Earth Day Cards

Hope you've had a great weekend! I wanted to share some mini cards I made in honor of Earth Day. I also made these mini's for a friend as part of last year's Pay It Forward Challenge! Yea, (hanging my head in shame) last's year's challenge...I only had three friends to create something for--you can see the first two creations here and here. However, this last one was for a friend who works as a park ranger. So she is really passionate about camping and conservation. But even with all the cool papers for camping, I couldn't snag one...single...piece! But when I thought about making this project, I think I stumbled onto something I she'd like!

The tree patterned paper is from Jillibean Soup's Apple Cheddar Soup line, and the tree stamp is from Imaginisce. The image from the middle card and the sentiments are from this cool little stamp set from Basic Grey:

So here a couple of close-ups of the cards:

I love that little gnome, lol...

Here are the copics that I used to color in the tree
Really worked out since I only have six colors in my collection

The timing on this project really worked out since I will see her next weekend! I'm thinking of finding a tutorial for matching envelopes...know of any cute ones for 3x3 cards? Thank you all for coming by for a visit! Come back to see me again soon! Take care!
...And That's All She Wrote

Bucket List Mini Album

Hi everyone! In my last post, I shared the album Chauntelle made for the 

bucket list mini album swap. So today, I wanted to pop in and share the album I made for her. I mentioned before that I haven't made a lot of mini albums. However, who could turn down the chance to do such a fun album! Here's a couple of pics:

Patterned Paper: Unknown, Dies: Ovals, Spellbinders, Title, Quickutz Eliza Mini
Border: Fiskars, Flower: Recollections.

Now I don't know about you, but there's just something about a "chunky"album! Love it!

Charm: Making Memories

I found this charm on clearance at Michaels! I really like it, so I'll have to go back and try to find a few more! Here are a few pages:

The first page was for Chauntelle's dream to open her own business. She can add a picture right on the brown mat, but also add pics or journaling to the tags underneath. I learned about the accordion tag pockets in this tutorial. The album was 5 1/2 x 8," so I wanted to give as much extra "real estate" as possible.

Patterned Paper: SEI, "Home" card: Jenni Bowlin, Chipboard Flourish: Bazzill

The next page has a slide out pocket. There are three in this album, and they were really cool to make! Since I made the album in a different size, I had to make the pockets from scratch instead of covering envelopes and using them. There's a tutorial for this on YouTube too. You can find it here. 

Patterned Paper: KI Memories, Dies: Quickutz, Rockstar Font

This page represents a dream of mine too--that dream craft room!! The quote came from one of those vellum sentiment sheets that I'm sure everyone has in their craft stash. I simply cut it out, put it on a piece of white cardstock so it would show up better against the other papers, embellished it with the eyelets, and matted it on the pink cardstock. I love this quote, and may use it again soon!

Well, that's all of the pages I am willing to share today...I'll leave the rest to Chauntelle to share if she decides to one day soon! But before I go, I wanted to share one last detail--the inside covers. That open space was a great opportunity to add some inspirational quotes. Maybe you'll like them too:

Stamps: Hero Arts, Ink Pad: Versacolor, Embossing Powder: Ranger

Stamps: Hero Arts, Embossing Ink: Versamark, Embossing Powder: Zing

I love these quotes! I hope that both of the albums I shared here will inspire you to make your own Bucket List, and your own album! 
Thanks for stopping by!...And That's All She Wrote!