Wavy Envelope Mini

Hello...Just finished another mini.  This is a Wavy Envelope Mini from a pattern of Laura Denison's on Following the Paper Trail. This is a YouTube video pattern from a while ago.  I used gold metallic #10 envelopes from Michaels.  The paper is just that paper from a Large pad I've had a while called Simply Delightful by Minds Eye.  Love the colors of it and the simple patterns.  I punched flowers to match for tags and inside covers embellishments.  I also inked the edges of the tags and mats  for an aged look.  It was an easy mini pattern and fairly quick to do.  I'll be adding ribbons and fibers to the rings I think.  I'll sleep on it and look tomorrow to see if it needs more dressing. 

Accordian Minis

This one is for a coworker.  Got the idea from a book Mini Books  Make it in Minutes by Roxi Phillips.  Cut words using SCAL and my cricut. 

This one is of my grandson, Logan.  He'd taken Mr Potato Head out to play in the snow.  Used Winter Woodland cartridge for words.  Penguin is from Joys Of the Season cartridge but modified on DS for a cuter look.  This is chipboard hinged with medical fabric tape, painted edges with Lindy's Starburst Stain and covered with glittery paper.  Some I made using Lindy's Starburst stains and sprays.  LOVE this one.  It's a keeper.

This is another gift for  coworker.  Used K and Co Jubilee.  Focusing on the purples and greens but thought it was too busy for printed photo mats so just did white and Martha Stewart punches.  Added flowers for more dimension. 
These are easy to make and great for displaying.  Will make a lot more of this type. 

Wine Tour Mini Album

We've been going on tours of wineries and decided to make a Wine tour mini album.  I printed out journalling cards for each page to list dates, who went with us, what we thought of the place, what we bought and our favorite wines.  I used the Faux Paper bag Album pattern from Laura Denison, Following the Paper Trail.  Each page is a pocket with the connectors making a short pocket for the journalling cards. So lots of room for photos & wine lists.  I used K & Co Que Serera paper for the old world traveler feel & inking and distressing each page.  I've used this pattern to make "Road Trip" Minis too.  If you haven't tried a mini yet, check out YouTube for some ideas.  Laura is one of my favorites and she's designed A LOT of them.   I find her very inspiring. 

Sea World Wall Quilt

My sister emailed me photos to make a quilt for my niece for Christmas.  She loves dolphins and the pictures were from a trip to Sea World with her sons.  I came up with the wall hanging design. I dyed the background fabic from a white fabric with silver specks to add sparkle to the water.  I printed the photos on fabric & used iron on vinyl to add glossy effect of bubbles. Then appliqued them with iridescent thread.   The large dolphin (bottom left)  I designed from clip art using my designer software for my Viking Designer SE.  It's the largest design I've ever done & took me most of a day to do but it really turned out nice.  The other dolphin applique design was from Embroidery Library.  The Sea Turtle was from JuJu Designs.  I stitched fun fur yarn for the seaweed & finished the edges wavy with 2 strands of multicolored yarn for added texture and interest.  It was a fun project that I was thrilled with how it turned out.  You know how you design something in your head, but then in translation of that idea to fabric or paper can be disappointing or frustrating.  This one just flowed, step by step.  The hardest part was printing the photos.  Needed to adjust the saturation & contrast plus added the circle soft focus around each photo to add to the bubble effect.  It was a fun challenge & they loved it.

Alternative To Ceramic Tiles

Vinyl on ceramic tile is very popular but costly to ship and hard to hang on the wall.  So I tried the peel n stick floor tiles & guess what- worked like a dream!  Home Depot and Lowes have a great selection at half the price of ceramic.  I found these great 12 X 12 document frames (yes, the frames have glass) at Hobby Lobby for $9.99 but usually they are 50% off on sale every other wk.  They really look great and I've spray painted the black frame if I do another color.  So next time you play with vinyl....try vinyl on vinyl tiles.  You'll like it. 

Monograms were from My Vinyl Designer.  Cut on my Cricut Expression using SCAL program.  These made great Christmas gifts.

A New Year and A New Adventure for me!

Fabric Covered Mini Album

All Paper Paper Bag Album

Used Digistamps from Bug A Boo



 Welcome.  I'm creating my 1st blog!  I've been surfing others for a while now.  Finally decided since I'm not getting any younger,  I'd give it a try.  I do a lot of crafts but paper crafts are one of my main stays.  Recently I was laid up with a bad foot so I discovered mini albums.  Since I had a sister and sisterinlaw turning 50, I came up with this.  I used Bug A Boo Digital Stamps that I colored on my computer in Photo elements.  They were the basic paper bag mini's but the purse design was my concept.  Hope you enjoy the photos.