Category Archives: Make It Monday

Heat-Embossed Watercolor Card

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am going to share with you a heat-embossed watercolor card—perfect for sending a little encouragement or even a happy hello. To re-create this card, you will need: watercolor paper, a background stamp (October Afternoon’s Saturday Mornings Background Stamp), an acrylic block, embossing ink […]

 

State-to-State Frame

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am going to share a sweet frame project with a geographic theme. First, I started off with some coordinating patterned papers from October Afternoon’s Travel Girl collection and an 8″ x 8″ frame. I trimmed the blue patterned paper to 8″ x 8″ to fit […]

Tissue Paper Hearts Card

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am going to show you a fun way to use tissue paper on your next project. For this card, I used my Cricut Cuttlebug™ machine and a heart die to cut out multiple hearts from orange, yellow, and pink tissue paper. I spread some matte Mod Podge […]

Stitched Canvas Banner

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am going to show you how to create a lovely canvas banner for mom this Mother’s Day. A couple of weeks ago, I attended my first Scrapbook Expo event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I had an absolute blast! There were so many friendly faces, […]

Confetti Balloons Card

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am going to show you how to create confetti balloons for a fun and festive card. First off, you will need some die cut balloon shapes cut from vellum (I used my Cricut Explore® and Create a Critter cartridge), some colorful confetti or sequins, a […]

Ribbon Flower Gift Bag

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am going to show you how to create a beautiful flower with strips of ribbon, a few punched circles, and a button and some thread. First off, get your supplies together. You will need ribbon, a circle punch, some paper scraps, a button […]

Tone-on-Tone Background Layout

Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am going to show you how to create a tone-on-tone background on your next project. I love to see others use white backgrounds on layouts but whenever I try it myself, I always feel like mine look simple and unfinished. So with that […]