Two days into my kids summer vacation, I realized that I was taking photos everyday since their break, Hehe. So, I decided to take photos everyday till they go back to school. I’m on Day 42, and it’s so embarrassing how often I took them to fast food places. I almost don’t want to document their life. I’m afraid they’ll remember me as a lazy mommy who always feed them junk foods. In my defense, they get to exercise at the indoor playground in the restaurants. Hehe.

I used Emily Powers’ Hybrid@Home 5 – 31 Day Calendar Layered .PSD Template to create this album. This template is only available till end of this month at TheDailyDigi.com. It’s a part of July THE DIGI FILES for $5!

You’ll also get this photo texture set and 5 full kits and templates by other designers. Emily Powers is closing her store at the end of July, so get her goodies while it is available. More information on theDailyDigi.com.

Oopsie~ I forgot to hide the unused layer in the Photoshop, and “+ PICTURE CAPTION HERE” layer was printed on my son’s red shirt, LOL. I’m too cheap to reprint so I just left it as it is. It almost looks like a part of shirt, doesn’t it? Hehe. A note to myself. Proofread before print.

Tutorial on how to make this book will be available at TDD on July 27 (TheDailyDigi Playbook). I’ll also post it on my blog sometime in August. =)

Stay cool everybody. My dear boy got burn from walking bare foot at an outdoor pool today. Poor thing, it was bleeding. =(

I love making things in small sizes. Perhaps it’s because I’m petite. Even though I hate people calling me shorty, I guess I’m comfortable in my tiny suit (I just watched Iron Man movie, heehee) and tend to adore miniature stuff.

Anyway, did I mention I love making mini albums?

I’ve just released a mini matchbook album and an almost square bag templates. It’s 20% off this weekend only. =)

matchbook album template

almost square bag template

The front flap has tabs on the side to close. Hmmm… It looks more like a box now that I’m looking at it. Guess I’ll add some straps on the side to make it look more like a bag.

It can hold 3×3 mini cards with matching envelopes.

Matchbook album can also fit inside.

Digital embellishments: Inchies by ON Designs

I’ll give away both templates to the first person to comment on this post.

UPDATE: Thanks, JO! I’ll email you the coupon code shortly.

THANK YOU~~~

Hi there!

Here I used the album inserts (version 2) from the Mini Album Stand with A Drawer template to create this rolodex style album (Couldn’t really find a good name for this project, heehee)

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First, the winners for my giveaways…

Cristina won $10 gift certificate to Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs.

Adriana won two hybrid templates from my store.

THANK YOU ALL!!!

I’m also giving my templates to Corinne because she was the first one to congratulate me on my post (heehee), AND she sent me $50 gift certificate to Red River Paper. Because she wanted to pay me for de-cluttering MY crafting room. Heehee. THANK YOU Corinne!

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Here is the basic assembly for the Mini Album Stand with a Drawer template.

This is the album stand. Print, score, cut, and fold.

After putting it together (good thing I didn’t use the strong adhesive), I decided to decorate it with some eyelets.

Mark the holes where the eyelets will go in.

Open it up. Punch the holes out.

Put eyelets to decorate.

Print, score, cut, and fold the album covers. Small one goes on the front. The one on the bottom goes in the side (if you decide to make an album instead of a box).

This is the version 1 for the album inserts.

(TIF file comes with layered masks for you to drop digital papers/elements and photos)

Put the adhesive on the side panels and attach the album inserts.

This is for using one strip of album insert.

Glue the end panels together to connect multiple inserts.

Tada~

Attach it to the album cover.

If you want to glue the inserts to the spine…

Stretch the spine with a bone folder or a pen by holding the one end of paper and with a bone folder rub/stretch on the spine. This way, you won’t get hard crease when you open the album.

Pull the inserts out, and apply the glue on the spine. Use the glue that dries clear and FLEXIBLE.

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This is the album inserts version 2. It has the tabs for glueing.

Attach it to the album cover.

To connect multiple inserts, fold the tab, and align with another insert to glue together.

Attach it to the album. You can glue the spine like the insert version 1.

Tada~

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And to make the rolodex style album…

Attach the version two inserts together without the album cover.

Bunch/fold it together and apply the glue inside the ring.

Add a pencil and roll it around so the glue will get on the pencil as well.

Hold it while the glue dries. About 300 hours!

Just kidding! Heehee.

Put the ribbons around while the glue dries. Space out the panels to equal distance.

Of course, add the photos on the insert panels before assembling it. =)

Thank you~~

First of all, I want to thank everybody who loved The Greeting Farm Carnival projects I made and voted for my team! THANK YOU!!! We made to the final round! Yay!!! THANK YOU!

Danielle Young created another beautiful digital kit, Blessed Blooms and it is available exclusively at The Daily Scrapper! I love the flower elements in this kit, I wanted to emphasize it on my project.

I printed many many flower elements (all same size), cut, distressed, and skewered it on a florist wire (used glue to attach) to create the flower. Added a white pom pom and few beads as well.

Album is about 2.5 x 2.5.

I bent the wire and put in the album to create a different look on the album stand.

And I even made a box to slide in on the side. This mini album with a box template will be available on May 1st. I’m opening my shop! Heehee.

Thank you!

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The winner of Here’s To You Wine Box Template Set is…

Jackie! Thank you so much, and I’ll email you shortly. =)

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This is another mini album. A pull-out album. It’s about 3.5 x 3 inches.

Flag is attached to a toothpick.

Connected each piece with eyelets.

I covered inside the castle with a plain green card stock paper.

Digital kit: Sundri by MK-Designs

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I’m participating The Greeting Farm’s Royal Battle. It’s a team challange, and our team is called, “International Ink”. Because we have 3 Canadian (Stephanie – team leader, Sheena, and Tanya) and 2 Asian-American (Corinne, and me =) stampers. This week, Tanya created a gorgeous scrapbook page for us to compete. Please head over to TGF galleria and vote for our team!

THANK YOU!!!