I finished a project!

I finally finished the mini album I made for my daughter's 5th birthday party. We had a horseback riding party at a stable in town. I just wanted to show a little bit of how you really can use these beautiful mini books, 

The front 

1st page with a pocket with some info from the stable. 

A page and an insert. 

Insert in the small pockets

A little card I attached and wrote in for my baby girl. 

A few more pages and inserts.  

I hope you enjoyed my little book and feel led to make one or order yours today! 

Blessings.

Playing Catch Up (again)

So I've had a ton going on and haven't taken a chance to post. I'm just gonna post pictures today of my newer albums and then go through each of them on separate posts. 

There are more but I think I'll start with these. Follow up posts to come on each album.

Moving Day

Last night, I did the walk through of the new house - atrocious. It was cleaned last night so I am ready to go over there and see what it looks (and smells) like. Ready to get it started in here! Gotta see if I'm gonna make a great big craft room!!!

Let's do this!!!

Catching up

Been off the radar for a little while taking care of some personal bidness. So much has been going on, along with my little girl turning 5 in early Jan and my baby boy turns 3 this Sunday. 

I'm so glad to get back to crafting and my mini albums. I've got so many new albums to share! Can't wait! I'll post pics after the munchkins go to bed. 

Long Envelope Mini

This is a little long envelope mini album I made today in the time out that I put myself in. (I have a 4 & 2 yr old. If you have kids, that's enough said, right?!?!)

So here is my little album:

I followed a tutorial from Laura Denesin from "Follow the Paper Trail" on YouTube. She is so creative and inspiring, so easy to follow & has lots of fantastic videos on her channel "Follow the Paper Trail".

I made it with 6 #9 envelopes that I got from Hobby Lobby. Their kraft envelopes are by far the strongest that I have come across. 

I used a Nursery Rhyme paper stack that a friend gave me a while back. My 4 yr old confiscated this album and stuck a few stickers in there. I'm not sure what she will use it for. The albums are pretty quick and easy to make so I'm sure I'll make another one soon.

Here are a couple of pictures of the inside. There is a pocket page on the left and a longer pocket page on the right with a flap. It has a chipboard cover and a duck tape spine. 

I stuck some tags in the pockets & like I said, my little girl stuck on some stickers.

I hope you like my little mini. I think they are darling! 

Next, I'm going to try Laura's split paper bag mini album. Check her out on YouTube if you want to try the tutorial for yourself. She is definitely one of my favs.

Thanks for viewing!

Blessings, 

Tes

Christmas Mini Album

This is the 2nd mini album that I designed and made by myself. I had inspiration from several fabulous designers, of course, but did this one solo! I hope you like it. 

It's an 8x8 album & I haven't titled it yet. I kinda like the simple front cover though.

(Excuse my thumb in there 👍)

So, you open it up; 

And this is the front cover. It's a little book I made out of envelopes.

 And then, here is the 1st page:

The flap is held together with a magnet. It opens and there is a pocket on the inside. All of the pages are pocket pages and contain a large photo mat.

Here are the next couple of pages:

And next, I made this gate fold page that contains a waterfall feature:

The next page has a fold out that is held together with a ribbon:

When you open it up, there is also an inside pocket with a large photo mat.

Here are the next couple of pages:

There is a pocket on the left side. I put hinges on it so it can hold more. 

This page is pretty cool. I cut it so the Santa scene would show. Almost all of the paper I used was an older DCWV "Heirloom Christmas Stack". I had the K & Co. embellishment "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" & it ended up looking perfect on there, I think. 

Tag and pocket page. 

And the last page has a pocket:

I have not done anything with the back inside cover page and have left the back of the album pretty plain as well. 

The spine is a smooth velvety paper I found in my stash that I love. 

I made the pages with craft card stock. The cover is rather lightweight chipboard. I think if I make another one, I will use a heavier weight.

I hope you enjoyed perusing my album. Sorry about the pics being so unprofessional but you gotta start somewhere, right?! So I'm starting with my camera on my phone in my room. 😀

Feel free to leave me a nice comment or if you have any questions, I will be happy to try and answer them. If you have something negative to say, you picked the wrong blog - keep surfin - cause life is too short to criticize someone's art and creativity.

Thanks for viewing and have a blessed day!

😘Tes

That's what I'm doin these days

This is an album I made for my sister. I followed the tutorial from Cassie Keith on You Tube. It is made of envelopes from Hobby Lobby (by far, the strongest and best) and DCWV Christmas Made paper pack. 

I used a pack of K&Company dye cuts to embellish it a bit. It is distressed with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo - one of my favs! 

 I made the snowflakes with a punch and put a pearl in them. See how functional these minis are!! 

I love making these envelope mini albums. I hope my little sis enjoys this one!! 

Stay tuned - more projects to come!