"Abroad" Travel Mini Album

Hi there! Loes here today to share a mini album made with the "Abroad" collection. 

"Abroad" is a great collection to scrap all of those travel photos you may have laying around!

The outside looks like it's an normal mini album, but the inside is something very unique...

I made a cover and then I made a little box and glued it in the inside of the cover. As you can see, I made an envelop on the inside for the tickets, tags,  etc.

In the box there is a mini album that is bound with book rings.

There's also space for some labels in it so you can leave a little journaling too.

As you can see, I love a lot of layering.... for some extra dimension I like to use foam tape.

This collection has a lot of extra's like stickers and die cuts. They are so great to use in your mini album to add quotes & sayings.

I used this big die cut with the quote as a little envelope for a tag and extra journaling.

Products Used:

Authentique:  abroad collection 12 x 12 design paper,titles & phrases, circles & scallops, elements stickers, detail stickers

Bazzill: cardstock

Chipboard, book rings, lace, laser die cuts

Classic Easter Pop Up Card With "Promise"

Good morning!  Kay here with a classic pop up card with the 'Promise' collection.  Now, I refer to these type of pop up cards as 'classic' because I remember doing these cards back in grammar school during our 'arts and crafts' time.  I was looking through some old photos & memorabilia that my mom kept from my days in grammar school & I came upon a pop up card that I made for her for Mother's Day.  This triggered many memories including a flashback on how I used to make these cards.  So I decided to go 'old school' and bring back an oldie but goodie.

The outside of the card was embellished with ribbon by May Arts, a couple of wooden buttons & paper & component accents from the 'Promise' line.

I randomly applied dots of Stickles to the large orange dots on my background paper in order to dress it up a bit more & add a bit of glimmer to it.  All the little eggs used on this card I fussy cut from one of the border component accents that come with the 'Promise' line.

Here's the inside of the card.  It opens up & up pops a blue bunny along with a couple of banners wishing the recipient a very Happy Easter!

I adhered a blank white piece of card stock at the bottom of the card so that a sentiment can be written on it if desired.

Now onto a quick tutorial I put together on how you can create your own pop up cards.  These are relatively simple to do & are great for doing alongside your kids.

Let's get started...

Step 1: You'll need (2) pieces of card stock measuring 10" x 5" & (4) pieces of 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" designer paper

Step 2: Take one of the pieces of card stock & with a ruler & pencil draw pairs of parallel lines as shown here.  My advice is to make 5 sets of parallel lines tops.  If you make too many then your pop up card may end up looking a bit cluttered.  Each pair of parallel lines are approximately 1/4" wide.  TIP: Vary the length of the parallel lines so that your pop up elements are staggered.  Try not to make a set of lines longer than half of the card.

Step 3: If you're planning on decorating the inside of your card with designer paper--now is the time to adhere the paper to the inside of the card.  Optional: Ink the edges of the paper with some chalk ink.

Step 4: Cut along the lines that were drawn.

Step 5: Open your card & 'pop' the strips inwards creating a square design as shown in the photo.  This is where you'll be adhering your pop up elements.

Step 6: Apply designer paper to the 2nd piece of card stock (which will be the outside of the card).  Then adhere the two pieces of card stock together while keeping the piece of card stock with the cut strips on the inside.

Embellish away & you're done!

Hope you enjoyed this mini project & tutorial.  Thanks for stopping by & enjoy the rest of the week!

Products Used:

Authentique Paper: Promise Collection, Promise 6x6 Bundle, Promise Components Accents

Ribbon: May Arts
Ink: Tsukineko Chalk Ink

Spring FLOURISHes

Today I'm here to share with you this home decor piece I created with the Flourish paper collection.  I had this great idea in my head that I wanted to create something to hang by my front door but wanted it to hang vertical.  When I first saw the "Enhancements" paper with the letters to spell out Spring, I knew that I'd found the beginning of my great idea.  The colors of this collection are nice and bright, yet not over powering.

And because it's Spring, there of course has to be some flowers on this banner!  I used the Spellbinders "Spiral Blossom Four" die to cut each of the flowers.  I found that I cut 7 flowers per sheet of 12 x 12 paper.  Creating the flowers is quite simple – I start by placing a glue dot on the large center of the flower before starting.  Then you simply start from the outside and roll the flower to the inside, adhering the flower down onto the glue dot when you're finished.  Some people find it easier to wrap the flower around a pencil or pen to get it started.  Before I adhere my rolled flowers down, I allow them to "open" a little bit to give them a more full appearance.

What I didn't know when I began this project was that my Spring banner would end up measuring almost 4 feet in length!  At this size, it would definitely get noticed in any house.

To create this fun banner, cut 6 pieces of book board (or similar) to 3˝ x 4˝ inches in size for the letters.  Adhere each letter to one of these pieces to spell out the word "Spring."  Color the edge of each piece with coordinating colors of Memento Luxe ink.

