December Memories Mini Album Project and Process Videos

This is my most ambitious mini album project yet. This December Memories Mini Album is meant to help you record your photos and memories from each day December 1st through the 25th. This gate-fold style album measures 9" x 9" with a depth of 1 3/4". It holds up to 42 photos and has places for hidden photos and journaling.

You can see the pages of the mini album in the following pictures. I have also included a walkthru video along with my process videos at the end of this post.

I used the Traditions of Christmas Suite from Stampin' Up along with medium weight chipboard and medium and heavy weight black cardstock to create this mini album project. You can find a PDF with the supplies list and cutlist by following this link - Supplies and Cutlist.

You can see my Walkthru of the Mini Album in this video from my YouTube Channel.

I did two process videos for the creation of the album. Part 1 walks you through the cutting of the pieces for the base, flaps, pockets, and other elements of this project. Part 2 walks you through assembling the album basse, adding pages, and elements. I did not do a video for decorating the album but did include the decorative elements in the Supplies and Cutlist file. You can watch each of these videos on my Youtube Channel.

I hope you like this paper crafting project. Thanks for stopping by!

In the Heart of the City Layout

We started our second day in Prague with the "Panoramic Prague" excursion. This took us from our hotel to the entrance to Old Town Prague at the Powder Tower. From there we wandered the streets of Old Town to the Old Town Square where we saw the Prague Astronomical Clock. After leaving Old Town Square we worked our way over to Charles Bridge. After the bridge we boarded a bus that took us to Prague Castle. The views from up at the castle were wonderful! After the castle we headed back to the hotel to get some food before our next excursion.

The inspiration for this layout came from this sketch from Even More Scrapping I found on Pinterest.

I love this sketch for having multiple photos and a great spot for journaling! The title was cut on my Cricut with the font I am using for this album. I substituted a wood heart shape with some paper glued to the opening in place of the word "heart" in the title. The remaining embellishments came from my stash.

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I hope you like this layout. Thanks for stopping by!

Strahov Abbey Layout

I am trying to be very conscious of how I am scrapbooking our Danube trip in terms of what I scrapbook from each city we visited along with the excursions we took. I have decided to do a 2-page layout for each city and/or excursion and then select 1 or 2 key places from these to do a 1-page layout for. When we did the Prague by Night excursion I really enjoyed the stop at Strahov Abbey and the views from there. This stop was at the beginning of the excursion so it wasn't quite dark yet but we enjoyed the views along with a beer tasting there!

The inspiration for this layout came from this sketch from Even More Scrapping I found on Pinterest.

I kept to the sketch pretty closely with this layout. My only change was to add some faux-stitching around the edges of the base page using a white gel pen and ruler. The title was cut on my Cricut using the font I have chosen for this album. The enamel dots for embellishment came from my stash.

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I hope you like this layout. Thanks for stopping by!

Elegant Pine Snowflakes Half Sheet Wonder Card Workshop

I am trying to get ahead with my holiday cardmaking and designed this new set of cards using the Elegant Pine Snowflakes 12"x12" Double-sided Patterned Paper from Stampin' Up. I am calling this a Half Sheet Wonder since it uses a 6" x 12" piece of the DSP instead of a full 12"x12" piece. I used 2 6" x 12" pieces to make 14 cards but you can easily make just 7 cards using 1 piece.

The samples shown here use 2 pieces of the patterned paper along with the coordinating cardstock, stamp and die cut set. As always I am sharing the cutting diagram for the patterned paper here with you. The cardstock cutting diagrams and card sketches are available with purchase of the workshop digital files.

This is the cutting diagram for the half sheets of patterned paper.

These are the 14 cards you will be able to create with this workshop.

If you are interested in creating this workshop for yourself or with your customers, there are 4 ways to get the files:

1. Place a $35 or more Stampin' Up purchase from me (before taxes and shipping).

2. Purchase the workshop digital files directly (no qualifying website purchase needed). The files are $11.50 USD. Follow the "Buy It Now" link at the bottom of this post.

3. Join my Stampin' Up team, all team members have access to my workshop files FREE.

Other demonstrators are also welcome to order these files in support of their own business. You can use these files to host your own events as long as you follow the terms and conditions listed in the Demonstrator Release included in the  workshop files.

Here is what you will receive with the workshop files:

• Welcome Page 
• Cutting Guide with directions for cutting the papers needed
• Card Guide diagrams and color photos of the completed cards
• Demonstrator Release
• Social Media image for you to use in promoting the workshop for your customers

Supplies list:

I hope you enjoy creating these cards just as much as I did!

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Glow of the City Layout

The first excursion we did with Viking during the Prague pre-extension of our trip was "Prague by Night".  This took us from our hotel up to Strahov Abbey then to Old Town where we walked all around before returning to the hotel. The city is so beautiful but even more magical at night!

The inspiration for this layout came from this sketch from Scrapbook Generation I found on Pinterest.

I modified the sketch just a little to use only 3"x4" photos on the left page and added a photo mat around this block of photos. The title was cut with my Cricut using the font I have picked for this album. I added the faux-stitching over the banners on the right page using a pen and ruler. The embellishments came from my stash.

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I hope you like this layout. Thanks for stopping by!