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Baby’s First Year Mini Album

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Here is a quick peek at the mini-album I made for my great-grandson’s first year.
It was from a project kit by Pine Cone Press Design, which I picked up at one of the scrapbook shows last year. If you like the binder, you can order it from them. It is called a “curved back spine album.” (I am not affiliated with them, I just like the way this cover turned out! Please note that their website is mis-stated in the video, as that was from printed information from them. I double checked and found an updated website, which is the link above.)  The video is below.

First Year Baby Mini Album

First Year Baby Mini Album

I have been working in my FOREVER account and adding my digital photos there, and love the way I can find what I need. I have even been creating some fast photo books and printing them with FOREVER Print. However, I still love creating paper projects! So I hope you enjoy this quick look at this little album.

Also, you can find out more about the Perfect Paints I mention at this link. (Again, not affiliated.)

Cheers to YOUR Artful Adventures!

KS

Wednesday Wonder – Keeping Memories in Travelers Notebook Inserts

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It is amazing how many ways people find themselves doing some sort of memory keeping!

Using Travelers Notebooks for small scrapbooking

Using Travelers Notebooks for small scrapbooking.

Some of us are proud to consider ourselves “scrapbookers,” and others just want to keep a few memories along the way without shouldering the title. In the end, it’s about the stories and the pictures. Sometimes we don’t even have a photo of the actual story we want to tell, but with a little creativity, there is usually some kind of photo or something you can use to illustrate the story. In that case, the story truly is the star.

Traveler’s Notebook Inserts have become quite popular for a variety of uses; journals, bullet journals, lists, mixed media, etc. These inserts are perfect for capturing bits and pieces of daily memories, and they are small enough that they don’t feel as intimidating as a large blank page often does.  Beth from ScrappingWonders.com shows how she has used one to save a story from her daughter’s third grade final party. The video is below. Beth has also found that mixed media Traveler’s Notebook were either hard to come by or non-existent, and has started making them and carrying them in her Scrapping Wonders Etsy shop. Stop by if you want to grab one, or more!

Watch as Beth shows us a quick layout in her Traveler’s Notebook.

Cheers to YOUR Artful Adventures,
KS

Let’s Do This! Let’s See Those Memories!

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Here is more information about the Artful Adventures Scrapbooking Club! I hope you will join us in creating some pages. Sign up below the video.

See previous post with supplies for each month.

How to Use Thin Cuts with Stamping

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c1641 Springtime wishesHave you ever stamped something and wanted to cut it out, but didn’t want to do a bunch of fussy cutting? I’m sure most of us have! Yesterday, I showed you some cards where I used Close to My Heart Thin Cuts to cut some coordinating stamped floral images.

I thought you may like to see exactly how to use them. Take a peek at this video.

Did you notice how she showed the little magnetic sheet to keep them all in place? Well… I was thinking about the magnetic base that is available to use with my Big Shot, and thought this was a good idea to just stamp my images and put them on the little enclosed magnetic sheet to hold my Thin Cuts in place. NOT a good idea! As soon as I lifted my cuts off, and realized I had almost cut through my magnetic sheet, it dawned on me how goofy that was! However, it didn’t cut all the way through, so all is well. I never said I was perfect! Laugh amongst yourselves!

Here are Thin Cuts currently available. Once you click on one, it will also show you the coordinating stamp set.

Until next time…

Cheers to YOUR Artful Adventures

KS

Stamping on Tissue Paper

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Today’s Artful Adventure is exploring a technique using stamps and tissue paper. This is great for getting crisp images onto areas where using traditional stamping methods may not give you the desired look. Be sure to see below the video for some additional information.

Since this provides a translucent look, any color of tissue can give you some great layering possibilities.

I used Ranger’s Glue N’ Seal to adhere the tissue, you can use any product you like for this collage-type method. Products like Mod-Podge, liquid matte medium from Liquitex, Golden’s Gel Medium, or anything you prefer will work for this method.

If you like the stamp set I used, it is the ‘Treasured Friendship‘ set from Close to My Heart, and is available in the current 2015-21016 catalog.

I hope you’ll try this method and feel free to share with us over on the FaceBook group!

make it monday blog circleNow, since it is Make It Monday, let’s move on to see what is next this week. Be sure and visit Karen at PhotosKeptAlive.com to see how she was inspired by a sketch!

Cheers to YOUR Artful Adventures!

KS