Mini Album Blog Hop

Happy Saturday

and

Welcome to this months Blog Hop

with

The Creating Blog Hops Cafe'

You should of arrived here from  Nancy's blog

This month we have made some Mini Albums to share with you. If you have just stopped by to visit with me, thank you and welcome, but please start at the beginning of the hop with our Hostess, Robin Lane with Create-A-Latte.  We would not want you to miss any of these wonderful projects.

So, grab yourself a Latte', sit back and hop along with us as we share our projects with you.

I decided to take some of the fun pool photos of my boys, my niece and twin nephews that were taken by my mother in law about 5 yrs ago while we were visiting our home town of Palm Beach Florida :)

Here we go:

Here is the cover..  My boys are the two at the ends :)

pages1-2

pages 3-4

pages 5-6

pages 7-8

pages 9-10

Back cover

I used lots of die cuts from the Silhouette store and my Cameo to cut it all :)

Papers are digital that I printed onto the glossy white cardstock..

for added detail, I added drops of white and light blue liquid pearls, plus I used a fine tip black marker to create the faux stitching and doodling..

and there ya have my fun mini album  :)

This month we have a wonderful Sponsor, Jessica Wilson with Close To My Heart, and she has a fantastic giveaway to share with you today. Jessica is giveaway a Close To My Heart Paper Pack called Lollidoodle.  

Jessica also has a wonderful deal running for the month of April for anyone that joins her CTMH Team in April will receive a Cricut Cartridge Collection of your choice for FREE with the purchase of your New Consultant Kit, that is a $99 value.

Your next stop will be with...

Alicia's Blog

If you get lost along the way here is the entire 

line-up of today's hop for you to get back on track and not miss a single project.

1- Robin Lane -  http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

2- Lori Johnson Apgar - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

3-  Miranda Enclade - www.nanasscrapspot.com

4- Cathy Derouche - http://cathyplus5.blogspot.com

5- Nancy Carter Kirkup - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

6- Nanné Harry - http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com ME

7-Alicia - http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com

8- Janert Royer - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com 

9. Jessica - http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.fi/

Thank you for hoping along with us today and I hope that we have inspired you to get your craft on.

Hugs

Nanné

Friendship mini-Die cut reveal SOUS

Happy Friday fellow scrappers..

Us girls over at SOUS are having out die cut reveal today and we have a theme this week of  "Something to wear!".. So, this gave me the perfect opportunity to get a mini album made for a little girl that my daughter became friends with at the stable where she kept her horse.. The horse has been put down about a month ago cause of his age and his legs got so bad he had a hard time getting around :(  It was a very sad day that day..

But my daughter still visits that stable, takes care of horses for others and has made lots of friends.. She came over one day with a little girl she had met there and she was really interested in my scrapbooking and I told Amber that I could make her a little mini album where she could keep the photos of her and her horse..

and so with that said, here is my mini:

 I have edited these photos in photoshop cause its so dark here in Finland still.. The day's are starting to be lighter longer, but still we are covered in grey clouds with no sun shine.. depressing really...

How about the insides:

Pages 1 and 2

pages 3 and 4

pages 5 and 6

which is the page I submitted to our weekly die cut challenge of "Something to wear!"

Pages 7 and 8

pages 9 and 10

remember to click on the photos to make them bigger for a better view of all the little details :)

and for the list of supplies used:

Silhouette Cameo

Canon printer

digital papers: Prairie Fields (discontinued)

Sweet Shoppe Designs.com

Free font:  Apple Boy

SiL store:

Apple bucket, bubbles, shampoo and soap. Horses, fence, trees, grass, clouds, bucket of water, tags 

Chicken wire, star banner, hose, carrots, arrows, helmet, boots and butcket

Cricut Imagine (cutting only)

Cricut Cuts:

  Hay, photo frames, barrel, horseshoe, shovel and fork, 

feed bags, rope, saddle and jacket,  gloves.

white carstock

foam tape

ink

white marker

pearl halves

ribbon trim

leather trim

chipboard for cover

and there we have it fellow scrappers..  It was a lot of work, but I absolutely love how it turned out and I know my daughters little friend will love it as well..

So, now its your turn to stop by SOUS and check out what amazing projects the rest of our design team has designed for this weeks die cut challenge..

so, till next time..

