Aini and Caro's Novermber Adventures

While I was in Miami I couldn't help but bring some of my scrapbooking stuff, and after I bought my photo printer I was eager to finish at least a little project. With the help of my cousin Ainoa I created this really cute accordion album for her sharing the adventure of the time we spent together. I have never finished an album so fast, nor have I ever worked on something when I was as tired as I was that day. LOL. I love you Aini!!!
Journaling:
Ainoa,

I had so much fun with you . As soon as we saw each other on Thanksgiving we were inseparable! In you I know I can always find and love and smiles. In a matter of hours we tore down Miami and we shared great adventures. Thanks for being there for me, I promise I will always be there for you.

Love you!
(Thankgiving - William/Food/Movies - Black Friday)

Black Friday

I am really happy the way this layout turned out. First of all, I printed out these photos from my new printer so that in itself was awesome. Also if you notice, the two small pictures that are in color, as also black and white around the edges. Thanks to my printer I was more confident in applying more digital techniques to my pictures. The title "Black" is made out of rub-ons and it has the texture of the paper under it. I embossed a "3" on one of the tags. I only wish I had a little clock item to add to the whole layout. The border was hand drawn and the parenthesis are from thin chipboard. I really loved the results.

Swapping with Nancy

Nancy,

These are the last of your pages that I will be sending in this week. I hope that you like the first two, I know that you don't like color blocking that much, but I think they came out pretty cute, the whole page has a lot of glitter so I hope you enjoy the bling also. It wasn't easy doing the page with the Zach and Lacy pictures, because I wanted to do a double page layout, but I didn't really see any other pictures that I liked that much, so I just ended up with this, which I think came out pretty cool either way. I was happy because I was able to use my big stamp in the background and my very decorative stamp all over the heart. I also sanded the ages of the picture and added lots of cute buttons. Didn't know what to add at the top with the little slider thingy, so that is up to you.

Caro :o)

Quick 8.5x11" album

These are an example of the pages that I made for an album for a friend. Each page is 8.5x11". They are decorated simply with stamps and buttons and sometimes a combination of the two. The large spaces are for pictures and the little rectangles are for either more pictures or journaling. I stamped a really light flower with my embossing ink (but I didn't add any powder) so that they can leave the spaces blank if they wanted to. A cute title, and that is it. In total there was one patterned paper used and only two cardstock papers.

Arlo

This is probably the only picture I got of my fish, it is soooo hard to take pictures of it. Part of it is because it is scared of me, and also because it just keeps flapping his fins. He's cute though isn't he?

My favorite tool

Nancy,

This is the punch I was talking to you about. It is my all time favorite tool I think. Any tiny little scrap that I have, I can just turn it into a little tag that I can use for later on a layout, a card, or even a present. Just love these little guys how they come out. You can click on the picture to better see the dimensions. Can't wait for the one you got for me. :o)

The Zoo

I just love this mini-album. I am sooo proud of it because I think it is soo cute, from the little rhyme down to the paper-pieced animals, the foam stamp prints, and the felt flowers. So cute!!!!

Bubbles

Nancy, I really hope that you like this layout. It is one of my favorites of all time from the ones I have done. It took me a while to create all the transparent elements, but it was all worth it for this cute awesome layout. Notice the little safety pins with the beads. The only thing that this layout needs is some journaling.

12x12 layouts by Nancy

These layouts I liked as well. But to be honest (cuz you told me too) I think that the first one is a little to plain for my taste. BTW what do you think I should add to the blue tags on the second layout?

12x12 layouts by Nancy

Nancy,

Some people don't use flowers for layouts with boys, but you make them look grate with your choice of colors, I like the brown and blues that you used for the firsts and last layout. The middle layout with the background picture with the whole pile of papers is really cool and I really like it, specially since I would never had used the pictures that way. Thanks, I really loved your layouts.

Caro :o)

Mini-album/Card

This is from one paper bag. I think it would make a great card like mini-album thingy. It would be perfect for a boy on his birthday. It was really easy adding those eyelets to bag with my Cropidile. I love the fact that you can add as many tags as you want because the pocket is so large. I want to add a piece of velcro so that the whole thing closes perfectly. Oh btw, I made the little "just for you" embellishment with a stamp and a little epoxy dot. I like!

My favorite glue

I know that the picture is blurry, but you can still see how it looks like. I love this adhesive and I can now never scrap without it, it keep everything in place, and it will even glue down metal, so this one, is a keeper.

Paper pieced giraffes

These are my giraffes for the little rhyme book. I think they are sooo cool.

Nancy's layouts

Nancy,

I think these are my two favorite layouts from the ones that you sent me. I love the colors and I love the theme. I would have done the second picture more about them being brothers than about them singing, so the way you though about the whole thing really inspires me to look a thinsg a little different. I just love all the elements on these pages too. Love the paper clips on the top one and the stars, chain, picks, and tickets on the other one. It really gives these old pictures a great look. :o)

Wooden block puzzle

This is my first puzzle block. I messed up on it a little bit, but I learned a lot for the next one. Here's a tip, use strong tough paper, and it is better when the pictures are cut up instead of folded.

Falling Leaves

This is the September challenge for Divas 2 with the pictures in place. I only need to finish the journaling.

Workshop information

Register for my workshops

You can register for my workshops here: https://www.union.ufl.edu/leisure/secure/category.asp?subj=arts
The two workshops offered are,

Course#: 9011 Scrapbooking workshop: October 13th
and
Course#: 9010 Holiday Scrapbooking workshop: December 1st
$15 pays for one day.
Make sure that my name Carolina Diaz is listed next to instructor.

What are we going to do? We will be working on 2 or 3 projects that you will be making from scratch, this website has some examples of the many possible projects we will be working on.

Do I bring pictures? Please bring pictures if you want, and if you are please bring a lot of them. Like maybe around 30, we might not use all of them, but just bring them.

What else do I have to bring? Well you don't have to bring anything, but if you have already started scrapbooking then you can bring some of your stuff if you want, like your favorite papers or embellishments or pictures.

I have started a scrapbook already, is this class for me? Don't worry, I will show you the wonders of mini-albums and many techniques to go with them. You will walk out of my class full of inspiration and ideas that can be applied to the scrapbook you are already working on.

What if there is no more space in any of the classes? Well, I am pretty certain that if you can get 10 people, then it will be possible to open another workshop and this time you can choose from a mini-albums or a regular scrapbooking class.

I want to take another class. Well I am pretty sure that next Spring I will have a 7 day class, and it will be very different from the workshop but just as great if not better with all the different projects that I have to offer, and many more techniques and ideas.

I have more questions. Then please send me an email with them at caro3600@gmail.com

2007 album

Just wanted to post some of my other layouts.

Tag wallet

This is a tag wallet that I made for my friend Nancy. The little wallet is made from an altered 12x12 inch piece of paper (you have to cut it a little, can't remember how much), and folded just right to accommodate two pockets in the outside and two on the inside. With the little extra strip, I was able to decorate all 6 tags.

Snow globe paper piecing

This is a quicker and smaller version of the other snow globe that I did with my Cricut. This is the one that I am sending to you Nancy. I am sending all the main parts, you just have to but it together. I did this one as an example.