Desk Top Mini Album Tutorial ~ Frosted Designs Show Me Sunday.

Hi everyone!!  Today is my turn to host the Show Me Sunday reveal over at Frosted Designs.  With Valentine's Day just around the corner I'm going to show you how to make a cute "Desk Top Mini Album" that would be a perfect gift for a teacher or co-worker for Valentine's Day?!!

Here it is closed...

Here it is opened (top view)

Here it is opened (side view)

Here is what you're going to need...

4 pieces of paper/cardstock.. I used SU Basic Black CS 

Paper cutter

Bone folder

Tape Runner

2 pieces (10" each) Ribbon

Decorative Paper

And a little "Bling" of your choice to decorate the front cover

Cut (4) - 8" by 8" pieces of paper/cardstock

Each piece of paper/cardstock you will need to do the following:

1) Fold it in half.. Use bone folder..

2) Unfold.. turn the page and fold it in half again... Use bone folder

3) Unfold, and now fold the page from tip to tip and make a triangle... Use bone folder

4) Unfold, and now do the opposite tip to tip and make another triangle.. Use bone folder.

Unfold and turn the paper/cs over... This is what it should look like..

Now you are going to do steps 1 thru 4 again on this side.. and don't forget to use your bone folder..

It should look like this..

Now you are going to take the upper left square and "pinch" it together, while the rest of the paper folds upward. Sometimes it wants to go downward and that is not correct...

You should have a little triangle and a 3 sided square box shape...

Now you want to open the little triangle up and go ahead and run your tape runner on the underneath side and press tight..

Now here's what you should have...

I apologize for doing this in black... It's a little hard to see, but you do have the 3 sides and a little triangle here..

Now this is all you're going to do with this for the time being... Now you need to do the other 3 pieces of paper/cardstock the same way....

This is what you should have when you're finished...

Now it's time to start adding your pretty papers!!! I find it's a lot easier to decorate each box before you attach them together.. Each square should be 4" x 4", so be sure and cut your pp a little smaller...

First I add the paper on the triangle side... It's a lot easier to do this before you tape down the outside edge of the triangle.. Now you can tape the triangle down along the outside edge... You should have a pocket for a tag...

Next you are going to do the bottom... You will have to do this in 2 pieces so it can fold up when you close your album..

Here's my first box decorated...

Here's the second box... You can now put these 2 together.. You should attach a plain "photo" side with a tag side...

Here I have 3 boxes put together.. Notice how I added the ribbon under the pp under the tag side..

Here you can get an idea of how it folds up... I still have to add the 4th "box"..

Here is the final box... Notice that I've added another piece of ribbon under the pp on the photo side this time.. Do NOT TAPE/ATTACH the last box to the first box... This is so you can close your album..

Here is a top view of this album.

Here is a closed view before it's decorated...

I covered the front and back with this pp..

Added a doily, glitter frame, little envelope I punched out with my Sizzix Die and then added a little twine and a little pearl heart...

And there you have my finished album ready to give as a gift of ready for me to add some of my favorite photos!!

You can't add a lot of bulk to these little albums, but you can add stickers, doilies, lace and a little bling...

I hope you've enjoyed reading through my tutorial and that just maybe you will want to give it a try. They make wonderful gifts!!  If you do make one I would love to see it..  Leave me a note and I'll stop by!!

And just a little reminder of a couple of things going on or coming up real soon!!!

FIRST ~~ PRACTICAL SCRAPPERS HAS A LAYOUT CONTEST GOING ON RIGHT NOW...  YOU WILL WANT TO GO HERE AND CHECK OUT THE DETAILS.... BUT HURRY THE WINNERS OF THE FIRST ROUND WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 14TH...

SECOND ~~ FROSTED DESIGNS HAS A WINTER WONDERLAND BLOG HOP STARTING ON JANUARY 20TH AND WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT AS WE GET CLOSER.. SO STAY TUNE!!!!

Thanks for dropping by today!!

Have a great weekend!!

Hugs!!

It's My Party ~ Savannah -- Sketch Along Tuesday/Frosted Designs AND A TOP 3 WINNER OVER AT INCY WINCY DESIGNS

Hello everyone!!!  Today is reveal day over at Sketch Along Tuesday / Frosted Designs..  We have another beautiful sketch from Design Team Member Karin and here it is..

I decided to scrap granddaughter Savannah's Birthday Party  from a couple of weeks ago..  It was an all girl party, everyone had to wear some pink, and the girls decorated cupcakes,  Amanda dolled them up with  make-up and painted their fingernails and then applied stickers, Savannah's other grandma helped them make beaded bracelets and I was in charge of the hot glue gun/attaching their flowers to their hair barrettes..  The girls were kept very busy and they had a blast...And the BIG girls did too!!!  When everyone left the party they looked fab-u-lous!!! :o) 

Here are a few close ups....

Here are some Petaloo Florals layered over fussy cut flowers, Prima Say It In Pearls, BoBunny Trinket, Martha Stewart Doily Lace Trim Deep Edge Punch....

Martha Stewart Doily Lace Trim Deep Edge, Stitched edges, Petaloo, fussy cut flower,  Marvy Oval Punch...

Sticker Letters, Prima Say It In Pearls, Distressed edges, Stitching...

Here are a few other challenges this layout will qualify for....

