Mary Ferrari Graphic Design – Espresso Press Design

DIY Acetate & Paper Stickers These acetate stickers are created from recycled plastic, paper scraps and other easy to find

Napkin Painting Stenciling And Stamping A white napkin ply recycle using water, watercolors, stencils and foam stamps. Napkins retain vibrant

Creative Whispers Can you guess the prompt? An art journal challenge with plenty of video inspiration and an intriguing mystery prompt

Sashiko Stitch Pockets A true trash to treasure project that utilizes watercolor, assorted waste papers and a white gel pen

Kitsch Card Journal Preview I was inspired to make this greeting card journal from a recent video by Thrifty Day.

Marker Stamping Rustic Boho If you'd like to explore laid back washable markers as a medium but bright and bold

Scrap Mixed Media Postcards Send an unforgettable handmade artsy postcard from your summer destination and make your recipient smile. Mixed media

Beginner Wax Paper Lamination Enjoy this fool proof and kid friendly method faux lamination trick to make beautiful bookmarks, journal

Fodder Flowers Do you have accumulating fodder material that you don't know what to do with? These fodder flowers are

Easy Foam Board Marker Prints A happy accident led to a new printing plate and more washable marker fun. These

Wax Paper Laminate Envelopes A viewer request video making wax paper laminate faux envelopes using the sizzix machine. This is

Collage Book A preview of my finished collage book that I began in early winter 2023 and finished in April

Easy Marker Prints Grab your kid markers, watercolor markers or any no mess media to create these fun, simple abstract

Hidden Book Specimen Ephemera Make this quick project using single or double sided scraps. You will need a 2 1/2"x5" piece

Subtle Watercolor Stencil Papers Having a play with some new stencils and creating some subtle background papers to add to

Book Cover Ideas If you have trouble finding suitable books for creating junk journals these ideas might inspire you to

Journal Views A multi journal tour of a variety of journals beginning with a new collage journal with fabric cover

Origami Pockets These no glue, easy measure origami pockets are a breeze to make with single sided paper. Fill with

Magazine Hacks For Art Journals I have been exploring art journaling and trying more mixed media techniques and I felt

Exploring Watercolor Textural Elements I have many old beginner watercolor sketchbooks and in the past I just cut them into

Meditative Art Journaling Making a meditation art journal can be a simple way to calm your mind and reduce the

Meditative Art Journal Beginnings After these many years of delving into journal making I've finally begun to discover expressions that

Scrappy Mini Books Join me for an inspired by as I create some fun scrappy 10 page mini books. Simple

DIY Watercolor Foam Prints For a new looking print Instead of ink or acrylic foam printing this technique uses watercolor.

Junk Journal Play - Recycled - Handmade Stamps This true junk journal is made entirely with materials from my junk

Antique Mirror Effect A decoupage picture frame project creating an old damaged mirror effect achieved with spray paint inspired this

Stencil Watercolor Pages For Journals Adding color and interest to pages without dying. For this technique I attempt wet in

Stencil Watercolor Journal Pages 3 Adding color and interest to pages without dying on some loose stacks of white copy

Stencil Watercolor Pages For Journals Day 2 of adding color and interest to pages without dying on some loose stacks

Stencil Watercolor Pages For Journals In the next few videos I'm going to be adding color and interest to pages

4 Inch Meander Book Meander books are a creative and unique book form that can be used as a mini

Conversation Hearts These word stamped hearts aren't just for Valentine's Day. Scatter them as decor or tuck throughout your journal.

DIY Laminate Classic Bookmarks Classic style bookmarks created with beautiful images and book pages using DIY laminate for durability. Adorned

Stocking Stuffer Gift Bags Join me as I create some easy glassine type bags to use for small gifts that

Whimsical Primitive Paper Angels Grab your circle punches or dies and make some of these adorable paper angels. Keep them

Christmas Tags Craft with me as I wrap up a few loose ends for gift giving and a short show

Shabby Fabric Paperclip Dangles These functional no sew shabby fabric paperclip dangles can add a touch of texture to your

Flip And Fold Gift Card Holder This gift card holder is perfect for a just in time for Christmas last

Classic Gift Card Holder Learn how to make a classic but stylish gift card envelope/holder that is perfect for office

Christmas Candy Paper Beads Have a relaxing play for the holidays and make some of these fun Christmas candy paper

These clam shell tabs were created with a scallop paper punch and make cute additions to Christmas tags. You can

