Valentines Scrapbook and Box

I made another Valentines project and this time it is a folio style with box.  This one is made with the My Minds Eye Filled with Love paper stack and Recollections Craft It Valentines paper pack.  I used Craft Smith Cardstock Shapes from Michael's and Spellbinder heart dies to add to the decorating.

Here is a peek inside the album!  I made lots of tags for photos and journaling to fill every pocket.

Here is the box....

Don't you just love this paper!

The album and box are made from a Paper Phenomenon tutorial from the December Holiday Kit Club.

This is the front of the album.

Royal Lace doily

Pocket cards and Cardstock Shapes help with decorating

The paper collection has nice raised an sparkly embellishing.

I die cut the heart square and glue down just a line across the middle so that I
could insert tags under the shape.

Here is a sample of all the tags.....

These two little tags are made with a We R Memories Keeper tag die.

This is a great project, easy to make and has place for loads of photos and journaling.

List of Supplies

• Tutorial - Paper Phenomenon the December Holiday Kit Club.
• Paper - My Minds Eye Filled With Love and Recollections Craft It Valentine, Recollections red card stock
• Inks - Distress Black Soot
• Embellishments - Spellbinders Heart and Scalloped Heart dies, Royal Lace Doily, We R Memory Keepers Tag Die

Challenges for this card

• Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Hearts
• Card Mania - Add some red
• Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
• Crafty Boots - Hearts and Valentines
• Dream Valley Challenges - Valentines Day
• Crafty Sentiments Design - Include a heart
• Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
• Party Time Tuesdays - Anything goes

Hope you have a wonderful day!

NancyD

"Max Your Mini" Album with My Minds Eye

I am capitalizing on my purchase of the Max Your Mini album tutorial from Paper Phenomenon by making another album from the same tutorial.  The really great thing about this tutorial is that you can mix up the page designs to create an album that looks completely different from the last one.

I have to say that I am swooning over two paper collections from My Minds Eye - Chalk Studio and Cut & Paste - Flair.  I love them both and together they are dynamite!  The black chalk paper combined with the tasteful shabby blues and pinks really work together to make lovely pages.

Inside cover with large tag and the beginning of the first page.

Open the first flap the magic.  This first flap has a pocket card glued on one side only
so that you can slip in photos or tags.

This is the back of the first page. I haven't decorated all the tags yet.

Open all the flaps on the back of page 1.

I used the 12x12 kit and the 6x6 pads from both collections as well as Cut & Paste brads, chipboard stickers, decorative stickers and the buttons.  My cover is made with the MME Record it All Things Chalk paper.

Bits of page 2

I used the stickers and chipboard pieces.

A little teal coloured ribbon is nice.

I plan to use this album for pictures of my husband and I from this point forward.  All the kids have finally flown the coop and that allows hubby and I to travel a bit and do more things on our own.  So the pictures are going to be more about our romantic journey and less about the kids buzzing around.

A few more random page parts.....

I made two involved tags for the front and back cover pockets.  This is the first one and turned out to be too big to fit the pocket.  The tag has two fold-out picture spots.

The inside pages have partially glued strips so that you can slip in the pictures.

Project Ingredients:

• Paper: Recollection Black Cardstock, My Minds Eye Chalk Studio and Cut & Paste Flair
• Tutorial: Max Your Mini (witches brew) from Paper Phenomenon
• Embellishments: MME Cut & Paste Flair brads, stickers, chipboard stickers and buttons, EK Success spiral bound edge punch
• Inks and Markers: I inked all the edges with Ranger Distress Black Soot

Challenges to Enter:

• Opus Gluei - Anything but a card
• Paper Creator's Crafts - Anything goes

Have a wonderful scrappy day!

NancyD