Karin - Autumn (Grumpy sisters)

Autumn grumpy sisters
By: Karin Kreijen

Supplies:
paper from my minds eye, cosmo cricket, october afternoon, basic grey
alpha sassafras lass
stickers cosmo cricket
journaling tag
sassafras lass stickers
ki memories/love elsie expoy stickers
distress inkmarkers

How to:
1) Pick a size of paper for your layout. I chose my mind´s eye paper and cut it by hand the way I liked it. I use some layers of paper (see the supply list).
2) Choose some for your photo frame mine is October afternoon, then I put  it on my collage
3) The tag under the frame and put here and there some stickers
4) I used the title "autumn" and wrote the journaling with a black marker around it.

And you are done.

Zarah - October Afternoon Cards

OCTOBER AFTERNOON CARD-SET
by: Zarah S Peterson


Supplies:
White and brown Bazzill
October Afternoon papers, from the gorgeous Cherry Hill collection
Alphas from Mustard Moon
Flowers & leaves from Prima
Chipboard shapes from American Crafts. I've dressed them up with some Bazzil, OA-scraps and lots of 3d-glaze
Ribbon I got with my kit, as well as some lace & ribbon from my drawers
Scrappy Floss by Karen Foster
no name buttons and pins
Colured staplers
KaiserCrafts pearls & bling
A glitter heart from an alpabet by Making Memories
A brown Memory Marker-pen by American Crafts
A stamped arrow by American Crafts, the Thanks-set
Brown ink

Here's how they are made:
First, cut a piece of Bazzill unto 3 pieces. Two that are 6x8 (these should follow the paper's grain. You find out by slightly bending the paper. The way it bends easiest, is following the grain. That'll save you a lot of "broken" folds.) and one that is 12x4 (cut across the grains).
Fold them up into cards. If you decide to follow my example and make laying cards. you'll get two that open downwards and one that open in the side.

Now, cut the pattern paper into backgrounds. It's supposed to be slightly smaller than the card base, thus leaving a thin "frame" around the background.
After that,grab your scraps or cut up strips that will either run from the side (the very edge of the card) or a square/rectangle with the background showing around.
Add a ribbon to the lower side of the scrap piece. Staple it into place.

Embellish as desired and add a sentiment.
I've gone with real simple, no fuss sentiments like "Thank you", "Congrats", "Sorry", "Hugs" and "Coffee?".
(In Swedish, we say "Congrats" on birthdays as well so that's very handy!)
These papers and embellies, however, are amazing for puns like "You're the cherry on top", "Hello cupcake", "Apple of my eye" and so on. I'm sure you have lots more ideas! :)

Ps. If you run out of an essential black letter or two, like I did - just colour a brown one in with a black pen! Works like a charm. :)

Karin- My Boy

My boy
by Karin Kreijen

SUPPLIES
· Love elsie paper 12x12
· Love elsie paper daisy blankie
· Paper October afternoon
· Fabric paper love elsie
· Bo bunny chunky charm chipboard stickers swirls
· Cosmo cricket sticker
· Corner punch
· Black marker

HOW TO
Step 1) Choose a big black and white photo, and collect some colour paper, I will show you that you can choose funky girly colors on a boy page..so get ready.

Step 2) I use my background some colourful elsie love paper then I cut some love elsie paper daisy blankie some tags I love on my page, and glue it on my background like a collage,

Step 3) then I cute two pieces of October afternoon in little mini cards and use in the corners the corner punch and glue them also on your page under the photoframe.

Step 4) I cut a frame out fabric paper from elsie ..and stick on my page watch out it is very sticky and then glue the photo on the frame..

Step5) Then I pick the swirl from bo bunny love them and but them around the frame and a little bit under the frame so leave some open spot to hide them, if they are not very sticky use some extra glue,..

