Butterfly Mini Album

Happy Easter friends and with no further ado here's a mini album i made for my niece.

I started with the album i got a while back from sfragidomania

And here's the result, page by page!

I thought it will be perfect for a few pictures from her first year at school, a keepsake for the years to come!

I put it in a little bag I made, here's the link to my post if you're interested to see how  I made it.

That's it for now,  I hope you are all well and thriving!

Καλή Ανάσταση!

Cute bag!

While I was making a mini album for a gift I realized that I needed a cute little bag to put it in.

So, after trying this and that, I ended up with...

Isn't it pretty? Here's how I did it (no measurements unfortunately because it was an experiment, I had no idea what I would end up with!).

1. I took a 12 inches paper and used my ruler diagonally to mark the base of the bag. Then I cut about 2-3 inches along the mark lines on each corner. Finally I cut a piece of the flaps on the left and on the right.

2. I glued the flaps.

3. Then I glued the center strip, folded it inwards and glued that piece as well.

4. Here's the result after doing both corners.

5. I also reinforced the top of the bag with two strips of paper because I didn't want it to be torn. Not that the mini album is that heavy but better be safe than sorry!

6. I also reinforced the bottom corners.

7. I embellished the top with a border punch.

8. I punched a hole on the corner, added a gromlet and then added a bow on the inside to hide the back side of the gromlet.

What do you think of it?

That's it for now, I hope you're all well and thriving!

Christmas mini album

This is a mini that I gave as a gift to a friend of mine during the holidays and since I had no time I did it hurriedly and without that much embellishing, but, I knew that my friend liked my minis (she 's not a crafter but loves everything I show her),  so I included in the parcel a bunch of bits and embellishments so that she can personalize it.

I just used the leftovers I had from the Cosmo Cricket "Jolly by Golly"collection and for the covers I also used a My Mind's Eye pp.

Here's the inside of the front cover.

Some pages

Here I made a kind of flap, she can use it to add a bit with journaling, or an embellishment, etc. I used the "trellis" Martha Stewart deep edge punch to decorate the edge.
The rest of the pages are made in these two styles, only the patterned papers are different.

 Here's the inside of the back cover, I used the "flower bed" Martha Stewart deep edge punch to decorate the pocket.

 

My friend loved it and she was really funny when she saw the little pouch with the embellishments I added, she was like a little child in a candy store!

JYC 2010: 1st December

Humbug...NOT!
Journal Your Christmas year 2, I really would like to give many kisses to Irini for giving me the chance to get to know this awesome online class from Shimelle! Here you can see how it all started and here are all my JYC 2009 posts.

This year I'm going to keep it simple, quick and spontaneous, so that I will be able to incorporate this project into my daily routine without stress, after all it is about having fun!
With this in mind I had already assembled the album (4''x6'') together with covers (that I will reveal at the end!) and all, so all I have to do everyday is to put together the elements that I see fit for every prompt. I have also printed or stamped enough christmas images so that I can choose one, color it and add it to my page.
One more difference from last year's JYC is that I'll also keep a mini journal for every day's happenings, regardless if it is in the spirit of the daily prompt or not, it will be really funny to read it in the future!

As for coloring, you know how I love it,  and as it is expected you 'll see a lot of them! I 'll also do a lot of watercoloring with distress inks, it's really quicker than coloring with my copics and the result is more subtle and transparent.
So, dear friends, prepeare yourselves for my JYC 2010 posts, only 37 left!LOL

Mini albums: Birthday present!

I really liked the process of making an album for Effie, so I decided to make another for my friend Maria whose birthday is approaching. I used a chipboard album from Sfragidomania and covered the pages with DCWV papers from the Garden Party paper stack.

As you can tell, green and pink is my favorite color combo, so I couldn't resist the temptation to use it once again!  Also, I had the genious idea to write her name by mixing greek and english letters, but I just realized that it looks like I've written Mapia and not Maria! LOL!!!

As for the tiny flowers, I bet you've seen them again in my projects, it's a super easy and fast to make them, one of these days I'll make a post about how you can make them too!

I really love the image on the right page, it's a BW image I found online, I just printed it and colored it with my copics and on the back I wrote my wishes for my friend.

On this page I made a gatefold mini, I also added a separate photo tag on the back.

This is the back side of the photo tag on the right, I made a journaling spot, the stamps are from a Crafty Secrets clear stamps set, I colored it with my copics and finished it with colored pencils.

The image on the left is another BW image that I printed and colored with my copics, the "Mat Queen" was so suitable for my friend!

Here I made a trifold mini (on the left) and a booklet (on the right). The stamp is Crafty Secrets as well.


For the last two pages I made another tag and another mini mini (LOL!) the sweet Tilda was a loan from Joanna (thanks a bunch Joanna!) I was inspired from Effie's card and I made the background.
 
I guess my friend will like the album, she's not into scrapbooking but she loves the cards I make for her...and I hope you'll like it too!
Here 's a video as well: