Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all Dads out there! Today I am posting pictures of a Father’s Day mini album that I created for my LSS.  

 

The album makes a neat little gift for any Dad and combines products from Bo Bunny, 7 Gypsies, and Tim Holtz.

 

I just love Bo Bunny’s Mamarazzi line -- having three men in my house, I have used this blue and brown collection multiple times.  

 

 

The album’s chipboard style and kraft color were incorporated with a few embellishments from Tim Holtz.  

 

 

I never mind using ribbon and flowers on masculine pages ... I think they add texture and interest and don’t always have to look feminine.

 

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Echo Park and some new projects

I recently discovered that Echo Park is having a monthly Fresh Face Design Team Call so I wanted to post a few recent projects I created using their adorable paper lines.  As I posted on May 30th, Echo Park has clean, colorful paper and embellishments that are fun and work well with so many themes.  For the first two projects below, I used the For the Record line, and for the page layout, I used Be Mine.  Thanks for checking them out...and check out Echo Park too!

• “For the Record, I Miss You” Mini Album

Supplies: all pattern paper, stickers - Echo Park; acrylic covers, binding rings - Zutter; cardstock - Bazzill; Flowers - Bazzill, Hero Arts; Brads - Basic Grey;

 kraft envelope - Maya Road; other - ribbon, buttons

• “Thanks A Bunch” Card

Supplies: all pattern paper, stickers - Echo Park; cardstock - Bazzill; balloon stamp - Unity; ink - VersaFine

• “Paris” Page Layout

Supplies: all pattern paper, stickers - Echo Park; alpha letters-Thickers; gem flourish - Prima; flowers - Petaloo; ribbon - Maya Road; crown - Making Memories

Mini Albums are my favorite!

Whenever my LSS gets a new paper line in the store, especially a line that has tons of cute stickers, tags, and other fun embellishments, my mind immediately starts thinking of a cute mini album project.  Minis are my favorite scrapbook project because there are so many possibilities for them.  You can really use your imagination with these cute little keepsakes -- endless themes, pull-outs, pockets, fun ways to bind them together, the creativity goes on and on.  I created the mini above for a designer class contest and used two of my favorite things in the design -- scallop tabs and tons of pockets!

Little Gift for a Sweet Baby Girl

A sweet little book for a sweet little girl.

My Sweet Niece and Echo Park

I just love this picture of my niece, Ashlee, and her friends.  It reminds me so much of my high school years when we got to dress up during homecoming week.  Ashlee (far left) dressed up for Retro Day and I love all of the colors in the photo.  I thought the Echo Park line called Life is Good was perfect for this picture.  My LSS recently started carrying Echo Park and I love the company’s clean, colorful designs.  Although my store does not carry individual embellishments for Echo Park (stickers, alphas, journaling cards), I added a few buttons, an embossed tag from We R Memory Keepers, and some flowers from Hero Arts.  I like the result and had fun creating a ‘girl’ page for a change!

Looking forward to spring!

Here is a design that I did for my local scrapbook store. Graphic 45 is a neat paper crafting company that always creates unique, vintage inspired paper lines. Although I might not initially think of this line for pages with young children, I was challenged to come up with a layout that used this 1920's/30's paper in a current way. Graphic 45's papers are different and very colorful. Sometimes the backs of the papers are more fun than the fronts -- bright, patterned solids that coordinate together, and with other paper lines beautifully. Tip: When you are shopping for unigue paper, turn the patterns over to check out the other side before you decide that a particular line will or won't work for you.


Once Upon A Springtime reminds me of Easter, spring, flowers and little girls. This layout is a recent favorite of mine.

Mini Book with Twig

These are pictures of a little mini book using the new Twig collection by Little Yellow Bicycle. Such a cute paper line and so many adorable embellishments, chipboard, stickers, and tags -- I just had to use all of it. The album is also a LYB chipboard/acrylic album. When you fall in love with a paper line that has so many wonderful pieces -- create a project that uses it all! This was SO much fun to create.

New use for calendar-inspired paper

Here is another idea for using that cute calendar paper that you find when you are not working on a calendar page. KI Memories Sew Cute Calendar Collection is adorable so I wanted to make a page with it, but did not want to do a calendar. Instead, I used the blocks as a grid for tons of little 1.25" pictures. This is perfect when you have a bunch of photos of family and friends left over from other layouts, but you can't bare to throw the extra pictures away. Cut them up and create a fun page full of little faces you love!


You will notice that all of the little faces on my layout are blurry. I did this for the purpose of this post because this layout was created for my local scrapbook store and used photos from store customers who may not want their photo posted on a blog. The pocket and embellishments on this layout are also part of the KI Memories Sew Cute Calendar line.

Using winter paper without winter

So you find this beautiful winter themed paper in your local scrapbook store...fabulous snow, frost, themed paper...but you don't live up north and your snowy days are limited to one or two per year. What's a girl to do? Find another use...


I fell in love with this Bo Bunny line called Midnight Frost but I did not have snow pictures. I covered up the "snowflake" portion of the paper and the blue and burgundy colors in this line were perfect for a boy-themed page about my son.

Tim Holtz Configurations Box

Another challenge for me from my LSS -- (I love how I am asked to create things that I would normally not think about--because when I finish the project, I have learned so much!)  I am a mini album/layout kind of girl...but I was asked to make a sample for our store using one of the Tim Holtz Configurations Boxes.  Yikes!!!!...BUT SO GLAD I DID.   It was SO much fun!  I used a paper I liked for a Valentines theme and the Tim Holtz gaffer tape for the box.  Then, I had a blast picking out embellishments, trinkets, stickers...all kinds of fun things (even a mini album by Maya Road) to put inside.  This is my handsome son and his sweet girlfriend -- perfect for a Valentine's Day project!!