Memories Circular Mini Album

Hi again friends,

I’m here to show off the Circular Mini Album that I created for one of my best friends of her two littles! They are two of the sweetest kids and she is like a sister to me so creating this was SO much fun!

I’m going to start by with a video showing a flip through of the full album then I will show you the individual sections!

To start, I cut out 4 of the Circular Mini Album base panel from a light gray cardstock and glued them together using liquid adhesive. The tutorial on i-crafter's YouTube channel explains that the little tab should be glued to the bottom of your creased section so the seam doesn't show on your album's pages, I loved this tip because I'm that person who wouldn't realize my error until I was halfway finished with my project! For the project, I used patterned papers from Echo Park, Bo Bunny, My Minds Eye, and Queen & Co. My memory isn't fantastic so I can't say for sure which is which!

The cover of the Circular Mini Album features the kids playing at the beach during a gorgeous sunset. I used bright fun colors that really pop off that gray background. On the tag, I penned "memories" keeping it simple since I don't know exactly when and where each photo was taken. She will be able to fill little journaling cards out that I created for most of the sections. To finish the cover off, I added a few yellow embellishments from Queen & Co. I made sure to use one to cover the tag's hole since I don't like the look of "naked" tags. 

The first section, I played with papers from the My Minds Eye "Wander" Paper Pad (this is honestly the only one I remember for sure!) I knew that this image was from a camping trip and the camper from this pad was just SO perfect for this memory. I positioned the square die so the camper would be the background on one side, then I added the pocket die that I centered over "wild & free". I glued the bottom tab of the pocket to the back of the square to help avoid the journaling card from catching on it when it is taken out or put back in. 

In order to print small enough photos, I used my Sprocket. Then, I used the instant photograph frame to die cut the picture down to size. I used the frame from Mini Album, Divider #2 die set to cut down some vanilla colored cardstock to create a journaling card. I added a second square using the same word patterned paper behind the image. The frame and triangle details used the same paper pad.

This next section is at the beach again! I kept it fairly simple for this section. To the left, I used double-sided removable tape to add a small rectangle cut using a die from Matchbox Stories this will allow for her to journal on the card, then use stronger adhesive to glue it down permanently. I used the vanilla frame that was cut when I created the first journaling card and trimmed two of the corners a bit so I could place is crooked so the background square felt less awkwardly cut. I added the "family" word die over the dark red triangle. 

This next section features her little girl blowing bubbles and was sooooo fun to create! The bubble paper was actually from an underwater paper pad. I mixed it with a pretty pink plaid patterned paper. I added a few Queen & Co. bubble embellishments around the image. 

Opposite the photo, I added "Dream" from the Matchbox Stories die set over the fun bubbles patterned paper. Now, I didn't create a journaling card for this section, but she could add details on the pink plaid triangle if she wanted to!

This next section, I used a winter paper pad to showcase the kids playing in the snow. The journaling card and "happy" are from the Mini Album, Accordion die set. 

I added a few iridescent snowflakes that I purchased from the dollar section of Target years ago around "happy" and the photo.

On the back cover, I had to use this picture of the kids playing in a puddle... is there anything more fun as a kid? The image fit best in the instant photograph frame turned sideways. I didn't care for the heart turned sideways though so I cut out a blue and pink heart and covered the sideways heart with them layered. I used the same blue to cut out "adventure" from the Mini Album, Accordion die set. I finished the album off by adding a few rhinestone rain drops. 

I hope that you've enjoyed my project! 

Until next time,

Rachel

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i-crafter August Release

It's release times for i-crafter! I played with the new Mason Jar Box Card by Lori Whitlock dies and had so much fun doing it. You know my love for using up scraps right? Well all of this card was cut from my scrap stash. 

I started my jar using a light blue cardsock. The front panel of the jar I shaded with Copic markers and stamped the "Thank you" sentiment from i-crafter's Thankful Sentiments stamp set in the center. I left the back panel blank without shading so that it can be used to write a message on.

I tried to use some Cool Gray Copics on the lid but it didn't work out as well since the surface is so reflective. Once the lids were glued to the front and back pieces, I used twine to add a little bit of a rustic feel to the card. To do this, I added glued the back of panel and wrapped it a few times. The front piece, I tied a simple knot on the front, the back panel I tied it in the back so it appears to be wrapped around both pieces without a break. Next, I added two side panels and two bridge or center pieces that I cut out in that same light blue to keep that jar look intact.

For the flowers, I cut out all of the flower dies from each the set from several colors. I really love the look of the biggest flower with two petal layers. I added Copic shading to the center of the three largest petal sizes. I probably added a few more flowers than were needed... but I was having SO much fun!

