Tag: mini album

Welcome To The Farm Mini Album

Hi everyone!  I’m so excited to share this little mini album created from Lori’s Pop Up Barn Card (SVG, Silhouette). I had so much fun creating this and added so many fun details!  I used Lori’s Echo Park Fun on the Farm collection for my project!

I started by opening the file and ungrouping it, saving the barn shape, the white doors and window.  I enlarged the card to be 4.5 x 6 inches.  You will need to cut 4 red barn pieces and two sets of the white doors and window.  One is your front cover, one is the inside of the front cover, one the back cover and the other will be for your stitching template and book ring template!

On of your template barn shape, you will do an internal offset and then go to line style, change it to the biggest stitched line.

Then using a Silhouette Sketch pen, I used black so that I could see it well, send it back through to draw the stitched lines.  This will create your template for stitching.  You can use the stipple on your machine too to create stitching holes but my cardstock was to heavy to really see the stippled holes….my eyes are getting old! Lol.  So this is what worked best for me.

I just pierced the lines on the sides of the barn so that I could add a bit of chain stitching to accent the cover. Place the barn piece with the stitched lines over another barn shape and pierce your holes.   I recently attended an event with the amazing and beautiful Paige Taylor Evans and she taught us to chain stitch.  I am head over heels in love with the stitch and technique.  I added the chain stitching to the little “Welcome to the Farm” tag too.  I just pierced the holes evenly around the circle!

After I was done stitching, I adhered one of the barn pieces to the back for the front cover, so it has a nice finished look to the inside, and that way you can’t see the back of the stitching.   Next, it was time to punch my book ring holes.  Again, place the barn piece with the silhouette sketch pen lines over all your pages, one by one, and punch your holes.  I punched in 1/2 inch for my two book rings. I have seven pages in my book, but you can make more or less.  I just had that many photos of my grand daughter’s visit to a farm.

I love how this turned out.  Eeeeeek!  It’s so cute and the Fun on the Farm collection is just adorable and so much fun!

I added lots of fun with ribbon, beads, a fun tassel, sunflower charm and even a cute little chicken bead up on top there!

I’ll just share a few of my pages here and I’ll share the rest on my blog.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~Cathy

Wallet Mini Album

Hey there! If you follow me, then you know I love making mini albums. All shapes, all sizes, all themes … love, love, love. So for my project today, I made a mini using one of Lori’s cutting files that’s in the shape of an adorable little wallet. This is so cute and interactive, soooo yeah … it’s right up my alley! I’ve added a video over on my blog – so be sure to check it out. 💗

Wallet Shaped Mini Album w/ rainbows
I chose the Echo Park, All About A Girl Collection, also designed by Lori. The pattern papers in this collection are so pretty and girly with flowers, rainbows, plaids, and bows. And to create the little closure, I added 2 brads and some yellow twine.
Wallet Shaped Mini Album w/fold out pages and pockets
The wallet is a tri-fold and once it’s opened you’ll see it has 3 sections. The top part has space for 3 small photos and the middle section has two fold-out pages that open up to either side.
Scrapbook Mini Album w/fold out pages and pockets

Look how cute these are with the girly prints! Each side holds 6 photos on the front and back.

Wallet shaped Scrapbook Mini Album w/fold out pages and pockets

You can add a larger photo or 2 smaller ones to the center pink photo mat and down below, 2 little pockets! 

Scrapbook Mini Album w/folding pages and pockets

I added pieces from the Ephemera Frames and Tags to each pocket. Cute die cut shapes with fun sayings are perfect for journaling on. Just flip them over and add dates, names, locations or sweet stories about the event or photo.

Lori has so many awesome cutting files to play with and I hope you’ll give this one a try. Have fun!

Wallet Album (SVG)

A VW Bus Mini Album

Summer is almost here and Lori has the perfect collection with Echo Park to keep all your summer memories, Endless Summer.  There are so many beautiful papers and just the cutest embellishments with this collection.  Swoon worthy.  I fell in love with the VW bus in this collection and wanted to try to create something special with it.  I decided on a little mini VW bus album.

I chose Lori’s Box Card Van Easter Egg (SVG, Silhouette) and just took out the Easter eggs and kept the van or bus.  I Enlarged the remaining pieces to create a book cover, and then just kept the van shape to create the pages.  I love to get inspiration from Lori’s files and find other ways to use them.  The possibilities are endless when you re-imagine what you could create.

 

 

So many fun details to add to the binding!

Sharing just a couple of the inside pages of my project.  I’ll share the whole thing on my blog this week!  These chipboard frames are perfect for making fun shakers!

 

 

I really had too much fun to with this little mini album.  Endless Summer is the perfect collection for all your summer memories!  I’ll share the rest on my blog this week!  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your week.

~Cathy

A Shaker Tutorial

It’s no secret that I love to make shakers for my projects.  They are a go to in my Lori Whitlock library.  You can change up the sizes and customize your shaker for any project.  I thought I would share a quick tutorial with you.  I wanted to use Lori’s new Pocket Page Mini Album (SVG, Silhouette) using her Echo Park A Magical Place collection,  I just need the perfect embellishment for the cover, so I chose Lori’s Shaker Camera (SVG Silhouette)

Here you can see how the file comes up on your screen.  I did not change this size at all, as I knew if would be a perfect fit for the cover of my mini!  You will just need to choose your colors, I did a black camera with a teal lens and button.  You will also need a piece of this acetate for your lens window.  I’m always amazed at how easily my machine cuts acetate.

You can see the colors I chose.  Keep in mind that the inside of the black circles, where I highlighted them blue, will not be used in your shaker, nor will the inside teal circle,  The two complete circle’s are the back of your shaker leans, and the grey piece represents your acetate circle.

Here you can see all the circle’s that I cut.  Grab a glue pen and get to gluing a stack of circles together.

Layer or stack all your black circles up.

Keep stacking them up, you want to add quite a bit of depth so that your embellishments move freely in the shaker.

Add your acetate circle to the front of you stack of circles, fill with your embellishments and the glue on the back circle of the lens.  Center your little shaker lens on your camera piece and you’ve got the perfect embellishment.

I always set mine under something heavy to make sure I get a good seal on everything so no little bits and pieces escape when someone shakes it up.  I let it dry for an hour or sol

How cute is this?!!!  I love it.  The shakers are just so much fun, they make everybody smile.  This is the cutest little book too.

I’ll share the book on my Facebook and Blog soon….here’s a sneak peek of the inside that features lots more of Lori’s files.

Have a great day!

Cathy

Shamrock Heart Pop Up Card

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  It’s a super fun day to get your green on.  It’s always been a special day for me, as my parents met on St. Patrick’s Day at a church dance.  They have been together 56 years now, isn’t that amazing ?  So for me,  shamrocks and hearts kind of go together.  This Heart Circular Pop Up Card  you can find in Lori’s shop or here in the Silhouette Design Store, reminded me of a shamrock.  You can either cut four of the designs and get a square shape or cut five and get this wonderful flower shape.  I love how cute it turned out.  Lori has a tutorial that you can view and see how easy these pop up cards are to put together.  I have made a couple of these now and I just love them.

Tie your little album shut and then they just explode with happiness!

Isn’t this just too fun?

I cut five sets and embellished the pages.  I will go back and add some photo’s and tags when I find the perfect pictures to add.  You can just adhere the bottom of the patterned paper hearts, that way they become pockets to add little tags too.  You can find another example of the pockets and tag idea here.

This little album just makes me happy.  I hope you all have a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and may we will all find that Pot of Gold at the end of a Rainbow!