Lunch Bag Keepsake Book

How many of you happy campers love to collect little keepsake from your vacations? whether it is twigs, leaves, little notes etc, we all like to keep hold of a little something from our trips. One thrifty way to store these are by tranforming the boring lunch bags into mini memoribilia books!

The pockets make it wonderful to store things and just by adding a little bit of patterned papers and tags on the page, the boring kraft colour is immediately transformed into something cute! Here's my project using the Happy Camper line

Some close ups

  

Materials Used:

Lunch bags

Item:4475 happy camper icon sticker

Item:4477 happy camper this & that sticker

Item:4488 babbling brook double-sided cardstock

Item:4485 park pennants double-sided cardstock 

Item:4484 campground double-sided cardstockItem:4483 chowtime double-sided cardstock Item:4436 fall mini clothespinsItem:4445 swimming pool mini clothespins

Pull & Flip Mini Album

Hi there! Spring is here!! Oh at Doodlebug at least *lol* :) And I went to town by creating not 1 or 2 projects, but 4!! That's how awesome this collection is. 

What makes it even better is that this collection is so versatile, that you dont need to just limit yourself to making Easter themed projects. For instance, what I have made here is an envelope pull to flip mini album.

A little bit about this project:

1) Each page of the album is actually a tie string envelope. I made this using a Silhouette Cameo file

2) The album contains photos of my second bub when she was just born! :) 

3) Pull, the little pink tag at the end to see the album flip page by page on it's own. It's almost mechanical lol!

 The Cover of the mini album

Back of cover & first page

First page of the album

This is how the album looks page by page

This is how the envelope looks

Doodlebug Designs Inc Materials Used:

Item:4077 spring twine asst

Item:4189 springtime fancy frill CS sticker

Item:4123 spring things double-sided cardstock

Item:4125 spring garden double-sided cardstock 

Item:4127 cottontails double-sided cardstock

Item:4129 colorful kites double-sided cardstock

Item:4236 treat bags - limeade posies

Believe Mini Album

Hello there dearies! I hope your week has been fantastic so far...mine has been a lil crazy and under the weather..have been juggling real hard (havent slept in 48hrs!) between managing my newborn and elder baby (yes I still call her my baby though she's soon to turn 3!) who's unwell 
:( 


I hope Missy A gets better soon cause I can't take to seeing her look so sad and weepy..she refuses to take her meds (prob cause it tastes nothing like those chocolates my sister secretly gives her) and that makes it all the more stressful for me..as for bub...well...let's say she keeps me awake..all nite :) which is a good thing..in a way.. cause I can scrap! :) So I really shouldn't be complaining isn't it?


Anyways..here's a mini album I started making last year and stopped halfway during the pregnancy..lucky, I've managed to complete it..yaays!! :) I will be sharing the pages with you lovelies soon enough!


Thank you to those who visited my blog while I was away, and to those who left me love when I made the recent blog post.. and I do hope that my other blogger friends will come visit me soon again..! Anyways..duty calls..so here I leave you with my album made of Melissa Frances goodies and a few others.. and look out for me..I'm headed towards your blog real soon! :)

Patterned Papers : Melissa Frances

Die Cut :  Melissa Frances

Dies : Papertrey Ink, Tim Holtz Baroque, Sizzix Keys

Punches: Martha Stewart

Grommet : Moof

Seam Binding: etsy shop

Flowers: Craft supplies

Lace: Craft Supplies
Inks: Ranger Distress Inks
Glimmer Glam: Tattered Angels

Standing Mini Album

Here's a cute project to have on your desktop at your workplace or your craft table of what inspires you most.. In my case, it's always my lil gurl Missy A :) This album is assembled using only 4 pieces of chipboard. For a closer look at how it's put together, drop by the store to take a peek! ;)

Front cover of the album is embellished with die cut frame and die cut stickers

When the cover is opened, the album will stand

One of the corners of the album

Back page of the stand album

Materials Used : Chipboard, Basic Grey Patterned Papers - Olivia, Basic Grey Die Cut Stickers - Olivia, Tim Holtz Baroque Die, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Prima Flowers, Buttons

My Core'dinations Creative Frenzy

Hey there! It's 340 in the morning and I'm beat! But I would like to share these 3 projects with you all ;) so yeap..here I am..wide awake.. *lol* well not quite..but trying real hard! *lol* I'm rambling away aren't I?

Anyhoo, the first one up is a card,

Materials Used : Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock, Core'dinations Black Magic Collection, K&Co Ephemera, Ek Success Border Punch, Carla Craft Punch, Prima Flowers, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type Sticker.

Scrappy Info:

1) Distress the cardstock so that the other colour from the reverse appears

2) sand paper at random areas around the cardstock for vintage look

3) Layer Prima flowers and adhere to card around ephemera

Next up, a layout of Missy A

Materials Used : Core'dinations Core Colour Cardstock, Black Magic Collection, Prima Flowers, Pearl Bling, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Ek Success Border Punch, Photo Corners, Tim Holtz Adage Ticket, Sizzix Die, Lace

Scrappy Info:

1) The cardstock was sand paper-ed for washed out / vintage effect

2) The pink flower was handmade using Core'dinations Core Colour Cardstock. It was die cut, embossed and assembled.