After shading the larger flowers, I used the i-Press Burnisher and Pad to create some real dimension for the flowers. Here is a short tutorial showing what I did:

I also used the added some color depth with Copics then used the i-Press on the long leafy pieces of greenery. This gave them a slightly curled look. I burnished the front of one stem and the back of the other stem, I loved the way they looked when I finished.

Ok, because I'm obsessed with the end results, you get a ton of photos from all angles!

The back is just as pretty as the front!

The neat thing about this style of card is that it can be folded flat (I would have needed to burnish my sides a little more for it to stay on its own.) Had I not added flowers quite so far to the side, I could have slide it into an A2 envelope easily, but I think this one may need a 5.5"x5.5" envelope instead!

I hope that you have enjoyed my project for today and can't wait to see how you use the Mason Jar Box Card by Lori Whitlock die set in the future!

Until next time, 

R. Winn

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Christmas in July Light-Up Box Pops Card

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I am so excited to share with you the Christmas in July Light-Up Box Pops Card that I created today! I played with i-crafter's Box Pops, Holiday Truck Add-On die set and decided that I wanted to do something a little different by lighting it up with EZ-Lights.

I started by die cutting white shimmery cardstock using the Box Pops, Oval Base twice. Once cut, I placed one piece into my MISTI 2.0 and covered it with my Fern Berries stencil. I used Catherine Pooler Cranberry Fizz ink and ink blended it onto the base front and bottom sections of my Oval Base using my red i-Brush Blender Brush. I love these brushes, especially for fine, detailed stencils like this one. Next, I stamped the "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" sentiment from the Christmas Sentiments stamp set to one of the halves, making it my front half.

Next, I cut out the pieces for my truck and trees from the Holiday Truck Add-On set. For my truck, I used a black base and then used a thin shiny paper (almost wrapping paper in thinness that I picked up secondhand) for the bumpers and tire hub caps. The tree that I wanted to light up, I backed with vellum that I colored with Copics because we like colored lights in our house!

 

I glued my colored vellum to the back of one of the three green Christmas trees that I had cut out. I added some Narrow Double Thick Foam Tape to the back of this tree to trap my light in when I built my card.

I was a bit silly and did the next steps in the wrong order, in order to avoid confusion I am going to tell you what I should have done rather than what I did. I should have creased all of the fold lines on my Oval Base pieces using my i-Press, then glued the individual pieces together so that I had my two halves of the base. I should have added the little stand piece that would eventually hold the two front trees that I hid my EZ-Lights base/switch piece in. 

Next, I should have glued my Holiday Truck die cut to the front half of my base and punch hole in the bottom so that I could weave my lights through. I had already punched a hole in the tree on top of the truck. I got snow happy and used a Snow Marker too early so ignore that for now, I promise to come back to it!

I slid my three LED lights from my EZ-Lights through the front slit, then pulled them through the hole punched in the bottom back and back to the front through the hole punched in the tree. Most of my wires hid in the bottom half of the card. 

I cut out two extra trees from the truck outline and simply cut them off the truck. I tested to see where to position them in order to allow me to hide the battery holder/switch on them. Once my wires were threaded, I mounted the battery holder to my tree backs using glue dots. Then I glued the two halves of the base together.

I then backed the two additional trees that I had cut out previously with more green cardstock since I didn't want to add lights to these. Once I had built them, I glued them together and used more Narrow Double Thick Foam Tape to adhere them to the two black glued together trees and the battery holder/switch.

I positioned my EZ-Lights LEDs to the tree on the truck using glue dots. I covered this with my original tree backed with colored vellum. 

This is when I should have broke out my Snow Marker and went snow happy. I hit the base, several parts of the truck and even the trees with my Snow Marker. There were sections that I added snow to after the fact, I had to be super careful so that my EZ-Lights didn't get affected or melted.

Now, the only downfall to this card is that because of how close to the base I put the EZ-Light battery/switch the card does not fold up, so it's more of a home decor piece than it is a card. Otherwise, I am completely obsessed with how this card came out and was pleasantly surprised with how few hick-ups I had creating it, even with doing several things out of order so to speak!

You can see here that I used black foam adhesive squares to bump the tires out from the truck body.

This side angle shows how much Snow Marker I really did use (I'm obsessed). It does mask the white of the foam tape nicely as well.

To add a frosted look to the truck windows, I added a small vellum piece to the back side of the truck.

Here she is all lit up! I like to take these pictures in the dark to really show how well the lights shine.

Here is a short clip of the card lit up in the light and in the dark!

I hope that you’ve enjoyed my cards and that you feel inspired to go create! Be sure to join the i-crafter Facebook Fan Club! We love seeing all of your creations using the i-crafter products so don’t forget to tag us or use #icrafter when you share!

Until next time,

Rachel

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