SEI Amazing 6x6 Expandable Album

Hello and happy Thursday to you! Today I have an album project to share with you. I used the 6x6 Expandable Album for ay along with the "Always Yours" Assortment Pack, Borders and Titles by SEI.

I started by tracing the front cover onto the pattered paper, then trimmed to fit and used my 1/4 inch corner rounder on the corners and inked the edges lightly. Adhered with my favorite dry adhesive to match my rounded corners.

If you didn't measure just right, that's ok, just use the pretty Borders as a transition strip and you can beautifully disguise any gaps.

I collaged a few of my favorite pretty elements from the Assortment Pack along with a few stickers from the Titles. The pink layered heart I added a bit of Glossy Accents to for texture. I also added a pretty bird which I inked with a bit of Chalk Ink to coordinate with the stickers.

Tip: I wanted a pretty storage solution for some of my 6x6 craft stencils and this album fits them perfectly! I love that there are refills and you can add to it very easily.

SEI Products:
6x6 Kraft Expandable Project Album
Always Yours Assortment Pack
Always Yours Borders
Always Yours Titles
Kraft Chips - Catalina

Thank you so much for stopping on over and spending a few minutes with me here on the blog today!

Follow Your Heart with SEI

Friday greetings to you! I have a pretty SEI project to share with you today.

 

My project today features the Spiral Bound Journal and the Always Yours collection. I wanted a pretty journal that I can use as a mash up for inspirational thoughts and quotes as well as to document some fun mom memories and moments for reflection.
 

 

I began by choosing my focal point papers, then trimming them to size. I adjusted the left border by adding another layer just to the left, then embellishing the transition space with a touch of eyelet lace that I had on my desk. I stitched around all of those layers, then adhered.

 

The sentiment chipboard was inked with a soft green chalk ink and layered with a coordinating sticker from the collection and a flourish that I cut using a die and my die cut machine. I added the tiny grey chipboard heart in the bottom right corner.

 

 

Here you will see my first two interior pages. I kept it fairly simple but thought that the quote was perfect to grace the intro page vellum pocket. This collection is so lovely, the finish of the papers and the foil and pearl accents are amazing.
 

SEI Products:

Spiral Bound Journal

Always Yours Assortment Pack

Always Yours Sundries

Silver Glitter Dots

Kraft Chips - Catalina
 

Thanks so much for stopping on over today, have a super scrappity day!

Sleigh Ride Mini featuring Whiteout by BoBunny

Happy Saturday to you! 

I have a fun mini album project that I wanted to share with you featuring the Whiteout collection from BoBunny and several of our dies. 

This is an up cycled project in that I used a cereal box to cut several of my tag shapes from, then coated them with Gesso and layered various die cuts into the album for a mixed up book.

The Whiteout collection has amazing glitter details on the papers and they are truly gorgeous! It was the inspiration behind the design here. These papers are so substantial in weight they are perfect for mini albums.

Have you had a chance to try out the BoBunny dies yet? If not, be sure to ask for them and the Whiteout collection at your favorite craft store.

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Bundled Up, Cross Country, Frozen Solitude, Winter Solstice, Glistening  / Whiteout

Noteworthy: Whiteout

Buttons: Whiteout

DoubleDot Jewels: Blue Hues

Dies: Nested Terrific Tag, Nested Fancy Frame Dies and 4x4 Portrait Frame Dies. 

Silver Foil Transfers: Accents

Other Supplies:

Cereal Box

White Gesso

String

Crop-o-dile

Thanks so much for stopping on over today! Have a super scrappity day!

Our Lil' Monster Mini with BoBunny

Happy Saturday crafty peeps! I'm very excited to share a BoBunny mini album with you today!

I was so thrilled to work with the "Our Little Monster" mini album and collection! Our youngest son always seems to make really fun and silly faces whenever the camera comes out, so this was the perfect album to capture them in.

There are quite a number of collage photos throughout the album and you'll see that our Noteworthy elements helped pull everything together. I've included the individual pages and a few detail images as well.

I love to cut apart my elements and you'll see this on my Noteworthy diamond shaped border.  I also added a touch of it on the right page under my photo collage, it kept the continuity of the 2 pages in sync.