Boho Button Paperclip Bead Dangles Trash to treasure book spine dangles made with paperclips, paper, ribbon, yarn and paper beads

Journal Gift Pocket You'll love this quick and easy journal/gift pocket. Easy scores make it versatile for various heights and

PDF Download Tag Sets This tag set can be made from scraps and is a better tutorial for making each

Choose any paper base from a book or music sheet. Choose any words or phrases from your stamp collection that

This layout is a great choice for a few key reasons:Timeless Appeal: Vintage aesthetics naturally evoke feelings of nostalgia, resonating

Tiny Tag Charms These adorable tiny tag charms are a quick and easy paper craft idea that you can use

DIY Luggage or Coin Collector Tags Mass make a set of six of these cute luggage or coin collector tags

Ink Stamped Unwanted Photos Ink stamping on tissue paper is a great way to camouflage parts of an image while

Antique Old Unwanted Photos Turn your old unwanted or less than perfect photos into journal ephemera or postcards with some

Note the book page image in the lower right corner. Images appear and disappear depending upon how the light hits

A variety of color and torn strips make these flowers look boho shabby. Decorative scissors add texture to the petal

Boho Buttons Buttons are one of the easiest DIY paper projects that take a short time to make. These boho

Choosing the right type of wrapping paper is crucial for this technique to work. Look for contrast and a white

Wax Paper Napkin Bags Napkins are a great resource for trash to treasure crafting. Easy apply gluestick and wax paper

These spools are 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" square and are embellished with a stacked circle paper button charm. They

I do like the car in the bottom image but wish I would've placed some more magazine confetti to break

Paper Spools These simple paper spools are perfect for relax time as well as helping to tidy up your craft

Magazine Rubbings Part 2 Join me for another easy water/alcohol mixture magazine distressing technique using embossing folder combinations, trying different

Travel Folio This quick travel folio is perfect for  holding your summer  vacation memorabilia and photos or to prepare ahead

Tiny Envelope Pockets Gather your paper scrap strips and make a bunch of these tiny envelopes in no time. Create

This library pocket is inspired by Septeria 18. I chose two of her pocket styles to complete the front cover

Several examples of wax paper laminate are included in this photo, envelope embossed with fussy cut pansies glued onto a

This smaller triple pocket holder is made with a 9x9" piece of scrapbook paper with a final size of 4.5"

I switched up the order and layered front to back for the middle matchbook. Layering back to front is easier.

Loaded Pocket These pockets can be loaded with goodies of your choice. Each size can be made with 12x12" double

Book Cover or Holder Book cover or book holder? This design is versatile enough to be either by gluing the

Two Pocket Inserts Just two folds and plenty of opportunity to explore the creative options for this very fast two

Double Pocket Inserts Want to learn a new pocket style? This project makes two double pocket inserts. This cute corner

Envelope style pockets and single tab pocket topper, lower right. Envelope style pockets and single tab pocket topper, lower right.

Book Holder Album I've updated this album to hold a hidden journal instead of binding book pages into the back

Interactive Folio You'll love this interactive folio with a bonus envelope inside and although not bulky it also features a

Masterboard Page Tabs Masterboard are a favorite way to use scrap paper and embellishments. These quick make page tabs use

Three Piece Set An easy three piece set with a folio, ephemera holder and pocket. Mix and match paper sides

Interactive Folio This easy little folio has a fun interactive flip, enough pockets and space to customize. It folds nice

Pocket Album This pocket album was inspired and the size is almost passport size, a comfortable little ephemera holder. It's

Embellished Page Tabs This project embodies the fun of clusters and collage but also has practical function for use as

Three Page Mini Album This versatile three page mini album is sure to please paper crafters for junk journals, happy

Fast Fun Tags This fun paper design doesn't need a lot of extras so for this tag project I just

Matchbook Treat Holder A new spin on matchbook paper crafts. This quick and easy treat holder uses a matchbook design

Easy Specimen Slides Join me as I make easy specimen slides ephemera using beautiful floral designs as the base for

Layered Labels These inspired layered labels were a nice reminder to keep layering as many elements on ephemera as possible

Painted Embellishments How I make mixed metal and shabby chic embossed embellishments from scrap card stock or repurposed inked and

Pocket Hearts Super easy and versatile pocket hearts. Use as a journal tuck, pocket, tag, card front, journal stuffer or

Tiny Tags What to do with tiny bits of paper and book pages that may be piling up in your