Hope you have a scrap-tastic week

Hugs

Nanné

Baby On Board-Mini Album

I had been planning on making something super special for my co-worker who is expecting a baby.. She is going on maternity leave this Friday (day after tomorrow) and I was afraid I wouldnt get this done before then, but here it is.. All complete!!

She isn't due till November, but she manages the Produce department and those boxes are big and heavy, and so its best she didnt' strain herself and just stay at home and enjoy the rest of her pregnancy..

I have added lots of cute little things in here to keep a journal of her progress and so with that, here is the mini album I created for her:

It is a maternity shirt (cut from Everyday paperdolls cartridge) mini album.. it measures about 6x6!!

When you flip the first page, this is for her to write down when she found out she was expecting and then when she actually gives birth, I also added a photo mat for her to put a picture of her while is is pregnant..
I actually used my Cricut Imagine to create the clock.. white cardstock and colored in the clock with the color choices.. super fun and easy!!!

We all gain weight and evetually our feet disappear right?..LOL  I created this cute little cut with my cricut!! the clothes are from the Everyday Paperdolls cart and then tummy and belly button I created using George and Basic Shapes.. I also added two little journaling and photo tags that pull out from behind the dye cut..

Cravings anyone?  foods that make you ill?.. been there, done that...LOL  I thought it would be fun for her to write down all of the foods she really craved and then also all the foods that she didn't want to eat.. I have pull out tags and pockets on both pages..

I know she will be going in for her first Ultrasound next week and I can't wait for her to be able to put all of the information on this page.. I added a big photo mat for the ultrasound photo and then a pocket with tags for all of the journaling.. hopefully she will write down her ultrasound experience!!

I remember when I was pregnance that it felt like the baby was doing a boogy inside.. my boys were both over 8lbs, so I was running out of room..LOL  Amber was a preemie, but even her stretches took my breath away..

I thought she could add photos of her in here when the baby first starts moving and then if they get lucky enough to get a pic of a kick or something.. lets keep our fingers crossed.. I also added some pull out tags for journaling and photos..

for supplies used:

Chipboard

Cricut Expression

Deep cut blade housing

cartridges:

Everyday Paperdolls: prenancy shirt for the mini and the outfit(inside)

Nates' ABC's: Title font for all pages.

George and Basic Shapes: Stomach and belly button..

Pooh and Friends: Apple Basket

Graphically Speaking: Clock

Mother's Day Bougette: Flowers and leaves

Tags and pockets: hand made

Envelopes: blue and white

Circle punch: Fiskars (medium)

Small flower punch: Fiskars

Flowers : Prima

buttons

liquid Pearl: white

inks: Versa ink (brown and green)

white gel pen: faux stitching

large heart shaped brads

pearl halves: prima

white binder rings

fibers: Basic Grey

hand made charm

Tim Holtz Frangments

Tim Holtz Swivel clasp

lace and ribbon

baby onesy button

I'm thinking thats it.. hopefully I didn't leave anything out..

Thank you all so much for stopping by today and taking a look at my mini album.. 

Hope everyone has a great and creative rest of the week..

hugs

Nanné

Famili Mini Album

Sad to say, its Sunday and tomorrow starts yet another work week :( 

But with a nice relaxing Sunday comes time to create..So, I was asked by my co-worker to make her mom a mini album and she handed me a bunch of pictures of them when they were little.. After going though the lot, I decided to make a Family mini .. Thought it would go best with the photos I had to work with..

and so.. Here it is:

 

This is a  6x6 chipboard mini album.. I bought some Bo Bunny refills from Floren over at Generations Crafting cause they really are inexpensive and they are so easy work with.. no cutting chipboard or punching holes, Hallelujah!!..LOL

lets ge to the insides:

the tag says: All because two people fell in love.. I added crackle accents to the tag.. it blurred the text just a little bit.. not sure if thats normal or not.. but I stuck with it.. then on the right I added three small journaling tags.. she can write down all kinds of memories on there..

once you flip the little memories page, you get to this page.. and the tag says: "Love makes a family!".. This is my co-worker when she was a baby with her mom and dad..

