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My Cricut Review: Cricut Expression vs Original Cricut Machine

Whether you’re a teacher, homeschooling mom, or just an avid crafter, the Cricut machine is a tool that you will use over and over again. I use mine for papercrafting. Here’s my review of the Cricut Expression compared to the Original Cricut machine.

DIY Kids Birthday Cards: A Handmade Kids Birthday Card With Googly Eyes

Kids birthday cards with googly eyes are always a big hit! The added motion of the googly eyes makes it a fun 3D birthday card for kids that’s easy to make.

How To Make A Deco Mesh Wreath To Hang On Your Door – Fun Ideas For Every Holiday!

Looking for some DIY holiday wreath alternatives? Deco mesh wreaths look great hanging on your door, and they can be made for ANY holiday or special event.

Silhouette Pick Me Up Tool Review: It Makes Working With Tiny Embellishments A Breeze!

This dual-ended pen is a lifesaver with paper crafts! One end holds the goo that makes picking up tiny things possible; the other end makes positioning them a breeze.

Reviews Of Cricut Machines, Cricut Cartridges & Cricut Accessories: Tips For Newbies

Now that you have your Cricut, you’ll want to know about all of the great accessories that are available to use with it. While the bare minimums that you need are a cartridge, spatula, cutting mat, and paper, you will see that some of the optional accessories will definitely assist your creativity. Here’s a rundown of all the great ‘stuff’ that will make your Cricut machine even better!

Mom, You’re The Best: A Handmade Mother’s Day And Birthday Card Idea

Some tips for using fun craft embellishments — like ribbons and eyelets — to make a Mother’s Day card or Birthday card for your mom. These card ideas for mom can be used for many different occasions.

How To Make Cards From Pages In A Scrapbooking Calendar …Like These 3 Easter Cards

I have 2 Easy Scrapbooking Calendars that I picked up on sale several years ago. Whenever I need a quick and easy handmade card, I check out these pages. They are designed to be used on scrapbook pages, as embellishments or photo borders. They are also perfect for making cards!

How To Make A Rainbow Colored Thank You Card Or Birthday Card

What’s nice about this style of handmade card is how flexible it is. It could just as easily be a birthday card or simple note card.

How To Make Scrapbook Embellishments With Your Printer

Make fun blocks, corners, and tags for your scrapbook pages using your printer. It’s easy and only takes 15 minutes using 8-1/2 x 11 photo paper.

9 Fun Tips For Organizing All Your Craft Supplies

Whether you are just starting to collect craft items or you affectionately call your craft room the room of doom, hopefully one of the following craft organization tips will get your craft organization skills going. It’s time to have FUN while getting the most out of your craft supplies!

Making Memories Tweezers: A Review Of My Favorite Craft Tweezers

Te Making Memories Reverse Action Tweezers are different from the tweezers most people are familiar with — the tension is opposite. With most tweezers, you squeeze to grasp something. But these tweezers start out in a pinched position and you squeeze to open them. Here’s why I love these tweezers…

Budget Scrapbooking: 10 Places To Find Free & Inexpensive Scrapbook Supplies

Here is a comprehensive list of places to find free — or very cheap — scrapbooking supplies…

Handmade Birthday Card With An Ice Cream Cone & Sprinkles

See how I made this ice cream cone birthday card — with sprinkles! I used bright colored card stock, striped paper and my cricut machine. Matching envelope too.

How To Make A Handmade Wedding Card

This elegant wedding card was created to match the wedding colors: red and black, and the theme: bling. It was a cinch to make and can easily be adapted for any occasion. Simply exchange the stickers or colors to match your event. See how I made this wedding card.

Why I Love The Cricut Personal Cutter

The Cricut is really a personal die-cut machine. In typical scrapbooking-addict fashion, I quickly collected several more cartridges… and quickly learned that not all cartridges are the same. I also purchased 2 of the Cricut’s newest additions: Design Studio and Jukebox.

How To Use Feng Shui In Your Scrapbooking

Feng Shui is all about balance and harmony, and both are important in order to have a good looking scrapbook page. Just as in life, learning to work with with the colors of the earth and other simple principles can enhance your scrapbook pages’ overall environment and improve your life through harmony and energy flow.

5 Ways To Stretch Your Scrapbooking Dollars & Find Cheap Scrapbook Supplies

Here are some excellent — and very practical — tips for stretching your scrapbooking dollar. Save money, while unleashing those creative juices at the same time. Have fun!

Ideas For Using Chipboard On Your Scrapbooking Projects

Fun ways to use chipboard in your scrapbooking and cardmaking crafts. Chip board and scrapbooking pretty much go hand in hand.

Make Your Own Embellishments For Craft Projects, Handmade Cards & Scrapbooks

Crafts like scrapbooking and card making are wonderful hobbies and a creative outlets for many, but they can become very expensive. The cost of embellishments alone can cramp your style, but here’s an idea for the do-it-yourselfer. Why not use all those fun papers, fabric scraps, and doo-dads to make your own embellishments?

6 Scrapbooking Tips To Help You Get Started Making Your First Scrapbook

A friend recently asked for my best tips that would help a non-Scrapbooker to create a scrapbook as a gift for someone. This got my wheels spinning. I’ve been scrapbooking since 1993. My collection currently tops out at fourteen 12×12 albums. I’ve put together a few helpful tips, along with my favorite places to find Scrapbooking ideas, layouts, supplies, and tips… online.

Lace Hearts = Cheap Embellishment

How to make fun — and cheap — embellishments for your handmade cards or scrapbook pages using doily lace hearts.

Attention Crafters: The CRICUT Die Cutter Is Finally Affordable!

The Cricut die cut machine looks like one of the coolest gadgets around. Anyone who is into crafts like cardmaking, scrapbooking and such would probably enjoy one of these. Oh, and teachers would probably find a lot of great uses for it, too. Now you can find the Cricket cutting cutting machine pretty cheap!