Papercraft Articles
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Susan writes papercraft articles that may interest you and they will be added here as they become available elsewhere on the web.
You can find them here first! List of Publications: - Making Scrapbooks with Secrets! Did you know you can make scrapbook albums from your paper lunch bags? You can! They are perfect for making scrapbooks with secrets.
- Scrapbooks - Two Ways to Make Your Own Scrapbooks From Scratch Scrapbook albums can be so expensive to buy. Sometimes you cannot find a ready made one that suits your purpose either. How would you like to know how to custom make a scrapbook yourself?
- Adhesives - Seven Ways to Make PaperCraft Projects Without Using Glue and Tape Adhesives are such a common tool to use when paper crafting that we often forget we can sometimes get by without them. Have you made a paper craft project without glue yet? This papercraft article tells you seven ways to do it!
- Candy Bar Cards - how to make them Are you looking for a new way to make a greeting card for friends or family? Candy bar cards may be the answer!
- Zettiology - What Kind of Art is That? When someone says they have been crafting in Zetti style, what do you think of? Have you ever heard of this type of art? If you heard of it, have you been able to find a definition of Zettiology?
- Alcohol Inks and Four Ways to Use Them Alcohol inks can colour most non porous surfaces with ease. You can use them to change the colour of metals, foils, acetate, glossy cardstock, plastics and more! Once you have these inks, you may find surfaces to alter you had not considered altering before. Click on the link to read this new papercraft article.
- How to Make 3-d Paper Art Have you seen 3d paper art effects on scrapbook pages and wondered how they were achieved? Sometimes it takes very little to add a lot to a page or a card. It can look as though you have spent hours making a special item when in reality, it may only have taken some well placed presses or a little knowledge of how to go about shaping your hand made or store bought embellishments. See what I mean in this papercraft article.
- Hosting a Scrapbook Crop - Three Inspiring Ideas For You Are you holding your first Scrapbook crop and are looking for some inspiring ideas for your friends? Or have you been running crops for awhile and believe you have run out of ideas? Maybe these three approaches will help bring your Hostess mojo back.
- How to Make Reflection Cards
There is nothing quite like impressing your friends or family with a greeting card that looks spectacular. One way I know to get that 'wow' factor is to make a reflection card. You can use your stamp sets to double effect!
- I noticed there are not too many papercraft articles about How to Use a Brayer so I wrote this one. A brayer is a useful tool for achieving many special effects for your cards and scrapbook pages without necessarily adding layers of cardstock. Here are a few ideas for you to try. Give your brayer a workout!
- How to Make Paper Flowers Using My Secret Sources of Inspiration Do you remember learning how to make a tissue paper flower when you were in primary school? That's where I learned how to make them. I think one of my Aunts actually helped me learn the secrets of creating a flower from an ordinary tissue, and it was a lesson I never forgot!
- Are ATCs the Most Portable and Convenient Form of Paper Crafting, Ever? You decide! (This form of paper crafting can fit in your wallet or your pocket!)
- Seven Inspiring Steps for making Special Occasion Cards Do you enjoy making special occasion cards? Do you sometimes want some extra inspiration for making your greeting cards? Maybe the ideas in this papercraft article will help you create your own inspirational process.
- How is Altered Art Collage Helping People to be Greener? Have you heard of altered art collage? Do you like to recycle and re-purpose nice boxes, containers and paper items, and be creative too? Do you wish you had a way to throw less away? Let's see if these ideas can help you achieve your goal.
- Blending Card Making and Scrap Booking Techniques - Have YOU Tried It? Do you use card making techniques on your scrapbooking pages? How about rubber stamps? How many of these techniques have you blended together in your paper crafting? I don't know about you, but I used to think I needed to keep my scrapbooking supplies separate from my stamping supplies, and vice versa. Papercraft articles like this may help you think about your tools, supplies and techniques a little differently!
- Two Basic Considerations When Choosing Papercraft Adhesives Have you ever been to a scrapbooking or card making crop and wondered why people talk about glue? What is the difference between glues and why should you be concerned about these craft supplies anyway?
- Five Basic Tools for Beginner Paper Crafters Paper craft tools are such wonderful things. With them you can turn a mediocre scrapbook page or handmade card into something very special. Yet there are so many tools! How do you choose what to buy? This papercraft article may help!
- Are You and Apologetic Cardmaker? Do you like to make your own cards? Do you feel like a novice card maker? Are you letting this stop you from expressing yourself with stamps, ink and paper? Maybe these thoughts can help.
- How to Use Ink and Paint with your Brayer I don't know about you, but I owned a brayer for awhile before I knew how to use it. Once I started using it I loved the effects I could get with it. I decided to jot down some ideas about how to use your brayer here.
How to Host a Scrapbook Crop Many people would hold a scrapbook crop at home if they knew more about how to make them fun events. I know the first few I held were nerve-wracking affairs, with me biting my nails and hoping everything would work out. Now I am able to organise one pretty quickly and easily, without too many nerves! See if my check list helps you decide to hold some home crops too.
- How to Fix Your Layout or Card using Seven Principles of Design Do you have a scrap book layout or a card that is just not pleasing you? Is there something 'not quite right' about it but you don't know what it is? Maybe it's one or more of the Principles of Design that need tweeking. If you'd like to know more, read on!
- Secrets of Rubber Stamping: Steps for Making Clear Images with New Stamps Have you bought a new stamp and can't get a cleanly stamped image from it? Or have you tried to emboss with it but the results are poorly defined? Before you resign yourself to disappointment, try these tips first.
- Paper Art of the 3D Kind - Simple Steps to Creating Some Simple Projects Would you like to know how to make a paper butterfly? How about making a paper topiary tree for the butterfly to sit on? These projects might be easier to make than you think ...
- How to Collect Your First Rubber Stamping Supplies If you are just starting out as a rubber stamper or card maker and want some tips about what tools and equipment might be the best things to buy first, these ideas may help...
- How to Design Layouts for Scrapbooks - My 7 Elements of Design. Designing layouts for scrapbook pages can be a challenge. In this article I discuss 7 elements of design that could help you to create special pages for your scrapbooks.
- How to Make Your Own Photo Invitations and really 'Wow' your guests even before they come to your event!
- How Does Boxing Help You Know How to Make Paper Flowers?
Hint: punching will do it, too!
- Three Steps to Perfect Stamping Here's some ideas for how to get a great stamped image!
- Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas! Just in case you are desperate for some quick, inexpensive and personalised ideas for Christmas gifts...
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