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One Sheet Wonder Travel Book I’m finally back, feeling much better and have begun another autumn travel book as we’ll probably take a day trip or two to enjoy the beautiful fall scenery. I saw this project from pinkstrawberryz and decided to modify it for myself. Her gorgeous mini album was made with 6×6″ paper packs but I made mine with one sheet of 12×12″.  I added a signature and it has some re-use items, a salvaged greeting card front for a card in the center pocket. It also has a technique I wanted to try to mimic the look of letterpress...

Make Your Own Ephemera Webster’s Dictionary defines ephemera as something of no lasting significance. I have the same popular ephemera collections as most paper crafters but I also like to design my own ephemera.  This little paper project has been in my ephemera box for quite a while and I finally got around to making more than one to share and creating a video post as well. The photo below inspired me to try to create a paper fan as an ephemera piece and it brought back a memory of a fan necklace charm that I still have that is almost...

ATC Postcard Summer can either be a time for light paper crafts or a busy time if preparing for the holiday season. While we haven’t been enduring the heat wave that most have I have been too busy with summer activities to begin any large projects at the moment but still wanted to relax with a paper craft in the evening so this label series has been great for that in that I am both using and stocking up on ephemera. The last project in this series on labels combines techniques to create an ATC postcard which is a 5×7″...

I love Graphic45 and Stamperia paper and a few ATC cards and pocket letters inspired me to create some of my own. It’s a challenge to create on such a small size (2.5″x3.5″ ATC card) and usually I would work with surprise cuts but for these I just printed a few sheets from my Clockworks Digital Paper Collection at 50% and then chose the part of the sheet that I wanted, in this case the music sheet covers. Sometimes I create mini mood journals but almost always I start with my extensive Pinterest boards for inspiration, this one Pretty Little Paper Crafts gets filled...

Theme Cards I’ve been toying with the idea of collage cards for quite a while. I kind of missed the idea of non-fussiness when it comes to card making and had a bunch of little pieces of ephemera that I wanted to use.  I also purchased a new paper stack that is completely out of my comfort zone with barely a vintage tone so before I create more paper scraps I wanted to use what I already have. These cards are made from my pre-cut paper stack only this time I decided to do a series. I think I will...