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Recently we came across a beautiful family heirloom designed by artist, Marina Simakova.  Marina shared with us a bit about herself and some photos of her project using our Bare elements foils ,sticky2, a few papers and embellishments! 

Marina was born in Moscow and since 1997 resides in Quebec, Canada.  She discovered scrapbooking shortly after the birth of her first child.  Back in March 2005, she purchased a variety of papers to make thank you cards after her daughter’s christening. 

Marina finds inspiration for scrapbooking everywhere: in design, architecture, clothing, tissues, art books, magazines and even in her children’s art work. 

She graduated in history and public relations and has a passion for architecture and art.  A self-proclaimed bookworm, she has traveled through more than 30 magnificent countries. 

Rich from all of these experiences, she shares her passion for art by developing a unique site, 

Scrap Magie in December 2006.  Scap Magie offers creative kits, guest designers each month, step by step instructions, techniques and more. 

For more photos, step by step instructions for this project visit her site at Scrap Magie. 

Closer images of our Christmas Sticky 2 with our Bare Elements Foils. 

 

Supplies

• Bare Elements Foils
• 21764 Melange Merry & Bright Chipboard 
• 21763 Merry & Bright Sticky 2 
• Melange Merry & Bright Layered Stickers
• Melange Merry & Bright Swatchbook
• 21760 Melange Merry & Bright Brads
• 18470 Lucky Green Scallop Felt Ribbon 
• 18492 Lucky Dark Red Velvet Scallop Ribbon
• Kukoyo Dot 'N' Roller

For more photos of this project or to purchase this kit,  visit her site at Scrap Magie.

thank you from Danelle and our final WINNER

I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful holiday and have BIG PLANS for more continued goodness in to the new year.  My wishes for safe and snuggly moments ahead for you this upcoming New Year's Eve.

We are half done with our family Christmas celebrations with another family get together this week.  Christmas was so nice here.  I look at this picture below of my girls on Christmas morning and it couldn't be more obvious to me that time is FLYING BY.  I believe that I am so lucky to love photos as I do.  It's a gift, a gift that puts reality in front of me each day.  Life moves by a such a rapid pace and it's my photos that remind me to slow down and enjoy it wherever and whenever possible.  So that is always my goal,  holidays at a pace that I can savor and this one was just pretty good.

This week is my favorite week, the one between Christmas and New Years.  We keep the Christmas decorations glowing, the fireplace full and enjoy a different bowl game every night. Throw in a few good eats, some games and movies (there are a lot of good movies out there) and what's not to love about this time of year?

Ok, on to the GOOD NEWS:

It's time to congrats our final winner of my guest blog appearance.  Thanks for joining in with me this past week.  Be sure to stop by my blog if you haven't been there already.  I have many things planned for 2009 and am looking forward to what's to come.

Today's winner is comment #30, in honor of my dear friend who lost her mother 3 years ago on December 30th.   You are seldom given a second chance in life.  This is worth reading today and a message to live and love each day to the greatest.  What better reminder for us more than ever during the holiday season.  Love and hug those around you today especially a little deeper for today is your best gift this holiday.

Congrats Rita!  Please email your shipping address to martyj@ks-usa.net and we will send your Art Warehouse goodies on their way to you.  Enjoy.

This is a great project... Thanks for sharing this with us.

Happy Holidays!

Posted by: Rita Timmons | December 21, 2008 at 08:13 PM

Holiday Mini book series: interior pages

Congrats to Susan D, Friday's winner of a pack of Art Warehouse holiday ribbon.  Susan, please email mjohnson@ks-usa.net with your mailing address.  Enjoy.

those are so cute! what a fab idea!

Posted by: Susan D. | December 19, 2008 at 04:40 AM

We will wrap up this holiday project with one last prize from all comments to this post for a chance to win the papers and embellishments used in this project. Prize will be drawn Tuesday morning.  Good Luck!

