Postcard Perfect Mini Album

Postcard Perfect CC5185 is a new paper pack from Close to My Heart.  I just love the colors and how they are perfect for a trip we just took to Kauai.
Because my album was 8 1/2" by 8 1/2" with a 4" spine I needed more paper that was in my pack.  The great part about CTMH is that the color palette matches with other paper packs.  So off to my stash I went and sure enough, I found quite a few papers in older packs that would match perfectly.  Like Hello Lovely,  Whimsy Fundamentals, (the Fundamentals paper packs are great to use along with our Seasonal paper packs) just to name a few.  I love being able to use things from my stash. That way I do feel so bad hoarding it.  LOL
I followed the tutorial from Country Craft Creations.  It originally was a Country Kitchen album.
The cut-a-part page has so many cute things on it and I will be using them all.  Well except for the flamingo.  Last time I checked there were no flamingos in Hawaii.  I just Covered up most of the flamingos with photos or embellishments.

Here is the front cover.  I used some of the cut-a-parts on the cover and I like how it turned out.  It is not done yet. I love the spine it is in 3 sections and on the inside are just 3 pages.

This is the inside cover and the front of the first page of the first section.  3 of the papers used on these 2 pages are from my stash and you would never know that they didn't go together.  You can see some of the cut-a-parts below the book on my table.

Next pages I use parts from the Cut Above Kit CC5182.  These are meant to be used as a Scrapbook layout but you know me, I have to use them in other ways too!  The Cut Above paper is the back paper on these pages.  You can only see the leaves below

These are all from the Postcard Perfect papers.  The left side is a pocket page.  This is where I will put some of my photo from the Kawaiele Waterbird Sanctuary.

Here I used papers from my Stash.  Under the 2 flip out photo holders are paper from the Postcard Perfect.

You can see the back side of the photo holders and the pocket.  I cut out tags with my Cricut Maker in different shapes and sizes and placed them throughout my Album.  The always come in handy for holding journaling and photos, or both.

This page has more flip outs for photos.  This Album has plenty of room for landscape or portrait photos.

Under the flip outs on the page, I used part of another Cut Above Layout page.  I used this section for the photo of all our food.  Yep, I will put it all on one page.  Well only when we ate out that is.

I love this pocket page and all the things you can use them for.  I put tickets photos and journaling in them.  Both sides have pockets.

The last pages in the Album is a pull out so you can put more photo or memorabilia.  On the inside back cover is a large pocket for tags, programs, or whatever you want.  I really like how this Album turned out I will do a walk-thru on my YouTube Channel soon.  I will have all the photos in it and embellished so watch for that.

The back cover paper is from my stash and in this photo, you can see the spine.  It is in 3 pieces so it will mold its self to how full the book is.  I will be making more of this size and shape Album.

Here is the front again.  This is by no means finished.  I will keep you posted with a complete walk through when I am done.  So keep checking back.

Here are just some of the Print then Cut items I made with my Cricut Maker to use in my Album.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at all the photos.
Let me know if you have any questions at all.

CTMH Chelsea Garden Twist and Pop Card

Here is a Twist and Pop Card that I helped a friend make.  I love it when someone asks me to help them make a card.  She asked me if I had ever seen or made a Twist and Pop card and I could say yes I had, and I even made a YouTube video of it.  I sent her the link and she wanted to make one.  So she came over and we did.
Here is the video of the one we made

Everything I used is on the video in YouTube
I just love how it came out.
We use the video tutorial from MayMay made it 

Here is the video of the one I made before

These cards are really fun to make and they don't take much time.  You really should try one or even 2.  Let me know if you do and leave me a comment below if you would like to see more.

CTMH Shimmer Brushes

Here is a quick video showing you how to use the CTMH shimmer brushes.  You can see them here

Zipper bags made from Placemats

Today I made a couple of zipper bags using a YouTube tutorial from Lorrie Nunemaker you can see it here
Here are 2 of the 3 bags I made today.  These were so easy and fun to make!  Fast too.  They are made for The Pioneer Woman's Placemat. The bottom one fit my Surface Pro perfectly.  That was a happy accident.
I have been wanting to make a pouch for my computer and now I have a cute one.  Lucky Me.  Usually, I give away what I make but this one is mine.
The video is at the bottom of this post!

