A Year of 8ness

WARNING: photo heavy post as it's Mini Album time!! :D

Every year I create an album for my God-daughter documenting the fun things she has done in the previous 12 months. click here to see last year's

After rooting around my album drawer I came across a tag album....with 6 pockets....perfect one pocket for every two months :D

So let's get on with it as there are a lot of photos to get through!

I gessoed the front cover to tone the colour of the chipboard down a bit and then used a mask and Distress Inks (again!!! I know, but I love it!!) 

Fancy Pants number, Spellbinders Die '@', Heidi Swapp glitter bow, Elle Studio tag

Some months have more photos than others......I am just given the photos on a memory stick :) I don't think it matters though. I have decorated all of the tags but I'm not sure that her Mummy will want me sharing all of her photos....so here are some close ups :)

a painted Craftwork Cards chipboard heart, Ali Edwards banner cut on the Silhouette

Pretty Little Studio Vintage card

This book paper butterfly was one of the gazillion I had to make when GD came for the day. I had put some into a kit for her and she had run out....So she did the die cutting and painting and I did the sticking and stamping!! I was allowed to have one :) 

So that's another year done and dusted.....I can not believe she is 9 now...well 9 1/4 cos it's taken me forever to get this done LOL!!

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x 

Desktop Mini Album

Want to know how to make this little cutie??

Then hop on over to the Merly Impressions blog and follow my step by step tutorial ;)

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x 

A Cutie Patootie of an Album!!

I recently gave my craft room an overhaul (just waiting for one more unit to be made and then I will share some photos!) and I don't know about you but because I had to empty cupboards and boxes I found a lot of bits and bobs that were long, long forgotten!!

This little acrylic album was one such thing :) *cough* there are actually another 3 in acrylic and I lost count of how many chipboard ones there are!! On the up side, I do know they're there now :)

I will admit the photos are not doing this justice but c'mon it's see through, it reflects and it's grey and gloomy here today!!! This is the best I can do folks!! LOL

My DGD starts school in September. This little album is an homage to last month's Tuesday and Thursdays....our days :) The photos are Instagrams that I took on my phone.

All the papers are from my scraps boxes

I cut the hexagon background on the Silhouette.

recognise this one Lizzy??? DGD watched Lizzy's SCRAPfriends tutorial so out came the mists!!

No....not face paint......felt tip pen!!! Not on my watch, at preschool!!!

I really like the challenge of acrylic...i.e. you have to think about what will be seen on the reverse. It's a fun way to use up your stash and a lovely way for a small girl to remember her happy Mamma days :)

Also just been told about this :) Thank you lovely ladies for picking me!!

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x 

Blast Off mini Mini Album

Here's a super quick and easy little album.

I still have loads of my Blast Off collection left, so thought I would use some of it to show of my DGD :0)

Cut your papers the same width but different lengths, score them so that when you fold them they layer up nicely eg. score a 12" length of paper at 7"

Stitch or stick them together at the crease (remember if you are sticking to use very narrow tape or your pages won't lift!)

I die cut a star aperture on my front cover.

the monster tag pulls out for journalling

I also covered a wooden peg with washi tape and glittered a star from The Collectables and stuck it on.

A little month by month (enough for his first 6 months) book to document the rapid changes :0)

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x 

A Daily Dose of Nostalgia

Hiya,

I don't have very much I can share with you at the moment, so I thought I would let you have a peep at the mini album I made for my Dad's desk.

It was another of Heidi Swapp's genius ideas, made from a cat food box (I know!!!) I got it all done in one evening...brilliant :)

the scrap box (neutrals this time) came out to play :)

as it was for Father's Day it is all about his kids, his grand-daughters and his great grandchildren. He was over the moon :0)

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x 

Christmas Mini Album 2012

****be warned .... photo heavy post****

I rarely scrap Christmas. I think it's because the photos are usually dark and whilst I love Christmas colours when I get them out to scrap they don't inspire me.

I had bought an old Teresa Collins collection in the sale and decided that if I used it as white + one then it could work for me.....and I am so glad that I did :0)

Here is my rather large mini and a selection of some of the pages!! Once again I have to apologise for the dodgy photos!! I have either got to start using colour or get some proper lighting ;0) !!

I used my Zutter to bind it. The front cover is acetate with a doily and a 3D star that I made and some of the chipboard that came with the colelction

more chipboard

Ali Edwards SVG file, American Crafts arrow stamp

another Ali Edwards cut file that I have attached with washi so it lifts to reveal my journalling.  Hard to see but on the other page is a white heart with a chipboard attached to it

I cut the heart out and attached it to a stick, stamp is my fave MME, opposite page is Ali Edwards stamp and Cosmo Cricket Tiny Alphas

Ali Edwards Stamp and more acetate from the collection

Ali Edwards stamp and arrow cut on Silhouette, American Crafts thank you stamp

MME stamp, Studio Calico veneer heart

Heidi Swapp stamp

another Heidi Swapp stamp from the same set!

Teresa Collins journal stamp tucked behind photo

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x 

A real 'scrap' mini!!

Some of you will have read that I organised all my scraps into individual acrylic folders, one for each colour plus neutrals...well I have also done the same for my embellishments, one drawer per colour..... patterned paper and ......cardstock!! Told ya...OCD Queen (and I wonder why I have so little time to myself!!) Ribbons, flowers and buttons were done a long time ago...and as for stickles....

 need I say more? LOL

Anyway I am on a mission to use all these bits and pieces I lovingly spare from the bin :0) I saw a mini recently on the Pink Paislee blog, super simple, fold 6 x 12 papers in half and attach!! Great huh?

I have a lot of 6 x 12 pieces as I only have a mini cricut and that's the size of my cutting mat. Armed with a selection of randomness I folded and punched holes and tied with seam binding.

I also have a little box that contains anything I have cut on the Silhouette or Cuttlebug and didn't use.....at last, a use for these little bits and bobs!

And here we have a mini documenting our day at the Discovery Centre with DD#1 and DGD :0)

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x