And then you have a colourful boy pages with girl power …

Stephanie: Tats my Girl

tats my girl

by Stephanie Garbett
SUPPLIES
bazzil card stock
patterned papers basic grey, october afternoon, dcwv
stamps tim holtz, prima, basic grey, autumn leaves
letters making memories, prima
brads making memories, basic grey
zing embossing powder

HOW TO
1 cut two squares of card stock two different sizes distressing the edges mount onto black card stock

2 cut a large piece of patterned paper glue into place slightly to the left hand side of the card stock as shown

3 using an 8 /8 piece of patterned paper cut a border like the yellow one as shown

4 cut three strips of other patterned papers different sizes placing the largest one behind the photo

5 stamp several stamped images onto transparency place to one side to dry

6 using a butterfly stamp emboss the image as shown

7 glue the two strips of the patterned papers at the bottom right hand side of the layout then using your stamped swirls tuck them behind photo as shown glue into place

8 add stamped wording to the right hand side of the photo stamped onto the transparency add butterfly flourish the the bottom right hand side of the photo the centre piece to my butterfly is the actual photo of my daughters tattoo enlarged and cut out

9 finish of the layout by adding title and distressing the edges

Wendy- It's Game Time Mini

It’s Game Time” Mini Album

by Wendy Morris


SUPPLIES
Scrapbook Outlet Product:
Blank Book Board – Creative Imaginations – Bare Elements – Talon
Paper – October Afternoon (OA) – Cherry Hill
Paper – Love Elsie – Cody Go Fight Win #2308
Paper – Love Elsie – Cody Strategy #2307
Paper – American Crafts – Craft Fair #34719
Paper – Basic Grey – June Bug – Cabana #jun-1821
Journaling Cards – My Mind’s Eye (MME) – Playful #291072, Shining Star #291212
Transparency Frame – My Mind’s Eye (MME) – So Handsome #JD2035
Specialty Glaze – Clear – Making Memories
Stickers – Love Elsie – Cody Trinkets #2314
Stickers – Love Elsie – Cody Round Gels #2316
Letter Stickers – Mustard Moon – Black #3000
Letter Stickers – BoBunny – It’s My Party #10MPC043
Letter Stickers – Basic Grey – June Bug #jun-1826
Leather Frame – Making Memories – Brown
Other:
Stickers – Making Memories (MM) – Word Fetti – Sports,
Stickers – Making Memories (MM) – Tiny Alphas – Black
Stickers – 7 Gypsies (7G) – Date Labels
Rubons – Rusty Pickle (RP) – Aloha White, 7 Gypsies (7G)
Ink – Ranger – Archival Ink – Jet Black
Manila Tags
Mini Brown Envelope
Orange Adhesive Felt
Journal Blocks – Heidi Swapp (HS)
Numbers Transparency – Prima Marketing
Thickers – American Crafts – Rock-a-Bye, Dolce, Daiquiri
Stamps – Stampin’ Up! (SU!) (Puns from the Past, Sporting), Close to my Heart (Best Shot), 7 Gypsies – 97% Round, Club Scrap, Clearly Wordsworth, Bam Pop – Pop Phrases 1, Studio G
Maya Mist – Maya Road – Gold Metallic
Glimmer Mist – Tattered Angels – Patina
Basic Grey - Precision File Set
Mod Podge
Masking Tape
Plastic Baseball Card Holder
Journaling Pen – Zig Millennium - .03 – Black
Ruler
Crop-a-Dile
Circle Punch 1”

HOW TO
Outside Cover

Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (AC – Craft Fair) cut to size of cover. Allow to dry completely. Sand edges with file/sandpaper. Apply glaze to cover. Apply AC Thickers (Rock-a-Bye) to cover.

Inside Cover
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (AC – Craft Fair) cut to size of cover. Allow to dry completely. Sand edges with file/sandpaper. Use journaling pen & ruler to draw lines. Apply embellishments of choices, stickers, and stamps. I also printed index size prints of photos to use in some of the spaces.

Page 1
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (Love Elsie – Go Fight Win) cut to size of page. Allow to dry completely. Sand edges with file/sandpaper. Apply embellishments of choice (SU!, Clearly Wordsworth, and stickers (MM-Word Fetti)) to page. Apply photos of choice.

Page 2
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (OA – Numbers) cut to size of page. Allow to dry completely. Sand edges with file/sandpaper. Apply Tattered Angels glimmer mist randomly. Allow to dry. Apply HS journaling block. Apply photo of choice inside journaling block. Apply AC Thickers (Daiquiri) to page.

Insert - Manila Tag (Front)
Apply HS journaling block to tag. I also printed index size prints of photos to use inside the journaling block. Apply stickers of choice, rubon numbers (7G), and I used the #8 (AC Thickers – Daiquiri) to represent his jersey number.

Insert - Manila Tag (Back)
Apply stickers of choice. Apply photo of choice.

