Best Friends Mini Album Project and Process Video

My oldest had their best friend visit this past September and they had such a great time together. I wanted to create a mini album for each of them as a gift to record the memories from their time together. I created this simple mini album for each of them. This was a simple design mini album and measures 6" x 6" with a spine that is 1 3/4" wide. There is a strap with a magnet to keep the album closed. There are 10 pages in total in the album and holds 21 photos. There are also pockets on the inside of the front and back covers for memorabilia along with some tags for journaling their memories together.

You can see the pages of the mini album in the following pictures. I have also included a walkthru video along with my process video at the end of this post.

Inside front cover and Page 1

Page 2 and 3

Page 4, 5 and 3

Page 6 and 7

Page 6, 8 and 9

Page 10 and Inside back cover

I used the a fall paper collection I found along with medium weight chipboard and medium and heavy weight kraft cardstock to create this mini album project. You can find a PDF with the supplies list and cutlist by following this link - Supplies and Cutlist.

You can see my Walkthru of the Mini Album in this video from my YouTube Channel.

For this project I did a process video which walks you through creating the base album along with decorating the pages. You can see this video on my YouTube Channel.

I hope you like this paper crafting project. Thanks for stopping by!

November Monrhly Recap Layout and Process Video

Had fun creating this layout during a recent Scrapbook with me. This layout is part of my Monthly Recap series of layouts. I challenged myself to use some papers from my stash as well as use smaller than 12"x12" paper for this. I pulled some retired Stampin' Up Designer Series Papers for this and love how it came out. I did a process video for this to show how you can use the smaller papers on a larger layout for the background. You can see the video at the end of this post.

The inspiration for this layout came from this sketch I found on Pinterest.

I converted this sketch from 12" x 12" to 8 1/2" x 11" as that is the layout size I have been working in. I changed the photo sizes to work with the new layout size. The woodgrain background is done with 4 pieces of 6"x6" DSP and the lines in the grain line up to disguise the seems. The other papers came from a retired DSP stack. I put Dimensionals under the ends of the banner elements and the title to add some dimension to the layout. The enamel dots came from my stash. The title was cut on my Cricut and uses the same font as the other monthly recap layouts I have done for 2024.

You can watch my scrapbook process on this video from my YouTube channel.

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I hope you like these layout. Thanks for stopping by!

 

Valentine's Treat Basket

I am continuing to have fun with the Marbled Elegance DSP from Stampin' Up. I created this treat basket to demo the technique at the recent Ready Set Crop Winter Wonderland retreat during the Friday night "Scrap Chats". I found the technique on YouTube. I usually make treat bags or boxes during the year for my co-workers so this will be the one for this year. Shhhh if you work with me!

The basket is made from 1 6"x6" piece of DSP. The handle is a 1"x8 1/2" piece of cardstock. To create this score the DSP on all sides at 2". Fold along the score lines and then cut in along the score lines on 2 opposite sides - do not cut on all 3 sides. Flip over and apply Tear Tape to the back as well as the ends of the handle.

I like to hide and straps or handles when I make treat bags or baskets so when I assembled this I adhered the handle to the outside of the center tab first before bringing the other tabs in to meet at the points.

I added some sentiment strips using the Hearts of Elegance stamp set, some die cut hearts, and pearls to embellish the treat basket. I filled a small cello bag with candy and tied with some ribbon to finish the treat.

I hope you like this treat basket. Thanks for stopping by!

August 2024 Monthly Recap Layout

Another layout in my Monthly Recap series. I dug into my stash of 6"x6" paper pads for this one. I wanted to pull some fun colors and patterns to work with the pictures from August of this year. This sketch worked great with this paper size.

The inspiration for this layout came from this layout I found on Pinterest from Alison Davis. You can see this sketch and others here.

I converted the layout from 12" x 12" to 8 1/2" x 11". I also modified the photo sizing and number of photos to work with the new layout size. The stars were die cut using a set from my stash and the title was cut on my Cricut.

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I hope you like this layout. Thanks for stopping by!

2024-2026 In Color 4 Sheet Wonder Cardmaking Workshop

Excited to share with you my next 4 Sheet Wonder Cardmaking Workshop featuring Stampin' Up products. I had a lot of fun creating this workshop using the 2024-2026 In Color 6"x6" double-sided patterned paper. I was inspired by some of the monochromatic cards I have seen on Pinterest recently and wanted to try my hand at creating a workshop with this feel to it.

The In Color 6"x6" double-sided paper comes with 4 patterns for each color from the suite so I chose to use 1 sheet featuring each pattern. The workshop creates 10 cards from the 4 6"x6" sheets plus 12 sheets of cardstock (includes using cardstock for the card bases). As always I am sharing the cutting diagram for the patterned paper here with you. The cardstock cutting diagrams and card sketches are available with purchase of the workshop digital files.

These are the cutting diagram for the patterned paper. I followed the same cutting diagram for each of the 4 sheets.

These are the 10 card designs you will be able to create with this workshop.

If you are interested in creating this workshop for yourself or with your customers, there are 4 ways to get the files:

1. Place a $35 or more purchase from my Stampin' Up website (before taxes and shipping). You must email me with the name of the workshop files you wish to receive.

2. Purchase the workshop digital files directly (no qualifying website purchase needed). The files are $11.50 USD. Follow the "Buy It Now" link at the bottom of this post.

3. Join my Stampin' Up team, all team members have access to my workshop files FREE.

Other demonstrators are also welcome to order these files in support of their own business. You can use these files to host your own events as long as you follow the terms and conditions listed in the Demonstrator Release included in the  workshop files.

Here is what you will receive with the workshop files:

• Welcome Page 
• Cutting Guide with directions for cutting the papers needed
• Card Guide diagrams and color photos of the completed cards
• Demonstrator Release
• Social Media image for you to use in promoting the workshop for your customers

I hope you enjoy creating these cards just as much as I did creating them!

To download a PDF of the Supply List click here.

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