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Make a 12 x 12 Album in a Day

Do you like to scrapbook but just can’t seem to find the time? Here’s a quick and inexpensive way to finish an entire 12” x 12” album complete with photos in one sitting. You can purchase the instructions to complete 20 double sided layouts using only one of Stampin’ Up’s Simply Scrappin’ Kits. You'll also end up with one extra sheet of 12 x 12 cardstock to use for mats or for  another project.

The instructions include photos and written directions of each step plus photos of each individual page so you can quickly and easily put them in order. I've also included some basic scrapbooking tips so you can have your photographs ready to go when you start your album.

If you’re a demonstrator who’s interested in offering scrapbooking classes, this is an easy option for you. I’ve used these instructions for several scrapbooking classes where each participant used a different Simply Scrappin Kit and in 2-1/2 hours went home with a complete 12 x 12 album (20 layouts) including photos. Some of the participants had never scrapbooked before.  

You can purchase the instructions for each Simply Scrapin' Kit for $5 USD. They will be sent out via email in most cases within 24 hrs of receiving your order.

If you live in Canada you can order the Simply Scrappin' Kit of your choice from my Stampin' Up Website and have it  shipped right to your door and I will send you the instructions for free. Linen photo albums are also available under "storage". You can complete an entire album in one afternoon without leaving your home.

 

Album in a Day

Sunny Day Christmas Jingle Moments & Milestones Cool Kids Happy B-day Guest Book Petal Party Love Sparkles Tailor Made

Album in a Box Ornament

I have several of these little ornament albums hanging in my tree. Just slide the lid up the string to reveal the photo album inside. I add a little tag with the year, jounaling and some photos of some of the year's highlights. They're fun to look at each Christmas.

I also make a pink or blue version as a gift for "Baby's first Christmas. You can download the instructions here .

This project was a remake of a workshop wow I presented at a demo meeting 3 years ago when I first started as a demo. At the bottom of this post I added the samples I made for the meeting as well as the directions I drew up and scanned (yikes). My computer skills are still NOT great but I guess I've come farther than I thought. To personalize the ornament box, print it on a sheet of vellum and emboss it with embossing powder as soon as it comes out of the printer while the ink is still wet. With the new MDS this opens up a whole world of possiblilities.

 

Kenzie's Christmas

This was one of my scrapbook pages from last Christmas so I think the paper is retired. The colours are Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla. I used a gel pen to journal directly onto my photo. The letters were stamped with a stamp-a-ma-jig and embossed in silver. To make the lace I cut a thin strip and punched it with the eyelet strip then snipped the straight edge so it would bend to the curve.

Cute Page

I love this photo of our kittens. Too bad they don't stay that small. To make the letters I coloured them with a Bravo Burgandy marker then stamped them with versamark and embossed with gold. My journaling doesn't show up in the photo but I wrote on a clear overhead sheet with a versa marker, embossed in gold then trimmed the sheet close to the lettering. I used the same technique for the swirl. I like how you can cut the pieces apart and move them where you want.

Big Brother

Here's a scrapbook page I did of my brother and I. Weren't we cute? The page looks a little warped. I snapped a quick photo before I stuck it in the mail.

Flip Flop Album

I saw this at our local stamp store and thought it was the cutest idea. You need a pair of flip flops. I used the largest pair I could find and cut them shorter with a pair of scissors and sanded the rough edge with a sanding block (I didn't want my pages to be long and skinny). I used the daisy die to make the flower.

Trim a scrap rectangle of paper or cardstock to establish how large your scrapbook will be. Keep trimming the rectangle until it can be hidden by the sole of your flip flop. My rectangle ended up being 6" x 2.5". I used 3 pieces of 6" x 10" cardstock scored every 2.5", accordian folded the pieces and attached them to each other to make one long piece for my album. Attach it to your flip flops using sticky strip.

Explosion box & Scrapbook

This is an old project I made last year with the Loonies for Littles kit. There's 5x5 on board journal and an explosion box. One of my customers asked for the pattern for the explosion box so here's the link.
http://jackietopa.typepad.com/Loonies.pdf