envelope mini album tutorial

Here is the tutorial I promised! :)

supplies you will need:

3 square envelopes (mine are 5 1/2"square)

6 pieces of pattern paper cut square (mine are 5 1/4" square)

adhesive

embellishments

**Before adhering anything layout it ALL out first**

1. layering up your envelopes (I thought the pictures would help better describe what I was saying....) You want one envelope down with the part you address looking at you. The other you want the closing side facing you. You want to lick the envelope that has the address side facing you and adhere it to the other envelope. *Make sure that you get it in the crease this will be important later on*
2. add your third envelope by licking it and adhere it to the underside of the addressed side envelope. See the loose side over there? you want to lick that and adhere it to itself.3. This is what it should look like all adhered together.4. Layout your pattern papers deciding which one will be the cover. Then adhere them to your envelopes centering as best as you can. (I usually eye ball this part) you will notice that I sewed mine. what I did was to put a little adhesive in the middle to hold it in place and straight stitched it on my machine. It sews through both sides! (I alternate which will have the top stitch so that it won't look one sided....)

5. Then embellish away! For this little album I used my August kit from Scrapbook Circle, and a couple of scraps from another project. EASY!

I plan on giving this little album to another friend who is expecting a little boy.

Oh, I almost forgot! The coolest thing about this little album is that it will fit inside a 6" envelope! And as you can see it can stand up all by itself because it's got nice stiff backing from the envelopes. Like I said in my previous post this is QUICK and easy! I think these will be my new baby gift to my friends! You could also do Birthday or other special occasions the possibilities are endless!

Thanks for stopping by! Sure hope that your weekend is a GREAT one! :)

J-journal

the last day of summer.....In preparation for my time a lone I have cleaned off my desk! I even cut down some chipboard for some albums I'll be making...I'm getting ready! :) Speaking of albums I made this guided journal for my friend's boy who will be baptized this Saturday. It's a guided journal meaning that there are questions that he will have to answer. Like, "what do you remember most about your baptism?" It also has a questions, "name your top 10 favorite books" Very fun, there is a spot in the front to place a picture.

I cut the J with my Cricut. I bound it using my bind-it-all--LOVE this machine!

The paper line is rusted sun by Fancy Pants. It's actually a sort of surf and turf line--I just loved the dots and stripes.

well, I'm off to the gym and dropping kiddos off to play. They are starting to come in and stare at me---somehow they think this will make me go faster---don't think so! :)

Thanks for stopping by! Make today a GREAT one!

Tanner Album

This was such a fun album to put together, I kept it simple and clean. I used a Maya Road chipboard album and the Road Trip line from Cosmo Cricket--yes the one with all the cars! Perfect for a little boy--right? My friend a CUTE little boy a few weeks ago--this is what I made for her:

supplies used:

pattern paper: Cosmo Cricket

stickers: Jenni bowlin, Cosmo Cricket

album: Maya Road

Tag & T: Cricut

embossing plates: sizzix

ribbon: unknown

mini alpha: cosmo cricket

Just a quick post today, off to swim at the gym! OH, it's official! I have a girl with a junior high schedule and picture ID!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Grandma's brag book

I finally am posting my grandma's brag book! Thanks so much for looking. Oh, and I had to add 6 more pages--so totally count = 46 pages.

well, Hello!

Man, what a BUSY past couple of days! Hope your Thanksgiving was great. Ours was full of adventures, and fun. I did create something on my pages that I wanted to share. Did I mention how much I LOVE this December kit?!

Fun thing about this cardboard, it's from the box my new water heater came in. My kids made it into a fort, and it was one of the cut out windows. I cut it down to 8 x 8 and tore the outside off. Pretty fun! I left some paper so that whatever I decide to put on there will have something to hold on to.

I only have two more pages to do and I am finished! Woohoo! (I think I mentioned that last time but with the lack of time and not being home, well...they didn't get finished!)

Okay, real quick I want to plug two things. I posted a money saving tip at The Everyday Scrapper blog. Check it out!

Next, tomorrow there will be a BLOG hop at Scrapbook Circle! Up for grabs is a December kit There will be RAKS too! Stay tuned! :)

Thanks for stopping by! Make this Monday a GREAT one!

A Cover, Reminder, AND a Design Team call

So I've been working on my December Daily, this is the cover. Whatcha think?