Page 3
Cut paper (BG – Junebug) to size of album. Cut photo to size to fit inside the leather frame. Attach photo first, then apply leather frame. Apply stickers of choice above and below frame. Directly to the frame, apply 7G date label sticker and MM-Tiny Alphas (numbers) to the label.

Page 4
On reverse side of paper (BG – Junebug), use 7G round stamps & ink applied to page. Using 1” circle punch, punch out photos of choice & apply inside the stamped circles. Apply embellishments of choice. Apply letter stickers (BG – Junebug) for title.

Page 5
Cut transparency (Prima) to size of album.

Insert – Mini Brown Envelope (Front)
Using fan stamp (SU! – Puns from the Past) and ink, apply to corner of envelope.

Insert – Mini Brown Envelope (Back)
Using stamp of choice (Club Scrap) and ink, apply to back of envelope.

Page 6
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (Love Elsie – Cody Strategy) cut to size of page. Allow to dry completely. Sand edges with file/sandpaper. Apply stickers of choice. I used the #8 (AC Thickers – Daiquiri) to represent his jersey number. Apply photos of choice.

Page 7
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (BG – Junebug) cut to size of page. Allow to dry completely. Sand edges with file/sandpaper. Apply AC Thickers (Daiquiri, Dolce) to page.

Insert – Baseball Card Holder (Front)
Cut photo to size to fit inside the holder. Cut orange adhesive felt to fit inside the holder. Apply sticker of choice to outside corner of holder.

Insert – Baseball Card Holder (Back)
Cut paper to size to fit inside the holder (Love Else – Cody Strategy) to fit inside the holder. Cut photo to size to fit inside the holder. Apply sticker of choice to outside of holder.

Page 8
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (Love Elsie – Go Fight Win) cut to size of page. Apply HS journaling block. Attach pieces of masking tape for an eclectic touch. Apply stamps & photo of choice inside block.

Page 9
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (AC – Craft Fair) cut to size of page. Apply HS journaling blocks to page. Apply letter stickers (Mustard Moon) to one block. Apply stamps (SU!) of choice to another block.

Page 10
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (OA – Definition) cut to size of page. Using a scrap piece of cardstock, draw heart, cut out & use a template to mask with Maya Mist. Allow to dry. Apply letter stickers (Mustard Moon, BoBunny) to page. Use journaling pen to draw around the letters (“love”). I also printed index size prints of photos to use in some of the spaces.

Page 11
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (Love Else – Go Fight Win). Apply stamp (Bam Pop) & ink to page. Apply photo of choice.

Insert – Manila Tag (Front)
Apply journaling card (MME) to tag. Attach pieces of making tape for an eclectic touch. I also printed index size prints of photos to use in a space.

Insert – Manila Tag (Back)
Apply stickers of choice to back of tag. Apply stamp (SU! – Sporting) & ink to page.

Page 12
Cut paper (Love Elsie – Cody Strategy) to size of album. Attach sticker to top of page.

Page 13
Apply stamp (Bam Pop) & ink to page. Attach stickers (MM – Tiny Alphas). Apply photos of choice.

Insert – Manila Tag (Front)
Apply stickers of choice. Apply photo of choice. Apply stamp (Studio G) & ink to tag.

Insert – Manila Tag (Back)
Apply journaling card (MME) to tag. Attach pieces of making tape for an eclectic touch. Apply stamp (SU! – Sporting) & ink to tag.

Insert – Transparency Frame (MME)
Apply AC Thickers (Daiquiri) and RP rubons to transparency frame (MME).

Inside Back Cover
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (Love Elsie – Cody Strategy) cut to size of page. Allow to dry completely. Sand edges with file/sandpaper. Apply stamps (Studio G, Club Scrap) & ink to page. Apply HS journal block to page. On the journal block, apply stamp (SU! – Sporting) and mini index photo. Apply other photos of choice to page.

Back Cover
Using foam brush, apply Mod Podge to book board. Adhere paper (BG - Junebug) cut to size of cover. Allow to dry completely. Sand edges with file/sandpaper. Apply glaze to cover.

Karin- October Afternoon

Surf’s up
by Karin Kreijen


SUPPLIES
· Paper: October Afternoon
· Mini photo’s 3
· Thickers American crafts black glitter
· Journaling sticker sassafras lass
· Stickers sassafras lass
· Tag surf’s up cosmo cricket line snorkel
· Some little stickers of cosmo cricket
· Hambly overlay frame
· And a black marker


HOW TO
Step1) choose a background, this one is from October afternoon, then cut out by hand a smaller size than the background and glue it down in the center of your background basic paper.

