at Scrapbooking techniques and scrapbook products lend them themselves well to other paper crafting projects as well as scrapbooking in the traditional sense.

Scrapbookers also put their skills to use making items such as greeting cards, decorated boxes, gift tags, invitations, posters, wall hangings, holiday decorations and ornaments, calendars and even jewelery.

This 3-D Advent Calendar is made from a kit from Karen Foster Design. The little boxes with thumbnail holes for easy opening reverse so the project can do double duty as a Countdown Calendar. It could be used for birthdays, Easter, graduation, last day of school. etc. This link has a video tutorial of this Advent Calendar Of course, scrapbookers use their scrapbooking supplies and tools to make various designs of countdown or advent calendars.

Here's another Advent Calendar. This one is made using mini muffin tins. The lids are made from cardstock and scrapbook paper and attached with magnetized glue dots. There is a Video Tutorial for this Mini Muffin Advent Calendar

This hand made Advent Calendar hangs by a ribbon. It's made using easy to find supplies and costs under ten dollars to make -- maybe less if you shop the Dollar Stores. This Hanging Advent Calendar link has a picture and video.

Here's a video demonstration of a Cone Shaped Holiday Tree . Its made completely from scrapbook paper and poster paper, and its simple to make, economical and fast. It would be a good Christmas craft project for older children, or a nice centerpiece for your holiday table.

These hockey puck boxes are made with craft supplies. You start with a small round box available at most craft stores, then decorate to resemble a hockey puck. Little boys love them. They make great stocking stuffers, and they're simple enough to make that older children can make their own as a craft project. Check out this Video Tutorial of the Hockey Puck Boxes

These gift card holders are a nice way to personalize gift cards. They're so easy to make using only a regular envelope cut and folded, scrapbook paper and whatever embellishments you wantfor trim. Two of these are decorated for Valentine's Day. This link goes to a video tutorial showing how to make these Gift Card Holders

This St. Patrick's Day House is inspired by the Little Folding House Kit from Crafty Secrets. This house is made from pizza box and decorated with card stock, stickers, embossing, beads and ribbon. There is a Video Demonstration of the St. Patrick's Day House You could make this house with any theme you wanted. I plan on doing an Easter one next. I'm not quite sure what it will be. It might be a Bunny Hutch or perhaps an Easter Egg House. Wish somebody would help me with the pizza eating though. I'll be heading down to Jenny Craig by the time this is over. LOL

This Easter Bunny House is made using the same pattern as the St. Patrick's Day House project shown above. It's decorated with pastel colors for Easter and trimmed with three dimensional stickers, ribbon, small wooden shapes, a large glass bead and at the back, an image decorated with the Burnished Velvet Glitter Technique You'll find more pictures and a video demo at this link: Video Demo of Easter Bunny House craft project

This Halloween House is made from a pattern cut from a cardboard box and decorated with card stock, scrapbook papers, stickers, ribbon and an assortment of hand made embellishments. You'll find details at Halloween House Craft Project at this link

This 3D Holiday craft project is a candy holder made with card stock, acrylic and a ribbon. The front contains a cut shape, which you can do with a die cut machine, a craft punch, a template or freehand. You can also adapt this project for Easter or Valentine's Day, or for any other event or holiday. Simply change the color and the shape of the cut in the middle. There is a Video Demo of this Holiday Candy Holder at this link.