News and inspiration — valentine

Both Mother's Day and Valentine's Day are approaching, so now love and consideration are on the agenda. Then it is perfect to use red and rose papers. Before I started scrapping, a long, long time ago, we were told that red and pink didn't go together. But they actually fit perfectly together for such occasions and such LOs. When you scrap a page with many pictures and it is difficult to get the pictures to match in terms of colour, it is a tip to change them to black and white and print them. Then you can use whatever colors...

I save any scraps of paper that are big enough to use for something later. Does it sound familiar? Making cards is a great way to use up some scraps, both from cardboard and patterned paper. This card is made in st. 6x6. I made the nine squares a little less than 2 inches in size, as I wanted to have some space between them. They are 1 7/8 inch on each edge. If you are using a cutting board it is easy to find as this is the line before the 2 inch mark. I was out of vellum,...