Next cut 6 additional pieces of book board to 5˝ x 6˝ for the backing pieces.  Cover each of the boards with your choice of papers from the Flourish collection.  Finish each board by coloring the edges of each board piece with Memento Luxe ink

To assemble the banner, place a piece of double stick tape onto the middle of the bottom board covered with the Flourish paper.  Lay down the ribbon onto the tape, and continue this process for all of the boards.  I used one long piece of double faced satin ribbon to connect all of the boards together, leaving approximately 1/2˝ of space between each board.  Then adhere the letter pieces on top of the ribbon, sandwiching it between the two pieces of book board.  This will also strengthen the banner so it isn't so floppy and light weight.  Add flowers and stickers from the "Details" sheet to finish each piece.

Here is a close up of each of the letters – hope this gives you some inspiration to create you own Spring themed banner from the Flourish paper collection!

Supplies:
Authentique Paper "Flourish" paper collection
Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko  Memento Luxe: Pear Tart, Lilac Posies, Rose Bud, Teal Blue; InkBlushers
Spellbinders Spiral Blossom Four die, Grand Calibur machine
May Arts ribbon

A Collection of "Suave"

Hey everyone, it's Hilary here today with a fun set of projects from the just released collection from Authentique Paper called, "Suave".  Suave is everything "boy" related and more.  I just adore this collection, from the colors, to the patterns to the embellishments...it's just perfect.  Need a masculine card or a baby boy layout?  This collection covers it all.  My first project is a layout of my little boy, Connor.  I haven't created a layout in a while so this collection was all I needed to bring me back to my roots and to re-discover my love for scrapbooking.  I hope you enjoy!

When I scrapbook, I have a hard time keeping the focus on just one picture, and I have always loved these three pictures of my son, so I printed them all the same size and laid them down on my page, then designed around the photos.  

On the side of the page, I really wanted to showcase as many of the seriously sweet stickers, phrases, scallops and stamp blocks as I could, so a layered them all along the side of the page.

For my title, I die cutted alphabet letters from "Foundation One" paper, and adhered them above my photos.

I love a lot of dimension as well, so creating paper rosettes not only adds visual interest but also dimension, (plus they are so much fun to make, I use them on everything).

Layering is fun with so many of these stickers and phrases, you can really create one-of-a-kind embellishments.

When I was finished with my layout, I really didn't want to stop, I mean this collection is so seriously cute, I had to make more.  I literally had almost an entire alphabet of letters left over, and since I was still focusing on my little boy, I decided to create a milk carton, then decorate with leftover miscellaneous letters, (I think this would make one adorable gift for a teacher as well).  And when I was  finished yet again...I still wanted to create something else.  I am loving everything "Ombre" right now, so I quickly put together a sweet little Ombre inspired card, which I'll show you below how I made. 

This milk carton is so cute, and I really like it embellished with letters and numbers.  Of course you can customize it with specific letters, but I chose to randomize mine. 

The card is basically strips and paper rosettes.  If you look closely, I added some scalloped edge borders to some of the strips to add a little more. 

I really love this collection, so let me show you how I created the milk carton & card.

I have to admit, I used a milk carton die from Sizzix, but did you know you can dis-assemble a small milk carton, and use it as a template?  It's true and very easy to do.

 

 I then scored all the sides, sealed it up with some hot glue, then pinched the top to form the unmistakable milk carton top. 

 

For the band around the center, I just cut a strip of pattern paper, and added a white scalloped punched border to the top and the bottom.  Very simple.

I then wrapped it around the carton, pinching the sides, then scored and folded all the sides, securing it at the end with some hot glue. 

Here's where I had some fun.  I randomly adhered alphabet letters and numbers around the milk carton. Then just finished it by punching two holes at the top, and added ribbon.  (If you're giving this away to a teacher or to your little one as a fun treat, don't forget to add some treats before tying it up with ribbon). 

For the Ombre card, I simply cut a base of white cardstock to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, on the vertical, then went through the collection of papers to find 5 patterns that started lightest and ended darkest. I cut those papers to 1 x 4 1/4, then adhered them lightly to the white cardstock from lightest to darkest.  Then machine stitch around all the strips. 

Revisiting my love of paper rosettes, I wanted to created a 1/2 'n 1/2 rosette to follow the pattern papers on the card.  All I did for that was cut the long rosette paper in half, and glue 2 different papers together. 

Adhered at both ends, then adhered to a small circle using hot glue.

You can see that the rosette now is light on top and patterned on the bottom.  Finish the card by adding a small sentiment phrase, and small buttons. 

Well I certainly hope you enjoyed my projects today using the "Suave" collection, and I hope these projects inspire you to create some of your own. 

Papers used from the Authentique "Suave" collection:

Noble, Robust, Dashing, Sharp, Stately, Suited, Vigorous, Foundation One.

Also used from "Suave":  

Details Stickers, Stamp Blocks, Titles & Phrases and Circles & Scallops

Additional supplies needed: 

White cardstock, misc buttons, green ribbon, small tag, twine, scallop punch, hot glue, Tombow Power Bond adhesive, Tombow liquid glue, Milk carton die or template.