Family Time Mini Album

 Wandering through Tuesday Morning a few years ago, I stumbled across a couple of super cute mini albums for super cheap.  I snapped them up and then took them on a vacation with me when I didn't have time to pack any layouts.  I assembled the books and then they sat empty, in my mini album basket.  That is, until this week!
     **Tuesday Morning is a discount store that sells merchandise other stores have unloaded, at really great prices!  It's like a Big Lots!  Great place to look for scrapbooking supplies; however, you never know what you will find!

Since I created this album without photos so long ago, I have no idea who the manufacturer is!  This is the cover. The cover came with the dots and leaves already on it and then I added the title block and mini frame.  I also added the ribbon around the spine of the book and two tags:  one says Dream and the other says Love.

Here is page one and two.   All the pages had the background papers pre-printed.  All I had to do was pretty them up a tad!  I made tag pockets on page 1 and tied matching ribbon to the tops of each tag.  I was able to journal there.  I then added a little matted sticker below the picture of my daughter.  On page 2 I matted the photo and added a small paper stripe.  I also combined two tags into a little accent. One tag says US and the other has a heart on it.

Page 3 and 4.

Page 5 and 6

Page 7 and 8

Page 9 and 10

I love all the photos in here, but there wasn't enough for individual layouts, so I combined them into a great mini album about my daughter!

Cooking Party Invitation

My daughter turns 7 yeas old in a few weeks and she really wants a cooking party!  I borrowed a friend's From My Kitchen cartridge and cut out the oven.  (Isn't it cute?)  I cut out the rounded corner square card from Celebrations.  I first cut the square card on white card stock at 8.5 inches.  I then cut the shadow of the oven and the shadow of the oven door in evergreen green cardstock.  I bought them in a package of 5 pieces of cardstock at a paper store without any manufacturer's info. I then cut the layer of the door and the extra accents in a muted red.  My favorite piece of all is the actual oven done in this really cool paisley paper.  It's actually wrapping paper! :)  (No manufacturer again!)  I cut all the oven pieces at 4 inches.  When I assembled this all together, I turned the card so that the seam is on the bottom and it opens from the top, just like an oven door!

Now, it looks cute, but I had to add some sparkles!  I used 5mm silver Nailheads (Metal Stickers from Mark Richards) for the knobs and silver Stickles for the oven door handle.  The Nailheads were a pain!  I had to trim around each of them with tiny scissors because the adhesive was laid down in a strip and then the nailheads were stuck on.  So when you pulled off a nailhead, off came extra adhesive that showed around the nailhead!  YUCK!  (This is something that should be addressed in manufacturing, IMO!)

Inside I adhered a little piece of white paper that says "Let's Cook Something Up For Maddie's 7th Birthday!"  I picked a red font color that matched the red accent in the oven.  It looks really cute.   Hope you like it!  If you have any questions, be sure to ask!