happy birthday mini album

I made another 4×4 mini album, inspired by Susanna’s Paper Craft Planet 3D Tuesday Challenge: Time Flies (Indeed!!!). She created a PSD file for you to download to create the similar album (calendar book) on her blog.

I’ve seen a lot of these triangle banners used on scrapbook layouts, and wanted to try.

I like the roughness of the eyelets’ back view. =)

Printed on Red River Paper (60 lb. River Linen). I received A LOT of inkjet printer paper samples from the Red River Paper the other day, and I LOVE IT. I love the thickness for my hybrid projects, and it printed beautifully.

Digital kit: Cupcake Celebration Mini Kit by Danielle Young.
FREE with purchase of $5.00 or more of Danielle’s designs at Oscraps.  PLUS, nearly her entire store is on sale for 28% off!
She created this kit to celebrate her birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDY DANIELLE! How I wish I’m as young as you are! =)

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Isn’t this cute or what! Heehee. I made another vehicle with Kelleigh’s Mini Mailbox template (small size). It’s a camping trailer.

Initially, I was going to make a house, but these woodland animals inspired me to make a camping trailer instead.

Where did these animals come from?

It’s a brand new collaboration digital kit, “Woodland Whisper“ by Danielle Young Designs and Kitty Designs.

A large white brad for the window.

I used a binder clip for the connector(?)

Used the frosted plastic for the windows.

Hmm… I guess I better make a truck to go with this. =)

Thanks!

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I’m super excited to be a Guest Rockstar Stamper for my favorite stamp company, Lizzie Anne Designs. Woohoo!

Thanks to LAD for letting me play with their newest stamp set, A Little Love. It is very adorable stamp set and will be passed down from generation to generation. Okie… my son and daughter will have to fight who will get to keep this one, heehee.

Heart box template: Heart Cup Template Set by Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs
Digital Paper (outside): Park Avenue Kit by Danielle Young (Do you want a chance to win $20 to her store? Check this out! =)

Stamped images can turn into a beautiful jewerly! =)
Digital paper (pink inside):  A Little Love by Lizzie Anne Designs

I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to put in the heart basket even after I printed and cut the template out. But, I had a chance to talk with a TheDigiChick CT, Sinead about paper flowers, and got totally motivated to create these flowers. This time I used the ribbons instead of the papers. I wanted to make more flowers, but only had 3 lollipops, heehee. Tied with pink waxy floss. A big thanks to Sinead for giving me the inspiration!

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Heeheehee. Isn’t she a cutie!

Digital papers: A Little Love by Lizzie Anne Designs
Album template: Princess Freestyle Album Template Set by Kelleigh Razlaff Designs. I used Pazzles Inspiration Electronic Cutter to cut the castles.

Bookbinding technique learned from Journals 3 Ways workshop by Karla Dudley.

My daugher, Bailey thinks the Little Love Princess is adorable, too.
Stickers: Heidi Grace
Coloring: Tombow Markers on watercolor paper

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And here, I used heart sprouts stamp from the January Monthly Mix (From the Heart).

The tree and the bird shapes are from Melissa Wilson and were cut with the Pazzles. It’ll be available at theDigiChick this Thursday. Thanks Melissa for letting me work with your creation!

And another big thanks to Heidi Sonboul for letting me play with the GCD papers! 

Papers: Artsy Urban by Melody Ross and Zen Garden Collection from GCD Studios

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I cut the green pom pom in half to create the turf. Very soft and cushiony soccer field. =)

A mini Play-Doh holder.
Digi papers: A Little Love by Lizzie Anne Designs (Changed the color in Photoshop)
Coloring: Tombow Markers on watercolor paper
Box Template: Tall Box Template Set by Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs (I made it short =)

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I’m so grateful for the opportunities I have with all the wonderful designers.

And thank you for visiting my blog today!

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Meow~
Do you like it?
I LOVE IT!
I love how it turned out, heehee. I got to play with Pink Cat Studio’s brand new Paper Piecing Projects. I used Pazzles Inspiration Electronic Cutter for all the Pink Cat files. I’m still a novice Pazzles user, but it definitely made the cutting easier. And faster!

Digital Papers: Flutterbies Dots and Solid by Mari Koegelenberg.
I’m not a cat person, but these colorful cats are irresistible!

Knitting needles were made with half pearls and toothpicks.

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Vinyl wall art.

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Lily Valentine Ballerina. Using one of my favorite paper crafting technique, paper-tole.
Digital paper (dress): Pearly Polka by Danielle Young Designs (It’s on sale for $1 right now!!! Woohoo!); Hair: Cream & Sugar Page Kit by danielle young

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This is a Swarovplastic (Swarovski + plastic, heehee) Butterfly Cage. Gems are Swarovski crystals.

Still experimenting with clear sheets. Haven’t found the perfect adhesive yet. Here, I put painter’s tape (over the clear sheet’s protective cover) on the butterfly cage while the glue was drying.

