Tag: Mini Album Mania DT

Every Day Is A New Chance

Hey everybody! I hope your weather is as gorgeous as ours is out here in southwestern Colorado! OMGosh, it’s absolutely wonderful and has been a long time coming… seems like the snow just wouldn’t stop! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Mini Album Mania and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for MAM #5 – Any Type of Mini Album Goes! Our challenges are probably coming to an end. Our participation rate after four challenges is still pretty low and I told our design team that we’d give it a full six challenges and if participation doesn’t pick up, the next one (July 1st thru August 15th) will be the last one. I chose the super cute Stamp & Scrapbook Expo Celebrate the Little Things Collection Pack, specifically a tag sheet and stickers, to create this sweet little tag mini album. It’s inspirational, super easy and fun!

I cut apart the sheet of tags in the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo Celebrate the Little Things Collection Pack and picked out the 12 I wanted to use. I adhered each one to CutCardStock Cougar Smooth 80# White cardstock and trimmed them, leaving the back side white. I embellished the front and/or back of most of them with stickers from the sticker sheet, leaving a few of them plain and leaving enough room for photos and journaling. I finished this mini with a piece of green gingham Keep It Simple Back To Basics Jade Ribbon.

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Cougar Smooth 80# White cardstock, Stamp & Scrapbook Expo Celebrate the Little Things Collection Pack
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Elmer’s Craft Bond Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, 7 Gypsies book ring, Keep It Simple Back To Basics Jade Ribbon

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! We’d love to see what kind of mini album you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

#FUN mini album

Hey everybody! I hope your New Year has started off with a bang – it’s mind-blowing that it’s here already! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Mini Album Mania and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for MAM #3 – Any Type of Mini Album Goes! My mini is chock full of papers, ephemera, stickers, foam alphas, puffy buttons, puffy stickers and enamel dots from the Keep It Simple Hello Adventure Collection! I believe the Hello Adventure Collection is on clearance and has been deeply discounted. If you are inclined to go shopping, be sure to use my discount code LoveToScrap2 at checkout to save 10% on your entire order! There is no minimum purchase requirement and no usage limits, plus the code combines with product, order, and shipping discounts!

I really had a good time with this! I used CutCardStock Twine cardstock for the album base and bound the pages with my Zutter Bind-It-All and 3/4″ white Zutter wire. There are pockets with inserts, fold-outs, fold-ups, pull-outs and pull-downs, with plenty of room for photos and journaling. I used lots of coordinating papers and embellished the pages with ephemera, stickers, foam alphas, puffy buttons, puffy stickers and enamel dots.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: January #1-2024 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: January 2024 – Anything Goes w/ optional Gatefold Card (no twist)
3. Classic Design Challenge: December #12 – Anything Goes

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Twine 12×12 cardstock; Keep It Simple Hello Adventure Flip Sides Pack and Collection Pack (paper and ephemera)
DIES/PUNCHES: Stampin’ Up 1″ Circle Punch
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue; Keep It Simple Hello Adventure Sticker Sheet, Foam Alpha Bits, Puffy Buttons, Puffy Stickers and Enamel Dots; Zutter Bind-It-All and 3/4″ white Zutter wire

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! If you like the Keep It Simple products I used, you can save 10% on your entire order when you shop online using code LoveToScrap2 at checkout! There is no minimum purchase requirement and no usage limits, AND it combines with product, order, and shipping discounts! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Dog and Cat Lovers Mini Album

Hey everybody! Well, it’s the 1st of a new month and we’re that much closer to Christmas! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Mini Album Mania and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for MAM #2 – Any Type of Mini Album Goes! I used items from the super adorable Keep It Simple Max & Daisy collection to create a dog and cat lovers mini album! The six album pages are different sizes and shapes of printed chipboard pieces and there is plenty of room for tiny photos and journaling!

