Happy Days Mini Album #4 with My Mind's Eye

There's not a lot of 'fancy' going on with mini #4.  Just an easy little book using an adorable paper line by My Mind's Eye called Fine & Dandy True Blue (there is a girl's version called Fine & Dandy Tickled Pink) and both are cute, cute, cute!  I also love the kraft color of the 7 Gypsies album (versus standard grey chipboard) and since I wanted that color to show, I didn't completely cover each page with paper.  This made for a quick little project that is screaming for me to fill with pictures.  

                                 

I have one more mini to share with you tomorrow...and here's a hint for that one:  Do you remember the name of Basic Grey's super cute pet line that was introduced a few years back?  If so, leave me a comment and check back in at my site tomorrow!

 

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~ Traci

Day 3 of the Mini Marathon

Sultry!  Yep!  Gina and Roxanne both got it!   This, of course, was the paper line I used in yesterday's mini album.  A very old, but very pretty line that was introduced in 2008.  The other lines that came out around the same time were Boxer and Archaic.  Basic Grey has always been one of my favorite companies -- way back to Vagabond in '05!

For today, I am switching gears to another favorite -- Bo Bunny.  Their Gabrielle line is so pretty -- the colors and the butterflies!   This is a friend themed mini that was super simple, but oh so fun to create.

Tomorrow I will be sharing mini #4 with you.  It's a cute little book for a boy using Fine and Dandy True Blue paper by My Mind's Eye and a great little 7 Gypsies chipboard album.

Day 2 of 'Four Days of Minis'

Mini #2...can anyone name this very old Basic Grey paper line???  I dug it out of my mounds of paper, fell in love all over again, and wondered why I bought this very girly paper in the first place.  Then I remembered that I usually buy what I love and decide what to do with it later -- not smart on the checkbook, but it made me so happy to create something with it!

Stop back in at my blog tomorrow when I will be sharing a 3rd mini -- this time using one of my very favorite recent Bo Bunny collections (Gabrielle)!  And as always, thank you for subscribing to my blog emails!

4 days of Minis

The kids are back at school! At least they are here in Georgia.  Not that I do not love my boys being home, but they can put a real cramp in my creative pursuits.  When they are home, I want to be with them.  Now that they are back in school, I have more time to play with all of this paper that is screaming for me to get back into my scrap room!  And since we all know that my favorite projects are mini albums, I decided to post a mini-a-day for the next 4 days...maybe more if I really go crazy :)

So, here is the first one.  (I haven't decided what I will do with each of these, hence, no pictures yet).  Do y'all love the new 'Authentique' lines as much as I do?   These colors are so much fun -- the black, yellow and pink look so cute together!  I just wanna lay this paper all over the floor and roll around in it.  Odd, but oh so true :)

Check back in tomorrow to see another mini -- this time I will be playing with a REALLY old Basic Grey line to make a cute album for a little girl.

Matilda the "scrap lifted" owl

A couple months back I saw the most adorable mini in a Scrapbook Trends Mini Album magazine.  Jennifer Beason made a precious owl out of a maya road album.  I saved the photo and hoped I would one day have a chance to scrap-lift Jennifer's cute idea.  I was in my LSS today and found the Fancy Pants Artist Edition chipboard banners and the shape of one reminded me of the owl.  Here is my version...different papers and embellishments than the published original, but SO fun to create and every time I look at "Matilda" (a co-worker decided we needed to name her) I have to smile.  So funny....

Boy Scrapbook Page Layouts

What's a girl to do when she can't sleep?  Scrapbook, of course.  So I created some pages with a very cute line (Fine and Dandy True Blue) from My Mind's Eye ... one of my very favorite companies.  Their papers and embellishments are always great and make creating fun pages and minis so easy.  

 

My boys are now 17 and 20 years old and I have TONS of photos that I have not scrapped of them!  TONS!  And here's why...I don't scrapbook chronologically.  If I did, I would get stressed out about order and time-lines and miss the best part of scrapping for me -- which is ... I scrapbook whatever I'm in the mood to create. Today I felt like toddler pages and a card. If I had to go in order I would get bored. That's me.  

 

This is my 17 year old son when he was absolutely huggable.  Not that he isn't huggable now...but hugging mom no longer ranks at the top of his "to do" list.  This was his first day of preschool. 

 

 

He was 2 years old and I was working full-time.  I was so afraid he would cry when I dropped him off.  Oh there were tears alright ... but they were mommy's!  I just drove off to work thinking "this could not be right ... his lunch box is almost bigger than he is!"  Fifteen years later and I had fun scrapping this page about my amazing, artistic, smart, not so huggable boy.

And here is one of Jordy when he was one years old at the park with a friend. Love the banner stickers that come with this collection!

Not sure why I decided to do a card.  I am not usually a card person but when I looked at my left-over paper and embellishments, something just said card...who knows. Anyway, it had to turn out cute because the owl is so stinkin' cute!

As always, thanks so much for stopping by. To get great scrapbooking ideas & to stay up-to-date on new products & sales please "like" Artsy Albums on Facebook, Instagram & Pinterest!

 

~ Traci

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