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American Crafts | Things I'm grateful for | Mini Album

November 27, 2019

American Crafts | Things I'm grateful for | Mini Album

[Ad/sponsored] Welcome to my blog and a new mini album inspiration 'Things I'm grateful for'. I created a mini album (size 6" x 8") with the She's Magic Collection from Dear Lizzy by American Crafts. For the cover, I chose the paper 'A Simple Hello', because I just LOVE those happy stripes. And I used my number one tool for effortless book binding to bind today's album. Have you checked out the Bookbinding Guide from We R Memory Keepers yet? It's awesome and you can bind journals and small notebooks in no time.

There are a lot of things that I can be grateful for in my life. And I'm particularly grateful for my son. I gathered my favorite photos from his childhood in today's mini album and decorated the pages with embellishments from She's Magic.

How to mini album:

Grab some 12" x 12" patterned papers from the She's Magic Collection and cut them to 8" x 12". Score and fold each paper at 6". The final size of the mini album will be 6" x 8". Stack the papers and punch holes for the binding with the We R Memory Keepers Bookbinding Guide. Next, grab colored string and bind the mini album. Trim off the excess paper on the right side of the mini album.

In a next step, add a title with alpha stickers. And decorate the inner pages with stickers, frames, patterned papers, sewn accents, and journaling.

TIP: Write the journaling onto small pieces of white cardstock - or you can write straight onto the patterned paper.

TIP: Add a variety of sewn accents with a sewing machine.

TIP: You can also pimp your album pages with hand sewn details.

TIP: Confetti pockets are a nice eye-catcher.

Thank you for stopping by on my blog. Now hop on over to the American Crafts Studio Blog to find out more about today's mini album. Wishing you a lovely day, yours Sandra.

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Felicity Jane | Fancy Xmas Greetings with Noel Collection Kit

November 22, 2019

Felicity Jane | Fancy Xmas Greetings with Noel Collection Kit

[Ad/sponsored] Hello and welcome to some Fancy Xmas Greetings with the Noel Collection Kit from Felicity Jane. I created two Xmas cards, a gift card made from a journaling card, a cute gift hanger, and a decorated gift bag.

I added some fun embellishments for decoration: ribbons, snowflakes ribbon, die cut shapes, washi tape, an acrylic Christmas tree, and stamped accents.

Let's have a look at some pretty paper things:

Thank you for stopping by on my blog today. And now hop on over to the Felicity Jane Blog to find out more about my fancy Xmas greetings. Wishing you a lovely day, yours Sandra.

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Felicity Jane | November Sketch Challenge | Three Christmas Cards

November 20, 2019

Felicity Jane | November Sketch Challenge | Three Xmas Cards

[Ad/sponsored] It's Sketch Challenge time over on the Felicity Jane Blog. I created three Xmas cards based on the sketch. Instead of using photos, I used die-cut shapes, puffy stickers, and chipboard flairs from the Noel Christmas Kit to create the focal points of the cards.

Thank you for stopping by today. Now hop on over to the Felicity Jane Blog to see what the other girls from the FJ team have created. Wishing you a happy day, yours Sandra.

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American Crafts | How to create modern place cards

November 18, 2019

American Crafts | How to create modern place cards

[Ad/sponsored] Hello and welcome to a new blog post on how to create a group of modern place cards. At our most recent party we had place cards indicating what table each guest was assigned to sit on. A friend of mine told me later that she was grateful for these cards, because she knew straight away were she was supposed to sit. And she also knew the names of the guests who were sitting next to her. This helped her find her way and she felt much more confident to talk to the people around here. Place cards can be any size, shape, and design. Today I would like to share an idea how to create modern place cards. The modern and stylish papers and embellishments from the 1 Canoe 2 Willow Collection from American Crafts were just perfect for what I had in mind. I'm sharing photos of the place cards here on my blog.

To find out more about the place cards, please click on the link to my post on the American Crafts Studio Blog at the end of my post here on my blog.

Thank you for stopping by on my blog. Now hop on over to the American Crafts Studio Blog to find out more about how to create these modern place cards. Wishing you a happy day, yours Sandra.

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Crate Paper | Snowflake Collection | Mini Album

November 17, 2019

Crate Paper | Snowflake Collection | Mini Album

[Ad/sponsored] Hello and welcome to my blog today. I’m sharing a blank mini album, three card inserts and a shaker gift tag that I made with the cute Snowflake Collection from Crate Paper.

There is a video tutorial on how to make this album. Just click here to go and find the link in the post on my blog.

How to: To make the mini album, I cut a paper (size 6” x 12”) for the mini album cover and scored the paper at 1.5”, 5.5”, 6.5” and 10.5”. I also cut a middle piece for the inside (size 6” x 2.5”). This middle piece will hold the card inserts. The Book Binding Guide from We R Memory Keepers was really helpful for creating a decorated spine. I punched holes and added a stitched pattern onto the outside spine with colored strings. As a nice detail, I added three sequins for decoration.

For the closure of the mini album I used two eyelets and baker’s twine.

Furthermore, I added three strings onto the middle paper piece. Then I glued the paper onto the inside of the spine. Each string can hold a card or a mini album insert.

Thank you for stopping by on my blog today. And now hop on over to the Crate Paper Blog to find out more about today's mini album inspiration. Wishing you a lovely day, yours Sandra.