I chose six Die Cut Printed Chipboard pieces from the Max & Daisy Collection along with patterned papers from the Flip Sides Pack that I die cut oval, square and rectangle shapes from for the back of several of the pages. The pages were embellished with stickers from the Die Cut Adhesive Sticker Sheet, Puffy Sticker Buttons, Printed Enamel Stickers and Enamel Shapes, all from the Max & Daisy Collection. I punched a hole in the top of the stack of pages with my We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Big Bite, attached the pages with a ball chain and clasp and tied a yellow dotted ribbon onto the ball chain. Super easy and so much fun!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #11-2023 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: October #10 – Anything Goes
3. Critter Crazy Challenges: #80 – Anything Goes with a Featured Critter

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Keep It Simple Max & Daisy Flip Sides Pack
DIES/PUNCHES: Keep It Simple Stitched Ovals Nested Dies, Stitched Squares Nested Dies and Stitched Rectangles Nested Dies; Kadomaru Pro Corner Rounder, We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Big Bite
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer; Keep It Simple Max & Daisy Die Cut Printed Chipboard, Die Cut Adhesive Sticker Sheet, Puffy Sticker Buttons, Printed Enamel Stickers and Enamel Shapes; Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, Studios Blackbird yellow dotted ribbon, silver ball chain and clasp

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Beach Memory Album

10/28/23 September DT Favorite Winner at A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge!

Hey everybody! Happy Friday – I hope you have a fun weekend planned! Our very first challenge is live this morning over at Mini Album Mania and I’m super excited to share my debut DT inspiration project for MAM #1 – Any Type of Mini Album Goes! We have room for a few more design team members, so if you’re interested, let me know! I created a purse-shaped Beach Memory Album for our first challenge with lots of room for photos and journaling!

Here’s a quick run-down of how our new challenge works: We host challenges every other (odd) month and each challenge lasts six weeks. We welcome all types of handmade mini albums. The size should be no more than 6″ on any side, the album must have at least three pages, and it must be embellished and decorated. Photos are optional. Mini albums can have any kind of binding such as rings, wire, ribbon, staples, glued tabs, etc. Or they can be an accordion or flap type with no binding. Just remember they must have at least three pages, and we don’t want to see any blank undecorated albums. 

Using the Concord & 9th Everyday Purse Builder dies, I created the album base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock. I cut the album pages from 110# Solar White cardstock as well and rounded the two outside corners of each page. I used papers from the Carta Bella Beach Party Collection Kit to cover the base. I used coordinating papers and stickers from the collection kit as well as Eyelet Outlet Sunglasses, Flip Flops, Beach Umbrella, and Sun/Cloud Brads to embellish the pages.

There are several pull-ups and pull-outs, as well as die cut panels made with My Favorite Things Stitched Mini Scallop STAX, Stitched Rectangle STAX and Stitched Square STAX and CottageCutz Double-Stitched Ovals. I used CutCardStock Bright Silver Foil cardstock for the rings on the base of the straps. I used a Velcro fastener on the flap closure and embellished it with a Darice iridescent gemstone. I made a charm and tassel which I attached with a tiny ball chain and clasp from my stash.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: September #9-2023 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: September #9 – Anything Goes
3. Crafty Gals Corner: #246 – Summer Fun
4. Sparkles Monthly Challenges: #167 – Tropical and/or Beach

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Bright Silver Foil cardstock, Carta Bella Beach Party Collection Kit
DIES/PUNCHES: Concord & 9th Everyday Purse Building Dies, Kadomaru Pro Corner Rounder; My Favorite Things Stitched Mini Scallop STAX, Stitched Square STAX, Stitched Rectangle STAX; CottageCutz Double-Stitched Ovals, Stampin’ Up 1/2″ Circle Punch
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot; Eyelet Outlet Sunglasses, Flip Flops, Beach Umbrella, and Sun/Cloud Brads; Velcro fastener, 1/4″ double-sided foam strip, Darice iridescent gemstones, tiny ball chain and clasp

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up a mini album project in our debut challenge! If you have a lot of photos that need homes in mini albums, then this challenge is for you! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,