So you are getting a little sneak at the December kit from Scrapbook Circle too! (it's AWESOME!!) I did get a few more pages done that I will share in the next few days. For me it's hard to create something that doesn't already have the pictures. I guess it's easier when it's a gift, because I know that's the way it's going to be. I know I'm weird!

**your reminder!! I will be drawing a name THIS Friday. Go HERE for more information on my giveaway**

And FINALLY, Scrapbook Circle is having a Design Team call. Go HERE to go check it out! Lisa has AWESOME kits and is GREAT to work for!

Thanks for stopping by today! I want to hurry up because I need time for creating! :) Make today a good one!

Abigail's album

Do you ever find yourself distracted? What I mean is, do you ever want to start one project and realize you probably should do a couple others before you start the first one?

It's like when you clean your house. You pick up something in one room which needs to be put away in another, when you get to the other room you realize there is a mess in there that needs to be cleaned up and you start cleaning that one up--ALMOST forgetting about the first room you started cleaning...that is until you walk back in there! If your giggling, you must do this too!

What does this have to do with today? I made an album. No, not my Christmas album, but a baby album for my new niece Abigail. I thought I would have more time, she came a month early, she is doing well but needs to stay in the hospital until her due date. Anyway with the album I sort of cheated but loved how it came together:

I "cheated" because I used a kit from SEI. Everything is cut out and there is a map for where everything goes. I bought a set of 4 on clearance about a year ago. Anyway, THIS is the kit I used. I just added my own touch--sewing of course! :) SEI carries several of these in different sizes, this one happens to be 4 x 6 page protector. I like the fact that all they need to do is add pictures and journaling.

As for my other project that is NOT my Christmas album, it has to do with fall and I got the idea from the Shimmerz blog. I don't own any shimmerz (although I want too!) So I had to make do. Right now I'm in the middle of it's creation. HOPEFULLY, I will have time to finish it today!

Thanks for stopping by and reading this MEGA long post! Take care and have a FUN Friday!

Back to School album

So I FINALLY finished this Back to School album:

And ya know what? I have the paper for next year's album-it's REALLY cute! I ordered from Stop and Scrap (they do great deals on paper packs and often have % off)- got the October Afternoon Report Card.

I'm now assembling my December Daily--I should say that I'm gathering.... I'm pretty excited, last year I waited to long and got to stressed out to do it. What is a December Daily? It's Ali Edwards idea of chronicling December. Her whole idea is get the album done now so that all you have to do in December is print off pictures and journal. EASY, right? I sure hope so! One thing I like is that her album is a mod podge of papers and supplies--I have that!

Here are her:

Cover & foundation pages of 1-12

foundation pages of 13-25

I'm planning on using a lot of the December kit from Scrapbook Circle--FABULOUS I tell you!

I FINALLY have my voice back but not the lung capacity-I do however feel SO MUCH BETTER! Hope all is well with you! And for those of you that are wondering how close I am to 300 in posts, it's like 2 away! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Where've I been?!

Been fighting a cold or SOMETHING all week, and now I have laryngitis! Woohoo! Made cheering at the soccer games fun, NOT!! Good thing I can whistle LOUDLY!

Somehow I made it through the week not making any soccer practices...just didn't feel up to it...only 3 more Saturdays and were done!

Anyway, Wednesday I started this cute little album:

I had the kid's sign their names and tell me about their thoughts on the first day of school. All I need to do is clip their signatures and journal their thoughts and mine. I made one of these albums last year, (you can see it HERE) it was just so fun! I plan on adding a few more pictures this year of activities that they have done throughout the year. It's pretty simple, I didn't want to add to much bulk. I used the now SOLD OUT August Kit from Scrapbook Circle to make this.

when I get this one completed I'll take more pictures and share! Thanks for stopping by and visiting! :)

Journal & flowers

We were invited to my niece's sweet 16 yesterday, this was the invite:

this is the bag that my 11 year old DD made (the flower is a hair clip)

I used my cricut for the lettering and crown:

And here is the journal, I couldn't believe I made it in an hour. That was all the time I had...I didn't line the paper this time. (I think I will do that for future journals too, just takes so long to get it all lined up ready to go!) I REALLY like how it turned out! I decided if she didn't like it I would keep it! :)

these are hair bows that I made for DD birthday party (we did a make and take) this week, the one on the far right was attached to my nieces bag...

Just showing dimension of the flowers:

It's been a crazy busy week, hopefully I'll have more items to share next week....