SN Blog — Tips & Tutorials

Foiling with the Deco Foil Transfer Gel

April 11, 2017 Deco Foil Transfer Gel foiling general Hazelwood Collection Inspiration Nerd Academy Scrapbooking Tips & Tutorials

Hello everyone. It’s another Tuesday, and time for another tutorial. We have just received a large order from Therm-o-Web with new Deco Foil products. I’ve been anxiously waiting for this order to come so I could get my hands on the new Deco Foil Transfer Gel. This transfer gel allows you to create beautiful projects […]

Pocket Card Layout

March 28, 2017 Crate Paper Design Team projects Nerd Academy Scrapbooking Tips & Tutorials

Working with Crate Paper – Cute Girl I have noticed that more and more Collections are including 1 or 2 plus, pages of pocket cards. When I am working with a group of photo’s I will often make layouts with my favourite photo’s and add a pocket page or 2 of additional photo’s and it […]

Focus on Long Titles

March 21, 2017 Dear Lizzy Lovely Day collection general Heidi Swapp Color Shine Inspiration Photo Play Rhapsody collection Pink Fresh Studio Felicity collection Scrapbooking Tips & Tutorials

Hello Nerds! I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get stumped by trying to come up with a title for my layout. And yet, for me, it is important to have a title on each of my layouts because I find that when I share them with people, most look only at the photos […]

Nathalie’s March Friday Recap

March 17, 2017 Cut files Design Team projects Dream On collection Fancy Pants Free cut files general hand stitching Inspiration Joy Parade collection Mixed Media Nathalie DeSousa Nerd Academy New products Oh My Heart collection Paige Evans Pink Paislee Pinkfresh Studio Scrapbooking shaker element Silhouette Take Me Away collection The Cut Shoppe Tips & Tutorials

Hello there friends! Can you believe that Spring is just around the corner? But it seems winter just does not want to leave us yet! I think we are ready for a new season, so all my good thoughts and vibes were channeled to this month’s projects, and my biggest source of inspiration […]

Silhouette Savvy Series : Combining Cut Files

March 14, 2017 combining cut files Design Team projects Free cut files general HO HO Holidays cut file Inspiration Nathalie DeSousa Nerd Academy New products Oh My Heart collection Scrapbooking silhouette Savvy Series Tips & Tutorials tutorial

Hello there! I hope that you all are keeping safe from the snow, and hopefully ready to welcome Spring (let’s hope it arrives soon!!!) It is time for a new entry for the Silhouette Savvy Series. This time I wanted to refresh a past tutorial, and maybe give you a new way to create a […]

Tuesday Tutorial – Combining techniques with cut files

March 07, 2017 background cut file Design Team projects free cut file Free cut files general Inspiration Mixed Media Nathalie DeSousa Nerd Academy New products Scrapbooking Spring Things cut file stitching The Cut Shoppe Tips & Tutorials What's new in store

Hello there, I hope you all are getting ready for the upcoming Spring season. There are so many beautiful paper collections arriving at the Scrapbook Nerd store. In addition, the Nerds are offering a new beautiful cut file, designed exclusively by Ashley Horton from the Cut Shoppe, for free. Just hop to […]

Tuesday Tutorial – A Quick and Easy Layout

February 28, 2017 Amy Tangerine Oh Happy Life collection general Inspiration Nerd Academy Tips & Tutorials

Hello all you Nerds! Welcome back to another Tutorial Tuesday on Scrapbook Nerd. This week I’ve been playing around with Amy Tangerine Oh Happy Life patterned papers, and some various embellishments from the Scrapbook Nerd Store. For this tutorial I decided to pull out my Heidi Swapp Screen Inks, as well. For my tutorial, I’m […]

Nathalie’s Friday Share

February 17, 2017 American Crafts Crate Paper Design Team projects general Hazelwood Collection Heart Day collection Inspiration layouts Love and Adore Nathalie DeSousa Nerd Academy New products Pinkfresh Life Noted collection scrapbook Scrapbooking Simple Stories Simple Stories Winter Wonderland collection The Mix 1 collection Tips & Tutorials What's new in store

Hello there! I hope you all have enjoyed a LOVE filled week. This month i was lucky to have different collections to play with, but i think that overall the theme for this month’s reveal was love and simplicity. So let me give you a quick run-through all the projects: XOXO […]

Paper Rosettes for Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2017 Crate Paper Design Team projects general Heart Day collection Inspiration Inspsired Nerd Love and Adore Collection Nathalie DeSousa Nerd Academy paper rosettes scrapbook layout Scrapbooking Simple Stories Tips & Tutorials Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine’s Day to you all! We hope that you all spent time with your loved ones today Since today is all about love, i set to create a project using paper rosettes. I was inspired by the embellishments from Crate Paper’s Heart Day collection, to use rosettes in a layout. So […]

Stitching Card Pattern on a Tag

February 07, 2017 general hand stitching Nerd Academy Photoplay Cooper & Friends collection Tips & Tutorials

Photo Play – Cooper & Friends Collection I enjoyed pulling out my silly dog photo’s and using the Cooper & Friends collection to document some of Nevada’s antic’s. Our little furry girl is a big part of our family and she has her share of photo’s to be scrapbooked! These papers are the perfect addition […]

Mixed Media on Monday

February 06, 2017 art journaling Dina Wakley paints Inspiration Mixed Media Mixed Media on Monday stencils Tips & Tutorials Videos

Welcome back everyone, I’ve been art journaling for a few years now and I still feel like I’m finding my style. Some pages are full of texture and colour, others have more white space and I only use paint. Our art journals can be anything we want them to be and that means anything goes. […]

Mixed Media on Monday

January 30, 2017 art journaling Dina Wakley paints general Inspiration Mixed Media Mixed Media on Monday stencils Tips & Tutorials

Hello all, It’s time for some more mixed media inspiration and as promised I am using the papers I made in the MMM post two weeks ago. If you want to check out that post you can click right here. I get so much enjoyment out of creating art journal pages, it’s so relaxing and I […]

Mixed Media on Monday

January 16, 2017 Dina Wakley paints make your own background paper Mixed Media Mixed Media on Monday The Crafter's Workshop stencils Tips & Tutorials

Welcome friends, I wanted to share the process of making some background papers with you this week. I’m going to use & share the projects I create with these homemade papers upcoming posts. Making your own backgrounds can work for a lot of your projects including, collage, cardmaking and scrapbook layouts. I started with some […]

Nathalie’s Friday Recap

January 13, 2017 Cut files Design Team projects Free cut files hand stitching Inspiration Inspsired Nerd Moonstruck Collection Nathalie DeSousa Nerd Academy Pink Paislee Product Information Simple Stories Life in Colour collection Simple Stories Whatever collection Take Me Away collection Tips & Tutorials watecolor

Hello there! First of all let me wish you all a Happy New Year! May 2017 be filled with love, happiness, health, and lots of crafty time! For this month’s projects, I chose to work with different techniques, media, and collections. All the pretty patterned papers, and cut files are what inspired […]

Tuesday Tutorial – Stacking for Dimension

January 03, 2017 Create Paper Boys Rule collection general Nerd Academy Tips & Tutorials

Hello everyone! Welcome to 2017 and our first Scrapbook Nerd Academy of this brand new year! We are hoping that this year brings you lots of creative inspiration and lots of time to play. We also hope that our Tuesday Tutorials can play a part in inspiring you to get creative! During some of my […]