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PHOTOS

Adding in the photos was a lot of fun  My goal for this project was to include as many photos as I could, that were important to me, but this isn't a project where my intention was to include a lot of details and information. I was able to get 49 photos in this particular year.  Some years I had less photos, so I made them bigger and included less.  2008 I had a LOT that I wanted to include.  So you'll see I found a way to get a lot inside.

The printer I showed in my last post offers a wide range of possibilities for printing smaller images, something I use all the time.  For me, it's like looking at life in motion one clip at a time yet all played together. So I really like using these thumbnail size images when and where I can.   After printing a few photos I noticed that 2 different sizes worked really well to fit the pages of the book, and so that's what I used the most.  

For this book, I think I spent about 2 hours printing photos and 2 getting them in the book.  It was a little more than I wanted to spend, but in theory for a year's worth of Christmas images, it's worth it.  Some of the other years I had far less photos and I didn't spend as much time and the further I got in to this, the faster it went which is how it usually works for me.

I also didn't get finished with all my books.  So I will post a few more images and follow up on my blog after the holidays when things aren't so busy.

One thing I noticed in emails and comments from people  is that several people said they have very few photos of Christmas because they turn out so bad or they don't take them because they know they will be poor.   I thought maybe it would be good to share that SEVERAL of my holiday pictures are less than stellar, in fact many of them, the color is down right AWFUL!   I will admit it and it does bug me a little, however, I noticed as I looked back at my older pictures I didn't even care or think about how poor my photography skills were.   The further back I looked, the more funny I found the photos to be.  BUT they did not bother me in quality and most of them were not good photos, so for me, that says a lot about how much that really matters down the road.     I tend to see issues in my photos often, but I am learning to let go of that. 

 What I have learned through experience and time is that 10 years from now I will not care what my photography skills were, but I will care what it was that I managed to record in pictures, even in poor low light situations, for portrait style photos and for candids.  I am not opposed to putting my girls in front of the tree or standing them somewhere for a portrait because in 10 years, I will be able to remember back to that moment.   There are just times in life when a great shot doesn't present itself, candidly.  So I have no problem letting my girls and family help make that happen.  For me, that's something I will be glad I did years down the road.  

I wanted to mention that rarely take very many photos when opening presents.  I decided several years back to SKIP those photos as they all look the same to me and I found that I get nothing out of them.  Sometimes I might photograph someone opening a present that I know will get a special reaction from someone, but otherwise, I just like to enjoy the process and let go of the need to have my camera.   I usually record Christmas morning with my video camera and will get it out and position it on something to record as much of the event as I can.  I try to set this early and not make a big deal about it.  I have done this a lot at different times of the year and even I forget I started it, only to find it later with some pretty funny minutes on tape.  

On to the photos (which I have to apologize are not the best.)  I had some focusing issues it seems when shooting, but I didn't have time to reshoot.

On this next page I left a space to fill in with what gifts the girls received this Christmas.  I am going to try to include that in each book, but I realized I shot this before I finished that part.

This has been a lot of fun guest blogging here this week. After the holidays I will post more about this project and more on my blog.   Also, be sure to check there for details of an online CHAT that I am going to be hosting  after the holidays for those who would like to discuss this project and more.

Best Wishes to all of you for a very warm and wonderful holiday with those you love, filled with lots of great memories!

warm regards,

Danelle

www.danelle-johnson.com 

Holiday Mini book series (continued)

What a crazy day it's been.  I have been to school twice for indoor snow ball fights in P.E. for the girls' classes.  It's a Christmas tradition for the parents to come and join in, for those that can.  I am hoping to have a few more holiday pictures on my blog this weekend of all the holiday activities going on.

