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 […]
Welcome to the blog today! It’s Mari here and I have a fun project to share with you that makes a great gift idea! I created this card with the My Favorite Things Gift Card Pouch and Die-Namics Gift Card Window. I started by die cutting the window for the gift card from a piece […]
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 […]
It’s a gloomy day here in southern Ontario. I love rainy days as long as I can snuggle up indoors and do some crafting. For this week’s Sunday Sketch I’ve got a 3 photo sketch featuring 2 – 3×4 photos staggered along the right side. The photos are complemented by strips of patterned paper stacked […]
HI there! It is Summer!!! yay!!! finally warmer and longer days are here, kids are finishing school, and many have already left for their cottages and vacations, I think after our long winter we were more than ready to start Summer. Thankfully this was the inspiration for this week’s projects for our DT, […]
Hi there! It is that time of the year when flip flops and sandals become our best friends, and the sun shines longer during the day. YES! Summer is here, and with that comes lots of new adventures and moments to document. So it is fitting that this week’s theme for the DT is “Summer […]
This week’s sketch features a large 5×7 photo complemented by 3 small 2×2 photos in the lower left corner. I find this is a great way to feature a large photo while adding in a couple of smaller ones to show the details. The large photo could even be a collage if you had many […]
Happy Friday and Welcome to the Blog! This week the creative team at Scrapbook Nerd has been busy having fun with our Crate Paper products! Crate Paper continutes to be a favorite among the team. There is just so much to love about Crate!! Our first layout is by team member Gisele! This layout is […]
Welcome back to the blog today! Today my post will focus on documenting travel photos. To start my project, I printed a map from the internet of a route we took for a vacation a few years back to Waterton Park in Alberta. Then I took some embroidery thread and did a back stitch along […]
Hello scrappy Nerds, it’s Gisele again with this week’s design team projects. We have some wonderful LOs for you as well as a sketch. Let’s dive right in shall we? First up is our sketch designer, Milena I like that you could use this sketch as a 12×12 but also in an 81/2 x 11. […]
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 […]
***My apologies. This is a day late. I just realized it didn’t publish when I thought it would. Consider it a Sunday Sketch for a Monday!!*** Another Sunday means time for another sketch. This week’s sketch features room for 4 – 2×3 photos framed by embellishment clusters. The sketch leaves a bit of room for […]
Hello Nerds! Another week has come to an end, and the Nerd Girls have been showing projects all this week inspired on the “Strawberry Social” theme. Let’s have a look at what they have been sharing on social media, and in the Scrapbook Nerd Frinds and Fans Facebook page. First up is Gisele […]
Hello everyone! Hope you are all enjoying this new week! It is time for a new tutorial, and this time i wanted to show a way to rework those layouts we some-and/or-many times we end up not loving after they are completely finished. This is the original layout i had created for this tutorial, i […]
It’s Mother’s Day today here in Canada and I have another Sketch for you. I hope you manage to carve out some time to do some creating. I’d love to see what you do with the sketch so please do post what you create in the FB group. (You can find an archive of all […]
Welcome to the blog today! The Creative Team has been busy creating some beautiful projects using Ranger Distress Oxide Inks. These inks have so many possibilities and these projects make that so evident! The first project is by Nathalie! Nathalie created her own patterned paper using Distress Resist spray, a Kaisercraft stencil and Distress Oxides. […]
Hey Everyone! Welcome back to the blog today…we have lots of fun ideas to share with you this week focusing on Ranger’s Distress Oxide Inks. These inks are water-reactive dye & pigment ink fusion that create an oxidized effect when sprayed with water. They can be used with stamps, stencils, and direct to surface. This is […]
Hey scrappy nerds, Gisele again bringing you what we have been working on for you. Lots to share, so let’s get to it On my tutorial this week, I talked about the rule of 3 and the visual triangle. Just to refresh, here are a couple of examples. The visual triangle makes your eye […]
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 […]
It’s a beautiful sunny day here in S. Ontario but it’s always a great day to create a page, am I right? This week I’m bringing you a 2 photo sketch. This one uses a 4×6 and a 4×4 photo nestled in side by side on top of many layers of patterned paper – or […]
Hi there! It is time for the weekend! it is amazing how fast time passes when you are having fun!, and this week the Nerdy Girls were challenged to use florals in their projects, so let’s see what they have been up to: First up is Mari. She created this beautiful page using the […]
Hello friends! Nathalie with you today, and if you have a lot of 2x2in cut apart cards (like the ones included in so many of the latest collections), then this is a way that you can use up to create a fun background for your next project. It all started with a piece of […]
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 […]
Welcome to the first post in the new Sunday Sketches series. Be sure to check back here every other Sunday for a new sketch and some inspiration for the week ahead. We’d love to see what you create based on these sketches so please feel free to share them on the Scrapbook Nerd Friends and […]
Welcome back to the Scrapbook Nerd blog today! The creative team focused on using the gorgeous products from Pinkfresh studio on all of our projects this week. First is the layout by creative team member Nathalie. Nathalie used Pinkfresh Studio’s “The Case of the Blahs” and “The Mix 2” collections to create this page about a […]
Welcome back to the Scrapbook Nerd blog! This week the creative team is excited to be working with new releases from Pinkfresh Studio. Pinkfresh products are among my favorite products to use! The papers, embellishments and stamps/dies are so much fun! My layout today was created using the “Let Your Heart Decide” collection. I just […]
Hey scrappy nerds, Gisele here with a look at what the design team has been working on. Lots to take in, even an exclusive new cut file! So let’s jump in shall we? First up is Mari with her TN(Travellers Notebook). Mari created this TN layout in a Simple Stories insert/TN. She has used the Pink […]
Hello there! It is time for a new free cut file! YAY!!! Our friends at the Cut Shoppe have created the Pretty Petals cut file just in time for Spring. The florals in this design are fun, and so easy to combine to document your memories, at any time or season of the year. I […]
Hi There! Hope you all are ready for the weekend. This week the Scrapbook Nerd Creative Team has been rather busy sharing some inspiration with you all. So how about we see what they have been up to: Firts up is Gisele with this beautiful and colorful layout. She used Jillibean’s Shades of Colour Soup […]