Step 2) Then place some journaling sticker on from sassafras lass somewhere on the apple October afternoon paper

Step 3) A stroke of hambly overlay brickstone black and glue it on the left of your page and glue the three mini photo’s next to each other.

Step 4) The put some stickers around it from sassafras lass and comso cricket.

Step 5) And use some tag from cosmo cricket for the tittle of this page surf’s up that I cute out of some paper of the snorkel line

Step 6) then I take a frame from hambly overlay black and cut in two pieces, and place around the edges.

Step 7) At least I use these signs,,, from American crafts thicker glitters to cheer it up and use some black marker to drawe some lines and little baby curcles and there you have one surf’s up layout..

Stephanie- October Afternoon

A Helping Hand
by Stephanie Garbett

SUPPLIES
October afternoon patterned papers
bazzill card stock
making memories rubons ribbons jelly embellishment
mustard moon letters
buttons flowers prima
hat pin own
butterfly stamps dark room door
dmc thread
hambly transparency

HOW TO
1 using 8/8 patterned papers tear the top and bottom of the paper using a distressing tim holtz tool distress edges and glue onto card stock

2 cut three different strips of paper ink the edges and glue into place as shown

3 overlap three photos placing the transparency behind the largest photo glue into place

4 add the ribbon to the bottom of the photos as shown add flowers and button and brads use the rubons to make the flourishes

5 add the embellishments to the left hand side of the photo as shown

6 using dmc thread stitch around the outside of the blue patterned paper for added effect and add buttons to the torn paper as shown

Kirs- October Afternoon

Card - Sterkte -

by Kirs de Ven Smit
SUPPLIES
Craft paper
Paper Pad 8”x8” October Afternoon Cherry Hill
Stamp Love Elsie clear letterstamp
Stamp Frame from own collection
Strass Heidi Swapp
Old paper
Black Ink
3D tape
Poscapen white and blue

HOW TO
I always use this dimension and this paper, namely that is my own style: 15 by 15 cm of craft paper.

Take 3 strips torn from 3 different paper and paste them in the middle.

Choose a frame from the green paper, cut them out. Take a paper pattern and cut it slightly larger than the frame, as for old paper should be larger than pattern paper. Edit edges of old paper with black ink . Paste them together and paste them slightly to the right on the card.

From various design paper I have cut birds, cherries, flowers and twigs.

Paste the stamped word - Sterkte-on the frame, then the bird and twig. I cut them into 2 parts so that the lower part below the word will be pretty heated.

Then paste the rest with 3 D tape. Finishing with the strass.

Edges of the card finishing touch with poscapen.

Rachel- October Afternoon

Just recently I’ve been trying to adopt a healthier lifestyle and part of that includes getting my ‘5 a day’. Unfortunately, I am not very food at eating fruit – I buy it, I just don’t eat it. A few weeks ago I borrowed a juicer from a friend on a kind of ‘free trial’ and got myself a book on smoothies and juices. I have been getting quite adventurous and loving it! ( think cherry and watermelon, apple celery and mint or pear and avocado! Mmmm!) so I came up with the idea of these dice using the Creative Imaginations ‘josh blocks’. They could be used in a few ways. I chose the 6 fruits I am most likely to have in and assigned each one to a face on the block. I could roll just one of the dice and then look up a recipe in my book that is based around the resulting fruit, or I could roll 2 or three of the dice and let the dice choose the mix….

Fruit dice

by Rachel Burgess

SUPPLIES
Bazzill cardstock (blue green pink and orange to coordinate with cherry hill papers)
October Afternoon Cherry Hill 8x8 paper pad
October Afternoon Cherry Hill clear stamps
MM Scrapbook colors funky vintage chartreuse
October Afternoon Cherry Hill shapes
Red and green pens
Close up photograph of grapes
Creative imaginations bare elements josh blocks
blue green pink yellow and orange inkpads

HOW TO
Cut 4 1.5 inch squares of cardstock (one green, one pink, one orange and one blue and ink the edges with the appropriate colour of ink.

Use the green paint and apple stamp to stamp the apple image onto the orange square and once dry doodle over the edges with the green pen. Attach to one of the faces of the wooden block.

Attach the green square to another face of the block and add the strawberry shape over this.

