6x8 "Uncharted" mini-album

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!


I hope you all get a chance to do something crafty this weekend. I've been crafting all week and busy starting the write-up of the tutorial on my new  6"x8" "Uncharted" mini-album. I used Glitz Designs "Uncharted Waters" collection for this album and let me just say...I love everything about this collection from the colors to the trendy anchors, chevrons and whole nautical feel!

I completed this album using two of the 8x8 paper pads and one of the 6x6 paper pads. It could also be made using one of each size pad if you chose a coordinating 12x12 paper for the insides of the larger features. There's a ton of room for photos in this album and lots of new features. I've mixed magnetic closures with metal hook-and-eye closures, a hairband closure, and brad/ribbon/twine closures.

One of my favorite parts of this album is the D-ring closure on the outside with the burlap chevron ribbon. If you've visited my blog before, you've probably heard me talk about how I'm always on the hunt for new album closures, so I was very happy to find that large clasp and design this one.

This album is 14 pages (including front and back covers) and there's 14 photo mats/tags inside of pockets throughout the album. I used the "bits and pieces" tag sheet, washi tape, rhinestones, "what-nots", and die-cut stickers in the collection and added a few things from my stash. Most, if not all, of the metal closures, burlap chevron ribbon, and punches that I used in this album are recent purchases and can still be easily found in stores.

This album is listed on eBay HERE ending 5/12/13, if you're interested:



I should have the tutorial finished and in the shop by Friday of this week.

Hope you all enjoy the weekend!

Page 1 & 2

Page 1

Page 2

Page 2 two double-folded flaps with pockets

Page 2 inside two double-folded flaps

Page 2 photo mats inside pockets

Pages 3 & 4

Page 3

Page 3 tri-fold feature

Page 3 inside tri-fold feature 

Page 4

Page 4 inside pennant flap with pocket

Page 4 large photo mat inside pocket

Pages 5 & 6

Page 5 double pocket flaps with magnetic closure

Page 5 inside double pocket flaps

Page 5 inside double pocket flaps

Page 6

Page 6 inside pocket flap feature

Pages 7 & 8

Page 7

Page 7 hidden flap

Page 7 inside large flap with pocket

Page 7 large photo mat inside pocket

Page 8 quad-fold feature with magnetic closure

Page 8 inside quad-fold feature

Pages 9 & 10

Page 9

Page 9 inside double flap feature

Page 9 inside double flap feature

Page 9 large photo mat inside pocket

Page 10 accordion-fold feature with magnetic closure

Page 10 inside accordion-fold feature

Page 10 inside accordion-fold feature

Pages 11 & 12

Page 11 with large photo mat

Page 11 large photo mat inside pocket

Page 12 two folded pullout photo mats with magnetic closures

Page 12 inside folded pullout photo mats

Page 12 folded pullout photo mats 

Pages 13 & 14

Page 13 waterfall feature with tags

Page 13 inside waterfall feature

Page 13 inside waterfall feature

Page 14 with large photo mat

Page 14

14 photo mats/tags

Back cover

4"x6" Cherish the Moments Micro Mini-Album PDF Tutorial

Good Morning!

I have the PDF tutorial of this mini now available in my Etsy shop HERE.

The tutorial is 40 pages long with 103 photos and goes through the step-by-step process of the front and back covers and all 10 pages with photo mats and journaling tags. It's available as a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLY (no email attachment is possible due to the size of this file)

Here's the YouTube video of this mini to show all the little details:

This completed mini is currently listed on eBay HERE ending 4/2/13, if you're interested.

So thankful it's almost the weekend! Hope you all can squeak a little scrappy time in!

4"x6" Micro-Mini

I've just finished a new album that I'm calling a "micro-mini". Well, it's micro to me, since most of my minis are not really that mini. This album, believe it or not, will hold 47 pics!! The pics will need to be wallet-sized or smaller, but I tried it out with some small shots of my dog and it was really cute! I'll be uploading a video of this one by the end of the week and I'll demonstrate using those pics.

I've been wanting to do a really small one like this ever since I placed an order with Wild Orchid Crafts and accidentally bought a whole lot of closed rosebuds in a teeny tiny size. They were really unusable in my albums because they were so tiny. So... I designed a teeny tiny mini to use them in!

This mini has a different page design on each page and several new features. I'll have the tutorial of it in  my Etsy shop hopefully by Friday of this week. Using the tutorial, it will be easy to create this one within a week spending an hour or two a day and it uses one 6x6 paper pad. It will make a quick gift-giving option when you want to do a little something handmade. I used the MME "Bramble Rose" 6x6 pad on this one, but you could easily use any 6x6 paper for any occasion. It would be adorable as a new baby gift!

I'll post a link later on in the week to the video of this mini so you can see all the details.

This completed album is currently listed on eBay HERE ending on 4/2/13.

Hope your week gets off to a great start!

6x8 Botanical Noel PDF Tutorial

Good Morning!

 I've been working away these past few weeks on re-creating the Botanical Noel mini and developing the PDF tutorial and it's now in the shop. This is a HUGE file! The tutorial is 57 pages long with 146 photos. Some of the pages in this mini had a lot of steps involved and I've broken down the process in {hopefully} very manageable steps with lots of photos along the way to clarify.

 This one is available as a digital download only through MediaFire as it's way too big to send as an email attachment. The beautiful thing about the digital download is viewing these on an iPad or similar tablet. It's just a click of a button and the document can be viewed in a Kindle app right on your workspace. It's easy to enlarge the photos if you need to and flip through the pages quickly.

 The PDF tutorial is available HERE.

 I'm starting on a new mini this week that I think will make a really nice gift-giving option. I'll be doing a tutorial on this one as I create it, so it will be available right away after completion of the mini. It should be fairly quick to work up if you have someone that you'd really like to make a little something handmade for and not a lot of time.

 Hope you all have a great start to your week!

6"x6" JE T' ADORE Mini-Album PDF Tutorial

Happy Friday everyone!

I've got the 6" x 6" JE T' ADORE mini-album tutorial in the shop today! I've made a few "upgrades" to this one and I'm really really happy with how this turned out. I hope those of you who purchase it will be too:)

On the early tutorials I made, I neglected to think about having a nice cover page on them for printing purposes. I know if I was printing one of these I would like a nice full size color photo of the project on the front page, so I've added that to this one. Developing these tutorials is a learning process for me and you would not believe how much I've learned working in Pages and Keynote over the past 6 weeks. I'm probably going to continue making minor changes and "upgrades" as I discover new tricks in those programs.

This is a really big file. In fact, I think it's the largest PDF tutorial I've done so far. There's 40 pages altogether with 103 color photos and lots of typewritten description on all of the steps. I've added a little text to some of the photos for even better clarification of the steps wherever I thought it would be helpful. I've also tried to include text and arrows on photos with score lines involved as I know the score lines can be difficult to see.

I've got a few projects underway right now and I think one of them will make some people very happy! Lots of red cardstock, lots of cardinals, you get the idea...

I'm also in the planning stages for a new mini that should really appeal to those who like the December Daily/Project Life type of album. I'm pretty excited about this one and the paper collection I've chosen is one of my favorites from CHA last month.

I'm looking forward to a long holiday weekend! Hope you have a great one!!