Christmas Album - Take 2

For another teacher, I handmade this album:

Again, this album was made with the Simply Scrappin' Kit Jingle from Stampin' Up! and features the colors real red, very vanilla, old olive and chocolate chip.

Here's the backside:

This was a project featured on Dawn Raspas' U Stamp with Dawn and Friends that I tweaked to suit my needs.

This album was easy to assemble and decorate using the patterned papers and adhesive die cuts that are included in the kit.

There's plenty of space for pictures and journaling...

And here's the last page...

I hope she enjoys placing her pictures of her precious family into the album.  I love giving (and receiving) homemade gifts.

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Christmas Jingle Album

This is one of the albums I made for teacher presents.  This used pieces I had left over from the Simply Scrappin' Jingle Kit from Stampin' Up!

Colors were real red, very vanilla, old olive and chocolate chip.
Here's a few of the inner pages (I won't show you them all)

I left lots of blank areas for adding additional pictures, artwork or journaling.

Here's the back cover:

the album ties closed with old olive ribbon.  This came together fairly quickly, just using scraps and leftovers I had from other projects.

More christmas presents will be showcased soon, keep watching :)

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Merry Christmas

These are the christmas cards I sent out this year - 80 or so in all!  I did use a variety of cardstock colors (from traditional christmas green to red, maroon, and even a sage and light green) along with different coordinating patterned paper.

The gingerbread man stamp is from Paper Trey Ink and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up!  I was quite proud of figuring out this "fancy fold" all by myself.  Here is the card opening....

And finally, on the inside, the picture of my cuties!!  I was late sending these out this year because we were delayed in getting the kids' pictures taken.  I did have several different poses that I placed in the various cards, along with the annual Christmas Letter that my husband writes - it's a hoot!

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Mini Album

This cute little mini album was a project featured on Ustamp a while back.  It was quite easy to do and featured new stamp sets and has many pages.  This is a picture of the box that houses the mini album.  Below is a picture of the front of the album.

This was made with one of the Simply Scrappin' kits that Stampin' Up! offers...change the kit and change the theme of the album.

Here is a shot of some of the interior pages....

I'm not going to show you all the pages, but here's a few more...

Don't the die cut stickers make the cutest page embellishments?

And lastly, here is a picture of the back of the album...again embellished with some of the die cut stickers in the kit.

I gave this to one of my kids' childcare workers....she can add her own photos and journaling. Email me if you'd like to place an order or want any additional information on any of Stampin' Ups great products:  inks, stamps, simply scrappin kits, ribbons and embellishments.

Merry Christmas Advent Calendar!

Ok, so I'm not quite so far behind with these pictures :)  This is an advent calendar we made at out MOPS group for counting down the days until Christmas.  I used the Stampin' Up! Simply Scrappin' Jingle Kit....with plenty of pieces leftover for other crafts (which I'll show you later ...I used the extras to make presents for the kids teachers at school).  I also used Stampin' Ups! new digital photo software, My Digital Studio, to create some of the embellishments.

I filled the pockets of mine with the ABCs of Advent - little lessons for the kids regarding the advent seasons.  They really enjoyed it BUT you could also use small pieces of candy - as shown here.  I also used My Digital Stuio to design parts of the embellishments...very easy to print, cut and adhere!

The nice thing about this Advent Calendar is that we can use it over and over!!  Yeah!!  Email me if you'd like more information (the tutorial for this is available for $7.00 - or FREE with a qualifying purchase of a Simply Scrappin' Kit from Stampin' Up!) or to place an order:  here

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Happy Halloween :)

These are some cute little treat baskets I made for my kids and nieces and nephews for Halloween.  I got the pattern from the Scrapbooks Etc. website....it's kind of like a take-out box, without the top closure.  This little baskets were only a couple inches tall, so it didn't take many treats to fill them up!

Here's another view of the fronts...there were 3 styles in all, a bat, jack o lantern, and mummy.  I used Stampin' Up! cardstock in black, pumpkin and white along with chocolate chip ink to "dirty up" the mummy.   The facial features were either cut from small pieces of cardstock scraps, punched out or drawn on.

Here you can see the backsides...I punched a scalloped circle and then stamped an image and placed it in the middle.  I added a small strip to the sides, attached with brads, for the handle.  The kids really enjoyed them.
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Blessings!!