I love the Combo Stickers and all of their fun sentiments!

Playtime! A touch of Firefly Stickles makes the monster feet sparkle.

I think the photos on the left are the most "monster like"! I would not typically have scrapped them, but this album and collection was perfect for using all of those crazy kinds of pictures!

Oh so flattering! ha!

I balanced out the silly photos with a few of my candid favorites.

I cut around the monster's tongue so I could layer it on my photo collage.

I fussy cut this element from the Mischief paper to use as my mat, then added the Layered Chipboard stars.  

I had so much fun with this album and these photos!

Here I cut away the pieces of the sign and tucked my photo and mat underneath.

I hope you've enjoyed the album, it's one of my favorites to date! The colors and characters here are beyond adorable!!!

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Happy, Mischief, Adventure, All-Star, Rawr / Our Lil' Monster

6x6 Paper Pad: Our Lil' Monster

Stickers: Our Lil' Monster Combo Sticker; Our Lil' Monster Cardstock Sticker

Noteworthy: Our Lil' Monster

Buttons: Our Lil' Monster

Jewels: Our Lil' Monster

Brads: Our Lil' Monster

Chipboard: Our Lil' Monster 12 x 12; Our Lil' Monster Layered Chipboard

Mini Album: Our Lil' Monster

Other Supplies:

Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Inks: Lemonade, Soft Sage and Red Hot

Compass Die by Cheery Lynn Designs

Sewing Machine and Thread

Stickles by Ranger in Firefly and Diamond

Glossy Accents by Ranger

Tiny Attacher by Ranger

String

Thanks so much for stopping on over and make sure you stop on over to the BoBunny blog for even more inspiration! There's another mini album up over there today.

All About Me with BoBunny

Happy Friday to you!  I'm super excited to be up on the BoBunny blog today to share a project.

I don't know about you, but I sometimes struggle with gift ideas for baby showers. It's easy to pick out the cute wearable items and necessities but I really like to give a personal gift if I can as well.

The Baby Bump collection has wonderful versatility in that some of the paper is geared perfectly for a watch me grow mini album.

"All About Me"

This is created for my cousin who recently had a beautiful little baby girl. I can't wait to see them in March to give this to her! 

I cut the numbered pages using our Double Dot Cardstock and used my Silhouette Cameo.

Our new Washi Tape was a super fun addition! I left a bit of open space to add photos or journaling.

Tags are included for every monthly pocket.

A bit of Noteworthy and some fussy cutting.

Most every element was attached with openings at the top for tags, etc.

I hope you enjoyed my Mini!  As part of the gift, I will be cutting several more tags and extra elements to include for her to add her own extra touches.

I like that this album is a nice size for simple instagram or everyday phone photos and isn't so fussy that you are required to add every single detail.  It's a nice place to keep some fun photos and little notes about the baby as they grow.

BoBunny Supplies:

Pattern Paper: Baby Bump, Baby Bump Bun In The Oven, Bundle, Gift of Love, Great Expectations, Miracle, Special Delivery, Sweet Dreams, Precious, Watch Me Grow / Baby Bump

Cardstock: Charcoal Double Dot, Flamingo Double Dot, 

Noteworthy: Baby Bump

Washi Tape: Baby Bump

Cardstock Stickers: Misc Me Baby Bump

Buttons: Baby Bump

Jewels: Baby Bump

Other Supplies:

Heart Pocket Die, Award Die - Memory Box Dies

Tab, Oval Doily, Tag and Jumbo Fishtail Stax Dies - MFT

Silhouette Cameo 

Stub Corner Punch - We R Memory Keepers

String

Coral, Coal Miner and Midnight Confessions PowderPuff Chalk Inks - Quick Quotes

Vagabond

Seam Binding Ribbon

Thanks for stopping on over today and if you're still reading this - for hanging in there through a pretty photo heavy post.  : )

Mini Album Inspiration with Pretty Little Studio

Happy Thursday crafty peeps!  I've got a fun Pretty Little Studio project to share with you today.