Pop out the large ladybird shape and cut the head off. Using the body to represent the fleshy part of a watermelon, cut a crescent of green cardstock to represent the outer skin. Ink the inner part of the crescent with a creamy white ink and use the green pen to add the watermelon skin patterning. Layer the watermelon together on the pink square of cardstock and attach to one of the wooden blocks faces.

Cut a 1.4 inch square of the no.s paper making sure that the section you have included a no. 2 in the selection. Use the red pen to ring the no.2 (2 otherwise known as a PAIR, or in this case representing a PEAR ;o)

Attach the blue square to one of the faces of the block and attach the cherry shape over the top. Bend the overhanging edges round on to the other faces and stick down or trim off.

Trim a 1.4 inch square from the grapes photograph and attach to the remaining blank face.

Repeat the whole process with as many blocks as required.

Zarah- Altered Bags

Gift Bags
by Zarah Peterson
SUPPLIES
Paper bags
Papers by Bazzill, October Afternoon, My Mind's Eye and Basic Grey.
Alphas by Pink Paislee, Making Memories and American Crafts.
Flowers from Prima Marketing.
Die cut leaves.
Also used: parts of an overlay, stickles, some black (nameless) gemstones, a Karen Foster loopy brad, Karen Foster scrappers floss, ink, an orange pen (for the frame around the tags), black & brown pens for the faux stitching, 3d-foam, raindots, liquid pearls of some kind (nameless kind from the local craft shop) and ribbon/lace.


HOW TO

To make this, just make fronts and backs for a regular paper bag. Cut Bazzill slightly bigger than the bag and glue them on.

Add patterned paper and embellish as desired.

I've made a few different ones for all occasions - the one with the key hole and the one with the key has a "window" into the bag, made from parts of overlays.

Key, star and keyhole are Ranger Grungeboard. The silver is UTEE (Ultra thick embossing powder) which gives it a very cool, vintage silver effect. I chose to let it not become smooth but instead opted for the grungy effect.

The gold is regular EP with clear UTEE on top. Again - I'm going with the grungy look.

The orange on the star is a mixture between American Crafts Zing EP and Rangers Distress EP (Spiced Marmalade) which gives it a neat, distressed look and the sparkle just highlights the uneven, crackled, bent surface below - which I found very cool.

The texts, as well as the calendar, the fancy frame around the "grattis-bag", the flourish & the scallop around the handle plus the star in the middle of the flower on that one, are all from 2 American Crafts stamp sets, "Thanks" and "Wedding". Masked out "again" on the stamp in one of the tags and instead, it just says "thanks. An easy way of adding some interest and changing your stamps up a little.


I'd love to see your bags, if you're inspired!! Link here, if you're making some, and I'll come over and check your blog! :)

Emma- One and Only

One and only
By Emma Trout


SUPPLIES
Bazzill beetle black cardstock (multi-pack)
Patterned papers: DCWV 8x8 La Crème stack
October Afternoon (Ducks in a row) Splish Splash
October Afternoon (Cherry Hill) Recipe box
October Afternoon (Detours) Fruit Stand
Stamps- Bo Bunny Journal acrylic stamp
American Crafts stamp collection Baby
Brads- Making Memories pebble brads black and white
Basic Grey chipboard mini monogram
Foam alphabet – American Crafts
Making memories word pebbles
Distress embossing powder (shabby shutters)
Ranger glossy cardstock
Acrylic paint

HOW TO

Glue a 1” strip of paper along the left edge of layout and a 1” strip across the bottom.

Add the full width photo above the bottom strip. Stamp journaling swirl onto the layout using archival ink then cut out the circle from the same journaling swirl that has been stamped onto glossy cardstock and add to centre on the photo.

Add a 1” strip of patterned paper above the photo. Cut out patterns from stack and decorate the paper strips.

I added a desaturated photo to the left side of the layout.

Sponge white paint directly onto cardstock

Add page pebbles, monogram, brads and elements from patterned papers.

Zarah- October Afternoon

This layout is about how the apple sometimes is VERY happy to be falling pretty close to the tree...

My mother was a very special person, and the journaling says:

"If all I ever succeed in, in life, is to be a bit like you... Then I've reached my goal!"

