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 […]
Introducing Mari Lee Clarke We are thrilled to have Mari Clarke join the Scrapbook Nerd Creative Team. Mari is a very busy lady, wearing many hats. By day she is a high school teacher and counsellor, which keeps her very busy when school is in. During her free time, Mari is a lover of […]
Hey there nerds! As I sit here writing this blog post it was anything but fall-like outside here today, temperatures were in the 30’s in Ontario. Hot enough to kick on the A/C unit at my house and extend flipflop season a little longer. Today’s art journal page is all about my mum. Fall was […]
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, […]
We are so excited to announce that we have a new Design Team that will be sharing their amazing talent and creativity with us. Each of these ladies have amazed us with their projects. We are looking forward to being inspired by each of these ladies and know that you are in for a real treat. Join […]
Hello there! Nathalie, with you today, bringing you a bit of inspiration using the newly released “X to my O” cut file. This new file was designed by the Cut Shoppe exclusively for Scrapbook Nerd, and you can find it in the store for free. I played a bit with the original design, and […]
Hi there! Nathalie with you today -it has been a while since my last post!-, bringing you some inspiration using the “All Angles” cut file. This new cut file was designed by Ashley Horton from the Cut Shoppe exclusively for Scrapbook Nerd, and it is now available for free at the store. […]
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 […]
Hey there friends, I have really been enjoying Distress Oxide Inks and I decided to work with them in my art journal. I used the inks directly on the pages of my art journal, pulling them down the page from top to bottom. After adding the oxide ink, I held my journal on end and sprayed […]
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 […]
Hey there crafty friends, Welcome back to the SN blog, after a bit of a break Sunday card share is back. For today’s card, I chose to go with an easy technique for getting a watercolour look using Distress Oxide Inks and a pack of Amy Tangerine – Oh Happy Life – Watercolour Resist Cards I’ve had sitting in my […]
Hey there crafty friends, Welcome back to another card share, today it’s all about Distress Oxide Inks. These inks are so easy to blend and I’ve tried the oxide inks on several different kinds of paper. In fact, the panel on this card was made with a cheap index card and it looks great. Because […]
Hello All! I hope that you have enjoyed a lovely week. This week, I have share a variety of different collections in my layouts. Most of these were created at the Scrapbook Nerd iNSD event earlier this month. Turkey: profiling the first time my husband tried turkey hunting last month, I used papers and […]
Hello crafty friends, Last week in our mixed media post I shared how I decorated my new junque journal cover. This week I’m sharing the first page in this journal. As you can see I used a lot of the same colours, they’re some of my favourites from the Dina Wakley heavy bodied paints and I even used […]
Happy Sunday! Today’s share is all about foiling mixed with some product information. If you’ve followed us for a while, you’ll know the Nerds love Deco Foil. Thermoweb released a new product call Transfer Gel and it recently hit our shelves and my crafting desk, I’ve created a video and a few cards to […]
Hello Crafty Friends, Can you believe we are at the end of my reveal week?!!. This month’s projects were all inspired by the saying, ” April Showers bring May’s Flowers”, and boy! did I use flowers for all of this week’s projects. Let me show you what i was inspired to create: […]
Hello Crafty Friends! I hope you all are doing well, and enjoying the beautiful colors that are popping here and there after all those April showers (even though our part of Canada has been hit with lots of rain in May, also!). This month I wanted to show you how versatile cut files can be, […]
Hi ya! I’m starting a new art journal and I actually decorated the cover for once. Most of my journal covers are still blank with some messy paint splatter on them. This Journal is the new Vicki Boutin Junque Journal and I’m excited to start using it. I created a quick time-lapse video to share the process, I […]
Hi there, Joy here with you today for our card share. Today’s card really focuses on the beautiful Mandala stamp from Studio Katia. I love to colour the Mandala, the look changes every time and I’ve used several different mediums. The card today is a gate fold card, it’s been a long time since I made […]
I’m so happy that spring is here finally, despite the rainy days. With spring, I have been enjoying using collections with lovely spring colours and icons. Hazelwood by OneCanoeTwo fits the bill and even after using it on many layouts, I still had a lot of papers and embellishments to work with. I hadn’t done […]
Hello nerds, Joy here today with a home decor project that is a great gift idea or a project to keep for yourself. Making your own quote board or sign at home can be easy to do with stencils. You can buy a stencil or cut your own with a digital die cutting machine, for […]
Hello crafty friends, Today’s share has a lot of stamping using just one stamp set. The SK Brush Strokes stamp set is very versatile and it’s a great basic stamp set. I started by stamping the brush strokes on a cream background and I used second generation stamping to get a lighter version of each of […]
Hello everyone! Spring is in full swing!, and i was inspired in the change of season (colors are starting to show, flowers are blooming, weather is warming up, and no more boots! -at least in my part of Canada-) to create colorful projects for my reveal week, this month. Here is a review of what […]
Hello there! It finally looks like we have passed our Winter season! Trees are starting to bloom, and soon everything will be once again full of light and color. In fact this month’s reveals are inspired by color, and for this week’s tutorial, I want to invite you to discover Distress Oxides, This new […]
Welcome back to the SN blog, today I’m sharing a 6″ x 6″ canvas project. This project is grungy and really textured, I hope you can see that in the photos. I started this off with some plain tissue paper, crumpled it up into a ball then used matte medium to adhere it to the […]
Hello crafty friends, Shaker cards are a fun way to create an interactive element for the recipient of your handmade card creations. Today’s share is a simple shaker with a pattern paper background. The shaker element was created using the Studio Katia Stitched Nested Squares die, white cardstock and double-foam tape. Studio Katia sequins & seed […]
Stencils are my scrapbooking weakness, I just cannot resist them. So rather than fight it, I look for ways to use my stencils to justify my collection, and I have stumbled on yet another medium in which to use! Gelatos! and the best part this is so easy. Items needed: Crafting mat, Gelatos, sponge, […]
Hello Scrapbook Nerd friends, I hope you had a nice Easter long weekend, I had a fun day with my family out in Port Elgin. I’m already looking forward to the leftovers and turkey sandwiches. The mixed media share today is a 6×6 canvas board. This canvas project has 3 layers; it starts with […]
Hello everyone. I hope you’ve all had a great week where you were able to find some time to get into your crafty zone and get creative. I have, and it’s felt good. This week I’ve been playing with the fabulous One Canoe Two Hazelwood collection. This is a new collaboration between One Canoe Two […]