So I'm a little later today getting here, but I made it.  I am eager to announce our winner for today,

My youngest son is now 19 and serving in Iraq. I've been searching for a Christmas project and this is fabulous! I'm going through all my photos now and I am really excited. My other son is 25 and wants a set of the books for himself too - so it looks like I'll be making 3!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful idea! I'll be anxious to see how you finish them! Julie
Posted by: Julie Berg | December 18, 2008 at 08:03 AM

Julie, please send an email to mjohnson@ks-usa.net with your mailing address.  You win a pack of the Noel Christmas tree epoxy.  (used these on one of the book covers)

Now on to the books.  I added a few extras after papering them, as you can see.  It only took 1/4 of a paper to cover each book.  So with a book this size, 1 12x12 paper covers 4 books and you even have extras for decorating.  

I believe most everything in here is listed in my material list, except the Creative Cafe felt word (which is hiding in this image below, Creative Cafe chipboard stars, and a Creative Cafe sentence strip. 

Patty asked the question if you could make your own chipboard books?  Absolutely.  Your books can be any size or style.   You could use chipboard this exact size and ring with a binder ring.  Then you could have as many pages as you need.  The idea here is to choose something that works for you.  If you use a larger book, you can use larger photos or even fit a few more in.  For me, this is about being small and ready to go.  Find what works for you.

Here are the covers of each book:

Day 1: Holiday Mini book series

I am glad to see so many of you joining me on this project.  I think you will really enjoy your end result.  

Today's give away:  Art Warehouse Mistletoe Swatchpak

Very cute project! Love your creativity and combining past and present. So Fun.

Posted by: Twila | December 17, 2008 at 07:50 AM

 

Twila please send an email to mjohnson@ks-usa.net with your mailing address and we will get that little goodie on it's way to you.

 

I wanted to answer a few questions:   Why did I chose 10?  

 

Actually, I would be ok with 5, but I wanted to push myself to get a LOT done AND there is a good reason, my oldest is 9.  It would be easiest to do only the years since my youngest was born because that's how long I have been shooting digital.  Going back further than that is going to be challenging, but I know that my oldest would LOVE seeing more pictures from the Christmas when we lived in another state.  Something that I'm not proud of and I'm working on changing is the fact that I haven't touched those "film" photos since we moved.  After moving states, building a house, moving again, having a pre-mature baby, etc, etc, I am lucky to just know where those photos are.  However, that's one reason I'm making 10 books.  If I make the books as a home for those photos, I will be forced to dig out the old photos and use them.  I need the push, believe me!  But I am loving it.  That's one reason why I wanted to do this project online so it will continue to keep me on track for completion.

I'll be honest that it would be harder for me to go back before kids, not because it wasn't important to me then or isn't now, but I just don't think I had near the amount of photos I do now.  I might have enough to do one book for all the years "PRE-CHILDREN, which for us was 5.

So with that said, pick a number of years that suits you and is attainable.   

Preparing the Books:

As I mentioned yesterday I chose to use these Lifestyle chipboard books for a couple of reasons.  They are small 6 x3 inches, and easy to hold and read, especially for kids.  They have enough space to include just enough photos for each year and I don't have to create  the base of the project, which saves a lot of time.

The other great thing I love about these books is that AccuCut has a die that cuts paper to match to fit this particular chipboard book .  So I pre-cut all my papers with this die and a GrandeMARK machine, like the one below.

The die cuts the paper in the sections you see below.

This is what it looked like after cutting my papers.  I took one of each of the papers I was using and made 4 cuts with each one, which left me with 8 individual sheets.

The way the die is set up you can cut 2 pages at once and if you decide to customize the inside, the two pages patterns match up.    

At first I contemplated keeping my books solid colored, just as they came, but then once I played with the papers, decided to completely cover them.  You certainly wouldn't need to cover them and that would save even more time.  

