One Sheet Wonder/Chalk it Up! Mini album

Say Cheese!

This pocket sized mini is made from 1 12x12 sheet of cardstock

  It has 3 pockets and two fold out pages

And is the perfect size for all those 2"x3" school photos 

that one seems to accumulate at this time of the year

I got the inspiration for this from paper, crafts & scissors.
However, I have tweaked it to make it mine

score the cardstock at 4" & 8"
flip the page and score at 3", 6" and 9"
as shown above

cut on blue lines as shown,

 this looks confusing,  
 but it will all make sense...you are making two side loading pockets and two fold out flaps 
I suggest you fold everything and paper clip your "glued" sides together first
so you get a feel for how this will work
 (see image below for how it all comes together)

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Good Bye---Selected, Awesome Close to my Heart Products

It's true.
It's that time of year again....come August 1st there will be a brand new idea book filled with awesome NEW items, but sadly this means many items in the current book will be gone.

You can check out all the items HERE! or click on the Retiring tab at the top

I will be featuring a few that NEED these retiring products to complete over the next 6 weeks.

First up
This adorable mini I made for my niece.
It used the Ariana paper pack as the base for most of the album,
with a little Babycakes thrown in for good measure.

Check back in a few days for the next reveal.

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Every Page a Pocket/interactive Mini Album Basic Instructions

I have made 4 of these albums in the last couple of weeks.
They are super easy, and yet a tad confusing,
so hopefully these instructions will make it easy for you to recreate your own.
Note: you can order all of the paper by clicking here.

Step 1.  Create the base pages, all in the same color of cardstock
               cover                 7x7 (2 pieces glued together)
              Pg 1 A & B        7x3 (2 pieces with an envelope sandwiched in between)
              Pg 2 A & B        7x3 (2 pieces with an envelope sandwiched in between)
              Pg 3 A & B        7x3 (2 pieces with an envelope sandwiched in between)
              Pg 4 A & B        7x3 (2 pieces with an envelope sandwiched in between)
              back cover         7x7 (2 pieces glued together)

So your cutting guide would look this

Step 2.  Layout all your pages with the basic B&T paper added
            See below for examples

 

Step 3.  Glue you pages together as shown below

Step 4.  Add the Flip Up Mini  Album to page 3A

             

However you could also use small flip flaps like I did in the album below

Step. 4   Create the mini fold out album
               Basically this is a 4 1/2"  x 12"  piece of cardstock in a contrasting color to your base page of your mini album.  The pic below is from the Skylark mini.

Step 5.   Add tags, and tags and tags,
              where ever you have a pocket add a tag, or two tags
              vary the size and type of tag.  Add some stamping and distressing to your tags,
              be creative.  Below are two examples

Step 6.  Embellish, this is the fun part.  Go through your album page, by page

             adding a little bit here and there.  I love Close to my Heart's my Complements for this

             Below is a tag from the Skylark mini that I have embellished, 

Step 7.  Optional---create a mini page between each page. 

              I did this in the Skylark mini by simply using cards from the

              NEW Picture My Life program  or PML for short

              Below is an example of how everything can come together

These are the basic intructions I used for the Timbeline mini , the Skylark mini   (both of these are completed and on previous posts) and the for Balloon Ride & Lollydoodle mini that I am working on.

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Skylark Mini

I gave you a sneak peak a couple of days ago.
Here's the whole thing

Supplies 

1273        5 sheets desert sand cardstock

X5762     3 sheets lagoon cardstock

1385        6 sheets daisy white cardstock

X7177B   Skylark paper pack

X7177c    Skylark compliments

Z1947       Skylark Picture my Life (need half a dozen cards)

Z1476       7 envelopes

Z2118       desert sand ink

D1574      Take note stamp set from the Cricut Artbooking Bundle

I random stamped images from the retired stamp set D1452 throughout the book and fussy cut a number of these images as well.  You could use any stamp set that had images of birds in it.

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more of Nick's birthday album

Here's a quick look at the first couple of pages

I cut the 6x6 album in half, then used one half for the front cover & one for the back.
I made a pocket by cutting off one corner (as shown above) 
Below is the inside of the front cover

Above is the how the inside of the front cover looks like

when it's all done.  Big pocket with a photo mat insert

and a mini envelope with a birthday card inside.



page 1



page 2



page 2 & 3



page 3 & 4

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Altered 6x6 accordian album--for Nick's Birthday

Ever get those days when you think....why did I start this?
That's what I was thinking today as I remembered
 that last year I made my nephew a "superhero" mini album for his birthday.
He LOVED it.
And his birthday is right around the corner
And I feel obligated to send him another AWESOME mini album.

This is what I came up with

 

It all started with this

the 6x6 memory showcase album

 

 

and the new "Tommy" paper pack

 

a few "art philosophy cricut" cut pages, tags & shapes

and volia

 

 



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The Ultimate Family History Book-intro

I have been toying with the idea of creating a family history book.
One that works.
One that can easily be added to.
One that is not limited to conventional methods of publishing.

And finally,
I think I have created the perfect design.

And Close to my Heart has created the perfect paper for this.

"For Always" 

a selection of black & white patterned paper

with hints of yester-year and cocoa.

This is the perfect paper for a multitude of projects.

Below is what some of our corporate artists came up with

This paper is in the new idea book, and will be available to order Feb 1st.

I am busy working on a sample page for my history book

and will post it as soon as it is camera ready.

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