paper cup mini scrapbook

How about this paper cup mini scrapbook album. JoAnn shows us how to put together this fabulous mini book in this video. JoAnn says Its so much fun to make because there are so many cute paper and wax-covered cups out there. She found it great for recycling those popular coffee house cups.

cuttlebug mini album

This mini book was sent to us by Rowee. It's a ChipBoard album that she made for a gift and was inspired by the cuttlebug. The size is a bit smaller than a CD. It's a 4-page mini album. She used the cuttlebug embossing folder, DCWV papers and some prima flowers.

More pictures of this cute mini here

2010 Scrapbook calendars

I have had tons of requests for a 2010 Scrapbook calendar printable so crafty peoples like yourself can get a jump on the Christmas presses and gifts for next year so I have made up a basic calendar printout for both A4 and 12x12 scrapbook paper.

Head over and download the scrapbook calendar printout for 2010. Its a little way down the page.
There are a few other ideas for calendar making too.

I created some Adobe Photoshop brushes to for who like to play around a little. They are hosted over at www.coolestbrushes.com and are for personal use only. Download the 2010 Calendar brushes.

Can you belive it's nearly twenty-ten already...sheez. Feels like i should be zipping around on a hi'tech space mobile or something.

a camera in a matchbox mini album

The ever so creative Patti Lee made this sweet mini. A small Camera matchbox mini that holds a bunch of petite photos to enjoy. The finished size of this project is 2-3/4"x 2"x 3/4". The photo strip is 2-1/2" x 11" long and is removable.
See more Creations by Patti over at her blog, it is definitely worth a visit or two.

fabric mini albums

This mini was made by Ramintessah. It's a mini album made from different fabrics, and it is the first one she has ever made. The album is about Ramintessah the first 2 years outside of her home country-Philippines. She has used paint as the main media in designing the pages of this fabulous mini album.

Fabric is definitely finding a place with not only scrapbooking but also with a lot of other paper crafts including stamping, card making. You can even make wedding invitations with fabric materials, Fabric pockets seem to be a growing trend with the DIY Bride. So grab your fabric scraps and get sewing.

You can see more pictures and details of Ramintessah's mini album here.

Fabric Mini album Inspiration

• Fabric minis by Lilith (aka grrlscrap)
  
• Fabric mini by Katie
• cool mini on flickr
• more flickr loving in the 'mini album' group
  

Finished Altered Calendar

I finally finished my altered perpetual calendar that has been sitting in my scrapbook pile of unfinished craft projects. So i finally got out the hammer and nails to bang it all together which took no time at all. Covered it up with some pretty papers from the bobunny and scenic route range, printed the months, and rubbed on the numbers and wallah... one finished calendar form my desk.
Props to Wayne at the woodshed for sending me my calendar kit and saving me from attempting to cut one up myself and potentially losing a finger or two.




Products Used
Wooden Perpetual Scrapbook Calendar Kit from the Woodshed
Scenic Route Paper - Baywood Lane
Bo Bunny Papers - Abbey Road
Nashville Font

easter craft projects

More easter projects with something for everyone.
To start with Janice shows us how to make these darling spring place cards. Perfect for your easter dinner. They are a place card and party favour in one - be good for a wedding wouldn't they....

love these fabric easter eggs by retro mama scroll down for the easy to follow tutorial to make your own.

Fiona carter has a number of crafty easterness projects on her blog. Her stuff is always sure to please so get over there and start with the bunny tag

A simple stuffed easter bunny pattern can be found at the faboolous blog by julieann.

Check out this cute little easter themed wall hanging by Mari. And this easter bird house tutorial by Torie Jayne

The folks over at CraftJr show us how to make this spring easter tree with sticks, a toilet roll, beads and other crafty bits n pieces. It would be a great project to work on with your children this year and is as cheap as chips to make too.

Like i said there's something for everyone so here is a tutorial for vegan bunny bars made by sharon and inspired by Martha Stewart.

love this egg cosy by benelout. It's as easy as that.

