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What Is The Best Glue For Scrapbooking? Glues and adhesives are essential items for anyone’s scrapbooking kit. If you are an avid scrapbooker, you will want to know what the best glue for scrapbooking is. I can’t tell you exactly what the best glue overall is, because there are so many craft glues available and … Read more
When I was a child I used to love watching my gran knitting coat hanger covers, but could never understand why she went to all the trouble. Now that I am a grown-up, I am always on the lookout for easy knitted coat hanger patterns to cover all my boring wooden hangers and I have … Read more
If you are wondering how to make a mini booklet, read on. I use mini booklets a lot for my scrapbooking projects. The main reason that I learnt how to make a mini booklet was that I often have many photos of one event, and needed or wanted a way to put them all into … Read more
If you are a knitter, you have probably heard of Caron Critters, and have maybe even tried a project or two. Did you know that you can purchase Caron Critters online, and often at a fraction of the cost that you would pay in a conventional store? The beauty of shopping online is that the … Read more
You can do an internet search on alcohol ink art and find millions of ways to use alcohol inks as well as lots of useful tips that accomplished artists’ have put together. My goal here is to hopefully pass along some practical tips and hopefully get you good quality alcohol inks to start off with. … Read more
In this post, I would like to discuss some ideas on how to age paper. This is especially if you have old photo’s you want to scrapbook, or even if you want to give your layout or artwork an antique look. What Is Aged Paper? If you want the paper you are using for a … Read more
If you want to define heliograph or know what is heliographics, it is the art of creating your own unique patterned paper for your scrapbook layouts or paper for any other use you may find. Heliograph technique can sometimes be confused by some for Alcohol Inking, but this is a totally separate art form. If … Read more
Using scrapbook buttons or any buttons in your scrapbooking layouts is a great and cost-effective way to add character and interest to your scrapbooking layouts or artwork. Scrapbook buttons make wonderful embellishments and accents, and they are often miniature and decorative works of art in themselves. Buttons are available in endless types and variations to … Read more
Metallic rub ons tend to remind me of eyeshadow because they can be used to add shimmer and shine and even age to you or your artwork and scrapbooking projects. Here are a few magical ways in which you can use these pots of magic. What Are Metallic Rub Ons? There are quite a few … Read more
Giant knitting is the latest trend to come out with knitting. Giant knitting is once again bringing knitting back into popularity. No longer is knitting considered a hobby for women of rocking chair age, as knitting over the past decade is experiencing a rejuvenation. Knit chicks and knit-nerds are taking over and they’re not knitting … Read more