Journey Album Cutting Guide

Hello!

My first Design Team Project  tutorial is uploaded onto YouTube and ready to view!  HOORAY!!!

The video can be found here!

I have the measurements for all of the cardstock cutting in the video information and I also tell the dimensions as we go through the piece, but I also made a guide.  The cutting guide's purpose is so that we can maximize the use of our cardstock and not waste it.  Cardstock is precious!  

Here is the link to the PDF cutting guide so you can print it off and use it!

Journey Album Cutting Guide

Thanks for supporting me, and please let me know if you have any questions!  Also, if you do make this project I would LOVE to see it, so let me know!

HAVE A WONDERFULLY CRAFTY, DAY!

💖Michelle

Country Craft Creations

Sassy Sister Swap, Matchbook Style Note Card Gift Sets

 I wanted to share with you today a swap project that I did for a wonderful, amazing and talented group of gals that I do crafting with online.  The "Sassy Sisters" had a Matchbook Notecard swap, and this is what I came up with for the project.  You know me, I can not follow directions.  The box turned out completely different than a matchbox!

We were inspired by Scrapdaworld on YouTube with her swap.  The link to her YouTube is here.

 My swap partner was Elsa, and I used a 6x6" pack of papers called "Love Letters" by First Edition.  I have had it in my stash and have used it for other projects, but this was perfect to do this swap.

 I ended up making a double drawer box to hold the goodies I wanted to send to her.

 In the bottom drawer I put the mini envelopes and cards, wrapped in lovely lace.  I also added punched hearts and butterflies for envelope seals.

In the top drawer, I created gift tags and embossed the "to and from".  I included bakers twine to tie them to the package.

Not pictured, I covered mini paper gift bags with more of the papers, I covered mini clothes pins for attaching cards to the gifts, and I sent extra papers in case she wanted to make something else with them.  I went with a whole gift theme on this one.

The project turned out super cute and we all had fun making these projects for each other.

Have a crafty day!!
💖Michelle

"Journey" Album, My First Design Team Project!

I have uploaded a video of my first Design Team Project with Country Craft Creations!  Please head on over to my YouTube channel and check it out.  Tutorials are coming very soon.  

This album is full of fun interaction and will be an awesome addition to your collection.

Thanks for stopping by.

Visit Country Craft Creations for your supplies for this amazing album.   

💖Michelle

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Cookies, Cakes and Pie, OH MY!

Good morning!

I have been so busy in my craft room!  I am working on two projects right now for the Country Craft Creations Design Team and there is a flurry of activity in my craft room.  I will be able to show you those projects real soon, but in the meantime I wanted to share this lovely album.  

 This is a wonderful tutorial done by Tamra of Country Craft Creations, and it is her "Spring Farmhouse Tutorial".  You can find this album here.  This is the link to part 2.   I love it and plan on making more with this style. It is super cute and fun to create.

I used Authentique's "Infused" paper pad.  I found it at Tuesday Morning, and it is still in the done I frequent.

Head on over to my YouTube and check out my slideshow showing all of the goodies this album has!  Then check out Tamra's tutorial and make one for yourself!!

Have a Crafty Day!

💖 Michelle

Some Simple Recipe Albums

 I wanted to share a quick and easy project that I did.  I was at Tuesday morning and found the inserts for the recipe album that was put out by Project Life.  I picked up two of them, came home and went through my stash.

 For this book I used some chipboard left over from a Heidi Swapp album set that I had and it fit perfectly.

I covered the board and went through my stash of flowers and bling and made a pretty cover.  I punched holes for binder rings.

 I used a 4x6 card to create a pocket on the inside front cover.

 It is going to be a great recipe album!

At the end of the book I created a pocket page.

It turned out lovely! I bought two inserts, so I made a second album.  This time I used chipboard and created my own cover.

 I love how the embellishments turned out on the cover.

 This time I didn't make a pocket on the front inside cover.

 I did create a pocket page.

Thanks for looking!  This was a simple but fun project to do.

Stay tuned for more projects and projects for my new endeavor into the design team for Country Craft Creations!  I have lots of ideas and can't wait to share them!

Stay crafty!
💖Michelle

An Exciting Announcement!!!

I am so excited to be able to announce that I have been selected to be on the Country Craft Creations design team!  I am so honored to be a part of this amazing group and can’t wait to show you all of the wonderful projects using their amazing products.   I can’t wait to start this journey!  Thank you all for staying with me and sharing in my creative world! 

Please check out their site!  

❤️❤️❤️

Michelle 

"Enjoy the Journey"

I made this mini album using a tutorial series by Scrap Queen on YouTube.

I am calling it "Enjoy the Journey".  It uses Authentique's "Quest" paper pack and also Tim Holtz "Correspondence" papers.

