favorite mini books

I love mini books.
They are fast, fun, great way to document an event with lots of photos, and a great way to share photos. I’ve admitted that I take a lot of photos of my two cuties, but even I can only scrapbook so many photos! So I started three years ago making minis as [...]

Read Full Post »

simple delights mini

I was inspired by Stacy Julian’s challenge to take time to make something for myself. She suggested a mini book to remind us of our blessings. I make mini books for the grandparents and husband but not often for myself. I took this little challenge as an opportunity to make a fun mini to keep [...]

Read Full Post »

messy book

In these uncertain times, with money stress and family stress and all the everyday stuff that we all deal with I have to remind myself that my life is really good. We are all healthy and have each other and we have each other. Last week I read off a young mother who’s husband died [...]

Read Full Post »

Week in the Life Album

I decided to follow along a bit with Ali Edwards and her week in the life project. I’ve done this a few times in my short time as a scrapper (about 3 years) and it’s always fun to see little snippets of our life captured in one place. I have to admit I didn’t do [...]

Read Full Post »

Daddy Mini Album Tutorial

For Father’s Day I decided to make a mini album of my favorite pics of my hubby with the kiddies. I had this great red album from Stampin Up! that seemed just right.
This is my 3rd 6×6 album I’ve made. First I really love the size, so easy so quick. And then I love how [...]

Read Full Post »

friends mini book

6×6 accordion “Friend” Mini Book
This book I made to collect photos of my friends at our monthly get-togethers throughout the rest of the year.

friend album

Supplies Used:
I used all of the Cloud 9 “chocolate chalet” paper kit, stickers from “Brittney’s Castle”, Heidi Grace “thinking of you” clear stamps, pink cardstock Bazzill, ink, pink lipstick [...]

Read Full Post »

in praise of kits

Normally I don’t buy kits. Every now and then I’ll order a kit from Coca Daisy or a similar company. But I usually don’t buy the coordinated page kits. I just am not that together or something. However, when I get anything free, I love whatever it is! So I got this cool green paper [...]

Read Full Post »

in praise of mini books

I love mini books/albums. If you were to come to my house you would find containers all around the house filled with these little books. In fact I often prefer to make some kind of mini instead of traditional scrap page. Is that bad? I don’t think so, even though I feel a bit of [...]

Read Full Post »

a perfect life-mini book

The challenge from one little word: perfect.
This gave me a chance to use some of my cool new stuff from Cocoa Daisy’s August and September kit. Normally when I get my hands on some cool new paper I’m hesitant to cut into that pristine sheet. This is especially true with these kits that have really [...]

Read Full Post »

joy of life mini book

Here’s one of my latest designs of a mini book on a ring. I combined my favorite photo shop brushes by Jason Gaylor .
For this book I created my square photos in photoshop by placing them all on a 4×6 canvas. Each section has cardstock background, patterned paper, photo, and topped by a transparency page.

Supplies: [...]

Read Full Post »