You can see how perfect it fits.  I can even get my charger in the pouch too!  Like I said I am a Lucky girl!  

Here are all 3 bags.  I love them all.  How about you?  Give them a try you won't regret it, in fact, you might really like them.

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I ended up putting vinyl on the back of the bag that I will be using to put my Surface Pro in.  I saw a video that Melody Lane did so I used her file that she shared and created this.
I bought the new Cricut patterned Iron-on vinyl.  I love this  I have the Cricut Easy Press  the settings I used were 340° for 50 sec (yes 50).  Give it a try and see for yourself.

-----------------------Another Update-----------------------------

I just was packing and wanted to take my Canon Selphy printer with me and I had my placemat bag I had just made sitting right there.  I popped it in and the paper cassette along with the charger and guess what!  It fits like a glove well actually I have room for my 2x3 cassette and paper for each.  Another Happy Accident.  I will have to put some Cricut Iron-on so I know whats inside.

Well, I guess I will have to make more of these since I was originally was going to give them all to my grandkids to use for themselves.  LOL!!!!!

What did you put in your bags???

Here is the video.

  

Sweet Treats 3D Box for Organization

This is a short How-To video on making a 3D box to hold some of my itty bitties from my dry erase board.  I have been working on downsizing my studio from 2 rooms back down to 1 room.  That is a big chore but it will be worth it in the end.
Here is my dry erase board, my Grandkids love to play and draw all over it.  Sadly it has to go to make room for my Ikea Kaylex unit that I have in the other room.

These are the 2 Kaylex units that I will be putting in the other room Ugh!  Lots of rearranging and organizing going on.  Purging is a good thing to do often not just once in awhile.  Lol!  Note to self.

Here are the boxes that I made.  I will probably make more.  The finished size is 5 x 5 x 3  They ended up the perfect size for what I needed.

Here is the video.

Thanks for stopping by!

Be Mine, Valentine

Here is a Valentine's card using the Chelsea Garden G1149 Workshop Your Way Scrapbooking kit.  I used 3 sheets from the WYW for this card.  I was able to make 12 cards with what I cut out.

Here are the papers that I used that gave me 6 different looks because of the double sided paper.

I separated all the hearts by size in little containers and put them in descending order.  That way everything was easily accessible and I didn't have to guess which one was which.  I then started to arrange them on my card.  After I found the placement that I liked I then arranged my containers with the different heart in the order that I put them on the card and that helped speed up my process. 
 Then I did all 12 one after the other.

Next I got my Stamp set the I wanted to use which was the Stamp Of The Month for January 2018 S1701 Adore You.  

I liked the flower swag the heart and Be mine, Valentine.  After making one with the swag I didn't like it so I just used the Heart.

It still need a little something more so I cut out just one of the medium sized hearts in a paper from my stash.  We always need to use up our stash!  LOL and this was a great way to do that.  This was from the paper pack Heartstrings now discontinued.  Of course there will be some bling added too!

I have a box of bling that sets on my table for easy access.  I put all of my bling that is partly used up in it and I try to use that up first before opening up anything new.  I found some bitty sparkles and some red gems that would go nicely.

I added my sentiment of Be mine, Valentine. to the front and then popped up the red heart with 3D foam tape and placed it on the card.  

I liked how it turned out but next time I would place another piece of colored cardstock on top of the white card then put the hearts on.  Don't know what I was thinking, Oh well next time!  There is always room for improvement in everything we do.  Right!

Chelsea Garden G1149

3D foam tape

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.  Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Chelsea Garden File Folder Card

Here is a video on the card that I made using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge and the Chelsea Garden Workshop Your Way.  You can easily follow along if you want.  Just pause the video and then play when you ready to move one.  It is a fun card to make and give out.  Here is what it will look like. 

I go off the screen in a couple of places so if you have any questions just let me know.  The knocking you will hear is my husband hammering out back on our deck.




Cricut Artbooking collection
Chelsea Garden Workshop your way scrapbooking kit G1149
File folder card w 9.5" x h 6.434"
Paper Clips w 1.5"
Doily w 4"