 Here are just a few pictures.

 This album has lots of pockets and flips and pull outs.

 It has some places with photo mats...

 ...and some places left "open" for pictures.

 Each page also has a pocket for a booklet pullout.  There are 5 in all.

 Isn't it lovely?

I made a slideshow on my YouTube Channel.  You can see it here.  In the description I have put links to the tutorials that I followed to make this album.  

I hope you enjoy it.  Have a wonderfully crafty day.  See you after vacation!!!

Michelle

"The Mouse and Me"

I am using a tutorial from a very talented lady named Ann Marie Cholewinski.  She made an adorable album called "The Best Trip Ever".  You can see her video walk-through here.

I made it and I LOVE IT!  I had some old papers from Simple Stories and this album is sized so I could use a bunch of 6x6 papers!  I think it turned out super cute...so much so that I started another one!

I didn't have enough to make another one, so I ran to Craft Warehouse and bought some papers by Echo Park to make this one.  Again, I love this album!

Just thought I would share the "creative process" with you.  Believe it or not, I know exactly where everything is!

Hop on over to her YouTube channel and check out her tutorial.  I know you will love it too.

I will be gone for the next week or so, as I am going on VACATION!!!  I'll miss you, but will see you soon!

Stay crafty!!
Michelle

Good Vibes

Today I did a mini album share on my "Good Vibes" mini album.  This album is another variation of my page configurations album that I have done lately.

Click on this sentence to go to the YouTube Slideshow!

I used My Mind's Eye papers, "Good Vibes" along with their ephemera and stickers and also some pieces from Crate Paper's "Good Vibes" frames and ephemra.

Tutorials for the page configurations are also available.  I used 10 of the configurations on this album, one on each side of a single page attached to the spine.

The 20 page configurations are here.
The way I put them together making "page sets"  in my "Happiness is Homemade" album are here.

I have also used this style of page configurations in a totally different way in my "Tall Skinny Mini" and my "Short Chunky Mini" albums.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a crafty day!
Michelle

The Page Set Tutorial is Uploaded!

Hi everyone!

I have uploaded the video for the tutorial showing how I took my 20 different page configurations and made them into 5 page sets using 4 configurations each.  I show how I put them together to create exactly the same pages in my "Happiness is Homemade" album.

As a bonus, I came up with another idea and will show what I did for my "Good Vibes" album using 10 of the page configurations using a base page in a different way!

Click here for the link to the video.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a CRAFTY DAY!~

Michelle

Tutorial available for my "Page configurations"!

Page configurations?  You may be wondering what that is.  I did another take on my "Tall Skinny Mini Album" and my "Short Chunky Mini Album" to create yet another mini where pages range from 4 1/4" to 7 1/2" wide and are 7 1/2" tall.  My tutorial shows 20 different pages to make, just using one 12x12" piece of card stock, a scoreboard, scissors and some adhesive.

The cover to this album is 8x8", and the spine is 3" wide.

Here is a link to the slideshow I made to show the pages of a finished album using my "Page Configurations".

Here is a picture of the album itself...

Here is a link to the tutorial on YouTube.  This is the first tutorial, the next one will show exactly how I attached the 20 pages together to make the 5 "Page Sets" used in the album. The "page sets" provide a variety of pockets, flips and flaps that will make this the most interactive album ever!  I will post that link when I am able to get it done.

Happy Crafting, my Friends!

💖

Michelle

My Portfolio Album is Finished!

Ladies and Gentlemen...I'd like to introduce you to my finished portfolio, "Diary of Events"!

 This album turned out amazing!  I made a full run-through video highlighting all of the fun interactive features in this album.  Please check out my video here!

In the moment section of the video I have links to all of the tutorials I did that show how to make this album, including the fun keyhole/ribbon closure.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you in YouTube land!

Stay Crafty,
Michelle

Lots and Lots of Videos!

I have had a busy, busy, BUSY day.  I am trying to get some projects done and videos made and I did it!

First up, my Short Chunky Mini album walk-through!  I made a video showing how this little lovely turned out.  You can find it here on my YouTube Channel.

Then, I have a video on another folio album I made, with a very neat page configuration and lots of
"page add-ons" as I am calling them.  I made it with the "Home Sweet Home" papers from Graphic 45, and it turned out lovely!

That video is here. 


Then, I made videos on how I made the "Home Sweet Home" Album...
They are listed here:

My Folio Base, Binding, and Keyhole/Ribbon Closure Tutorial
Folio Tutorial #2, Page Construction and Page Add-Ons A and B
Folio Tutorial #3, Page Add-Ons C and D
Folio Tutorial #4, Page Add-Ons C and D, Part 2

So, that's what I did today!  PHEW!

Happy Crafting!
Michelle