Here I added another photo of her holding the babydoll and the journaling says "Thank heavens for little girls!"

then their is an accetate tag, which also has a photo of her and her mom..

flip the accetate tag and this is what the little pocket opens up to..

their are photos of her with her grandparents and then the top is of her and her dad..

the tag says "A grandparents love is forever!"..

She said they are no longer with us, so I'm sure this will be a very special page for her mom.

On this page, she had some photos of them (siblings) dancing and thought it was an absolutely adorable photo.. I added the text "Together, its the place to be!"..

and on the left had side is a flip open photo matt , where I have added a photo of all three kids.. and it says "Yours, Mine and Ours!".. and I also added a pull out tag onto the side, where she can fill in more of the photos details..

for this page, I found a photo of them playing in a berry field.. so, thought it was a nice picture to add since it has her grandfather in it as well.. and the text says " A family that plays together, stays together!"..

the right side is an accetate page, which I stampped some images on it and added bling.. with a photo of all three kids together..

flip the accetate page and you have an envelope pocket page.. Inside is a photo of to go with the berry field photo and I added a journaling spot on the inside as well.. 

and for the very last pages..

on the left is a birthday page  and is says " another year older!" and on the right, a christmas page with all three kids together and it say s" Through out the years!"..

I thought these photos were the best selection for this mini album.. It really was difficult to create this using someone elses photos, since they are her memories and not mine.. I hope she likes this mini cause I love it!!

It was a lot of hard work and took me a long time to complete..

I want to thank you all so much for stopping by and taking a look.. It really means a lot to me..

Have a great week and creative week everyone..

Spring-e Hugs :)

Nanné

Baby Boy Mini Album (6x6-chipboard)

I have been invited to a baby shower and its tomorrow, Sunday Feb 27th.. I actually started on this mini a few weeks ago, but had some events in my life the last few weeks that has kept me from finishing it till now.. I've worked on it for the last few days to get it finished..

All of the chipboard used on this mini are cut from old cereal boxes that I've told my boys they are not allowed to EVER throw away...LOL   What a wonderful way to save money!!

All of the dye cuts are cut with the Cricut Expression and using the New Arrival cartridge.. I made some of my own chipboard letters also using my cricut.. I have a tutorial on that on our challenge blog Stuck On U Sketches.. If you are interested on how to make these yourself, do stop by there and take a look..

So lets get to the good stuff shall we...LOL

Here is the front cover.. 

I made a hand made hanging charm.. Found some cute tutorials on utube on how to make those.. super easy and not expensive at all..  I also added a little silver baby booty charm and a key onto a Tim Holtz swivel clasp.. Ribbons and fibers!!

When opening the first page, I made some photo mats for the ultrasound photos.. I found some cute quotes and title ideas at SB.com.. I also decided to add a pocket page for extra photos..

Once you flip that pocket page out of the way,  I have added a triple fold photo mat.. there is enough space there to add 5 big photos..

Then for the mom and me page.. I wanted her to be able to add a few photos of her pregnancy and the baby shower..  I added two circle chipboard pages for journaling or small photos..

and for one of the first actual baby photo pages, I added a small train and the title "New Arrival!".. there are two pull out tags that she can add the baby's weight, height, date of birth and time.. Plus, she can add two small photos onto the backs of the tags.. The font is cut from the "Opposites Attract" cartridge..

I love this page.. I though the little plane dye cut was adorable and new I wanted to incorporate it into this mini.. The title pretty much says it all..LOL

  The font is cut from the "Opposites Attract " cartidge..

I made a big pocket page on the left side and then cut a onesy out of chipboard and added a small pocket to that along with a photo mat.. The title "Mother" is cut using the Storybook cartridge and I cut that out of chipboard..

and finally when you flip the onesy, you get a single photo on the back of the onesy and then to the last page.. I made a pocket and added two chipboard photo mats and one big photo mat tucking behind it a folded cake doily and a small GROW bingo card.. I also added a small photo mat to the front of the pocket, she can either journal or add a photo if she wanted to..

The papes I used for this are from DCWV Linen Closet stack.. I wanted to use soft earth tones and wanted to step away from the regular light blues and greens, etc...

Im so super happy how this mini turned out and I hope she will like it as much as I do..

I want to thank you lovely ladies so much for stopping by and taking a look..

Hope you have a wonderful and creative weekend..