Make a 3d paper egg or some diy terracotta baskets from over at the hostess blog. BHG have a few easter projects too including this sentimental sweets box and some flower power candy cups.

For the kids there are some Alphabet bunny books that you can make to keep them busy this long easter weekend.


and last but not least an easter egg paper box from tiffbell

mini book in a nutshell

take a look at this little cutie. a mini book in a nutshell... literally.
you can read all about how Nick Graham made this project on the craftstylish blog

Sharing the mini album love

It's a beautiful day here in sunny sydney. A great day to share a couple of great little mini albums sent in by some of our readers.


Sarah's daughters fill her heart with so much joy, she filled a heart shaped album with their photos.


Beth Bugart shares her Domino Accordion Book too. It's a mini album made out of 2 dominoes and Bristol board accordion pages. It is painted with rich natural colors and a gold boarder and is held together with a gold ribbon. Nothing on the inside yet, still waiting for just the right thing to put inside. :)

Kraftykeepsakes shares her recycled cardboard mini scrapbook as well.

until next time....

want to show us your album or have a tip to share? submit it here

St Patty's mini book inspiration

I love green, it's my most favorite color. I just had to hunt around and find some St Patty's day mini lovin and I was not disappointed.

My favorite first up are these ultra cute green lucky felt speech bubbles from Etsy store owner Evalicious. There are phrases like: "kiss me i' irish", "lucky guy", "so lucky" and "green". Soooo cute. You can even pick up some matching paper flower buttons... It's not too late to grab some but you gotta be quick though, there are only 5 left.

Next up, Katie shows us how to make her Lucky envelope book with this cool little tutorial. Shoot over there for a look see. We also have our envelope mini scrapbook tutorial as well.

On the Creative Imaginations blog is this shamrock mini book made by Cheryl Mezzetti. Look a little further down the blog post and you will find the instructions to make this mini book with heart shaped pages.

And last but not least we have a house.... A St Patty's Day house made from cardboard and dressed up in green irish luck. campbelj45ca did a great job on this little beauty. A great project to keep the kiddies busy.



Stay green and be lucky.

Maria's Shell Mini Travel Book

Yes you guessed it. A book made with the most awesome shell covers made by Maria Maair
When i asked maria about her little shell mini this is what she had to say.


Gee, What is
This is my first mini book. It´s a travel book. Normally I do rather big -and heavy - books to take with me on holidays. This one was done in a couple of hours because I didn't have any time!

Did you leave it to the last minute?
I agreed on short notice to travel with a friend to Brasil, and it was like - "Do you want to go to Brasil there is a big discount now!?" and I was like "Ok let´s go!!" - and one week later we were on the beaches of Natal (Brasil).

Why the Shells?
As I had little time to prepare, I had to work with things I already had at home. The shells are from the wonderful beaches of "Cabanas" in Tavira - Algarve, Portugal. There are always lots of beautiful shells on that beach and I just can´t resist so I have tons of shells at home!

What else did you use?
The paper is handmade and was given to me when I visited the "Carvalha Gorda" Paper Mill some time ago - It was a trip organized by me, to show how ancient paper was made, to the class I was teaching.

What did you use it for in the end? How is it put together?
The book is a travel diary, it has one bi fólio (quire) for each day. The colors of the papers are all beach related, and there is actually one paper that has sand in it´s composition. So there are blue and yellow pages. Of course The book covers are shells because the trip was to the beaches of Natal. I dont know the scientific name of the shell I'll need to check. I made the book as you would make a medieval binding.

Domino Mini Scrapbook

I made my first ever domino mini book. So super simple to make. I received one with a sweet poem in it from a friend so i simply had to make one myself. I used some scraps of paper that were lying in the waste basket + the little half dress is from the back of a really old simplicity sewing pattern. I would say that this is a good way to use up those scrap bits of paper except that you don't really manage to reuse a whole heap of it - but it is still recycling so i still get bonus points i guess.

