Arrange tiny shells from the beach to look like a flock of butterflies and use them to decorate a greeting card or piece of art.
Use a page from an acrylic scrapbook to create a customized and simple dry erase board.
Use air-dry clay and an ice cream scoop to make amazing ice cream party invitations.
Read our review of ‘Vintage Collage Journals’, a book for the creative journal writer that shows techniques for embellishing journals using scrapbooking materials and techniques. The author, Maryjo Koch, combines paper ephemera with drawing and calligraphy to create handmade journals.
Use our free wedding program template to create your programs, then decorate them to match your style with a simple punch and decorative paper.
Learn how to turn a regular envelope into a sweet little bag, perfect for gifts or wedding favors!
Use our free downloadable templates and colored paper to make the Goomba and Koopa characters from Super Mario Brothers.
Download our template to make custom pillow boxes for gift cards and small gifts.
Cut leftover paint chips into geometric shapes and use them to create colorful and creative greeting cards.
Check out a great new book we found to get inspiration for making your own mixed media dollhouses out of ordinary household items.
Use our downloadable template and simple padding technique to make Gin Rummy score sheet pads.
Make adorable Easter egg hunt invitations with our easy download-and-print template.
Check out this really great tutorial we found for making quilted notecards. They’re not only gorgeous, but easy, cheap, and fun!
Download our free template to print your own St. Patrick’s Day tags. Then use them to decorate bags full of treats, like chocolate-drizzled popcorn!
Turn an old CD jewel case into a holder for an iTunes gift card. This clever package makes a boring gift card actually fun to give!
Use our free, downloadable template to make your own football party invitations that are perfect for a birthday party or the Super Bowl.
Create greeting cards out of your leftover scrapbooking supplies.
Make quick photo tags for your Christmas gifts this year and delight all your family members on Christmas morning!
Remind people that Santa is watching with these cute little Naughty and Nice tickets.
Save money this Christmas by recycling old gift boxes into festive Christmas postcards
Invite friends to ring in the new year with this adorable penguin invitation. Our printable template makes it so easy!
Be inspired to send and receive more in your mail box besides bills! Learn beautiful techniques for creating mail art.
Download our template to make your own Ouija board themed party invitations.
Use our latest Halloween-themed Cupcake Collar designs to turn boring cupcakes into a fun and spooky treat. It’s so easy with our downloadable designs!
Learn how to make cute favor boxes for any occasion out of printed cardstock and using our handy downloadable template.
Make our 1-UP Super Mario Brother party invitations using our step-by-step instructions and downloadable template.
Download and print our template to create invitations for your chili cook-off party
Read our interview with the author of ”Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials” and no doubt you’ll me just as inspired as we are!
Find out where to download free paper doll printables as well as lots of gorgeous illustrations and designs.
Organize your rubber stamp collection and get inspired to use them at the same time!
Use old CD jewel cases to organize your scrapbook embellishments.
See three beautiful examples of handmade wedding invitations and get inspired to create your own.
Try out the ancient art of paper cutting and use this great book as an introduction to the art form. With templates, photos, and easy project ideas, you’ll be creating masterpieces in no time!
Make a photo guest book for your wedding that you’ll love to flip through for years to come. Store guest photos and their sentiments together in an album for a great keepsake.
Visit this featured site to get great tips from a professional card designer on making your own cards and even marketing them for sale to large corporations.
See how one of our readers collected Sudoku puzzles and made them into a pad using our padding compound.
Wrap rolls of LifeSavers candy in bright paper and ribbon to make the perfect little party favor or unique Thank You card.
Learn an easy technique to give regular scrapbook paper a glittery, embossed finish.
Use decorative paper or card stock and our easy template to make your own CD or DVD holders.
Check out a great site full of tips, ideas, and tutorials for designing fun and interesting paper crafts.
Read about one of our favorite sources of inspiration for creative handmade greetings.
Decorate an ordinary gift with giant letters spelling the recipient’s name. This is a great idea for gifts for young kids who are just learning to recognize their own name, and will love it!
Use chipboard cutouts as a basis for mounting photos on a scrapbook page. The fun shapes and dimension will really make your photos pop.
Use the tiniest scraps of ribbon to make a gorgeous card
Learn to create a glossy finish on our folding photo cubes, to make them look nicer and last longer.
Use your Cricut machine to create a shadow design for a plain lampshade.
Learn how to make a pop-up Valentine card for your child’s next Valentine exchange at school.
Recycle the Christmas cards you receive using these 10 different ideas. Learn how to make scrapbooks and bookmarks and get ideas for donating them.
Collect all of your Christmas cards and other items of memorabilia and make them into a scrapbook using a hole punch and book rings.
Make fun and easy Christmas cards that have a removable ornament to be hung on the tree. With minimal waste and maximum re-usability, these cards are rather “green”!