This project took me three days to complete mainly because of glue drying time. I don’t think I’ll use the painter’s tape directly on the clear sheet though. It left the gummy/sticky marks, you know.

I coated Martha Stewart glitter on the antennae and the body.

Butterfly cage template (heeheehee): Daddy’s Toolbox Template Set by Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs

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Cuddles the Owl. CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Tree house toothpick holder (heehee): Candy Dispenser Template Set Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs. I used the wrapper file that came with the template to create the roof.

Digital papers: Hoot do you love? and Wood you like some colour? by 4 Shades of Blue

I had so much fun playing with the Pink Cat Studio Paper Piecing files. Thank you, Melissa! Check PCS blog for a free butterfly download and a contest ($50 gift certificate to PCS store. WOW!)

Thank you!!!

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Heeheehee. I’ve made another calendar. It is very addictive, you know. I’m actually obssessed with it these days. I have other projects to work on, but can’t stop thinking about making more calendars. Heehee.

I was watching a movie, “Pure” while editing these photos. It’s about a boy helping his mom with a heroine addiction. I watched it cause Kiera Knightley, but the boy was pretty good. Anyway, that’s how I came up with my blog post title.

These are one layer creation. I did not cut any extra papers to glue on it. It is VERY DIFFICULT technique for me, heehee. When I work on a project, I feel the need to fill up the white space or cut more papers and glue on top. I had to keep remind myself it’s okay not to make paper-piece or paper-tole project. Heehee.

Well, you can’t see it on the photo, but I had to add extra touch to the calendar. So I added glossy paint over the square Pearly Polka paper. I didn’t add extra papers, just added a coat of clear paint. =)

I’ve used Danielle Young Designs‘ Countdown Template and Pearly Polka digital papers to create the calendar. I doubled the height, repeated the numbers, then reduced the size down to 3.5 by 7 inches.
Calendar: 2010 CALENDAR Designs by Tracy Little

This calendar was inspired by Danielle’s blog post about a printable calendar. Thanks, Danielle! 

I changed the number to dark grey for coordinating month.

Added a pearl embellishment to the paper clip.

Countdown Template is on sale for $1 this month!!! Yay!

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My crafting room was so cold to the point I didn’t want to stay in there to craft. Even with two layers of cloths, I was shivering, and my fingers didn’t move, hehe. I could just feel the cold wind coming in from outside, and I was complaining we had cheap windows installed. Duh~~~!!!! Turns out that I did not close the window properly. It had gap. No wonder it was the coldest room in the house, geez. It’s now warm. Heehee.

I used Danielle Young Designs‘ newest digital paper pack, “Pearly Polka“. It is soooo cute and pretty. Comes in 12 colors! I love polka dots and love fake pearls, so this is so perfect!

CD template: Hybrid Magic no. 29: Round CD Calendar by with love by Mushy. White base cd template and the flowers were cut with Pazzles die cut machine. I glued 2 layers of the base cardstocks to make the each sheet of calendar.
Flowers: Chateau Breaux Mini Page Kit by danielle young

Applied All-Purpose Ink (Frost White) to give the flowers pearly look.

Add 3-d foam tapes.

Thank you!

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We had our first snow this past Saturday, and the snow on the tree gave me the idea for this snow flowers. I thought Danielle Young’s newest holiday digital kit, Oh, Joy! (Collaboration with Cinzia) would make the beautiful flowers and pot with Kelleigh Ratzlaff’s Cupcake Box Template.

I saw this gorgeous felt rose bud bouquet last week, and I immediately thought about having another baby girl (urmmm… like I could easily pick the gender, hehe). I would have loved to make the bouquet for her first birthday party. This felt bouquet put my pom-pom topiary tree that I made for Bailey’s 1st b-day party to shame. But, nah… I can’t even handle two kids that I already have. Hehe.

Printed Oh, Joy! digital papers on Epson Double-Sided Matte Inkjet Paper. Punched it out with Stampin’ Up! Scallop Circle punch.

Spiral cut.

Condition the flowers with a round pen or stylus pen so it can roll/bend easily. This way you won’t get the creases in the paper. The pen I’m using on the photo came with American Crafts rub ons.

Curl the edge using the pen. Roll from the outside of the circle to form the flower.

Form the bud, and glue the bottom. I used hot glue gun.

Glue the center. I used the tweezer to hold the center while the glue dried.

I put 3″ styrofoam inside the cupcake and attached the flowers with the hot glue gun. White flowers in the center are from a crafting store (dry/silk flower section).

I used the wrapper from Cupcake Box template to put the windows with ornaments. Window frames, ornaments, and the green brads (Added Glossy Accents on top) are from the Oh, Joy! kit.

I cut out the circles with a knife, and the edge was not smooth even after I filed it. So I put Glossy Accents and sprinkled some Snow Glitter over. I applied it twice.

Added some sparkling glitter.

This Christmas flowers in the cupcake pot will look beautiful in my living room. =)

Thank you!

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