creations for you again this week. Starting off with my Traveler’s Notebook take instead of a December Daily using Crate Paper FALALA collection. Next up is Mari Clarke with her layout that include products from Turn the Page as well […]
This week the creative team has been having fun creating an interesting assortment of fun and cool projects. Up first we have Nathalie. Nathalie loves to document stories about her children; the focus of this layout is her son! Nathalie used papers and embellishments from the new Pinkfresh Studio’s “Boy Fort” collection which is perfect for […]
The Creative Team has been hard at work this week creating some beautiful projects to share. Gisele created this gorgeous fall page using Simple Stories Vintage papers and embellishments; American Crafts thickers, Daiquari, Simple Stories alphas (station) and a tag by 7 Gypsies (unknown: bling shapes, “IN” alphas, flair button). Nathalie created this stunning page that was inspired by the […]
Today I’m going to be working with a 4.25”w X 5.5”h Card Sketch instead of my usual 12×12 LO sketch. I really wanted to use the new Oh Hello turnabout stamp by Concord & 9th for the background area. In order to use this stamp you need a stamp positioning tool to help keep the stamp […]
Hello scrappy nerds, it’s Friday, Gisele here to give you a wrap-up of our Scrapbook Nerd week. It was Canada’s Thanksgiving here on Monday, so a short week for those working. Lots to talk about: I posted a tutorial on Tuesday about a card I designed: Endless Possibilities. Here’s the card: I used the Simple […]
We love Fall, we love cut files, and we love FREEBIES! We love them so much that we have combined all three and are providing you with a new Fall cut file designed by Ashley at The Cut Shoppe. This gorgeous new cut file will be the perfect addition to your projects this season. All […]
Milena our sketch designer has another fabulous multi-photo layout sketch to share with us. Remember you can use the sketch as is or you can turn the sketch on its side or change the photo size to suit your needs. Make sure to scroll down to see three different takes on this sketch. First up, […]
Hi there, Joy here and I’m sharing 3 cards with you for today’s card share. This week I dug into the new Pebbles collection, Girl Squad. I really like the positive messages in this collection, the cute icons, and the die-cut pack has some awesome pieces for both scrapbooker and cardmakers. My first card is […]
Hey there everyone, I’m happy to be back sharing another card with you today and as you can probably tell, I’ve been working with Distress Oxide Inks again. I just really like making my own coloured backgrounds. The colour combination I used for this card is Broken China, Iced Spruce, and Faded Jeans and I thought […]
Hello crafty friends, I can’t seem to resist the Doodlebug Designs Doodle-Pops stickers, I snag them as soon as they arrive in the shop. They’re so cute, the price is great, and they are so darn cute! DId I say that already? I created a set of cards for today using 2 Doodle-Pops from the […]
