Category Archives: Inspiration Station

Inspiration Station: Creating Felt Embellishments

Love You Layout by Jen Gallacher for the Weekly Scrapper blog hosted by the Scrapbook Expo

For this week’s Inspiration Station, I wanted to create some felt embellishments inspired by the felt flowers you can see on this completed layout: The flowers I used on my project were stickers I found in my scrapbooking stash, but I loved them so much that I wanted to use them as inspiration for building […]

 

Inspiration Station: Reason to Celebrate Layout Process Video

A Reason to Celebrate Layout by Jen Gallacher for the Weekly Scrapper blog hosted by the Scrapbook Expo

  Welcome back to another “Inspiration Station!” This week I’m sharing a scrapbooking process video with you. A scrapbooking process video shows you how to create a layout start-to-finish. This particular layout features three different stamping techniques. Here’s a look at the layout we’ll be creating: You can watch the video HERE on our Youtube […]

Always Painted Embroidery Hoop Frame

When I was young I had an extreme passion for embroidery and cross stitching. Since that time my love for crafts has moved from sewing to paper crafting, but I still have many of my sewing tools from former days. As I thought about what home décor project I wanted to share with you today, I […]

Inspiration Station: Decorative Tape Life is Better Card

I am always looking for creative layers for my cards. Sometimes that means stamping. Sometimes that means patterned paper. But today I wanted to use a supply that I have a great deal of, and that is decorative tape (also known as Washi Tape). This versatile embellishment can be used for many things, but for […]

Inspiration Station: Everyday Life Layout

Welcome back to Inspiration Station! For this layout I wanted to incorporate several stamps that I love. One technique that is especially fun when stamping is to stamp on punched or die cut shapes. One particular technique I’d like to share with you is using a punch to “half punch” a stamped shape. To complete […]

Drinking Straw Wreath Frame

Drinking Straw Wreath Frame created by Jen Gallacher for The Weekly Scrapper blog

This week I wanted to show you how to use a common household item to create a work of art you can then display in your home. Let’s talk drinking straws! Paper drinking straws are everywhere these days. How about using a set of your favorite designed straws to create a wreath? To create this […]

Stitched Paper Heart Burlap Frame

Welcome back to another “Inspiration Station” tutorial in which I share a few tips and tricks for creating layouts, cards, and altered art. Today I wanted to create something beautiful for my home. I found a charming 6″ x 6″ burlap frame at my local craft store and knew that a little bit of paper, […]