Advent Calendar 2021 tutorial

Happy December, everyone! If you know me, it's not a surprise that I start December with an Advent Calendar project. As my children grow up, we’ve switched chocolate and small gifts to ‘Christmas coupons’ in the Advent calendar. A cookie-baking afternoon or a movie night is a real pleasure for them, as is putting together a charity gift package or making a postcard for people living in a nursing home.

Mother's Day mini album with Garden Party collection

Handmade gifts for Mother’s Day are always so special. Today I'm showing you a super easy mini album base I created for my mom for mother's day. The cover of the album was inspired by a pretty gift bag and the inside pages are perfect for a clean and simple interactive album. Once you’ve put together the foundation, a lot of 7x7cm images will fit in it.

First week of Spring | Planner spread

Hey everyone! To be honest, I’m not a super organized planner girl, but I love playing with the gorgeous stickers, paperclips, charms, and stencils from the Day-to-Day collection. Everything is so delicate and beautiful and it’s super easy to add dates, notes, lists, or embellishments to the pages.

Holiday layout | American crafts DT

Hey there! Today I share a new layout featuring the adorable Hey, Santa collection by Crate Paper. This time I wanted to show you a fun way to use a lot of embellishments on your layout.

Marigold Mini Album | American Crafts DT

Hi friends! Today I share a new mini album using the gorgeous Marigold collection by Maggie Holmes.

This new line is so sweet and pretty, just like a fairy tale. The colors are amazing with a mixture of both pastels and bolds and I’m so in love with the beautiful floral patterns and the cute embellishments.

Summertime weekly planner spread | Crate Paper DT

Hey everyone! It’s Bea here with you today sharing a new weekly planner spread as part of the ‘Summer Plans’ weeks here, on the Crate Paper blog. To be honest, my Day to Day planner is just like me… not super organized and always in progress. I like to use the weekly planner pages as a kind of mixture of a bullet journal and memory planner.

Playing with circles | Crate Paper DT layout

Hi Everyone! I'm sharing a super easy and quick layout inspiration with you today.  This time I tried to feature some of my favorite techniques on one layout. Layering, stitching, fussy cutting, fringes, and shaker pockets have been definitely my preferred techniques whenever I create. I used the stunning Sweet Story collection by Maggie Holmes, I love the colors and florals, they are so beautiful and would be perfect to use for all kinds of summertime occasion.

Sweet Sugar mini-album | Crate Paper DT

Hi, Crate Paper fans! It’s Bea here sharing a new mini-album featuring the adorable and beautiful Sweet Story collection by Maggie Holmes. I have to admit that one of our favorite programs during quarantine time was baking cakes. We had so much fun making a lot of sweet and delicious cakes with my daughter, and I decided to document those delightful moments in a mini album. The Sweet Story collection is jam-packed with fruit and sweetie embellishment pieces, just perfect for the baking theme. I designed a fun interactive album base with cascade pages, so now I just need to fill up the pages with the photos.

First, here is a video, so you can see a flip through of the album and then the basic assembly of the base:

Welcome to my craft room! | Crate Paper DT

Hi everyone! I’m so happy to share a little tour of my scrap area today! I use a sunlit corner in our house where my craft table is set up, overlooking the rest of my children's play area. My crafty space feels a lot like me…not super organized and always “in progress”. 

Why I scrapbook? | Crate Paper DT

Hi, everyone, I'm back to the Crate Paper blog.  Today I would like to share a special project with you to showcase why I love scrapbooking, and what I love the most in the creative process.  For me, scrapbooking is to preserve memories in more of way than photos can do by themselves. Happiness ebbs and flows through our lives and I want to capture these unforgettable moments of joy by documenting it so that I can relive those precious moments from time to time. This is the reason that my favorite scrapbooking projects are mini albums, I love the creative process of assembling the base and my family enjoy so much looking through the photos and reading the stories. It’s a beautiful thing! Through the creative process, scrapbooking also helped me to become more organized, taking better photos and to find my own style. I found new friends and encouraging the community through this hobby. Because scrapbooking is not only useful but also fun! Besides the beautiful papers and embellishments, there are a lot of great new trends and techniques that make this hobby diverse and enjoyable.