Here's what the books looked like when covered.  At this point, I only added paper to front and back covers.  Then I kept my remaining piles of papers for the time when I add photos.  I decided instead of guessing where I might want papers, I would wait and only add them inside where my holes are.  I might have enough photos to fill my interior pages and I would hate to waste the paper and completely cover it with photos.  So I had a stack of papers to use as I filled it with photos

I really contemplated just adding a little circle with the date on the covers of each one and stopping there.  However, this time, I decided to do a little more.  But I really like these plain without anything else, but the year.  If I made these another day, I might leave them just like this because they would lay flat and be very manageable.  Some days I just like that, you know?

I also decided to cut a few little embellishments with my leftover scrap paper.  Very cool to have them matching and it's all from scraps.  I like that these are decorative, but flat which will be great for the inside where I don't want any bulk.   

 

These are also cut with an AccuCut die, Buttons #2.  The star on here is my favorite!  They each have holes in them like little buttons and you can cut these from chipboard, felt, paper, fabric, etc.  I cut a few chipboard and then some paper as well, but I don't think the chipboard ones are in this photo.

Next I started printing out my photos.  I had last year's Christmas and the year before on my laptop.  Then for the years before that, I started a folder and pulled out all the ones I wanted to use and saved them in to one master folder by year on my other PC.  That helped streamline the photo part and I have a feeling there will be another time when I will appreciate having my favorite photos from 10 years of Christmas all in one folder.    

When it came to printing, because of the size of the chipboard books I'm using, I needed to keep my photos small.  Since I'm completely digital now, I needed to print everything for this project.   I store all my photos here and then have them stored online as well.  For little projects like this one, I usually print everything at home so I can do it as I work on the project.

 If you have film photos, you can crop them down.  My film photos I found which were back in the day when I shot pictures like a wild maniac with little photography skills and my camera was less than equipped to do what I have since learned.   most of my film pictures are totally croppable.  Is that a word?   What I mean is that  my subjects in my photos were all pretty small.  So they will work for cropping instead of printing at the size that works best.

99% of the time I print my photos for projects using the  The Epson Picture Mate Zoom.   

{insert photo of picture mate here)

 

I love this little machine with a passion!  I use it almost exclusively for all the projects I make.  I had an earlier model and have even upgraded as the technology changes.  

 

 Occasionally I'll print a 5x7 on my larger printer, but mostly I order 5x7 and larger prints online and actually I rarely print larger than 4x6 for my projects.  The reason:  I like to fit a LOT in a small space because it just shows more of the story that I want to remember.  I have too many photos to pick favorites and so i'd rather just include more.

 

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Tomorrow I'll share the covers of my books and some of the insides, continuing with more on Friday.  

 

 I hope you can find a litle time to join us making this project for yourself.   You can make this with a wide range of products, it doesn't need to be complicated and you can even start just part of it now and finish after the holida.  AND if you have read this far you deserve a prize.  Comment to today's post for a chance to win.  Winner will be announced Thursday.

 

For those who are looking for the Christmas Collections I'm using, be sure to check with your favorite scrapbook store.  There is a great chance that they have these new Art Warehouse Holiday Collections or they may be able to get it for you.  Also, there are a wide range of online stores carrying this as well.

 

For a full list of materials I'm using, Download Danelle's list of materials used

 

 

RETAILERS:

If you would like to teach this project at your store, you are welcome to do so, just note in the description, class designed by Danelle Johnson.  Personally,  I know I would love to work on a project like this in January, after the holiday craziness when I can spend some time enjoying my memories of the holidays and my photos. It would make a great post holiday January class.

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For more projects, information and inspiration from Danelle,  visit Danelle's Blog

10 Years of Christmas free online class with Danelle Johnson

 

 

Christmas preparation and activities are in full swing at our house.  It’s crazy, but as a Mom I love each and every part as it happens and I love enjoying it again later through my photos.  (Ok, so maybe there are  a few things thrown in there that I might choose to block out of my memory...wink.) However, it always feels a little bit like I’m cheating TIME when I’m go back and spend time with my photos and soak it all in again.  Not sure why, but it just makes me feel happy and blessed.  I’m sure you can relate.  

