Jazz up your pages!

Scraptastic! 50 Messy, Sparkly, Touchy-Feely, Snazzy Ways to Jazz Up Your Scrapbook Pages

by Ashley Calder

Get ready to infuse your scrapbook layouts with messy, sparkly, snazzy and exciting new techniques. Go beyond the usual—experiment with art supplies, try unfamiliar tools, go wild and have fun. In Ashley Calder’s debut book, Scraptastic!, she teaches you ways to take your projects to the next level using innovative ideas for creating playful and artistic pages. Inside the book you'll find 50 exciting illustrated techniques.

Grab your tools and try techniques like:

· watercolor
· gold leafing
· stamping
· embroidery
· hand-cut lettering
· paper piecing
· beading
· collage
· and much more!

Whether you’re an art novice or a design veteran, let Scraptastic! be your guide to discovering the messy, sparkly, touchy-feely, snazzy world of scrapbooking.


Crazy Quilting

One of Ashley's favorite techniques is crazy quilting. It requires no exact measurements or precise cuts. Some felt backing, short pieces of ribbon and a few simple embroidery stitches are all that you need to complete crazy quilt pieces such as these simple hearts perfect for a Valentine's Day layout.

Step 1. Use a glue stick to randomly apply short lengths of ribbon to the felt heart, leaving no spaces between the ribbons. Make sure to cut ribbon lengths long enough to hang over the edge of the heart.


Step 2. Use embroidery floss to apply a variety of decorative stitches to fill in the seams between adjacent ribbons.


Step 3. Fold the raw ribbon edges to the back side of the felt. Sew a blanket stitch around the edges of the heart to finish the quilt..


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