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
Here's another card using the faux snow technique. You can find the tutorial here.
I used the Jolliest Time of the Year stamp set and Sincere Salutations. The snowflakes are from the Delightful Decorations stamp set and embossed with clear.
I've seen a lot of requests lately for easy Christmas tree patterns. One of my favorites is the origami trees pictured on page 161 in the Stampin' Up cataloque. Here's a tutorial for an Origami Tree
Below are a couple more easy trees made with the pop up Tree die. For the first tree I used just the 2 largest pieces and tied on some elastic cord after stringing it with 1/2" circles. The other tree is made using the large tree shape from the die as a pattern. Trace 4 trees, fold them in half and glue them together.
Here's a card I made using faux snow. You can make your own with scraps of white cardstock and a cheese grater. Here's a short tutorial.
Make 24 - 3”x3” cards using all the sentiments from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set with these easy step by step instructions. I've included lots of photos as well as written instructions so these cards can be completed in a class setting. To keep it simple this set is made using 12 sheets of colored cardstock and 2 sheets of Whisper White with plenty of scraps left over to use for punching. The instructions come in two separate pdf documents, the first one detailing the instructions for each punch and the second contains instructions to assemble the cards. You can order the instructions for this class for $8. The instructions will be sent out via email in most cases within 24 hours of ordering
I've always liked the cards with a half cut shape. Now with the Mover's and Shapers die I can make my own. You can find the tutorial here
Here's a quick and easy box. The lid is the bottom of the sizzix matchbox. Here is a mini tutorial.
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.
Save your scraps of window sheets to make a pop up for your matchbox. The piece I used was 2/3" x 2-1/2". Stick it to the inside front of your box. I used a flower for this sample but a pop up sentiment would work well too.
After youve finished your flower fill the box, fold the flower down as shown below and slide the box closed. When you open the box your flower will pop up.
