Wednesday, January 15, 2025

NEW! Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album Kit

Hi friends! Ready for an early peek into this week's NEW scrapbook kit that will be in my shop on Friday? It's a gorgeous 6x8 inch winter themed mini album titled Chasing Snowflakes and it's perfect for this season's fun new memories. It's so beautiful with a sophisticated color palette and really lovely watercolor images.

Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album Kit by Artsy Albums

To purchase the instructions for this album visit:

I designed this with a Doodlebug Design binder and the Simple Stories, Fresh Snow Collection. It's filled with snowflakes, pinecones, flowers, cozy plaid patterns, and a cool color scheme of blues, greens, and browns. 

Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album with a deer, pinecones, snowflakes, and enamel dots

On the cover, I added lots of pretty details. The deer, some snowflakes, and the "100% chance of snow" are actually rub-ons, which are so fun! Then, I also added stickers and glittery enamel dots.

Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album with a gingham bow, snowflakes, and pinecones

I wrapped the front cover with a powder blue gingham ribbon and added a white acrylic snowflake as a finishing touch. Perfect!

Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a pocket, journaling cards, flowers, pinecones, and snowflakes

Inside the front cover, I created a pocket straight away. I added some journaling cards, but it's also a great place to save memorabilia like ... an itinerary from your winter travels, tickets to an event, or notes.

Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a folding card, flowers, pinecones, and a lantern

The album has 18 scrapbook pages that include 2 fold-out pages, 3 pockets, 7 flippies, and space for 48 photos. There are also extra plastic pocket pages that come with the binder for even more pictures!

Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album Page with hot cocoa, flowers, pinecones, and snowflakes

Here's a great fold-out page. On the left, there's a large mat that's perfect for a special photo of your children, the family, you and your spouse, etc. On the right, a smaller mat with hot cocoa, snowflakes, and flowers.

Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a birdhouse, a lantern, and pinecones

This album is perfect for a whole season of memories. Add photos of the 1st snow fall, a ski trip, winter landscapes, building a snowman, a vacation, an Alaskan cruise, family gatherings, fun with friends, hot cocoa, a backyard bonfire, or ... a bunch of wonderful, simple, everyday moments.

Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a pocket, journaling cards, flowers, pinecones, and snowflakes

Above is another great pocket for items like ... postcards from your travels, an invitation to a winter event, a label from a favorite wine or champagne, a program from a school / church event or recital, a favorite winter recipe, and a child's drawing or sweet note. You could also add photocopies of a diploma, marriage license, or religious confirmation that happen this season.

Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a folding card, pinecones, and snow

My albums are available pre-assembled or as do-it-yourself kits, which is my most popular version. This week's kit comes with the binder album, pre-cut pattern paper and cardstock, a 12x12 sticker sheet, journaling cards, card sheets, coordinating rub-ons, enamel dots, a custom white acrylic snowflake, ribbon, and simple step-by-step instructions.

Chasing Snowflakes Winter Scrapbook Album made with the Simple Stories Fresh Snow Collection

So, what do you think? Isn't this Simple Stories collection pretty? I hope everyone is staying warm, enjoying the winter season, and taking lots of fun pictures so you can document those memories!

This beautiful new Chasing Snowflakes Mini Album Kit will be available in my shop this Friday. Thanks for stopping the blog and have a wonderful day! 😊

Update: This kit has sold out but the instructions are available in my shop. They are simple, step-by-step, and include measurements and full color photos of each page. Links for the instructions and the products used are below. Happy scrappin'! 

 
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Winter Snowman Scrapbook Album with Lori Whitlock

Hey friends! Today is Lori Whitlock's January Blog Hop and my blog is the first stop on the hop. But be sure to visit Lori's site too because she has a sale and more great products for you!

For my project today, I made this SNOW scrapbook mini album that's perfect for saving winter photos. I used one of Lori's cutting files called Snowman Gift Bag (link below) to create the cute little snowman on the cover.  

Winter Snow Shaped Acrylic Scrapbook Mini Album with a cute snowman on the cover

I created the base of the covers out of white acrylic but, you can easily use cardstock or chipboard instead.

First, I made a back cover using a rounded rectangle shape in my Silhouette software and resized it to 10.5" x 4". Then, I resized the letters S, N, and W (Impact Font) so they would fit within my back cover shape.

Winter Acrylic Scrapbook Mini Album with a cute snowman on the cover made with a Lori Whitlock SVG file

Next, I used Lori's adorable snowman as the O in SNOW, sizing it to fit in the space. I welded each of the letters and the base of the snowman together to create my front cover. Then, I had fun decorating it with the Doodlebug Design, Let It Snow and Candy Cane Lane Collections. 

