Fabric Rose Tutorial

Cut 12" long and 3" wide piece of fabric...



Fold in half long ways and sew 1/4"from edge...



Pull up bobbin side of threads to gather...



Punch a 1 1/2" circle of paper and add pop dots...



Wrap the fabric around starting from the outside and tucking the raw edges
under to hide them as you go...



The finished look...

Happy National Scrapbook Day!!

Today, I am SO honored to share some readers' and contributors' favorite projects! Get ready for some great inspiration!! I hope you have time to be creative today ;) First I am featuring readers' favorite projects!

Here are links to the blogs of the readers that I am featuring, so make sure you check out their blog:

Shelby's Blog
Monica's Blog
Alison's Blog
Sara's Blog
Cheryl's Blog
Tanya's Blog

First up is Shelby! She created this beautiful layout call "Swing." Didn't this page turn out super cute, I am so inspired! Here is what Shelby had to say about it: "Look for different ways to use patterned paper. Use small patterns for suns, clouds etc to add a whimsical feel to your pages. " (You can visit her fun blog here)




Next up is a really cool 2 page layout by Monica! I love how sporty and fun this layout, "Roll With It", is!! This is what Monica had to say about her page: "When choosing colors for a page don’t forget to look to a color wheel. Complementary colors, opposites on the wheel, are very striking but a little goes a long way. Try using split complementary colors. Instead of using the color directly across the color wheel use the colors on either side. This creates a pleasing combination without the stark contrast of a complementary color scheme." (Don't forget to check out Monica's blog here)



Next up is a super cute page called "Joy" by Alison! I love how well she scrapped this perfect dancing moment. Alison had this to say about how she made this page: "I had printed off 3 of the pictures of Paige dancing to use for my January Project 12 layout but they didn't work there. Then the Sketchy Thursday sketch that I've attached got posted. I knew it was the perfect sketch for my pictures but that I also needed a couple more. Luckily I had lots more on my hard drive as I'd just bought a new camera and had gone to town at her ballet class!! I wanted the layout to be girly and very pink (it's her favourite colour and her ballet outfit sort of lent itself to a pink scheme) so I dug into my ever increasing stash of pink papers (with 3 girls it's hard to buy anything BUT pink!) and found the pink and brown butterfly ones from S.E.I. The basic layout came together very quickly after that! Oddly enough the buttons took me a long time to "get right". I played with a variety of combinations of colours, sizes and arrangement before settling on what you see. Silly that something as simple as buttons should be so hard! And then I added my journaling card (which was not in the sketch) by tucking it behind one of my pictures with a little ribbon pull." (You can learn more about Alison on her blog here)



Our next fabulous page, called "Believe in Yourself," is by Sara! This is really a neat hockey page! I am loving the design with all the stars on it to go with the theme! Here is what Sara had to say about her page: "I wanted to enter this page of my husband playing hockey. I love these pictures of him and I wanted to make a great 'man' layout (you know nothing to frilly or pretty) to showcase them." (Check out Sara's blog here)




Our next project is by Cheryl! She used a super cool mosaic technique on this card. I love how it turned out!! Cheryl explains how she created the look: "Here is my latest mosaic card with the little giraffe freebie from meljens designs. The technique I used was very simple, assemble your too small scraps to make a mosaic design. Spray white card stock with Craft bond, attach assorted pieces, finish with a thin layer of matte Mod Podge. When dry use card stock as base for a card or scrapbooking page!" (Don't forget to visit her blog for more ideas here)




I am sharing a couple pages from a scrapbooker named Tanya! She sent a few pages and I knew I wanted to feature a couple of them! They are both super duper cute! This is what Tanya had to say about the first one: "A story of one day! She can make so many different funny faces." (You can see more fabulous project on her blog here)


On this next adorable page, Tanya said this about her page: "So sad and thoughtful look! In such moments I just want to kiss her to make her smile a me =)"





Now it's time to highlight some contributors' favorite pages!

Susan is up first! She chose this gorgeous page as her favorite and I can see why!! This is what Susan had to say about her page: "This layout is definitely one of my favorites. It’s a photo of my grandson during a rare quiet moment. The design for this layout was a total lift of a framed piece I saw in one of the banks where I was working. Each layer of the “frame” on my layout is on pop-dots to give it dimension. It’s a very simple layout, but to me, it places the emphasis completely on Adam…and that was what I was trying to do."




Nancy created the next beautiful page. Look at the detailing work on her page, wow! Nancy had this to say about her layout: "Don't limit yourself to just paper when you scrapbook. Sometimes bits of fabric scraps and lace can come together to build the perfect background."



Lydia created this next fun page! I love that cute photo along with the playful colors. This is so fun!! Lydia had this to say about her page: "To set the title and theme to this lo I used our last name "SIEGEL" to help me prep for this lo."



This next page is by Cathy! Look at how fun and festive her page is! The perfect Disney page and I love that bling swirlie! This is what Cathy had to say about her layout: "One of our favorite activities when we visit Disney is searching for "hidden Mickeys". So to record this, I always hide Mickeys on all of my Disney pages. This particular page has 4 hidden Mickeys. The Mickeys on the t-shirts don't count! LOL"




Delaina is up next with a fabulously stitched page! I love how well this captures the feeling of being there on the train tracks! Delaina said this about her page: "I made the trac stitching by using 2 different size plates and tracing around them...then just linked them together with stitching randomly to mimic a RR Trac."