I know, this is a little out of season, but I'm behind in my posting!!  (Maybe I'm just early for this year??!)  Anyway, this is a little Blessing Mix - I altered the design that I had seen on the Chic N Scratch website - great for place settings at a family gathering around Thanksgiving!

Here you can read the poem attached to each treat bag...we used disposable cake decorator bags filled with the various food items, layered, and closed tight with a rubber band.  Then the top was decorated with ribbons, material scraps, or artificial flowers.  Cute!

Sweetest Day!

Happy Sweetest Day!  I couldn't let this holiday pass by without making something for my sweeties :)  I used some of my new Stampin' Up! supplies to make some cute treat holders for my kids.

I used the new DSP Pawsitively Prints (118060) and the new Mistletoe ribbon (116792) from the new Holiday Mini-catalog.  This is a really cute traingle box that I filled with skittles for my kids to enjoy.  The box is made out of pretty in pink cardstock.  The stamp is xoxo from the "Define Your Life" set (114950) stamped in old olive ink.  I also used SNAIL adhesive.  The box is wrapped in the pretty  in pink and olive plaid paper from the DSP set and the sentiment is stamped with old olive on white cardstock and matted on the reverse side of the DSP plaid paper which is an old olive print.  Pretty cute, huh?  I'm pretty sure my kids will love them.  Very quick and easy to make - I saw a similar design at MegaStampin Studio - Thanks gals!

Here you can see the back of the box and the plaid paper a lttle bit better.  Email me if you're interested in these, or any other Stampin' Up! products - I'd be happy to help you place an order!

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Love Sparkles Again

Well, I had scraps leftover from my last mini-album (over 1/2 the kit was left) so I decided to try another mini-album.  This one is the same idea as my boo album posted a few days ago.  It was a design I got from Ustamp Fall 09.  This little book only uses 1 sheet of 12x12 cardstock to create and then you can embellish it any way you'd like.  I used the stickers from the Simply Scrappin' kit.  The kit used here is Love Sparkles (retired) but it would be cute with any of the current kits. 

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Here's the tutorial so you can make one of your own!!  Please email me if you have any questions, or if you'd like to order any Stampin' Up! products for yourself!

Mini-Album from 1 sheet of 12x12 cardstock


– adapted from Mary-Jane Roussel (SU Demo – France) on UStamp Fall 09



Supplies:

1 -12x12 cardstock of your choice

Stamps:

Your choice for your theme/design

Ink:

Your choice to coordinate with your cardstock

Accessories:

Paper trimmer with scoring blade

SNAIL adhesive

Bone Folder

Other embellishments as desired



Trim 2” off the bottom of your cardstock; cut the 2” piece into (2) pieces 2 x 5 ¾". Score your cardstock at 6” along the 12” side and at 4” along the 10” side. Fold on all score lines. Cut out the bottom 4 x 6” piece and save for later use. If desired, random stamp the album base and all cut pieces to decorate. ( see 1st photo below).

Fold up bottom 4 x 6” piece on the Right side of the album. Adhere with SNAIL, buttons, brads etc. Score each of the 2 x 5 ¾’ pieces at ¼ “along the long side. Fasten these pieces to the Left side of the album, near the bottom, using SNAIL, brads, etc., as desired.  (See 2nd photo below).

Mat the remaining 4 x 6” piece (I trimmed mine slightly) on coordinating DSP or cardstock and insert into the pocket of the Right side of the album. Decorate the front and remaining “pages” of the album as desired.   (See 3rd photo below).

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Lovely Mini-Album

Hey there, me again...this time with a cute little mini-album I made.  The orginal design was by Dawn Raspas at UstampFall09  and I, of course, adapated the colors/theme for my needs.  This little album was made using a Love Sparkles Simply scrappin' kit from Stampin' Up!.  It is now a retired kit, but any of the other adorable kits could be substitued.  This album also uses On Board Book Basics Small and of course a paper trimmer, SNAIL adhesive and a bone folder were also used.

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This album is quite different than most in that the pages are not flat - they have some dimension to them.  I think it's kind of neat.  If you're interested in ordering these, or any other Stampin' Up! products, please email