Valentine Pop Up Card Holder Want a cute and versatile Valentine paper craft? Last week's gift card holder was so

Valentine Card Holder A cute little pop up card holder with a lot of potential for tucking the usual gift

Stencil Masterboards A common craft room tool can turn not so great backgrounds into something new. Two surprise cuts make

More transparent tape effects below using some scrap kraft card stock, retro style Christmas paper and a mixture of both

Hidden Paper Clips My new favorite way to make hidden paper clips. Double clips and a notch seems to give

Old Unwanted Photos Do you have old unwanted photos that you don't quite know what to do with? I have

Typographic Stripes Do you like graphic styles? This project uses magazine typestyles instead of whole words to create abstract graphic

Old Photo Journal Cards Have you considered some unique sources to create journal cards? This was an inspired idea to

Button Dangles Do you like to make dangles? A Pinterest photo inspired me to create these dangles that I thought

Bobby Pin Embellishments Are you looking for another idea to rid yourself of those pesky die cut left over pieces?

Shabby Scrappy Rag Pins Get out your fabric, trims, charms, lace, ribbon, buttons and whatever else you can think of

Envelope Book This little envelope book will be purely functional for me but the idea is great for making an

A part one video, why and how I am tackling my scrap pile up after storing instead of using for

Mini Books A great little project to clear out scraps, especially those 12" strips and/or paper you don't love. No

Including the previous post tutorial on how to make these bookmarks. Bookmark as Bellyband If you've mastered the stocking stuffer

More ideas:I've adapted this bookmark to make a junk journal bookmark/bellyband. A quick show and tell video is below. Stocking

Marker Prints Would you like to learn a basic printing technique using styrofoam? I promise this one is a little

Marker Play A new marker play.I learned that I can make some really bright and beautiful collage fodder but when

Marker Batik Do you want a quick technique to create background papers without the fuss of paints or alcohol sprays?

Olde World Charms Do you love the look of olde world vintage? Make dozens of these richly textured charms almost

Tile Charms Who says a charm has to be one shape? Layer tiles of different sizes to create some unique

Jasper Charms This charm project was inspired by jewelry, jasper stone earrings. An authentic junk recycle creation made with packaging

Paperclip Charms A new charm for me, paperclips. So many options, use book pages, scraps, labels, tickets, words, ephemera or

Lace Charms These lovely lace charms were inspired by jewelry cabochon pendants. A scrap buster project essentially comprised of five

Charm Tags Inspired by jewelry. This tag project wraps up the tag series for now with a combination of ideas,

Tags - Buttons And Ribbons I was happy to find a new way to jazz up ribbon by using a

Tips:If backing your image make sure wax soaks through or it will be splotchy. Don't worry you can still write

Tag Tops Beyond a ribbon and a hole think different about what you can do on both the top or

More inspiration Crafty by ToniCraft Show Items Accordion Tag Book How To Window Tags Are you looking for something new

Tip: For the craft show item my front flower is adding stability to the front cover so the inside can

You can win! 1000 YouTube subscriber celebration giveaway! This week's video post features my first giveaway in celebration of reaching 1000

I believe Uniquely Ella is generally credited with scrap paper page edges/tabs. I saw the stamp text technique on Bohemian

Wax Paper Emboss Another in the series of wax paper ideas. Embossing wax paper after applying to black card stock

Wax Printing Transfer Did you know that you can use the resist of wax paper to transfer not only the

Faux Glassine A scrap buster experiment led to a stronger wax paper that I found works much better for bags

Wax Paper Vignettes A staple in the craft room and my love of wax paper led to making these embellishment

Visual Texture When I find a technique I like such as Momigami I like to explore potential, this time I

Momigami Button Clips...Tactile Dimension During exploring how to use my Momigami paper I came up with these dimensional button clips

Versatile Holiday Project Another little paper project from pinkstrawberryz. She's a lifesaver when you are running out of time but

Mini Journal Inspiration It's been quite a while since I've had a project worth doing a video for but I

Found Objects How to make your own labels without stamps or dies, this time postal stamps included and finding more

New Finds On YouTube This week I had the unfortunate and fortunate time to peruse new creators on YouTube.I'll leave

Postcards - Scrap Buster Project A recent video inspired me to tackle some larger scrap paper pieces that likely won't

Shadow Boxes Just finished these floral shaping birthday gifts for cousins who happen to be twins.Was pleasantly surprised to find

Mini Book Styles It's a rare occasion when I make something for myself. I had a lot of fun making