The Mad Scrapper Blog

I recently bought 2 12x12 paper pads from the “Sign of the Times” collection by Ciao Bella.  I fell in love with them instantly. The range of topics covered in one pad makes me happy.  While they do all go...

Hi there.  Today’s project is a decorated box. The box is one of those bargain stationary shop basic wood boxes which are always ideal for altering and decorating to turn them into something a bit more special.    For this...

For my notebook I've just cut up a cereal box to use for the base of my notebook. My notebook measures 5x5 inches. I applied glue to the cereal box squares and adhered a piece of the #3 paper. To...

Hi there.  Today I’m sharing this giant tag with you.  I’ve used the card packaging from my Finnabair metal flowers as my base and layered some beautiful 49 and market paper over it.  I wanted something soft and feminine to...

My last Scrapaholix project.  I had a piece of one of the papers left from my first project and I wanted to use that as the inspiration to this second project.  It was a warm white with little black hearts...

Hello creative friends! Today I have an altered journal cover project for you. I started with an old charity shop book, removed the pages and covered the inside with tissue paper to decorate. For the cover I started with the...

Hello there. Todays project is a decorated plaque.  It started when I had been casting resin in moulds and I had a little dribble of left over resin in the mixing cup. Rather than waste it I poured it into...

Hi there.  This is my last month of designing for the Scrapaholix monthly kit.  And for my first project I decided I’d like to use up some of my 49 and Market ephemera and embellishments.  So these all come from...

Hello creative friends! I recently had a colour palette idea in my head of blues and purples but I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do with it. I started to assemble some different bits and pieces together and...