So, in last week’s post I showed you how to create your own custom tape from a piece of paper. This week I want to talk about washi tape. I’ve run into more than a few scrappers over the years that didn’t really understand (or appreciate) how washi tape differs from other tapes. Once someone boldly asked, “What on earth is washi tape anyway?” Washi itself is actually a traditional Japanese paper that has been used in the daily lives…
Have you ever been working on a project where you need some tape but couldn’t find any in your stash that coordinated well? Me too! But there’s an easy way to work around this. Generally speaking, you can turn most any paper into a gorgeous piece of custom tape if you have some basic supplies in your stash. All you really need is a grey tape, a nice paper and the correct blend mode to make it happen. It’s almost…
I know I talked about working with clearly defined patterns a lot last year; at least five different times. It all started with my Patterned Vellum post on May 6, 2025 and ended with my Masking Patterns post in December of 2025. Today I’m going to use some of the same tools/techniques I wrote about in all those 2025 posts to show you a fun, new result…Glitter Patterns! If you’ve already read some of these earlier posts, a lot of…
I don’t know about you but sometimes I have a lot of photos that I want to include in a single layout. I don’t necessarily need the entirety of each photo, just the primary subject(s). Using photo tags is a fun way to highlight these photos without filling up the entire page. Grab a few photos and let’s get to work… Special Download I don’t normally put together an assortment of supplies for a given post. But I wanted to…