3) The butterflies were punched out and sand paper-ed

and lastly, a mini album! ;)

Materials Used : Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock Whitewash, Black Magic Collection, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die, Prima Flowers, G45 PP, Gingham Ribbon, Wrinkled Ribbon, Making Memories Bling Sentiment, Crackle Paint

Scrappy Info :

1) Die cut cardstock and emboss

2) Sandpaper the embossed area

3) Use Crackle paint around the edges

Off to bed now! toodles and welcome weekend!! :)

Papier Mini Album

Heya sweeties!!! I'm back with another project for Papier!! and this time, I've used the American Crafts Patterned Papers to make a mini album cum journal for lil gurls of schooling age! why? cause we girlfriends ( especially the younger ones *lol*) always have lots of lil notes and secrets to jot down..

I know my bestie and I used to..and I'm glad I have them stored nicely so I can view 'em anytime I wish to.. ;) It's too bad that we didnt have handmade mini and journals back then!!

Anyhoo..here's wat I came up with..lots of fussy cutting for embellies and a big prima flower for opening and closure of the project

Materials Used : American Crafts Patterned Papers, Ribbon, Prima flower, Ek Success Border Punch, eyelets

Oh and by the way!! this project here, got featured here!! Thank you for featuring my project Paper Issues!! :)

Pop-up Mini Album

If there's one person who's been a constant encouragement and always there to lift my spirits, it's gotta be Jessy! :) A couple of weeks back, while I hung out her, she was nice enough to part with some of these gorgeous WP PPs!! and I have to do justice to them isn't it! :) Thank you babe for sharing them with me!! :) I loved playing with them!!

This is what I came up with, a pop-up mini album! actually, as strange as it may sound, my hubby was inspired by Lil A's pop-up Thomas & Friends activity book and gave me the idea to make this lil mini that I so so so adore!! Though it was fun, it definitely was no easy feat.. lol!! :) I only made two pages of pop-up while the rest are simple with lots of fussy cutting..

I'm goin to work on fine tuning this mini to make the pop-up more seamless..I might even make another pop-up!! lol! but for the moment..i love this mini to bits!! and truly hope it inspires you dearies!!

Btw, I scrapped pics of lil A with her dear friend, another lil A, at their play date ;)

Mini Album

I made a really simple mini album just to clear my scraps and get into the spirit of making minis again..so here's what I came up with..pics of my lil one learning to turn over! :)

I didn't make a cover sheet...will probably add that on a lil later lol..for now..here's wat I've made ;)

Materials Used : Sizzix Die, MLS PP, AC Thickers & EK Success Border Punch, Button

Mini Album - KCK Challenge

Mini album's are something I seem to be indulging in quite a bit these days...and I must say I'm liking it very very much :) I've got a plan..It's to create a mini album for each month leading to my lil gurl's first birthday..that would mean... 12 mini albums!!!

This one is of her when she was 6 months old..love that polka dot hair band to bits and she's looking quite the retro chic isn't she ;) I'm also submitting this album for KCK's challenge this month which is to use at least one KCK product (doesn't matter whether it's from their old or new collection - I chose to use their cutesy wutesy handmade stickers ;)) ...check out the deets here..

Cover - KCK Handmade Sticker, Lace, Echo Park PP

Page 1 : I distressed the page with Ranger Distress Inks and then a wee bit crackle paint here and there (for all the pages).

Materials Used : Echo Park PP, Lace, KCK Sticker, MM Tag. PTI Butterfly Die

Page 2: Distressed doily with distress inks and crackle paint.

Materials Used: KCK Sticker, Prima Flowers & Crystal Swirls

Page 3

Materials Used : Tab, Shabby Green Door Background Stamp, KCK Sticker, Ribbon, Ruffled ribbon, Pearl Strand, Ranger Distress Ink

Mini Album

It's nice when your Wedding Anni & Birthday are just days apart from each other isn't it...? :) You get double the gifts...double the dinners and double the celebration..! *lol* My birthday was yesterday, just a few days after my 2nd Wedding Anniversary..and I was spoilt rotten... again..Hubby dearest (& Aneeka *lol*) got me new mobile phone!!! I'd say it was much deserved cause Aneeka broke my previous one & and I've been using a much older one (with a cracked screen *hehe*) without complaining...I'm soooooo very pleased with my new one!! :) cause it's got a 5 megapixel camera, built-in Wi-Fi and A-GPS!! yay!!

Then, I have this odd habit of saving shopping carts of my fav goodies on my fav bar so that when I'm done feeling guilty, I make my new purchases and just check-out the saved cart..This time, my sis did me a favour and checked out the stamps I've been eyeing at PTI!!!! I was soooo excited (she got it shipped to my cousin who's in the US for her internship) that when I got 'em, I wasted no time in using them right away!

And alo cause it's my birthday month, I got to purchase the Spellbinders Die from Papier at RM20 off!! yay!! Anyways..here's what I made yesterday..A mini album of Aneeka at the age of 3 mths! :) I used only 2 patterned papers and the rest are scraps.

Here's my new phone *lol* & what I made with the stamps!


Materials Used :

Ivory Cardstock
Dress Form - Hambly Screen Prints
Die Cut Alphabet
Lace (2 types)
Crochet Flowers
Pearls
Ecko Park PP
My Mind's Eye - Sophie Collection PP
PTI Stamps & Die
Spellbinders Die
Ranger Distress Ink
Butterfly
Eyelet
Staz On
Scenic Route Stamps