Gatefold Baby Mini Album

This is an album I did for a friend, Brenda. She didn't know the gender of the baby so I went for the neutral baby colors of yellow and green. The Moments and Milestones Simply Scrapping Kit from Stampin' Up! fit the bill perfectly. I just love the Tempting Turquoise in this, really gives it a pop. I wasn't sure what to use for the closure, couldn't find a button with a shank that I liked for this album. So I modeled the closure something like those envelopes where you weave the string in and around two buttons that are set apart a little. I took two chipboard circles (retired), one about 1/2" and another about an inch I think, glued them together with smallest on the bottom and covered the larger one with paper, inked the edges and glued them to the album cover. Inventive, right?! I used some 1/2" Certainly Celery and 1/4" Tempting Turquoise grosgrain ribbon along the seams on the outside cover, cute way to cover it up. One thing I really have to remember though is to apply the ribbon BEFORE sticking the inside pages down with their binding. Had a hard time trying to get that ribbon over the seam! I used a couple of the SU! Tempting Turquoise buttons on the inside covers. Love how SU! coordinates everything. The pocket pages and all of the tags inside the pockets were all made with Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise, and Basic Gray cardstock. I added a punched border to the pockets on the binding with the Basic Gray and the new Scallop Border punch.I didn't do too much embellishing, I wanted to leave that for Brenda as she added the photos and journaling so she could make it girly or boyish. I gave her the remaining stickers that came with the Simply Scrapping. She had a beautiful baby girl a couple days later. If I had been my normal procrastinating self I could have made her a girly album!

Shame on me! I almost forgot to tell you where I got this design from. Of course it came from the wonderful Laura Denison at www.FollowingthePaperTrail.blogspot.com. She has some awesome techniques and ideas, but don't take my word for it, go check her out. Enjoy!

Mini Album

This is a quick little mini album I put together for my granddaughter, Addyson. She is two years old and loves to stamp and glue with Nana. She loves flowers and butterflys. I covered two pieces of 4 x 4 chipboard in Pixie Pink and added some embellishments cut and punched from some old paper I had. On the inside I used Pixie Pink, Bashful Blue, Lovely Lilac, and Pumpkin Pie. I added a few pictures of her favorite people inside with intentions of adding more. She found it before I had a chance to finish it and officially give it to her. She said "You made this? For me?" I said "Yes, for you." She said "Aaawww, that's so nice!" Don't you just love them at that age, too cute!

I helped her make a birthday card for her daddy today (didn't get a picture). She is the cutest thing. She of course can "do it myself". By the time she was done she had blue ink on the tips of all of her fingers. And it is a good thing I'm not too picky about what my wooden blocks look like because the four that she used from the Holiday Blitz set were pretty inked up with blue too! It's all good though, she got her card done for her daddy and she was mighty proud of herself. Anybody know a good way of getting ink off of a kid's fingers though? I have a feeling she'll be in my craft room quite a bit in the future.

6x6 Scrapbook album - another BIA project

I am having so much fun creating my own albums with my Bind-It-All. I'm getting to use up a lot of paper that I've had for years. It is the cutest stuff for girly projects and since I now have 4 granddaughters I have plenty of girly projects to make! This one is for Elaina. I wanted to give her one for Christmas but life happens (she got a new little sister) and I didn't get it done. So better late then never here it is. I covered it with this pretty paper that came in one of those paper stacks but it doesn't have the cover anymore so I don't know who made it. Anyway, I filled the insides with Appricot Appeal, Pink Passion, Bashful Blue, and Lovely Lilac. One of the reason that I had this paper for so long is because in the tons of solid cardstock that I had I couldn't find any that went with it. But now that I have SU! I'm not having any trouble finding things that match. And bonus, I have embellishments too since all of SU! stuff coordinates. The E on the front is a retired piece of chipboard colored with Bashful Blue craft ink. I dried it with my heat tool and then sprayed it with my Shimmer mist spray that I have talked about before. I just love that stuff. I don't think I've ever stamped or anything with the Shimmer Paint, all I've used it for is the spray mist. I think I'm going to add some more ribbon to the front too. I don't have any ribbon that would match this except for the Pumpkin Pie 1/4", which looks good but I wanted some pink. So I took my Pink Passion marker and colored some of the White Taffeta ribbon. Isn't it cute? I need to get some more so I can finish this. Now I'll just have to plan some scrapping time with Lanie to help her get this book filled up.

My first BIA project

This is my very first Bind It All project. The BIA is my newest toy. I just love it. This is a 6x6 album that I made for my granddaughter, Mikaela, for Christmas. Aren't the bright colors just perfect for a girl? I'm not sure where the paper is from, I've had if for years. Bought it in one of those paper packs, it is really thick. I've never used it because I didn't have the right solid colors to go with it. I brought out Stampin' Up!' Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie and they match it perfectly! The chipboard M is from a retired pack. The paper that the album is covered with has a lot of sparkle and shine on it so I covered the M with Melon Mambo paper and embossed with Clear embossing powder to give it that shine. I added the Pumpkin Pie cordorouy buttons, tied some of the 1/4 Pumpkin Pie ribbon and Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon onto the owire. On the inside of the book I added several pages cut from Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Ballet Blue, and Glorious Green. I added a few sticker borders and I am either going to add some more embelishments or package up some for her to add to it when she puts her pictures in. I'll make scrapbookers out of all my granddaughters. I have 3 right now and another due Christmas Eve. Won't that be a wonderful Chirstmas present?!