The Mad Scrapper Blog

If you know my work or follow any of my social media then this book may well look somewhat familiar. You’d be right. I did a slightly larger version of this last year for another shop but since displaying it...

This week, I decided to try and make a book nook. It was inspired by the beautiful new Stamperia “Magic Forest” collection designed by Antonis Tzanidakis.  I’ve used some of the woodland patterned papers on the sides and a brick...

A bit of a different colour palette from me this week. I’m not usually a soft pastel sort of person but this look was achieved using quite strong colours and it’s the dry brushing in white afterwords that achieves the...

Hello, Today I'm up on The Mad Scrapper Blog  with this layout of my son on a recent trip to the zoo. I've used papers and embellishments from 49 and Market and chipboards from Dusty Attic. A full list can be...

Hello there folks. I wanted to use one of the 49 and Market folio sets to make a mini album for today’s project. Mostly because I’m really awful at making albums from scratch and if I buy a ready made...

Hi.  Sometimes, when I ask friends what they'd like for Christmas (usually stocking filler cost), they say “make me something”.  That’s daunting lol.  But a bit of a safe bet is a notebook.  The notebooks in The Mad Scrapper shop...

I’m not ordinarily a big lover of pink, but, there is something about a vintage pink Christmas/Yule/Winter theme that seems to attract me. I blame Stamperia. Ever since they brought out that pink Christmas collection a couple of years ago...

Hi there. I’m sharing this woodland fairy wooden plaque with you today. It’s actually the inspiration for a class I will be teaching this month at the shop.  I’ve used a bit of old wooden plank left over from getting...

As promised, I’m back to share the inside of the altered jewellery box type thing I altered for a previous design team project.  I wanted to keep it on a similar theme but on a smaller scale.    I actually...