Custom plastic

I made all of these plastic embellishments by myself. My favorite ones are with Santa. The triangle ones are guitar picks I made for my boyfriend, he likes those the best. LOL

Duke

Alright Nancy this is the layout I made with your pictures. Now please be completely honest and tell me if you like it or not. I don't want to send you something that you don't like, so please, if there is anything at all in your head that is bothering you about this layout, just let me know, and I will either fix it on the layout, or make you a whole new one. Now please, be completely honest.

Happy B-day center piece

This a present I made for my mom. The idea is that my sister who is throwing the party should place this in the middle of the table as a banner. And then my mom can take it after the party is over. It doesn't show it in these pictures, but in the middle of "Happy" and "B-day" there is a space where I wrote a little letter to her. I just think it came out great. And the best part is that I just used two sheets of card stock and scraps I had in my stash.

Triangle mini-album

This Triangle mini-album is all of my own creation. I think it would look great just being propped open on a table just like on the first picture. I think that next one I make will be with a triangle cover to match instead of with a rectangle cover. Either way, I don't think I came up with too bad an idea considering it was the first original mini-album I came up with. ;o)

Boxed mini-album

I love this little mini-album that turns into a box. I think it just looks great. I really have to stop making stuff and decorating things more. LOL

Waterfall paperbag mini-album

This is what a waterfall paperbag mini-album looks like. Needs decoration of course, but at least you get the idea.

Picture cube

This cube is just adorable. The white spaces are meant to have pictures, and you can make each side with a different pattern paper if you like. I have also left one side open so that I can add stuff inside if I want, but you can choose to close it all all sides. It would also be a good idea to make a few of these and then hang them from the ceiling. Now that would be neat.

Decorated Star mini-album (Love)

This is an album I decorated for my friend's girlfriend. When I first made the purple and pink base for this album I didn't know what pattern papers I would be using, so I was lucky to find these cute patterns.

Tag book mini-album

I really like this little tag book holder. If you fill the whole thing up I bet it would just look great! I used three papers to make this one, but I could have at least added one more and it would have made for a even bigger star. A snow theme for this album would just be great since it kinda looks like a snowflake. :o)

My 11th b-day maze mini-album

This is my favorite album type, Maze mini-album, decorated to show my 11th birthday. I really love how it all came out. I clear embossed the front. And in one of the pictures you can see the tag that is comming out of a pocket. I just love this one.

Oh, yeah. The first and last pictures show the album in this jewelry box that I purchased at Joann Fabrics. It fits perfectly. The album measures are 3.5x3.5 inches.

Waterfall mini-album

This is my newest album technique. I also copied this from someone else's pictures and then just figure it out on my own. The whole thing measures 3x7 inches. There are six layer and in each layer except the last one there is a letter spelling the word Girly. Any 5 letter word is great for it, and you can even use some 4 letter words like Love, with a little heart at the end. This album is simple but cute. Each page is made out of thin chipboard.

Techniques 2

The first three images are examples of simple cute little items that with a few alterations can make them into something new and fresh.

The last picture is one of the matchbook that I had posted earlier. I just wanted to show the inside where to different stamps are layered together. I like the effect. I also wanted to point out that I used gold glitter glue on the silver staple to make it more festive. :o)

My childhood

These are some really easy double page layouts that I made for some of my childhood pictures. They are just so easy to make and look great, they seriously just take a matter on minutes. From top to bottom the titles are as follow:

Barbie Love, Building from the ground up, Everyday Smiles, Jucaral, Tia Rosa, and Water love. (LOL I just realized I used "Something Love" in two layouts! Oh well...)

The tag on the layout title "Building from the ground up" was made in a dymo label maker with plain paper and then later inked to show off the letters better.

The last layout "Water Love" was created using the 12x12 efficiency cut technique, which of course makes making the page a whole lot easier.
(Click on the pictures to enlarge)

4th of July

This is one of the layouts that I made for the 4th of July. I am not too crazy about it, but I still think it is kinda good. I had a hard time using the colors of the pattern papers because they are so muted. Well, at least I tried.

Examples of swap items

These are some items that I have to send out for the swaps that I am in right now. My favorite one is the turkey with its embossed feathers, however, it took me forever to make them, specially since I think I ended up doing about 12 of them. LOL The other ones are of course a tag for fall, a journaling block for thanksgiving, and a matchbook for Christmas. I think they all came out pretty cool. :o)

Piano Hinge mini-album

This is the piano hinge mini-album. Will write more later.

Maze mini-album

I think that of all the mini-albums that I know how to do, this one here is my favorite. All the pages are made from one 12x12 page and when you make it just right then you will have two little pockets like the one I am opening in the picture where you can add a small photo or tag. It can open like a regular book, or you can strech it all the way out.

Diamond mini-album

This is one of my favorite albums to make and to give. They are really easily done and I just love how they come out and the versatility of them. I am not sure that I have the instructions for this in my group, but I think next time I make one I'll take step by step pictures so that I can share them. I call this the Diamond mini-album, but I think most people call it the exploding album.

Medallions

These little medallions here were really fast and easy to make. These are just great at cheap embellishments. :o) Really happy I made them.

Techniques 1

These are some little examples that I made for my self from techniques that I know. I really liked the techniques here and I didn't want to forget how to do them and how they looked, so now I have these little examples to inspire me when I want to add something new to my pages.

Star mini-album

This is just a simple star album. Most people make them with 3 colors, but I think that is a lot of paper for just one album, so I wanted to post this one I did so you all can see that even with two papers it still looks great.

Handy tag folder

This is a great little tag folder really simple to make out of a 12x12 page. On one side you have all the tags, and on the other side is just plain with the printed line paper you see in the first picture. I really like this little tag album thingy because you can add a whole lot of pictures, or just a few and it will still look complete. You can put pictures in the pockets, or on the tags, or on the back.

Folding closet mini-album

It is hard to see how this little album works, but I wanted to post pictures of it anyways, If I decorate another one with pictures and all, then I will also post those pictures so that you can see it better. I like this album because it is thin but a lot of pictures and embellishments can fit in it, not to mention that it's a good size at 6x6in. For better results, use print paper that is double sided.

Accordion closet mini-album

I coppied this album form a picture I saw in a website. It is made out of 6x12 papers. It is supposed to have a couple of more things that need to be added after I put pictures. With photos it will look really great. I made the little paperclip charm by stacking up 4 punched out flowers and gluing them onto the wire. I really like how it came out, and practically all of the materials were left overs.

Paper bag mini-album

This is my Halloween paper bag album decorated with one orange cardstock page and one Halloween print page from DCWV Fall stack. I also used a silver pen, some ribbon and the 2 for $1.00 stamps at Michaels. To attach the pages I punched 3 holes through each folded paper bag. Let me know what you think. :o)