Photo Everyday Mini Album

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My daughter is starting school tomorrow and my son will on Monday. I can’t believe the summer vacation is over already! How am I going to wake up early from now on!!! Hehe.

During the break, I wanted to take photos everyday, but I kept forgetting to take photos a lot of times. So, I gave up on day 75 (89 days of summer vacation). I was getting tired of taking photos of the same stuff over and over again and didn’t see the point of photo journalling. I want to try it again in the future though. Perhaps, I’ll have a better idea to take photos of ordinary things in different perspective.

This 4.75 x 4.75 handmade album was created with July The Digi File from TheDailyDigi.com. And the tutorial was for July Playbook.

Cover.
Digital paper (white polka dot on black) from AUDacious designs “fresh” kit (from July The Digi File).
“Summer” was hand written by me (gasp!!!) using a Wacom pen tool to copy the letter style from Emily’s Hybrid@Home 5, 31 Day Calendar Layered Template (This is no longer available.)
“2010″ from the template (Combined 20 and 10) and recolored.

The template came in 4.75 x 4.75, so I created 9.5 x 9.5 document for two side-by-side layouts to print on 12×12 paper.

Score, cut, and fold in the middle.

Using double sided adhesive sheet and attach all the pages. Use brayer to smooth out the surface.

Measure the spine.

Make the cover. Score and fold the spine, and don’t forget to score a line on the back cover (1.25″ spacing on my sample. I think .75″ would’ve worked better). This will prevent the book from warping when you open it up. Look at children’s board books for reference.

Inside the back cover, attach the double side adhesive sheet, make sure not to add the adhesive on the extra score space.

Finished spine.

The book opens flat (Lay-flat binding).

Chrysanthemum

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I made this card to participate Let’s Capture Our Memories challenge – Die Cuts. Inspired by my friend, Corinne‘s punch flower card. She is a LCOM DT and I’ve been wanting to participate their challenges ever since she joined the team.

I was trying to create a video tutorial for how to make this chrysanthemum, but it didn’t work out. I re-took “Hi, I’m going to show you how to make this flower with Sizzix, ummmm…., blah, blah, blah… ” over and over again. I didn’t think it was that hard to make the video tutorial, but it wasn’t something I could do it without practice. Mumbling in my head was easy, but saying out loud was not comfortable. I wasn’t sure I was using the right word. I thought writing for the blog was hard, but the video was even more challenging. And, I wanted to be a movie star when I was growing up! Thank goodness I didn’t pursue that dream, hehe. I have soooo much more respect for all the crafters who make video tutorial.

Die cut flowers: Sizzix Bigz Die - Flower, Daisies #2
10 small, 6 medium, 6 large flowers. You could add more layers, I just didn’t have the patience and my fingers were aching from all crumbling, hehe.
Using the cardstock papers that have different colors on each side would be pretty, too.

Fold a small flower into half.
Then, roll it together.

Fold another small flower in half.
Wrap it around the first flower.
I used some glue to secure the side and the bottom.

Squished it on the desk to make it curl in.

Now, add the third flower around the first two.

This is the bottom of the flower.
When adding a new layer, make sure not to align the petals with the front layer.

Keep adding more layers. Wrinkle it with your fingers to shape.

It’s a 3×4 hybrid card. Printed on Red River Paper (60 lb. River Linen).

Digi paper and label: Lined Journal Cards by Sahlin Studio

Alpha: Stapled Notes Alpha by Sahlin Studio

it’s been a long day

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Don’t you just love all the white space?! Hehe. I love simple, clean, and minimalist designs but always have a hard time creating one myself. Any tips/tricks you can share?

Digital elements: Dreaming Word Art by Sahlin Studio

Digital paper: Watercolor Papers by Sahlin Studio

Stitching with a real thread.
Printed on Red River Paper (60lb. Polar Matte 12×12)

An easy way to create a hybrid layout: Just cut the extra elements and add it with foam adhesive! =)

Add a pearl sticker to the wheel.

Miniature Golf

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Hello!

Here’s a hybrid scrapbook layout created for PaperWorks Co. More photos and tutorial on the PWCO blog.

Look at the mess I made using the paint mist. Hehe.

Stamp: Zach the Golfer

Photo frames: (faux)laroids by Splendid Fiins

Hanging Out with Mickey D

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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. =(