This is the mini album I created for today as a sample of my favorite scrapbooking projects.

Easter cards | Crate Paper DT

Hey everyone, it’s Bea Valint here with you today sharing a card inspiration as part of Easter week on the Crate Paper blog. Like many others in the world, this year we celebrate Easter at home in small family circle. I felt that creating handmade Easter cards was the best way to send a little love to other family members who cannot join us.

Weekly Planner Spread | Crate Paper DT

Hey, everyone! It’s Bea with you today rounding off ‘Planner’ week on the Crate Paper blog. I have to admit that I rarely used Planner before, but as I opened my Day to Day planner and I looked through the gorgeous stickers, paperclips, charms, and stencils, I was immediately hooked. Everything is so soft and beautiful, and it’s super easy to add dates, notes, lists or embellishments to the pages.

Double Page Layout with Magical Forest collection | Crate Paper DT

Hey, everyone! It’s Bea here and I’m so excited to be rounding off ‘Double page scrapbook layouts’ weeks on the Crate Paper blog! I have to admit that I rarely create a double page layout so today’s project was a little bit challenging for me. But trying new techniques and ideas is always fun, and I enjoyed so much moving out of my comfort zone!

Home decoration with Magical Forest collection | Crate Paper DT

Hi, Ladies! I'm here with my very first project using the ah-dorable Magical Forest collection by Crate Paper! To be honest, I couldn’t be more excited about this collection! The papers are so bright and fun, and it’s made for feminine and masculine layouts! This is perfect for me since we have three boys and a girl! I love these types of collections. But there are other fun ways you could use them too. This time, I decided to create a home decoration that is perfectly usable as an organizer.

Photo album with Sweet Story collection | Crate Paper DT

Hey, everyone! I’m so excited to share my first project with the adorable and incredibly beautiful Sweet Story collection by Maggie Holmes. This collection is pure happiness with gorgeous colors, lovely sentiments, and adorable embellishments.

My project is a simple and super easy album which could be a perfect gift idea to your beloved ones for Valentin’s Day.  

20 cute things I love about you | mini album

Hi, everyone! Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I wanted to share with you this lil project I created for my daughter this year. I feel that we can not say often enough our children how much we love them, and what are those things we love about them.

Creative Cards | Crate Paper DT

Hello, Crate Paper fans! Its Bea here with you today sharing a new card-trio as part of the ‘creative cards’ week. For me, card making is like going on an adventure… You’ve got a certain plan in your head, but you don’t know how everything will turn out. I usually gather different papers and embellishments on my table and select the items that fit together because they have got matching colors, patterns or symbols.

DIY Organizer | Crate Paper DT

Happy New Year Crate Paper friends. We might already be a few days into 2020, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to start getting organized and planning our days a little better right now! After all, sometimes it takes a bit to settle into new routines that include things like New Year’s Resolutions. That’s why I start the year by creating a DIY organizer that will help me reach my maximum productivity potential in the coming year!

Card duo with Snowflake collection | Crate Paper DT

Hi, everyone! I'm sharing a new card-duo featuring the ah-mazing Snowflake collection today! I don’t know about you but I will admit I’m totally in love with this collection. Not only the icons are super cute, but it has both traditional and pastel sets of embellishments, stickers, and papers… it’s like getting two collections in one. This time I went with the pastel color combination and set aside the traditional elements.

Here are the cards I created to share with you today.

Winter fun layout with Snowflake collection

I can't believe that this is the first layout I created using Snowflake collection by Crate Paper :) I made a lot of projects with this gorgeous collection, like an Advent calendar, cards, paper gifts or December journal, and I really missed to create a traditional Christmas layout also!