Do you like to create mini albums?  I always love to make them and sometimes I need a tiny bit of inspiration to get started.  Are you like that too?

The starting inspiration for my project today was a ticket shaped die.  If you don't have one of these, you could also easily use 4x6 sized pages with a 3.5 x 5.5 layer on them for a similar layered feel.

 

 

How to begin?  I take all of my coordinating packages and lay them all out in front of me.  I look at my base papers and colors and find elements that will be great to repeat in the album.  

 

You'll see that I used the Nature Trail Note Strips for my cover.  I also used the Picture Cards to echo the same style through the album.

 

I've used the top packing sheet of the 6x6 paper pack for my cover.
 

I've also used the Vintage Die Cuts and Paper Feather Die Cuts on a few pages as well. Repeating similar elements keeps the feel cohesive. Some sequins and a touch of bling helped finish the album cover nicely.

Small holes were punched and I tied some thin waxed string to bind the book and curled the ends.

 

 

 

 

Pretty Little Studio Products Used:

Nature Walk collection by Pretty Little Studio

6x6 Nature Walk Paper Pack by Pretty Little Studio

Vintage Die Cut:  Bailey the Bear, Finn the Fawn, Sandy the Squirrel by Pretty Little Studio

Nature Trail Note Strips by Pretty Little Studio

Mini Mushroom Picture Cards by Pretty Little Studio

Woodland Creature Polaroid Tabs by Pretty Little Studio

Forest Mushroom Tabs by Pretty Little Studio

Forest Vintage Labels by Pretty Little Studio

Bird Feather Stickers by Pretty Little Studio

Arrow Head Note Strips by Pretty Little Studio

Mushroom Stickers by Pretty Little Studio

Paper Feather Diecuts by Pretty Little Studio

 

Other Products Used:

Coved Rectangle Silver Classic die by Cheery Lynn Designs

Coved Rectangle Classic LG die by Cheery Lynn Designs

Kraft Cardstock by The Paper Company

Say Cheese die by Lawn Fawn

Sequins and Bling

Waxed String

 

Thanks so much for stopping on over to visit today!  Be sure to stop on over to Pretty Little Studio blog to see what the fabulous designers are up to. 

 

Remember, we would love to see your creations over on the Pretty Little Studio FaceBook Fan Page too!

 

Have a super scrappity day!!!

Bling It On - Inspiration Week

Hello Crafty Peeps!

All this week we have been showcasing some really fabulous Quick Quotes and Want2Scrap projects over on the Quick Quotes blog.  Today it's my turn to share my project with you.

Are you ready for Day 5 of Bling It On - Inspiration Week?

Happy Friday!  I'm here today with the Grand Chipboard Album - Scalloped Squares from Want2Scrap featuring the all new Pattern Perfect line, a Back to School collection from Quick Quotes.

I thought it would be nice to create a mini album that is ready to capture the fun moments when my son heads off to Kindergarten in a month or so.

Using the Grand Scallop Square dies with the coordinating shaped mini album made such quick work of covering all the pages!  What a great way to be able to create a mini album!!!

Quick Quotes Ingredients:

Pattern Perfect - A Back To School Collection (Coming Soon!)

Pattern Perfect - A Back To School Chipboard Die Cuts (Coming Soon!)

Pattern Perfect - A Back To School Stickers (Coming Soon!)

July Club Q Kit (Polaroid Frame)

PowderPuff Chalk Inks:  Red Hot, Tahiti, Midnight Confession

Want2Scrap Ingredients:

Grand Chipboard Album - Scalloped Squares 

Rhinestones 72 - Silver

Rhinestones 72 - Turquoise

Flourish Bling

Labels One NestaBling - Silver

Other:  Black Cardstock, Adhesive Cork, Trim, Flair, Journaling Spots, Arrows, Bow - Grand Calibur by Spellbinders, Grand Scallop Square and Labels One dies by Spellbinders.

If you haven't had a chance to take a peek at the beautiful projects from this week, you really need to stop on over to the Quick Quotes Blog and the Want2Scrap Blog.  

Not only is there fabulous inspiration, but word has it there's a prize or two available as well!

Have a super scrappity Friday!