Friday, November 23, 2018

Santa Clause is Coming to Town, Christmas, Doodlebug

Hi guys!
I have another really cute Christmas mini scrapbook album that would make a really thoughtful teacher or hostess gift ... or gift for anyone! It's filled with all kinds of sweet wintery feelings with snow scenes and Christmas trees, cute deer, snowflakes and snowmen. This will also be a great keepsake for your own Christmas memories! 






I hope you enjoy putting it together as much as I did. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays!!




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Friday, November 16, 2018

Christmas Recipe Album

I'm always looking for fun, unique gift ideas at Christmas and I love to give handmade items.  Here's a cute idea for passing on family recipes that are traditional favorites around the holidays.
For this sweet little book, I used a chipboard album from Prima, paper from Doodlebug's Christmas town collection, and alpha stickers from my stash.  
I used white card stock to create pockets in the album, perfect for tucking in some cute recipe cards and those adorable jellyclips!
When I fill out the recipe cards, I plan to handwrite them with colorful gel pens in lots of Doodlebug colors!
In addition to using the Mini Icon stickers throughout the album, I used lots of Doodlepops.  I'll tuck a photo or a recipe behind this Sweet Spruce tree on the page above.
I found some border stickers from a past Doodlebug collection (Milk & Cookies) that looked cute across the top of the pockets.  I love that Doodlebug collections coordinate from year to year since everything always matches!

Do you give handmade gifts for the holidays?  We'd love to hear about your projects, and hopefully I've inspired you with a unique gift idea today!  Thanks so much for stopping by!


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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Treat Bags - November Blog Hop with Lori Whitlock



Hey guys! Today is Lori Whitlock's October Blog Hop and my site is the first stop on the hop. So, if you're starting here be sure hop back to Lori's site for more great ideas.
 
For my project, I created some cute fall treat bags. These would be great for teachers, kids who visit for Thanksgiving, or just to remind someone special how thankful you are for them!
 
 
I plan to fill them with candy and a gift card for a pumpkin spice latte. Yum! You could also add small toys, stickers, cute jewelry, or money.

I used a few patterned papers from the Celebrate Autumn collection that Lori designed for Echo Park and some solids. Below are the cutting file & product links. Have fun!


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Monday, November 12, 2018

Simple Vintage Christmas Mini Album

Hi everyone!  For my project today I want to share a gift idea with you.   What hostess at Thanksgiving dinner or a Christmas party wouldn't want to receive a beautiful handmade gift like this memory album?

Simple Vintage Christmas Mini Album for holiday photos

Family and friends would also love one!  All you need is a 4x6 Snap album, some Simple Vintage Christmas paper and embellishments, and some cream card stock.

Simple Vintage Christmas Mini Album Page with Santa, gifts, and stars

Simple Vintage Christmas Mini Album page with santa's bag full of gifts

I used card stock to add six 4.25"x7" scrapbook pages in between the plastic photo sleeves.  I didn't add photos to the album since this will be a gift and the recipient will add their own pictures.

Simple Vintage Christmas Mini Album page with holly

Simple Vintage Christmas Mini Album page with poincettias & a reindeer

I used pattern paper from the 6x8 paper pad and lots of cards from the Simple Vintage Sn@p Card set.  

Simple Vintage Christmas Mini Album Page with stripes, greenery, a star

On the cover of the album, and on the page above, I included chipboard frames from the layered frame set. I LOVE these! The one for the cover was cut down so that I could just use the lower left corner of the frame ... I love the dimension the chipboard added to the cover. For the frame above, I added pattern paper to the back of the frame and punched holes for the binder.

Simple Vintage Christmas Mini Album page with santa, poincettia flower, & stripes

The die cuts shown above are from the Bits & Pieces pack, and the stickers throughout the album are from the 12x12 Combo sheet, chipboard, and 4x6 sticker set. 

Simple Vintage Christmas Mini Album Page with Santa & Flowers

Simple Vintage Christmas Mini Album page with santa's boot & a wreath

I hope I've inspired you to create a handmade gift this year! 

Update: This kit has sold out but I've added the links for the Instructions and the products used below. My instructions are simple, step-by-step and include measurements and full color photos of each page. Happy scrappin'!

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