May 8th, 2020
Inside: the best way to make a flap mini album page. I love surprises – as long as they are good ones, they are so much fun! I just love that feeling of excitement when something unexpected happens and how nice it feels. That’s why I love making interactive mini albums with all kinds of hidden surprises in the pages. One of the most common interactive surprises is a mini album page with a flap. Imagine yourself flipping through a mini album and suddenly a page, that looks like any other page opens and reveals a hidden page underneath. It can hide an extra photo, journaling or even more surprises like a pocket or even more flaps! WHY ADD A FLAP TO A MINI ALBUM PAGE It has an element of fun and surprise The page has extra space for photos or journaling Although it’s easy to make it makes your mini album look …
April 17th, 2020
Inside: the basic elements you need to know to make amazing interactive mini albums Remember the line from the movie Forest Gump? “Life is like a box of chocolate…you never know what you’re gonna get” I think it should apply to mini albums too. It’s much more fun and interesting to look through a mini album when you don’t know what you’re going to get or see. The element of surprise is best achieved with interactive moving parts like flaps, windows, pockets and other unexpected mechanisms to surprise you. WHAT IS AN INTERACTIVE MINI ALBUM? Interactive mini album is a mini album that has active mechanisms inside, such as pockets, flaps and tags. The viewer is not just looking at pages and photos but has to be actively participating by opening, pulling, sliding parts on the page. That makes the mini album experience much more interesting, fun and exciting! WHY MAKE INTERACTIVE MINI …
October 25th, 2019
Inside: 10 fun and creative ideas to make mini album inserts you just have to try! I can’t think of the last time I made a scrapbook or a mini album page without adding an interactive mechanism or an insert. It’s safe to say I can’t stop making them and I try to come up with new ways to make them all the time. I love making inserts so much my crafty friends have started calling me the queen of inserts… WHAT ARE MINI ALBUM INSERTS Mini album inserts are little paper additions in various designs that you add to an interactive page with a pocket, a belly band or other mechanism you can insert something to. Inserts can be very simple or complicated and sometimes can be a mini album on their own. Many mini album inserts making techniques come from the card making world because they are essentially little cards or have …
August 2nd, 2019
Inside: Fun and easy ideas to create summer pages for all your memories from this summer vacation, outdoor trips, days at the beach etc. Personally I’m not a big fan of summer, which is a little strange when you consider the fact I live in a country that is usually hot. I don’t like the heat and the humidity BUT I do love our summer family time and vacations! I’m so lucky that my kids (now 20 and 17 years old) have always enjoyed going on summer activities together and still do! I know it’s not a given so even if I don’t do any other pages through out the year I always do those special pages with our summer memories. WET SUMMER PAGES Who doesn’t love going to the beach or the swimming pool to cool off in the inviting blue water? The water is always a great background for taking beautiful photos with a …
December 17th, 2017
Inside: how to make easy last minute Chritms cards in less than 5 minutes Christmas is almost here and times are really hectic so unfortunately you are missing some Christmas cards that you didn’t have time to make. You have two choices: one, to accept your fate and deal with the fact that you won’t have enough cards for everyone you want or you can make two last minute Christmas cards in less than 5 minutes! LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS CARD IDEAS E-CARD Send a special card online and make it special with a unique addition like a donation, a personal photo or even a favorite song. PRINTABLE CARDS Find a cute or funny printable card on etsy print it on your home printer and your card is ready! DIY LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS CARDS When you’re stressed for time you can still make handmade Christmas cards that are pretty …
November 28th, 2017
Inside: how to make fancy fold cards for any occasion or holiday It always amazes me how versatile paper is. I look at it like cooking, because when you cook you can use the same ingredients in so many different recipes and paper is the same. You can use the same paper to make so many different cards just by folding it differently. So here are two fancy fold cards I “cooked”… FANCY FOLD CARDS It’s easy enough to make a card that opens like a book, and those cards are beautiful too, but you can take your cards to the next level. Add a unique structure to a card with a few folds. There are so many different ways you can fold a paper to create a card. Here are a few ideas: Easy Never ending card One paper – three cards Stair step card SQUASH CARD This card …
November 10th, 2017
Inside: how to upgrade a mini album with surprising interactive elements Sometimes you don’t have the will, the energy, the skill or the time to make a mini album from scratch. There is no shame in buying a ready made mini album and there is a lot you can do to upgrade a mini album and make it look amazing! UPGRADE A MINI ALBUM In order to make your mini album look unique and fun you can add interactive elements to the pages as well as embellishments. Here are a few ideas: Add pockets of different designs. Here are 5 pocket design tutorials. Fill the pockets with inserts. Check out these insert ideas you can make for any pocket size. Make flaps opening to the top or sides. Cut images from the paper and attach them with foam tape to add dimension. Create layers of cut out images to make scenes and embellishment clusters. …
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