Category: Scrapbooking

Butterfly Mini Album Tutorial

Hey friends! Traci here and today, I have a new project for spring. Last Thursday was National Butterfly Day and I realized … I’ve never made a mini album in the shape of a butterfly! So, with the help of two amazing Lori Whitlock cutting files, I created a super cute little butterfly scrapbook. Take a look …

 

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

 

I chose the first cut file titled Butterfly Set (Silhouette) because it had the perfect wings, however it didn’t have the separate body piece that I needed. So I found a second file called Shaped Card Butterfly (Silhouette) & used them both!

 

 

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album with cut-outs

 

I loved the delicate patterned cut-outs in the wings and thought it would be pretty backed with some colorful papers. I also added a few gems for sparkle. 

Let’s take a quick look inside, then I’ll walk you through the steps of how I made it …

 

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with hearts, flowers, and a bird

 

I used the file to cut white card stock pages, then covered them in a mix of 12×12 pattern papers from Bella Blvd’s Birthday Bash and Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre. 

 

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with stripes, flowers, a cake, and cupcakes

 

I created photo mats for each page in varying shapes and sizes, then decorated with lots of cute die cuts.

 

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with flowers and confetti

 

On this page, I made two round photo mats by punching a 2.5″ scalloped circle out of a pattern paper, then a 1 3/4″ circle out of white card stock.

 

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with lots of pretty flowers

 

Ok, time for the tutorial. Here’s how I made the album with Lori’s awesome cut file …

 

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Album Tutorial

 

1. I duplicated the shape first so that I would have a front cover, back cover, and pages.

 

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Album Tutorial

 

2.  I wanted the pages and back cover to be a solid shape so next I highlighted my second butterfly and clicked release compound path — this separates all of the little inside shapes.

 

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Album Tutorial

 

3. I moved the base butterfly shape off the the left, and deleted the little bits and pieces that were left behind.

 

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Album Tutorial

 

4.  Next, I created an internal offset of the solid butterfly so that I would have a smaller shape to cut pattern paper layers. 

I cut the cover pieces once, and then cut 5 solid pieces to use as pages.  Finally, I cut various pattern papers out of the smaller butterfly. 

 

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Album Tutorial

 

I hope this helps you to create your own shaped mini album with Lori’s butterfly cut files. She has so many great ones to choose from! Hop on over to her shop today and have fun exploring. Happy crafting!

 

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A Magical Voyage Layout

Happy Monday everyone! I was so excited when the new A Magical Voyage line by Echo Park and Lori Whitlock showed up on my doorstep. I couldn’t wait to create with it because it has airplanes and clouds!! My youngest bonus son is going to school to be a pilot and he had just graced my texts with flight photos.

I used the Thankful font (SVG, Silhouette) for my journaling and used a border from the ephemera packages around it.
I added some chipboard clouds and the airplane sticker with some pop dots and some enamel dots to finish off my look.

 

I absolutely adore the versatility of this line and I hope you think outside the collection kit to make some great things.

Happy Crafting!

Chelsea

Brrrrrrr, Let it Snow

I hope all of you are warm and toasty….here in the midwest we are absolutely frozen.  Today’s high is supposed to be -12 degrees and feels like -35 degrees with the windchill.  Yep, frozen.

So going with today’s theme, I have a layout that I created with Lori’s Echo Park Collection,  The Magic of Winter

I used a fun picture of my granddaughter at the ice sculptures in Colorado a couple years back. This collection was perfect for this photo.

I started with the giant snowflake.  I actually grabbed this from Lori’s  Center Step Snowflake Card Center Step Snowflake Card (Silhouette) and just enlarged the snowflake to what I needed for a size. Next, I created the title using Lori’s Let it Snow (Silhouette)  I cut it in white and then added the pen stitching and then did a shadow cut as well.  The last thing I cut were a bunch of hearts in different sizes and patterns from Lori’s 11 Hearts (shop) or 11 hearts (Silhouette)

 

Stay warm and toasty everyone!
Cathy

 

Tiered Bracket Mini Album

Hello friends! We’re into the Christmas season so, I thought it would be fun to make a holiday mini album using one of Lori Whitlock’s amazing cutting files called Tiered Album Bracket (SVG, Silhouette). It‘s perfect for your favorite photos from the season, and … it would make a sweet gift idea for someone special.

I love making shaped mini albums and Lori has lots of great cutting files with unique silhouettes to choose from. This one caught my eye with its pretty waterfall pages. To decorate it, I chose Doodlebug’s Gingerbread Kisses Collection.

Now, on to how I made it …

First, the cutting file comes with the base pages and the inset pieces for cutting pattern paper.  One tip when cutting out the patterns … be sure to position your pattern on the cutting mat so that it will be cut in the direction you want!

I love how the patterns cut perfectly sized to allow a nice 1/8″ border of white (or whatever color base you choose). 
I decorated my pages with card stock mats and embellishments and love how the waterfall design let’s some of the fun elements peek through!
The pink page above is an example of what I meant about cutting the correct direction for your paper.  Since I wanted my pink hearts to be right side up, I flipped my cutting file design in the software to “flip vertically”.  You could also just place your paper upside down on your mat 🙂 
Lori has several fun waterfall (tiered) album designs in her shop … curved, flag, pennant, pinking, rounded, tabs, scallop, ticket, and wave shapes!  I love them all!

I hope you’ve been inspired to try one of Lori’s tiered albums!  They would make a cute gift for Christmas, and a fun way to display your holiday (or any day) memories!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!


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Flowers and Borders Layout

Happy Monday creative friends! Today, I’m sharing a layout I made of my adorable granddaughter using some borders, flowers and a title, all cut from Lori’s files. I will link below. I used some petite patterns from Doodlebug Designs for my project and cut all my elements on my Cricut.

I cut all my flowers and assembled them. They are very easy to make. I used the Rolled Flower 47 (SVG, Silhouette) and 3D Flower (SVG, Silhouette).
My title was the You Sure Are Cute (SVG, Silhouette) file that I offset to give it a little pop. The borders were cut from the Mega Border Bundle (SVG, Silhouette). I welded and sliced them to get the borders the size that I wanted.

I love how bright and fun this page turned out. Thanks for stopping by today and happy crafting!

Chelsea