Winter Snow Acrylic Scrapbook Mini Album with a cute snowman

I love this snowman and since he was the inspiration for this album, I couldn't wait to decorate him. I cut the rest of his pieces out of cardstock and added enamel dots for his eyes, pink cheeks, and buttons. So cute!

Here's a look at a few pages inside the album ...

Winter Scrapbook Mini Album page with 2 cute snowmen and a pretty plaid paper

I covered each of the cardstock pages in colorful 12x12 and 6x6 pattern papers. I added different sized photo mats for interest and embellished with stickers and die cuts (links below).

Winter Scrapbook Mini Album page filled with cute snowmen

Winter Scrapbook Mini Album page filled with cute snowmen

What a cute page for photos of family, friends, fun in the snow, building a snowman, making snow angels, skiing, sledding, or a vacation in the mountains.

Winter Scrapbook Mini Album page with colorful stripes, snowflakes, and polka dots
Winter Scrapbook Mini Album page with cute penguins, snowflakes, and snow scenes

Baby, it IS cold outside!! So, it's a great time to stay inside and create something fun with Lori's SVG files.

Winter Scrapbook Mini Album page with a snowman, colorful snowflakes, and polka dots

I hope you like this SNOW mini album and Lori's sweet little snowman that inspired it. I love thinking outside the box and using her files in surprising ways. This snowman started as a cute embellishment on a gift bag and now he's the O on my scrapbook cover. 💕  

There are more amazing projects to see today, so be sure to hop to each blog for lots of great ideas!

Blog Hop Order:
 

You Are Here: Traci Penrod 

Your Next Stop: Brandie Adams

Ashley Cook

Cathy Harper

 Chelsea Van Wyk

Sue Kment

 Noelene Apap

In addition to the creative team's projects, don't forget about the other great things Lori has for you today ...




Below are the cutting files and links to the products used in this project. Thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping! 😊

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Thursday, January 9, 2025

Snowflake Lace Winter Mini Album with Lori Whitlock

Hi crafters! Today, I'm sharing my latest Lori Whitlock Design Team Project. It's a winter mini album that I made with one of Lori's beautiful cutting files called Snowflake Lace (link below). I used it to create the front and back covers and a few pretty pages inside. I love its intricate design. Take a look ...

Snowflake Lace Winter Scrapbook Mini Album by Artsy Albums

First, I'll explain how I created the covers, then we'll take a look inside.

To start, I resized the Snowflake Lace cutting file to 6x6 and duplicated the file for a front and back cover.


I wanted my back cover to be solid, so I needed to remove the lace in the second shape. To do this I highlighted the shape, right clicked, and hit release compound path.  

Now the outside square is removed from the lace snowflakes. I deleted the design and kept the newly created solid back cover. Then I cut both pieces out of white acrylic, but ... you could easily use white card stock or chipboard instead.

In the file, there is a perfect spot in the lace for the binding ring to go through. You’ll need to punch a hole in the solid back cover if you're using card stock or chipboard.

Once the covers were done, I cut the inside pages out of white card stock. I cut 6 solid pages and 2 lace pages. Since the design is a bit intricate, I set the machine to cut “heavy textured card stock” with 2 passes. Now ... time to decorate!

Snowflake Lace Winter Scrapbook Mini Album with snowmen and jewels

Isn't this lace cover pretty?! To decorate the album, I used the Doodlebug Design Winter Wonderland Collection. On the cover, I added some die cuts and a few sparkling mini jewels (links below).

Snowflake Lace Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a cute yeti and a fox

Inside, I covered each of the white pages with pattern papers, photo mats, stickers, and more die cuts.

Snowflake Lace Winter Scrapbook Album Page with flowers and a ski lift

Here, I created a fold-out page and added a photo mat on the front flap with a ski lift die cut piece.

Snowflake Lace Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a yeti, a pocket, and a snowman

Open that fold-out and there's a cute pocket inside with a fun snowman flip-up card on the front. I added a die cut in the pocket for journaling but extra photos can also be saved here.

Snowflake Lace Winter Scrapbook Album Page with trees and yetis

This is one of the pretty lace pages that I cut from cardstock. I love it. I added a photo mat to the front and back side. It's such a beautiful way to highlight your winter photos.

Snowflake Lace Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a pocket, journaling cards, and a cute moose

On this pocket page, I used another one of Lori's cutting files to create the cute scalloped circle mat.

Snowflake Lace Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a cute moose, trees, and snow

The cutting file is called 4
Scalloped Circles (link below) and includes the scalloped circle and the plain circle in the center. 

Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a cut-out snowflake lace design

Here's the 2nd lace page I cut from card stock. Doesn't it look gorgeous with the pink paper behind it?

Winter Scrapbook Album Page with a cut-out snowflake lace design

I had so much fun creating this winter mini album with Lori's Snowflake Lace cutting file. The delicate pattern is so lovely and it made such unique album covers and pages. 

Doesn't it look wonderful sitting on my clear Acrylic Display Stand? These are perfect for showing off your mini albums, greeting cards, and other handmade projects. They make great decor, and ... they're filled with your winter memories!

I hope you'll give this fun project a try. It could be made with any paper collection and would also make a wonderful Christmas scrapbook. Until next time, happy scrappin'!

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

NEW! You've Captured My Heart Scrapbook Album Kit

Hey guys! Who's excited for the next holiday? With Christmas and New Year's now behind us, I'm looking forward to new collections and fun new projects. So today, I'm sharing a peek into this Friday's kit titled You've Captured My Heart. It's all about your loved ones, sweet moments with them, and Valentine's Day! 💕

Valentine's Day Mini Scrapbook Album Kit with hearts, flowers, and a camera

To purchase the instructions for this album visit:

Look how pretty! I designed this with a 6x8 inch Doodlebug Design binder album in ladybug red and the beautiful Echo Park, Valentine's Day Collection by Lori Whitlock (links below).

This mini makes a perfect keepsake for photos of ANY sweet love story, whether it's between you and a partner, your family, children, grandlittles, best friend, or a beloved pet. It's wonderful for pictures of anyone that's special to you.

Valentine's Day Mini Scrapbook Album Kit with hearts, flowers, a pocket, and a tag

On the cover, I've added lots of cute hearts, beautiful flowers, and check it out ... a little pocket with a pull-out tag! What a fun spot for a favorite photo.

Valentine's Day Mini Scrapbook Album Kit with hearts, flowers, and a camera

I also added the "You've captured my heart" title card. It's just one of the sweet phrases in this mini. Others include Life is better with you, You're the best thing that ever happened to me, You are so loved, and more.

Inside, there are 14 scrapbook pages that include 3 fold-out pages, 5 pockets, 7 flippies, and space for 60 photos. It also has 10 plastic pocket pages and 6 blank card stock pages to design on your own / add additional photos to.

Valentine's Day Mini Scrapbook Album Page with flaps, scalloped ribbons, and a journaling spot

Check out this gate-fold page. I used a black scalloped ribbon on the inner edges and added a flippie on the front of one side. It has a journaling spot and space inside for 2 photos. Lift the left and right flaps and there are 5 photo mats with more pretty papers. So, in total ... this page has room for 7 photos!

Valentine's Day Mini Scrapbook Album Page with pretty flowers, a pocket, journaling cards, and a scallop circle

Pockets are wonderful for saving journaling cards or memorabilia. It's perfect for love notes, cute cards or drawings from your littles, a special recipe, tickets from an event, a label from a wine or champagne bottle, a wrapper from a favorite candy, or a few pressed flowers from a meaningful bouquet.

Valentine's Day Mini Scrapbook Album Pages with red flowers, pink hearts, a flip-up card, and photo mats

This would make a gorgeous handmade gift for a bride-to-be. Do you know anyone who's just gotten engaged, having a bridal shower, or getting married around Valentine's Day?

Valentine's Day Mini Scrapbook Album Page with red flowers, pink hearts, and a flip-up card

It would also make a thoughtful anniversary gift for your sweetie, daughter, parents, or grandparents. Add pictures of your / their love story, first date, and favorite memories together. It's perfectly safe to add vintage photos to my albums. They're all made with archival quality products.

Valentine's Day Mini Scrapbook Album Pages with red flowers, pink hearts, and 2 photo mats

Isn't this page beautiful? The pink and red color combo is making me so happy. New season, new color palette, and I'm loving the light airy feminine feel of this collection. I think you're going to have so much fun with this kit!

Thanks for stopping the blog today, and don't forget ... my You Captured My Heart Mini Album (kit and premade) will be available in my shop this Friday. Have a wonderful day! 😊

Update: This kit has sold out but the instructions are available in my shop. They are simple, step-by-step, and include measurements and full color photos of each page. Links for the instructions and the products used are below. Happy scrappin'!

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