For me, my photos are truly my most prize possesions.  If you are anything like me, then you also find that the photos pile up real fast.  The deeper the stacks or the bigger the folders the digital pictures get, the more overwhelmed you become with what to do with them all and just how to enjoy them.   That is my challenge and so I am always eager when I am able to utilize a vast amount of photos in ONE PROJECT. 

 

One of my favorite things to do with my masses of photos is put them in to smaller EASY projects (notice I said EASY) that show the span of time.    These favorite projects are the ones that show change and time, as much as I hate to admit it, change is all around me.  Sometimes I love it and sometimes I don't.  When it comes to my girls, I am usually on the side of resisting the changes I see. 

Take for example, these photos below.  Sniff, sniff.  Where did the time go?  What ever happened to these darling babes?   In my mind, I am keeping them this age as much as I can as I hold off the demands for friends, ipods, cell phones and more....

photo in 2002 

photos taken this week

It's not very often that I have photos of 2002 along side photos from 2008, unless I have decided to create something that forces me to gather photos from across the years and compile.  Doing this, has become my favorite type of project and that is just what why I am here this week as a guest blogger.

I am very excited because this week I'm going to be sharing all the details and specifics of this project in a free online blog class.  This project is one I have been looking forward to creating for some time, dreaming of the end result.   I decided no more excuses of busy schedules, family demands or work, lack of planning, etc.  I was making time to get this project created this Christmas and I am hoping that you will join me in this class.  

The project:   a mini book series of 10 years of Christmas (for now anyway)

Why:   For the past several Christmas, I have wanted to add this project to our holiday decoration in our house.  Under our Christmas tree, is a special red velvet box that the girls look forward to taking out of storage each year. 

In this box, we keep our favorite holiday items the girls have collected since they were little, including holiday books and special holiday toys. Each of the items has a special memory of where and when we got them.  No matter how old the girls get, I continue to see the look in their eyes when the items come out of the box each Christmas.  Thank goodness everything keeps fitting inside, but one day I see the need to add a new best friend to this one.

A few items that live in the box:

The M&M train that we got when Delaney was a baby.  She played hours and hours with it that Christmas and it's been a favorite ever since.   

Our Swedish dala horse collection that we continue to add to.  With a Swedish family background, the girls love these and the stories we have to go with them.  The black horse their Dad brought back from Sweden when he was in high school and danced there with the Swedish Dancer tour  (always a funny topic, Dad dancing in full costume.)  The rest of the collection has grown a little each year and most are made locally by artists in our community.

What I want to add to this box, is the project I'm creating.  10 years of Christmas memories, each in a separate little mini book.  How fun it will be to look back 8 years or 5 years to reminisce?  

The girls will “own” these books and by that I mean, they will not be confined to a shelf in my office or to a spot where they might not be loved.  These books will be treasured and loved by them, kept just where they should be, in their keepsake red box that is the first thing to be brought out of storage at Christmas time.  That is why I have chosen to make this project simple, sturdy and small so it can be well loved.

I am inviting you to join me this week as I share this project with you.  You can create your own project along with me.  I will list the materials that I’m using, but you can also join in from home with materials you already have on hand. The materials do not matter, it's the end result we're after.  The goal of this is to be easy and fun, but showcase the past 10 years of Christmas.  

I just have to tell you that in working on this class, I have been a little teary eyed, OK alot!   I have not loved a project as much as this in a long time.  Going back and printing photos has been such treat for me.

Why is it that we keep our older photos hostage and never let them out?  Crazy.  That is why I have promised myself to dig in to the past and bring it in to my scrapbooking today as much as I can as I'm doing in this class.  It's so worth it.  It's my latest obsession, going back to the photos from back years and playing with them as much as I can, mixing them in with the ones from today.

