G45 Raining Cats and Dogs mini album

Hi all! I have a mini album to share with you today. I haven't  had much time to do much crafting since I went back to college, but during the break between semesters I did manage to finish a few minis. For tis mini I used a tutorial from Ginger at My Sister's Scrapper. She has a ton of great tutorials on her blog and YouTube channel for mini albums and other awesome papercrafts...make sure you visit her blog and channel!. I've made a few of hers so far and I love how quick they come together! This mini made following her Trifold tutorial ( click here to go to her tutorial). I used Graphic 45 raining Cats& Dogs paper collection and ephemera. I only had a few sheets of this collection, but it was enough to make a super cute mini.

I decorated the cover with a 4X6 cutout and chipboard elements from the collection and some flowers from my stash.

Here's a close up of the front cover.

There are only two pages but they hold a bunch of photos! I love the angled pocket on the inside cover.

I made an envelope from WRMK Punch Board for the "Cats Meow" insert.. it's perfect for holding loose photos.

The inside...

..with pics of my cats!

This is the other page and back inside cover.

Each page has a top loading pocket...love this pic my  dog "graduating" from puppy school"! The paw is from a Cricut cartridge ( can't remember which one!) that I had cut long ago , just waiting to be used!

The back cover. The album is held together with an elastic band.

I have a few more albums finished... I hope to share them soon!

Thanks for stopping by blog today!

Mini album.... a work in progress

Hi all.... it's been so long since I last posted!! I've been so busy that I barely spent any time in my craftroom !!  It's nearly mid-June and soon my oldest child will be graduating from high school.... where does the time go??


 Here she is when she finished pre-school ....

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And now my baby girl is all grown up...

 

 

 

 

I've been wanting to make her something special for graduation , so I started a mini album for her.

Here are just a few pics as it is still not finished.

 

 

The album measures 6x6 for the cover and the inside pages are 5.75x5.75. I created many of the pockets with my Silhouette die cutting machine and the papers are from Teresa Collins Summer Stories collection. This book is full of fun interactive pages and I can't wait to fill it with photos and surprise my DD with it on her graduation day.

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today... have a great day!

 

 

 

 

Family mini album

Hi, and happy Saturday! Hope you're having a great start to your weekend. Today I wanted to share a special mini album I made for a very dear friend of mine. Since I moved here I don't get to see her near as much as I would like , but the times we do get together are special. I am honored to be the godmother to both of her precious girls. Recently, Natasha and her family had their family pics taken and she was so kind as to send me a copy of them and since she's so busy working full time and being a mommy to two little girls , I really wanted to do something special for her. This is what I made to send out to her....

 

I started off with this great wooden mini album from Heidi Swapp which I spritzed with some Tattered Angels glimmer mist. I kept the cover simple as I know Tash doesn't like things too blingy , so I just stamped the date , added a mini banner ( courtesy of CTMH products) and spelled their name out with Thickers letters, added a couple of buttons and a crochet heart and that's it!You can't see the stamped letters in this pic but they do look quite lovely in RL.

 

Again, I grabbed more CTMH stamps , my Cricut and Artiste cartridge and these two pages were done in a snap. All the elements were kept to a very simple color palette of grey and yellow with a few splashes of color here and there. I really wanted to let the photos remain the focal point of each page.

 

I love, love this photo of the girls!!!

 

 

I dedicated a page each to each girl, keeping the embellishments simple and girlie.

 

Here are the proud parents.

 

 

 

 

I created a few pages where Tash can add some journaling. The kitty was made using my Cindy Loo cartridge.

 

 

 And the last page has a pocket for more journaling and extra pics, etc. There a few more pages that I added more family pics .

 

Products used for this project are:

Cardstock, stamps,ink sentiment sticker on last page - Close To My Heart

patterned papers - My Minds Eye

Diecuts -Cricut and Artiste & Cindy Loo cartridges

Alphabet stickers - Thickers by American Crafts

Crochet hearts and mini flags- Bella Blvd

Chipboard elements-Basic Grey

Album and glitter bow paperclips- Heidi Swapp

Vintage fabric stickers-Websters Pages

hemp twine-Walmart

glimmer mist ink-Tattered Angels

 

This album is gonna be a surprise gift - I'm so excited to give it to her!!!!

 

Thanks for visiting my blog today---- have a great rest of your day & weekend, too!!