Echo Park

For the Record Journal

I made this journal using the paper collection pack from Echo Park for my sister, Sandy. She's a good-hearted gal. I thought she could use it at her volunteer counseling sessions.  So I made it to put in her birthday package. I hope she finds it useful and that it reminds her that her sister loves her.

A pocket on the left side to slip notes into and a little clipboard attachment in case she needs one. I attached a long envelope for things she needs to tuck away and a legal pad

attached to a piece of chipboard so the pages can be lifted from the top...

                                        And a calendar for added convenience...

and some blank papers for doodling. You can look like you're writing really important notes when you're doodling, you know? Oh, that's probably just me. Never mind.

Hope she likes it.

{Thanks for looking!}

Graphic 45 Checkbook Mini.

 What mini album front and back cover with a spine can you make out of one sheet of paper?

This one.

I saw this technique on a you tube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c-B6voSnMo&feature=em-uploademail made by a designer I follow, steffogal1. She made hers into a journal. I decided that for this application I would turn it sideways and try a mini. I used black cardstock for the base but Steffogal used some really pretty Prima paper on her video. She also shows a great tip for picking out the paper for it. It's a quick project you can do with your favorite leftover papers and comes out to be the same size as a checkbook. A few cut-outs and a little stamping and it was done.I put a magnetic closure on the front.

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I used my Graphic 45 scraps from lots of their collections and did some inking with Ranger Distress Ink Fire Brick.

You should try one!

DCWV Bella Boutique Mini Album

Look what my sister Jackie and I made today....a flippin little mini. Isn't it nice? We had a nice time putting it together. A little of her creativity and a little of mine, with a lot of gabbing and wah lah! The following pictures I posted will hopefully show you how it all opens. The front cover was cut using SCAL and the Cricut, engineered by Jackie. She's good with that computer!

Thanks for looking!

Want 2 Scrap Log Cabin Mini album

I found this naked chipboard cabin mini at the CHA Show this Spring and thought it would be something different. I like the rustic look of it. Great mini for that outdoor-sy person. The cabin and trees are from the want 2 scrap collection. Website info: www.want2scrap.com           I painted the chipboard cabin and trees with acrylic paints and applied aluminum tape for the tin roof look and then distressed the roof with alcohol ink. Then applied a clear coat over the whole cover. Easy....try it.

Chipboard fishing accents from Paper House Productions and chipboard words from Me & My Big Ideas.

Flip ups allow for photos and shipping tags for the where, what, why and when details.

 This would be a great Fathers Day gift for the Dad in your life....or do one for the hunter who takes the week off to go to hunting camp each year.

Back cover.

DCWV Mini Album

This album is made with The Natural paper stack from DCWV and would be a perfect album for a Father's Day gift. Each page contains a pocket to hold multiple photos and tags.

Travel Mini Album

 Well, I might take a train, I might take a plane, but if I have to walk, you know, I'm goin' just the same....

this little mini was a conglomerate of lots of different companies. I used Zutter corrugated boards for the pages and covered them with an old Cardstock Photo Mat stack from Marcella by K called the Travel Mat Deck.

 Chipboard embellishments came from K and Company and stamps were mostly from Stampers Anonymous. Love those!

My Minds Eye Lost and Found Rosy mini album



I mean, really, these little 6x6 paper pads are such a bargain. They're so well thought out by the designers that your only job is just to pick which method you want for your mini and then you just start glueing.  So that's just what I did. I even used the back sheet of the paper pad pack for the spine binding and then just dressed it up with a little bit of Dazzle tape. On the cover is a library pocket mounted on a piece of chipboard with a transparency in the pocket...I told you I love those, right? and then some Tim Holtz metal pieces, with a hair tie through a rivet in the last page to hold it all together. Oh, don't you just love your Big Bite? How sweet it is! You have one, right? Cause they make riveting so stinkin' easy!! You really should have one.
GO!
Go get one!