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)

Swaps I am in:

• Over the river and through the woods- thanksgiving use what you can (5x3" journal block)
• Use it up swap - thankgiving stack (tag, embellish two times)
• Altered matchbook swap - to add on Christmas presents
• A year to remember - 6x6 album to record the special 2008 year
  

Daniel's album

I really can't do the journaling in this album because I don't have all of the information, so the tag at the top does the trick. The swirls at the top I made with the inked edge of a curled piece of paper.

Daniel's album

This is a picture of Daniel's grandfather from 1906. I decided to make the main photo into a big looking like stamp.

As of today:

The new Fall semester starts tomorrow. I really don't feel like going to school again, but I do still feel like becoming a teacher, so I guess I have no choice.

Lately I have been doing a lot of scrapbooking on mini-albums which I like so much, but I have also been scraping a lot of old pictures from the time when I first lived in the USA. Hopefully I will start taking many pictures of my projects and I will start posting them here for my scrapbooking buddies to see. We'll see how it goes.