I wrote a quick tutorial to give you the basic run down of how you can make your own altered domino mini book.
Be warned... you have to get out the power drill which brings me to my hot tip of the day... make sure the cordless drill is charged before you start your project! Don't start with a nearly dead battery like i did then wait for 4hrs for it to recharge... grrrr

Have fun and send us pics of your mini domino album and share the inspiration.

Tutorial to make a domino mini book.

Yummy flickr mini scrapbooks

Just wanted to share some flickr yumminess today. starting with this yummy looking biscuit mini album. How cute is it! I just want to eat it up! Patrick picked it up in japan so it wasn't homemade. He has filled it with index prints and will be keeping it in his sons treasure box full of memories.


More super mini loving in the MINI ALBUM group on Flickr. There are 2000 pictures of beautiful creative mini scrapbooks from crafters all over the world. That is a lot of inspiration. If you have a mini you want to share then post it to the group!




Credits
1. Biscuit Mini Album, 2. Untitled, 3. "En mi casa" hinge album, 4. lunchpail2ok, 5. this is my daddy, 6. Album em caixa de bombons, 7. Ross' Valentine Album 2009, 8. new Scrap Can Do! kit!, 9. mini troca, 10. 9 mois, 11. album à languette pour somaia, 12. Post-it notes, 13. sassy girl, 14. calendrier 2009, 15. Bo-Bunny BABY Word Album, 16. Mini Jardim botânico - Capa, 17. calendar mini book!Sassafras Lass DT project and New online class coming soon!, 18. Mini Calendar, 19. lowe2, 20. PC070125, 21. little and large zoomed in, 22. mini album : les jeux de Gabriel, 23. Shell book- A trip to Brasil, 24. 3 Stooges Mini Album, 25. sesja8, 26. Mini Madness March 9, 27. christmas diary1, 28. Mini album - Emma (page 1 of 48), 29. {you have my heart}, 30. His & Hers Mini Album, 31. Altered name card book, 32. nous, 33. Holiday Houses, 34. baby book, 35. Custom scrapbook Baby Boy inside, 36. Turquoise & Chocolate

just like her mom mini scrapbook

I love the theme for this baby gift mini album scrapbook by Lindsey Macdonald . She has made a super cute mini album for a friend who will be soon welcoming a brand new baby girl into the world.
The mini is actually for the baby. The first page says "...we hope you grow up just like you mom" and is filled with quirky stories from when mom was growing up.

It made me think back to what i was like growing up.
I wonder what my daughters mini would say if someone made one for her.
First 3 things that come to mind...

• stay away from cousins with golf clubs OR keep your cheekiness to a minimum to avoid golf balls to the forehead.
  
• eat 11 weetbix a day to keep my motors fuelled and running
• Love playing sport (eating weetbix is good for this)

What would yours say?

Winner of the scrapook perpetual calendar

After lots of calculating, scribbling, and cutting we have come up with a winner for the alterable perpetual calendar. In the end I numbered the slips 1 through 50 then added 4 more slips for each of those who shared the love and took out those that didn't belong (my comments etc)
Akw graciously consented to take time out from the Disney channel to pick a random winner out of the hat (or bowl in this case) If she had things her way we'd have twenty winners by now since apparently picking winners out of a bowl is way cool fun...
Anywho... Drum roll...
#21, does anyone have number 21

Jingle said...

I love this little calendar! How much fun would that be to create?!

February 10, 2009 2:10 AM

Congratulation Jingle! Send us an email and Wayne from the Woodshed will send you out your wooden perpetual calendar ready for you to alter.

Thanks to everyone for playing along with us. If you missed out on winning but would like to own one of these calendars then get along to Waynes Woodshed. He is selling the cheapest wooden calendars on Etsy... I know, I checked it out, actually I received my calendar from wayne about a week ago... can you belive it is still waiting for me to show it some love... soon I promise...