SUPPLIES
White and black (and a TINY bit of brown) Bazzill

October Afternoon papers, from the gorgeous Cherry Hill collection
Alphas from Musterd Moon and Making Memories
Grungeboard by Tim Holtz/Ranger
Flowers & leaves from Prima The black blower that I stamped on the cream Prima, is by American Crafts, the Thanks-set
Apple chipboard from American Crafts. I've altered it slightly, adding a small rose leaf that I cut up and a stem of brown Bazzill
Wing ghostshapes made with white ink on regular overlays, and the stamps are from Heidi Swapp
Other, random stuff from my drawers:
Scrappy Floss by Karen Foster, no name buttons and pins, black brads, red staplers, lace, black raindrop and one KaiserCraft pearl.


HOW TO
The layout is basically just made with layers of the wonderful 8x8-papers from October Afternoon. With the squared one, I've cut it off beneath the apple-patterned paper and used the strip to make it seem longer than it really is.

All the edges are scraped with a pair of scissors, and then inked.

The dictionary print paper is torn on one edge, and scalloped on another. I've used a piece od scallop edges Bazzill to get that shape. I just traced, and then cut it out.

The tag is just a piece of white Bazzill that I've rounded the corners of, and stamped with a stamp from the Thanks-collection by American Crafts.

The arrow is simply a piece of a spinner from Cosmo Cricket. You can easily make your own by cutting one from Bazzill and mounting it on 3d-dots for height, adding a push-button to the center. (Or layer Bazzill to get faux chipboard.)

For the frame, I stamped a 3x3 Wedding Frame by American Crafts on a piece of overlay plastic, and cut it out.

I marked the text below with a green Memory Marker, that's also made by American Crafts.

The silver heart is just a raw piece of grungeboard with two layers of glue and "white" glitter by Making Memories.

Mireille- Just the Two of Us

Just the Two of Us

by Mireille Divjak

Supplylist
Cardstock: Bazzill
Lace Cardstock: KI flurry pure
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Good Cheer line: sleigh bells, tinsel
Pen: American Crafts
Chipboard Alpha's: Cherry Arte
Bling: Heidi Swapp
Ghost Snowflakes: Heidi Swapp
Stickles: Ranger
Puffy Paint: Make me!

How too
Distress the edges of your patterned paper. Use your cardstock as background and attach the lace paper to it.
adhere patterned paper and photo's
embellish to your liking.
I added ghost snowflakes and added stickles to them..
I used Heidi swapp bling.

Moniek- Birthday Card Planner

Birthday Card Planner

by Moniek Jannink

SUPPLIES

Paper: Making Memories cheeky collection: dot / flower / numbers / red circle / stripes
Stamps: October afternoon Daydream
Chatterbox Happy day
Art Warehouse Danielle Johnson
Making Memories Journal
Fiskars border punch
Embroidery floss
4 binder rings
12 A5 evelopes with a sturdy back

HOW TO
I always seem to remember peoples birthdays at the last moment and then I stress out because I want to make a handmade birthday card…. With this birthday card planner I hope to be more prepared and have a card ready when needed ;)

The base of each page is an A5 envelope in which I can keep a finished handmade card

The actual calendar is downloaded from:
http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2009/01/birthday-organi.html

I have printed all months on white cardstock and cut them out. They fit perfectly on an A5 envelope!

I cut all my papers and adhered them to the envelope.

Mireille- Let's Eat Ice

Let's eat ice

by Mireille Divjak

SUPPLIES
Cardstock: Bazzill
PP: October Afternoon - good cheers line * Cookies *sleighbells
Glitter lace cardstock- KI Memories (flurry Lipstick)
Ribbon: Adorn it- Carolee's Creations
Pen: American Crafts
Alpha's American Crafts- Daiquiri
label: scrapworks
floss: DMC
Ghost snowflakes: Heidi Swapp
Stickles: Ranger
Puffy Paint: Tulip
Brads and photoflips: Queen and Co

HOW TO

Distress the edges of your paper.
Cut a piece of the glitter lace cardstock and place your patterned paper over it.
I adhered the snowflakes with clear glue and used stickles to give them that extra pop.
I used puffy paint on the ribbon and a white galaxy marker on my title and along my photographs.
I embroided little "snowflakes" with DMC.
Add phototurns and label .

Carole- **KAISERCRAFT**

On this Christmas Eve, we have two KaiserCraft projects from Carole. First is a project made mostly with Cctober Afternoon and American Crafts products. This is an album with lot of texture and material; papers of course but also fabrics, foams, vinyl, chipboards, felt and wood also.