(Out for Publication)

Here is a fabulous favorite page of Heather! She did such a neat job of combining colors and matting in on black! This really pops. That picture is super cute as well ;)



I hope you are as inspired as I am with these favorite pages!!

Designer Showcase: Projects With Die Cuts!

There are so many different types of die cuts available now. You can buy die cut shapes, die cut machines, and die cut shaped paper. I love anything die cut so I am sharing the various types on projects by the contributors!

The first page is by Nancy! She used a just a bit of die cut paper and inked to go with the rest of her page. This is such a cool effect! Check out her page!



Cathy made this beautiful page using pre-made die cut shapes and she also cut a few using a Spellbinders die cut machine. This turned out so neat!



Delaina made this next page using die cut paper. She cut it in half and then put both pieces on the ends. What a cool idea!!


Heather used Sure Cuts A Lot to create this beautiful page. She die cut the title and flowers! It turned out just perfect!


Dolores made this next page. She cut swirlies from a die cut machine and added them to her page. It is such nice accent to add to the page!


Susan also used die cut swirlies to create her page. I love how it adds an element of water splashing! So cool!



This last page is by Cindy! She used die cut paper and it turned out so cute! I love all of the arrows and cars on this page, what a great design! ;)


I hope you are inspired to create a page with die cuts. Do you want to share your die cut page with readers? Send me an email at scrappingpam73@yahoo.com and I will feature your page!

A little Fabric Flower Tutorial

(We are looking for pages to feature on the blog for National Scrapbook Day, click here for more info)

Delaina here with a little fabric flower for your projects. Hope you will give this one a try. Enjoy!



Rosette Flower Instructions...

Cut 2, 3 1/2" to 4" Circles of Fabric...



Place the circles face to face and sew 1/4" from the edge leaving a small hole for turning right side out...



Turn right side out and stitch or glue the opening closed...



Pinch up center of top layer of fabfrc and tie in a bunch or you could use a small rubber band...



Flatten with a button by sewing it on through the layers of fabric...

Designer Showcase: Multi-photo Pages

Today I am sharing some fabulous multi-photo pages with you from the contributors. I really enjoy making layouts with more than photo and if you are looking for some ideas, check below!!

Cathy made this fabulous page! She included three photos and a really cool ray design to her page! I love the design, I so want to try this now!!


This next page is by also by Cathy! It is a two-page layout and features another inspirational design! I LOVE how she used clothes pins to hold up the photos!!


The next page is by Cindy! I love how she put all of the photo around the circle like a game piece! Such a great page!



Delaina made this next page. I am loving how vivid her page is and yet the photo are still the main focal point! What a great page design!


Here is another page by Delaina. She put the photos on the outside of her page!



This next page is Heather. She did such a great job with the grid design and I love how well the photos fit in this page.



Susan made this page with the film strips! What a neat way to include so many photos and doesn't look crowded! Loving this design!


Lastly is a page by Nancy. She used a cool grid design and fit the photos in randomly on the page. I love the paper she used along with the photos, it really makes them pop.


I hope you inspired to create some pages! If you want to be featured on the blog with a multi-photo page, just send me an email at scrappingpam73@yahoo.com with your page and I will feature you!

What are your crafting "must have" items?

Today is “tax” day in the US. Perhaps you are getting a refund. Looking for something special to spend that on? I thought this would be a good day to look at ways to splurge on something new for your crafty collection. There are so many wonderful products on the market, while we’d love to show you ALL of them here, we just don’t have that much space! So to narrow it down, I “Asked the Artists”. Here are the go-to, must have items for some of the Contributing Artists here at Ideas For Scrapbookers.

Pam: “My go to tools are the border punches (esp. the scallop ones) that are all the rage right now. I could use those on every single page!”




Susan & Lydia: “For me it’s my Fiskars 12 inch Portable Paper Trimmer.”



Dolores: “My favorite tool is a digital craft cutter since I use one of the two I have on almost every layout. I am so busy, it just saves lots of time and I love the ability to create custom shapes that are all my own.”




Cindy: “My go-to item is my file for sure. My edges are always rougher than I prefer and I file every time I scrap in order to smooth them out.”


Delaina: “My go to for sure always is my Paper PIERCER....can't hardly scrap without it.”



Heather: “My favorite scrapbooking tool is my Purple Cows 2 in 1 combo trimmer. Since I'm such a linear scrapper, I have to have straight lines! This trimmer is the only one I've found that cuts perfectly straight.”



Cathy: “I rely on my magnetic precision mat. I use the straight edge ruler to help line things up. I typically only get a few minutes here or there to scrap, so I love that the little magnets can hold my project-in-progress the way it is without having to apply adhesives. Then when I get time to come back to it, I can pick up right from where I left off.”



Sarah: “my go to item -- It's not necessarily a tool, but it's my MUST HAVE item. I can't live without patterned paper! With just patterned paper alone, a project can go a LONG way. I can use it for the base of a layout or create my own embellishment. The possibilities are endless.”