Hugs

Nanné

Recipe Mini for Daughters Friend Sini..

Whew! this little project took FOREVER to get finished..But it was so much fun to make.. I'm gonna make me one as well.:LOL

The story behind the mini is, when Amber (daughter) moved away from home, her friends Sini started missing my cooking..LOL  When they were younger, Sini always had Amber call home and ask what I was cooking for dinner and then when she spent the night, she always wanted me to make pancakes for breakfast.. 

I've tried to put all of Sini's favorite recipes in this little book that meaures 7.5" x 4".. 

I actually made my very first video walking through this mini album.. I'll get that posted on youtube as soon as I figure all that out..LOL hope its blonde proof..LOL   I will post it here once and if I get it up and running..dont' hold your breath though..LOL

UPDATE:
OMG! I so got my VERY FIRST video up and running..

so anyway.. lets get to the pics shall we..:

Here is the front cover.. I cut old cereal box for the chipboard, My Minds Eye for the papers, some ribbon, spoon, heart, and fonts are all using my cricut expression. Flower I think is by Prima, not 100% sure, and a red brad..

on the left is a photo of my daughter (on the right) and her friend Sini.  I added her favorite breakfast recipe Pancakes on the right side of the page. Hand cut the tags! recipe card I cut with my cricut.

the right side is a transperancy sheet.

this page I added another breakfast recipe on the left side "Eggs Benedict!" and then a pocket with a photo on the right side.. I love that funny little quote!

and then for some Pasta dishes.. Fettucine Alfredo is on the left side, I have a pull out recipe card there and another funny quote..

On the right side I added a Mac-N-Cheese recipe, also with a pull out hand made tag.

 Then I added another one of her favorites, Patty Melts.. Once again on a pull out tag and then on the right side, I added a transparency sheet with her photo and a hand made tag, with yet another quote..

Flipping the page, you have another photo of her and a funny little quote on the left page and then my very famous pizza recipe on the right..LOL  hope she gets lots of use out of that one.. practice makes perfect..

Oh! I made that pizza with several cuts using my cricut..

then onto the cookie pages..

Chocolate chip cookie recipe on the left page and added her photo to another transperancy sheet with a funny little quote..

Then flipping the page:

other side of transparency I add a photo of Sini with another funny quote. On the right side, I added a pull open folded photo mat (so to say) that I added a recipe for Peanut Butter Cookies.. it was a long recipe, so it took a lot of space.. I tied it with a black ribbon to help keep it closed when not in use  :)

flipping the page, I found a great picture of my daughter, Sini and their friend Piitu.. In the tag pockets are tags that have the ingredients list for a delicious Triple Chocolate Torte.. On the right side, I have the directions on how to make it..

and the last page.. My daughter Amber and Sini on together on the left side with a cute little quote.. Added her photo onto the right side with yet another cute little quote..

well, thats it...The mini is all finished and heading over to its rightful owner.. Hopefully I can get it to her before xmas.. 

My daughter and Sini had met up for Coffee at a local mall a few days ago and Sini had suggested they needed to come over to my house for dinner so I can cook them something fattening...LOL

gotta love them both..with all of my heart!!

Thank you all so much looking and have a great and creative week..

Hugs

Nanné

Autum Mini Album Swap- got my album!!!

So, OMG!!! I got the Album last week that Beatriz had made me in the swap that SOUS had for fall...

The album is BEAUTIFUL and she put a lot of heart into it..no doubt!! Now, my biggest obsticle is to find good enough photos to put into it..LOL

but before I get ahead of myself here are some photos of the album..

The cover is absolutely stunning, love the over sized flower and the the bling.. and I can't get over the binding, how utterly clever is that?..holy cow!! need to try that one in the future.. psssst! I need Beatriz to teach me how first..LOL

and for some mouth watering close ups..LOL

There are 12 double pages all together, I just took photos of a few..  I love all of the little tags she has made and all the bling..

Well, ladies.. I can't express my gratitude over this mini album, other than THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart Beatriz and hope to swap with you again in the not so far future..LOL

Thank you all so much for looking and do stop by SOUS by clicking HERE, to see all other wonderful minis that all of these talented ladies that joined the swap have created for each other..

Hugs

Nanné