Author: Sam Ball
Regular layouts, scrapbooking design ideas, product recommendations, news of our latest collections, and much more from our team of busy Magpies.

Paige Evans Bungalow Lane | Sam Ball
Morning Magpies, I'm so excited to be scrapping with Bungalow Lane, the latest collection from Paige Evans! I can’t...
15th September 2021 Read more
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Farmhouse Garden | Sam Ball
Hello Magpies It’s so good to be back as part of the wonderful Hey Little Magpie Design Team. Having taken a break...
15th August 2021 Read moreMidnight by Cocoa Vanilla Studio
If you love Cocoa Vanilla Studio, then you’re sure to love their latest range Midnight... It’s a seamlessly...
25th November 2018 Read moreHooray, another fabulous collection from Crate Paper!
Full of bright colours, Hooray will bring a smile to anyone’s face because it's so fun! With typical, quirky elements...
25th October 2018 Read moreLet’s get Flirty Fleur
The Hey Little Magpie shop has recently started stocking Prima. When Flirty Fleur, one of their collections reached the...
25th September 2018 Read moreWillow Lane meets random!
Apart from the beautiful papers, embellishments and ephemera, one thing I especially love about scrapbooking is random...
14th September 2018 Read moreFancy Pants Designs – On Our Way…
Hi Jackie here, with my layouts for this month using the lovely travel range from Fancy Pants Designs - On Our Way ......
18th August 2018 Read moreWild 'at' Heart
This month I’ve been having so much fun playing with one of the latest Crate collections Wild Heart. At the same time...
25th July 2018 Read moreGet your crafty on…
Simple Stories couldn’t have found a more perfect name for their recent collection than Crafty Girl. Featuring icons...
25th June 2018 Read moreGetting crafty with Auburn Lane
Upon first glance, you may well not recognize that Auburn Lane is by Pink Paislee. Its Autumnal colours of peaches,...
25th May 2018 Read moreStitching and BIG title for National Scrapbooking Day 2018
Preparing a Sunday roast? You haven't got time for that! You've got layouts to create! If you've not scrapped out and...
6th May 2018 Read moreRub-on's… how I've missed you!
If like me you've missed rub-on's, Paige Taylor Evans latest collection 'Pick-Me-Up' has some! And these are rub-on's...
25th February 2018 Read moreCatching flies…
Apart from frogs or the Venus Fly Trap plant, when else do you catch flies? The term 'catching flies' can used to...
25th January 2018 Read morePopsicles and pandas…
Ok, so you'd be right in thinking that 'Popsicles and Pandas', one of the latest collections from Bella Blvd might be...
24th June 2017 Read moreSummer's is nearly here….
And doesn't it make you feel great? Whether it's simply the warmer weather or the longer evenings for more scrapping...
24th May 2017 Read moreSewing Challenge for NSD
Happy NSD or in our case Happy NSW (National Scrapbooking Weekend!) My how time flies.... A year has flown by and we...
6th May 2017 Read moreFlowers galore…
I don't think there is a better way to describe the stunning new In Bloom collection by My Minds Eye than to say it...
27th April 2017 Read moreInspired by Wilna…
I'm sure most of us have scrapbooking idols? I certainly have a few including Wilna Furstenberg. Her style, for those of...
24th March 2017 Read moreWRMK typewriter and minc…
My WRMK typewriter and my Minc machine have both finally come out to play! Yes, I've been brave, got them out of their...
25th January 2017 Read more