Carta Bella Rock-A-Bye Baby Girl Mini Album

I finished the second baby album I've been working on for my supervisor at work. This one has been created using Carta Bella's Rock-A-Bye Baby Girl collection. Now I can take this book and the baby book I created here so that she can choose which one she likes best. 

I love how the cover turned out! I do like the colors in this collection. Once I started working on the book I was having a bit of a struggle because I didn't think there were enough patterns in this collection. On the backs of some of the patterns there were large cut-a-parts. I went out and matched some solid colors to the collection knowing that I would have to use more solid colors than I normally do when making a book. The further along I got I actually started really loving how it was coming together. I think this one might be a close favorite of mine. 

For the flowers on the cover I shopped my own stash! It's a good think I pick things up when I see them on sale not knowing what they will be used for!

I kept the back and the spine simple. 

I did add a waterfall in the front inside cover. I add waterfalls to all my books. To me it's worth it for the extra amount of photos that can be added. 

There are six pockets with a mat for each one. I just added patterned paper to one side.

This waterfall has three pages.

I used some of the chipboard elements and stickers to embellish these pages.

The page has two flaps that open.

I left the back of the flaps black.

More flaps!

I added a pocket that holds a trip-fold booklet. I cut down one of the cut-a-parts for the front of the pocket.

One page has a belly band that holds two mats and one page has two flaps. 

More chipboard embellishments.

Stacked pocket that holds cut-a-parts from the collection. The inside back cover holds another waterfall.

That's it! I hope she likes them! 

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Baby Girl Mini Album

I thought it was time I made a mini album. Over the Memorial Day weekend while cleaning and purging my craft room I realized I have all these cute paper collections that I bought specifically for books. That's when I decided I better get busy. Many of the collections I have aren't newer ones, but that's okay. They'll still make cute books! The paper collection I used for this book is called Baby Mine from Carta Bella. The collection came with twelve double sided sheets of patterned cardstock. I also used some papers from the 6x6 paper pad. This collection had some chipboard accents that I also used. 

Before I started I had to figure out which pattern I wanted for the cover. I finally settled on the alphabet sheet and I'm glad I did. I used two different patterns from the 6x6 paper pad for the cover. One I die cut with a Prima die called doilies one. The other piece was cut using a double stitched rectangle from Our Daily Bread.

I used two of the chipboard accents on the cover. The flowers are from Recollections, Prima and Jolee's. The leaves are by Recollections. The beaded strip along the binding is a beaded ribbon from Celebrate It. The ribbons are called vintage blush rose antique also from Celebrate It.

On the inside I didn't want to overwhelm the pages with embellishments. I tried to keep it as minimal as possible so that there is room for photos. I used stamps sets I had to add sentiments throughout the book. The sentiments above are from the Sweet Baby set by Technique Tuesday.

The sentiment on this page is from Fishers called Precious Baby Quotes. 

There's room for over 50 photos in this book. I love how it turned out! 

For my next book I think I'll finally break out the Graphic 45 Cats and Dogs collection. I've had it forever so I think it's time to use it! This book will be heading to Florida to my cousin. I hope they love it!

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21 Days Of Christmas Cards - Day 11 - Merriest Wishes

We've made it to Day 11 of my "21 Cards Of Christmas!". I hope I've inspired you a little in your cardmaking. Christmas cards are one of my favorites to create. One thing I really tried to watch this year was the use of thick embellishments. It's so hard to mail those cards. I tried to set those ones aside for my husband to use since I knew they wouldn't be mailed.

I was able to get alot of mileage out of the Wonder Collection from Authentique. I made quite a few cards from only a few sheets of cardstock.

Supplies Used: PTI in Ripe Avocado, Authentique Wonder Collection, Flora Doodles by Petaloo, Stamp from Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Merriest Wishes - CL113, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot.

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This post is linked to these parties: Think Pink Sundays, Sunday Blog Love, Sunday Linky Party.

New Mini Book

I am addicted to mini books! When I first started creating cards almost three years ago I couldn't get enough. I have quite the collection of them in my craft room and I still enjoy participating in card challenges. Just a little over a year ago I thought I'd try my hand at mini books and now I can't stop!

I used the Oxford Collection from BasicGrey for the pages.

Some of the patterns are so pretty that I didn't want to cover them up with alot of mats.

This mini is only 4-inches by 4-inches!

I embellished some of the pages using edge punches by EK Success and shapes from Nestabilities.

I used Liquid Pearls by Ranger to embellish this photo mat.

I used Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink on my ribbon and used a Trinket Pin from Tim Holtz on this page.

There are seven pockets that hold tags for photos.

On one side of each tag I used a journaling stamp from Unity Stamp Co.

Products used for this mini book: Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Unity Every Day Use Stamp - US-1012W, Nestabilities - Labels 8 & Classice Scalloped Circles, Ranger Liquid Pearls, EK Success Edge Punches, Tim Holtz Trinket Pins, Circle Punch, Corner Rounder, Patterned Cardstock From The Oxford Collection by BasicGrey, Flower On Front Cover From Petaloo.

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Turning the Table Thursday
Chic & Crafty Party

Tags From Scraps

I thought I'd try making some gift tags with my leftover Christmas paper. I've never made tags before and now I think I'm hooked! I love designing cards from scraps. Making tags may just be my new passion.

Here's a closer view of each:

Products Used For These Tags:

Nestabilities Labels One & Classic Scalloped Circles Small

Star Punch

Quickie Glue Pen

Glitter Sparkling Ice

Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink

May Arts Ribbon

Ribbon From JoAnn Crafts

Holiday Time Scatterables - Snowflake & Holly

Versamark

Stampendous! Gold Embossing Powder & Dot Sparklers

Mirrorcard

Creative Imaginations Woodland Brads

Flora Doodles by Petaloo

Farmers Market Cherry Twist Twine

Hero Arts Sparkle Clear Stamps - Warm Wishes - CL243, Merriest Wishes - CL113, Winter's Butterfly - CL234, Holiday Gift Tags - CL237

I hope everyone's day is going well and you're getting all your last minute projects done! Thanks for stopping by!