A Spoon Full of Sugar ~ Happy Birthday

Anything Goes Challenge ~ Happy Birthday / Celebration

Craft Us Crazy ~ Anything Goes

Craft Your Days Away ~ Birthday

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Something Old (Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch) Something New (7gypsies Victoria Paper)

Cupcake Craft Challenge ~ Sew Mad

Here is the scrappy list of things I used..........

Stampin' Up Cardstock

7gypsies ~ Victoria Collection

Making Memories ~ Sienne Dictionary Collage

Petaloo Florals

Prima Say It In Pearls

Martha Stewart Doily Lace Trim Deep Edge Punch

Marvy Oval Punch

Sticker Letters

Basic Grey Chipboard

BoBunny Trinkets

I also did a little sewing around the edges...

Be sure and head over to Frosted Designs to see more inspiration!!!

Thanks so much for dropping by!!

Have a great day!  Try To Stay Cool!!!!!!!

Hugs!!!

Nature's Beauty ~ Sketch Along Tuesday/Frosted Designs AND Practical Scrappers Bird Project

Hi everyone!!  Today we reveal another sketch over at Frosted Designs/Sketch Along Tuesday..  This weeks beautiful sketch is from our very own Karin, and here it is.... 

Now, I've changed it up a bit, and instead of using a photo in the middle of the circles I used all of the circles for photos and the photo square for part of my journaling....  I had these awesome photos of the different kinds of birds coming to my birdbath and I thought this would be a perfect sketch to showcase them!!  All of the photos were taken through my kitchen window except the Barred Owl...  He/she comes and watches me water my garden every night...  Not scared of me at all...  I LOVE living in the country/woods and being surrounded by such beautiful creatures!!!   And this just so happens to fit in one of this months challenge calls over at Practical Scrappers ~ birds!!  Which, by the way you still have time to get your project in..  We would love to feature it right along side of ours!!! 

Here is a close up of my feathered friends...

They are so beautiful!!

My scrappy list of things I used...

SU Chocolate Chip CS

BoBunny Gabrielle Collection - Gabrielle Dot

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Alterations Movers & Shapers - Styled Labels

SU Canvas BG Stamp

SU Close to Cocoa Ink

Fancy Frame

Red Jewels

Sizzix Swirly Die

QuicKutz Espresso Alphabet Set

Sizzlits Girls are Weird Alphabet Set

Leaf die cut from stash

Butterfly stickers

Be sure and head on over to Frosted Designs/Sketch Along Tuesday to see more inspiration from the Design Team!

Thanks so much for dropping by!!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs!! 

Zach ~ Sketch Along Tuesday--Frosted Designs

Hi everyone!!  It's Tuesday and that means it's time for another Sketch Along Tuesday over at Frosted Designs!!  And we have an amazing sketch this week from Karin!! 

I love this one, it's beautiful just like it is, but remember you don't have to follow it verbatim, you can change it up to make it work for you... 

I am scrapping this cute photo of my DGS Zach taken on May 8th...  He was blowing bubbles at me while I was trying to get him to blow kisses...  So I just pretended the bubbles were kisses...  He is such a good little guy!!

I just really took one close up because the rest are designs on the paper!  Don't you just love paper like that?!!!

Look closely and you can see the big bubble he's blowing!!!!  LOL  You can also see my grunge cardboard, doily, hardware, ribbon and tags!!

This layout will also qualify for a few other challenges out there...

Sketch Along Tuesday ~ Sketch

DYSU Challenge ~ Tags

A Spoon Full of Sugar ~ Anything Goes

Scrappy list of things I used on this layout.....

BoBunny ~ Mama-Razzie Film

BoBunny~Gabrielle Collection

Cardboard

Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Vintage Photo

Tags ~ 7 Gypsies

Doily

Ribbon

Lace

Spare Parts Decorative Brads

BoBunny Timepiece Dimensional Sticker

Explore Traditions~ medallion

American Crafts-Thickers ~ Daydream Foam Letters

Marvy Scalloped Circle Punch

Please check out the other amazing layouts from the Design Team and remember here is the prize you're playing for this month from Part Time Sally....

But you have to play to win...  The more challenges you play in the more chances you have to win!!  Good Luck!!!!

Thanks for dropping by!!

Have a wonderful day!!!

Hugs!!

Lighting the Unity Candle, Amanda's Wedding, Stuck On U Sketches, Frosted Designs

Hello everyone... It was a beautiful day here in Texas today. I got to scrap most of the day and I looooved it. The new sketch came up on Stuck On U Sketches and so I had to give it a try. The challenge over at Frosted Designs is to use a lot of bling. Well, that should be very easy for me... lol. I also needed to do another sketch for DD Amanda's Wedding Album. You know, Christmas is just around the corner. So I decided to combine both and this is what I came up with. Hope you like it..

I used SU Burgundy CS, distressed the edges, and then layered a piece of Basic Grey Laser Cut Doily over that. Sponged the edges with SU Bravo Burgundy Ink.

I cut two (2) large frames with the Silhouette SD to lay over the photo ~ 1 - SU Basic Black CS and 1- SU Rose Red CS. Also cut swirls out of SU Basic Black CS with the Silhouette SD. The small picture is punched out with the Marvy Oval Punch and then layered on SU Rose Red DSP and SU Basic Black CS. Added little prima flowers with sugar coated brad centers, and the large flower is a Prima ~ Fiesta Flower. Added black jewels around the large photo. I typed the journaling on the computer and then printed it on Vellum~Marble White and then layered it on SU Rose Red DSP. Added Say It In Crystals ~ pink, all around the page.

Thanks so much for stopping by and please come back again...

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Hugs.. :o)