A Little Christmas Album or Planner

We made this cute little album at our Hostess Scrapbook Club last Monday.  I told them it could be a mini scrapbook album or a little Christmas Planner.  They all chose to make it into a planner.  It's made from 5 envelopes, so its size makes it easy to carry with you.

Here it is closed.  A 'belly band' of ribbon slips around it to hold it together.  I wrapped the Lucky Limeade ribbon around it to get the size I needed, then added a piece of looped Cherry Cobbler yarn trim and a button to fancy it up.  The button is tied on with linen thread.  I decided to tie a knot in each end of the ribbon, for an added detail.

Here it is opened up.  I typed the labels onto CS and then cut then out.  You can decorate the inside pages as fancy as you would like.

It folds up in an accordion style.

Here's the cool part of this project.  Besides using one of our Snow Festival design printed tags (for the cover), I used the Festival of Prints DSP paper stack.  You get 48 sheets, 4 each of 12 designs AND they are double sided.  At Regionals, one of the demonstrators pointed out that one side seems more like Christmas and the other side could be used any time of the year.  Look at all the great designs you get!

At our club, I passed around the paper stack and let everyone choose which pattern they would like.  When we were all finished, it was fun to see everyone's album.  They were all a little different --- and all really cute.

Would you like more details on how to make the album?  Here you go!

• Line up the 5 envelopes in a row, with the bottom of each envelope overlapping the flap of the envelope next to it.
• Attach the 5 envelopes together, using Liquid Tombow. 
• Fold them like an accordion.
• Cut DSP for the cover --- 5 1/2 X 4".
• Cut 5 more pieces of DSP for the insides --- 5 1/2 X 2 3/4".
• Decorate as you wish.
• Hold it together with a ribbon belly band.  (optional:  You could make a DSP belly band.)
• Add labels, if you wish to use it for a planner.  
• Organize receipts etc. inside the pockets formed by the envelopes.  

I hope you'll try to make an album of your own.  They're a lot of fun and easy to do.  They would make great gifts, also.  Have a great day and a great weekend.

Inkin' in the Land of Lincoln

At our last Team Meeting (Inkin' in the Land of Lincoln) we decided to have a shoebox swap at our October meeting.  It was so much fun.  I'd like to share with you the projects that were created by those who were able to participate.

I shared a project that is a little treat holder.  A variety of goodies would fit inside the holder, so you could choose what you'd like to put in it.  For this one, we used a tea bag --- a low cal treat:)  I used a sheet from our Snow Festival DSP that has little squares on it.  You can cut it up and use it for individual tags or designs.  I added little dots of cherry cobbler Dazzling Details, for a touch of bling.  We'll be making these at my Touch of Christmas class and I'll have a tutorial on them in a later post.

Laura's project was a treat bag using our Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit.  I love the little flag strips of Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP.  We embossed the bags and added a treat inside.  Who will get this treat?

Jenn's project was a Fall card using the Wonderfall stamp set.  The leaf is die cut using the Autumn Accents Bigz Die.  I love her color combo:  Perfect Plum, More Mustard and Cajun Craze.  It is gorgeous together!

Lynn's project  was a gorgeous Christmas card.  Using the colors from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack, she went with Island Indigo as the card base, with a touch of Cherry Cobbler and Brushed Silver CS for the mats.  The ornament is embossed with Pewter EP (She used silver.) and then another layer added to the ornament, embossed with white EP.  We tied the ornament with a little Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.  We added some dry embossing too, with the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder.  The text is from More Merry Messages.

As you can see, I have a talented bunch of ladies.  Before I go, I'd like to share one more project with you from my team.  Here is a bottle tag that Laura made using my double pocket treat holder idea.  Isn't this a clever way to use it!

I know you'll want to go try some of these ideas.  Enjoy!