    

My girls have already grabbed on to this project and the little piles of photos I've pulled out.   They immediately questioned me about what I was making and when i told them even my "hard to impress" 9 year old said "how cool."  When I am finished, I will have 10 books spanning 10 years of Christmas. 

Does that sound crazy or what?  Actually, yes, even a little to me, but if you know me, I need this to be easy or I will not complete it with the craziness around here.  So for that reason, I promise you that this will be easy and SIMPLE and most of all TREASURED!  Ultimately, I am making this in record time.  I am a self-proclaimed NOT PHOTO ORGANIZED kind of person.  Well, I'm working on getting there, but if I can do this, so can you.   

To make this easy, here's what I'm using for my project.   These chipboard books from the Creative Café, Lifestyle collection are the perfect size for what I want and I love that they come in red, green and kraft.  See, this is already looking pretty simple, don’t you think?  The colors are perfect for Christmas.

I decided to start with 2008 so following Christmas I can just add photos and then work backwards through the years.  So I gathered 10 books for my project.  You can do any amount you want.  For me, 10 is a good number and the books I chose to use make this already very simple.

Other materials I’m using to keep this easy to do, yet looking good are the following:

Art Warehouse Mistletoe and Hollyberry Collection papers.  I haven't had the chance to play with this collection yet, and I have been eager to use it.

and I'll be using these, for simple fast embellishments

Download Danelle's list of materials used

Check back each day this week for more elements of this project.   Consider joining me if you can.   I will be giving away a prize package each day from the comments here.  So be sure to stop by amidst all the holiday festivities.

For more details and additional images, you can visit my blog where you can leave me any questions you might have.  

Also stay tuned for details later in the week about a chat I'm hosting this weekend following the class.   

Parts & Parcels

Wow, what a great week of Parts and Parcels!  I just wanted to show you two more projects before I hand over the bloggin’ reins to the next designer.  This piece called Cajun Christening is a piece I did for the packaging of the Square Pocket Folio that was introduced this summer.  I just loved these pictures my friend lent me.  A true southern event.  I love that the little cards can come out of the pocket so that you can decorate and enjoy both sides.  We also made this folio semi-assembled so you could alter it if you wanted (see the inked pockets?)     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second project was created by design team member Patty Lennon and some fabulous Summer photos using the same Parts and Parcels Square Folio!     

If you have your own finished Parts and Parcels projects, we’d love to see them! Post them in our gallery.  

Oh and Congrats to Tina Mayo who won our give away!

 

Parts & Parcels - Day Five

We are excited to share a couple of projects using the Parts & Parcels albums.  The first project was created by Stayce DeWid to showcase some photos of her daughter and her daughters friend.  Each page easily pulls out to add additional photos or journaling.        

Supplies:

• 22466 Jenn Mason Parts & Parcels mini pocket accordian book

• Helen Dardik Flirt Love to shop 12 x 12 DS paper

• 21552 Helen Dardik Flirt So Stylish 12x12 DS paper 

•  21562 Helen Dardik Flirt Chipboard stickers

• 21559 Helen Dardik Flirt Epoxy stickers 

• 1" pink ribbon

• Cream brown chalk ink

Instructions: 

1. Cut 21552 Helen Dardik Flirt So Stylish 12x12 DS paper  approx 4-3/8"x9-1/4".
2. Ink edges with cream brown chalk ink
3. Adhere to cover of the accordian album making sure you can fold along creases easily.
4. Cut 3x3 square from 21552 Helen Dardik Flirt So Stylish 12x12 DS paper .
5. Ink edges and adhere to center of front cover.
6. Place chipboard sticker from 21562 Helen Dardik Flirt Chipboard stickers to center of square and draw a line around sticker and edges of square with a brown pen.
7. Apply 21559 Helen Dardik Flirt Epoxy stickers in the upper left corner of the square and in the lower right of the square.
8. Line the inside of the book with 21552 Helen Dardik Flirt So Stylish 12x12 DS papercut into 2 pieces 4-1/2"x4-1/2" and adhere.
9. Using pink ribbon string through the inside cover and tie in a box along the outside spine.
10. Cut 5 pieces of Helen Dardik Flirt Love to shop 12 x 12 DS paper approx 3-3/4"x3-3/4".   Ink edges accordingly.
11. Adhere each piece to to the book {3 pink and 2 handbags} and embellish with various stickers.
12. Assemble the accordian pockets to the inside cover and slip the five pages inot the pockets.