Play

by Carole Maurin

SUPPLIES

Wood mini album: KaiserCraft

Papers: Cctober Afternoon

Die cuts: October Afternoon, Jenni Bowlin Studio

Felt: Prima

Clip: Making Memories

Chipboard: American Crafts

Vinyl alphabet and embellishments: American Crafts

Foam Embellishements: American Crafts

Stamps: October Afternoon, Hampton Arts

buttons, ribbons

HOW TO

Use one page as a template, then cut another template using this one a little bit smaller than the original. Use it to cut all your pages in the October Afternoon papers. Ink all theses pages in black. Decorate all pages with pictures, die cuts, stamps and foam, vinyl, felt and chipboard embellishements. Just play with texture. Add some ribbons to the rings.

"Excursion"
by Carole Maurin

SUPPLIES
Acrylic Transparent mini album: KaiserCraft
Rub on: Making Memories, Hambly Screen Prints

HOW TO
This is such a simple album, very quick to do. The main idea is to keep most of the transparency so all the pictures are adhered under one another on each side of the page. Just decorate all the pages with one or two rub ons: hambly's one are perfect because they are colored on both sides.

Kirs- **OCTOBER AFTERNOON**

In a crazy mood

by Kirs de ven-Smit

SUPPLIES
Paper : October Afternoon Cozy Home, Crunching Leaves, Picking Pumpkins, Chilly Mornings and New Pencils
Old paper
Stickers : American Crafts Thickers , the puffy shape stickers Chit Chat Accents
Letters : mix of different brands
Pen : fine liner and uni poscapen (Brown)
Tool : cricut machine

HOW TO
For the background use the paper "Leaves Crunching." Cut the houses from paper Cozy Home . Paste these pieces of paper on New Pencils. Order them from top to bottom on the right side.
Clouds, a large and 3 small white, cut out from paper Picking Pumkins. Pull stitching lines on the white clouds with a fine brown liner. Paste a strip pictures on old paper.
Paste the first large cloud, then the photos. Adhere the small clouds with 3D tape, one on the image.
Make a strip of paper from Cozy Home and add it just about the photos. Make the lines with the fine liner. Then continue to embellish with thickers and letters. For extra accents, I have cut letters from paper Chilly Mornings with CRICUT (lettertype Base Camp, size 1.5-inch). For one letter O, I have use the inside of other O.

Christiane- **OCTOBER AFTERNOON**

REFLECTION

by Christiane Muller

SUPPLIES
PP - October Afternoon Crunching Leaves, New Pencils, Chilly Mornings, Picking Pumpkins
RubOns - October Afternoon Give A Hoot
Letterstickers - American Crafts Thickers Subway
Flowers - Prima
Bingo Card - Jenni Bowlin
Buttons - FooFaLa
Distress Ink - Ranger
Pens - Signo, OHP-Marker
Doily Paper, Lace, Staples, Old Book Page, Handstitching

HOW TO
All edges and borders are distressed and inked. Some stitches are faked with black and white pens. Others are handstitched. Outline as much as you can with a black pen. The journaling is printed on cardstock strips.

Cut out a 12x12 circles as a background. Layer doily paper, an old book page and a half circle as a photo mat. Clouds are stitched onto the background. Arrange flowers, the bingo card and buttons on the layout. The journaling strips are added as an eyecatcher.

Moneik- **OCTOBER AFTERNOON**

Inspired by Ali Edward's, Moniek created an album in advance so she can easily document the activities, stories, and photos that December will bring. "My album starts on December 10th, since in the Netherlands we celebrate Sinterklaas on December 5th and I usually start with our Christmas planning, decorations etc after that. My album ends on December 27th ."




Christmas Album
by Moniek Jannink


SUPPLIES
Paper: October afternoon Good Cheer- Falling Snow/Tinsel/Sugar Cookies/Peppermint Sticks/ Gingerbread/Sleigh Bells
Cardstock: Bazzill – Cream Puff/Hillary/Pomegranate
American Crafts Thickers: Vera Vinyl letter stickers – white
Daiquiri
Tinsel accents – foil shape stickers – silver
Leg warmers – felt letter stickers – white
Pajamas – felt letter stickers

Making Memories clear stamps – journal
Basic grey clear stamps
Quickutz – studio Classic and skinny mini
Red envelope
Making Memories clear creations – family
Zutter Round it all
Red Embroidery floss


The size of the album is 24 x 14 cm and the pages have all different sizes from 15 x 13 cm to 21 x 13 cm.