Photo Shoot Mini album

Are you ready for some Christmas projects???

Part of one of the I Am A Scrapaholic's kits for November is an accordian style album by Melissa Frances. It comes with a kraft colored paper ready for you to paint or cover with paper or just leave as it is.

I wanted my photos to really shine in my little album, so I left the album as it came and printed my photos out 4" x 6" and then trimmed them a little bit so that some of my patterned paper would show.

I loved the SEI papers that came in this month's kit because they are not loud and busy prints making them the perfect backdrop to my album and my photos.

The snowflake is chipboard and is part of the kit. I covered that with a good coat of Stickles. I love that stuff because you get lots of bling without loose glitter ending up all over the place. You can also see the rhinestone word by Kaiser Craft that is part of the kit. It wasn't going to show off real well against my patterned paper so I just put a swipe of white paint on the paper first and that created the perfect backdrop to my word.

Thank you for visiting the I Am A Scrapaholic blog, Linda

WONDER – MINI ALBUM
November I Am A Scrapaholic kit
Materials list:
4”x6” Paper Mache’ Foldout book/Melissa Frances
Rhinestone word WONDER – KaiserCraft
Patterned papers – SEI Alpine Frost collection
Printed Poinsettia – Making Memories
Ric-Rac trim
White paint

Products that go together!

Why do we subscribe to scrapbook kits? Because a package comes in the mail and everything just GOES TOGETHER!!!
This card is an example of the November I Am A Scrapaholic kit. Papers, rub-ons, stickers and chipboard and they just all match.

You can see here:

a rub-on tree

rub-on green border

rub-on red flourish

journaling sticker with a white paper backing

red Stickles on the tree and platinum Stickles on a chipboard flourish.

They just all went together to create my simple card.

Thanks for visiting, Linda

MERRY CHRISTMAS - TREE card

Materials list:
Patterned papers – Alpine Frost/SEI
SEI rub-ons
My Little Yellow Bicycle chipboard flourish
American Crafts Remarks sticker
Machine Sewing
Stickles - Ranger

Having Paper is a Good Thing

Our scrapbook paper doesn't have to just be used for scrapbook pages and cards. Depending on the weight of the paper, there are so many fun projects that can be created. Mine is the most perfect way to give a friend a gift. After all, it is about the packaging!!
My bag is about 4 1/2" tall and 6" wide. I used directions that I found online at One Little Spark. Basically you are going to use a 12" square piece of paper. I used my Scor-Pal because it is just so handy for things like this. I scored at 3" and at 9", I turned the paper and then scored, from the opposite direction, at 4 1/2" and at 7 1/2". Folding the sides of the bag aren't hard, they are just a bit tricky so you need to read the directions that she gives on One Little Spark.
My handle was created by cutting a 5" x 12" piece of paper and then I folded it so that it ended up being 2" wide. You can see in the photo that I used 2 brads on each side for cute accents but also to hold it all together. I did partially glue the handle on and glue the sides closed.
The whole reason this project started is because I just HAD to cut out one of the flower designs from the Harvest Bouquet patterned paper. I accented it with the Metallic Fabric Dimensional paint, that looks almost like pearls when it is dry. I also used green Stickles. The butterfly is punched with my brand new Martha Stewart punch and I coated it with copper Stickles.

Thanks for visiting, Linda
The papers are from the October I Am A Scrapaholic kit
Patterned paper – Harvest Bouquet, Fall Leaves and Rusted Dots/Loverly Collection/g.c.d. studios
Scallop circle punch – Marvy
Metallic Fabric Dimensional Paint – Tulip
Copper Stickles/Ranger
Butterfly punch – Martha StewartBrads – Karen Foster
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