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A Valentine Mini Album // Part Two

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 12-13

Today I'll be sharing more of my Valentine Mini Album. Check out Part One here and for an overview of the entire 37 page album, you can visit my post over on the Glitz Design blog. In this three part series, I go into more depth and you'll find additional images and details on my album construction below.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 14-15

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 16-17

I use a lot of white thread and wood veneer throughout my entire album because I love the added texture and their neutral base keep them from becoming a distraction. This cute little typewriter is from the Heyday Collection by Studio Calico.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 18-19

On these pages, I threw in some Arrow and Elongated Hexagon Wood Veneers by Studio Calico into the mix. The hexagons make a great base for work strips or other types of captions.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 20-21

I added another plastic pocket insert in between these two pages and left a blank photo mat in the middle to add a photo.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 20-21 Closeup

On the flip side of the insert, I added some embellishments, including word art using Studio Calico's Darling Dear Alphabet Wood Veneers. These might be the cutest wood veneers I've ever seen and they came with the Copper Mountain Studio Calico Project Life Kit (which was also the cutest ever btw).

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Page 20 Closeup

These are "cotton candy" colored sequins I found at the Studio Calico shop. I love the color and they seem to always pretty selection of hues in stock there.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 22-23

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 24-25

Here, I've added more of my own typography using Photoshop. I also used Tim Holtz Label Letters to spell out "I love you more than all the stars in the sky" and this pretty constellation patterned vellum to layer in between.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 26-27

I love this wood veneer heart by Freckled Fawn and paired it with word strips by Glitz Design.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 28-29

In between these two pages, I've sandwiched a plain velum insert, creating white space in an otherwise crowded spread.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 28-29 Closeup

I also added a plastic insert with lots of options for photos. In the corner, I slipped in "M" and "R" typewriter keys by Tim Holtz and embellished them with a bit of bakers twine.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 30-31

This is the last set of plastic pockets. It's filled with journal cards by Glitz Design still has room for a few photos.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 30-31 Closeup

Again, I've added interest to the flip side of the insert by adding word art and a couple embellishments.

Valentine Mini Album // Part Two // Pages 32-33 Closeup

This is the last set of pages I'll be sharing today. The little star accent is from confetti included in my Studio Calico Valley High Project Life Kit--definitely easy enough to make, but nice to have on hand. I've shared a link below along with all the other supplies from Part One of this series as well. Tune back in for Part Three at the end of the week!

DIY // Snail Mail // Create an Impromptu Craft Kit // No. 2

This is snail mail I created last month for the Sweet Mail Exchange. I got a couple of questions about where to start, so I put together a snail mail tutorial. Today, I want to show you how I adapted the same basic methods to create this package for my pen pal, Mari.

|1| Anchors Away by Mari Koegelenberg |2| Traveler's Notebook Airlines Roll Stickers by Midori |3| Atlantic Sequins Pack by Studio Calico

Hybrid Project // Create a Layered Paper Layout Using a Digital Template // Part 2 // Silhouette Tips & Tricks

I hope everyone is having a great week! Today I want to share a paper layout I recently put together . . . the first paper layout I've ever created!

I've always loved paper crafting and I'm a huge fan of Project Life, but traditional scrapbooking has always been more of a challenge for me. When I discovered digital scrapbooking, I fell in love and, had it not been for the amazing Silhouette machine Ray gave me, my paper crafting may have permanently taken a backseat to Photoshop.

Well, I'm happy to say I was finally able to jump over that last scrapbooking hurdle. I've realized an important step in my scrapbooking work flow is creating a mock up before actually touching any paper. Here is the digital layout I made and I included my paper layout right underneath for comparison.

DIY // Snail Mail // Gift Idea // Mini Craft Kit

Last week, I mentioned the Sweet Mail Exchange that's happening over at SSD. Today, I want to offer a couple of suggestions to get your own little parcel started as well as images from some sweet snail mail of my own that I put together over the weekend.

Project Life // 2013 // Week 5 // 2 Page View

Hello! Here with week 5 of my Project Life album. This one's a bit longer than usual because I decided to include a die cut insert.

Full supply list below ♥ ♥

Pinterest Moodboard // Inspired // Happy Mail

one // two // three // four // five // six // seven

I love paper. And I cannot seem to get these pretty parcels out of my head. Definitely craving some Happy Mail ♥

UPDATE: Great news--it seems the ladies at Sweet Shoppe Designs shared my craving and we're going to be starting our own little mail exchange! For more details, visit the forum here ♥

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Blog Photo Layouts Part 15 by Pugly Pixel

For the Love of Paper // DIY Mini Album Gift Set

DIY Mini Album Gift Set

There are so many cute mini album designs at the Silhouette shop. This design, by Lori Whitlock, is really creative; inside each mini book, are 5 little boxes and the entire set is housed in a box with room for 3 mini books. I plan to include accordion albums in some boxes and little notecard sets in others.

Below are more detailed images and a full supply list, including a link to the cute album page template I used above (by Danielle Thompson) ♥ ♥ ♥

Oh Hello // AW Conqueror Slab // & // AW Conqueror Inline // Diecuts

Yesterday, on the Sweet Shoppe Designs blog, Heather posted a really great entry with tons of font suggestions for die cutting. I was really inspired by the font family AW Conqueror, so I sent over some images of customized die cut typography to include in the post.

Below are the Project Life layouts I was playing around with and I've also included tips on how to access and utilize the many OpenType features available for AW Conqueror. I know there were a couple questions on the forum about how to do this, so let me know if I can explain anything else ♥ ♥ ♥

For the Love of Paper // Wordart Download // Not All Who Wander Are Lost

Not All Who Wander Are Lost // DIY Diecut // Silhouette

Because I work in such a small space, I can't always have my Silhouette out. Lately, I've been cutting out a bunch of shapes all at once using white cardstock so I can have embellishments on hand as I'm scrapbooking.

For the Love of Paper // DIY Valentine // To the Moon and Back

DIY Valentine // 16x20 // Hubble Telescope Image // Diecut Typography

This is the valentine I gave Ray using an actual image from the Hubble Telescope. ♥

After downloading the image here, I printed it B+W and attached a diecut message reading "I Love You to the Moon and Back". Some of the photographs in the Hubble gallery are super large and can be made into huge murals, but I just printed mine 16x20 using 4 letter-sized sheets of paper.

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A Valentine Mini Album // Part Two

DIY // Snail Mail // Create an Impromptu Craft Kit // No. 2

Create A Layered Paper Layout With a Digital Template // Part 2 // Silhouette Tips & Tricks

DIY // Snail Mail // Gift Idea

Project Life // Week 5

Pinterest Moodboard // Inspired // Happy Mail // UPDATED

For the Love of Paper // DIY Mini Album Gift Set

DIY // How to Customize Your Die Cut Typography // Project Life Inspiration

For the Love of Paper // Wordart Download // Not All Who Wander Are Lost

For the Love of Paper // DIY Valentine // To the Moon and Back