The second project was designed by Joella Wrasse of Paper Studio in Minocqua, Wisconsin.  Joella will be teaching this class later this month.  She found the Fip FLop Folio Album perfect for a fun and unique way to display her holiday photos from years' past so that others can enjoy and recall memories of good times spent with family.  In addition to creating altered projects and enjoying scrapbooking, Joella is an avid stamper and card maker.  She has volunteered her craft-making skills for various community gruops and actively supports the arts community as a whole.  She loves using Creative Imaginations products on her projects and is thrilled to be featured on the Creative Imaginations blog!

Supplies:

20795 Parts & Parcels Small Flip Flop Folio

22251 Tinsel Town Glitter Impress-Ons

22242 Tinsel Town Poinsettias Double-Sided Cardstock 

22243 Tinsel Town 22243 Retro Words Double-Sided Cardstock 

20137 Marah Johnson Asian Fusion Glass Brads 

ribbon, adhesive, cardstock, ink 

Scallop and circle paper punches

Directions:

1. Cut patterned papers to measure about 1/4 inch less than each page/piece of the Parts & Parcels Album and adhere to each page/piece. 

2. Ink all edges of the pages with ink (I used green Chalk Ink). 

3. Attach the flaps to the album where instructed via kit instructions and embellish with photos and Impress-Ons as so desired!  

Joella's Holiday Memories flip flop class is scheduled for Tuesday, December 16th at 11:00am.  For more information call Paper Studio 715-356-6464

Parts & Parcels - Day Four

Over the past two days we have showed you how to alter the Parts & Parcels albums.  Today, Jenn Mason shows you how to create a quick and easy Parts & Parcels Flip Flop Album using Christine Adolph's Tidepools collection.  These adorable little books are available as part of the Parts & Parcels Album kit or you can purchase several different sizes here.    You can also see more Parts and Parcels albums created by Linda Auclair - Summer Memories,  Patty Lennon - Roo,  Jen Davis - Tea Time,  Cheryl Mezzetti - Once Upon a Time,  Stayce DeWid - School.

Some of our design team recently created some projects using these little books and albums.  Design team member,  Linda Auclair used one of her flip flop albums to create a pocket planner. It is just the right size to pop into your purse and have the kid's wish lists and sizes right at your fingertips when you need them. She used her favorite Christmas collection by Allison Connor's called "Pointsetta".  She made a second planner to give to the grandparents to help with their Christmas shopping.  Both projects were quick, easy and fun!  Happy Holidays!     

Supplies:

20795 Parts & Parcels small Flip Flop Folio

20793 Clips & Clasps kit

2764 Poinsettia double-sided cardstock

2265 Green Holly double-sided cardstock

22766 Poinsettia epoxy stickers

22767 Poinsettia jumbo cardstock stickers

adhesive

ribbon scrap

black marker

 

Instructions:

1. Cover inner and outer covers of Folio with patterned paper.

2. Cover small and large flags with patterned paper, assemble Folio.

3. Embellish with stickers, photos, and notes.

4. Create a pocket for the inside back cover to hold receipts.

5. Use a clip from the Clips & Clasps kit to hold it all together, embellish with ribbon.

Parts & Parcels - Day Three

Join Jenn Mason for an interesting technique for altering the Parts & Parcels Albums!  She quickly transforms her album with paints, BE Foils, and  Sticky2.  The end result is a beautiful beach album which holds twelve small Folio albums.