My Christmas Gift to My Parents

I had so much fun looking at Dana's post yesterday. She doesn't get to craft often these days, so it's always nice to see her have time for a little fun and gives me the chance to be the proud Mom of her creative talents.

I'm sharing with you today, the Christmas gift that I made for my parents. I would have posted this sooner, but because my charging cord for my iPad Mini broke, I had to wait a while to get it out to you.

My Mom loves the colours of Ivory & Gold with just a touch of colour, so that is what I did with this mini folio. This first image is the front view.

And this next photo is the back of the folio.

Rather than show you a ton of photos of each page and section of the Mini Folio, I'm including a walk-through-tour of the project for my Stampin' Up blog.

Except for the Washi tape, everything is Stampin' Up products. This Mini Folio measures 6 3/4"w x 6"h x 3/4" thick. I love this stamp set I used, and can see it as a keeper long past it's retirement.

I plan to make another one using Designer Series Paper (instead of the stamped flowers), recording the construction of the project, typing up the instructions, and have them ready for you to purchase at a small cost, so that you too can make one! I will let you know when it will be available either on my Paper Architecture blog or my Stampin' Up blog.

Thank you for stopping by today! Happy papercrafting!

Christmas Mini Album 2014

Christmas is coming up so fast! Where does the time go?

 

I just thought I would share with you a walk-through video showing the mini album of part of the latest Paper Architecture With Sabrina project. 

I used Carta Bella's "Christmastime" collection in the making of this mini.

Hope you enjoyed seeing this little mini. You know, it can hold up to 30 photos! Are you making a Christmas mini for this year's Christmas photos?

Happy papercrafting!

Two Things

First thing-

Today, I've posted File Folder Folio #5 on my other blog, Paper Architecture With Sabrina. If you'd like to see more, hop on over to get more photos and a video walk-through tour of the project.

Using Graphic 45's "Come Away With Me" collection makes this folio a perfect one to keep a record of your Summer vacation to share with family and friends.

There is a ton of photo space as well as plenty of journaling space to share your vacation experiences. Pockets, tags, flaps, and hidden page parts also make this interactive folio fun to browse through.

The link to purchase the instructions for this project are found  on Paper Architecture With Sabrina or at my Zibbet store.

Just think of the many folios that can be created just by changing the layout inside.

Second thing-

Remember to stop by the blog on September 26th for something special.

Thank you so much for checking in today! Happy papercrafting!

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Hanging Calendar Mini in a Box

September is soon upon us, and we begin to really think about making Christmas gifts.

I'm sharing with you my latest project for Paper Architecture With Sabrina and it would make a very unique Christmas gift, customized by you for whatever purpose you want, to give as a gift. This 12 page hanging mini is great to use as a calendar, 12 Days of Christmas, 12 school years, a wedding album, a special event, and more.

Here are some photos of the project. With 12 pages I will not post all of the photos, but just enough to give you and idea of the project.

I have some different photos posted on "Paper Architecture With Sabrina" if you wish to see those. And here is a walk-through tour of the project.

Should you be interested in purchasing these instructions, click here to take you to my online Zibbet store.

Thank you for stopping by today and happy papercrafting!

File Folder Folio 6 - About Me/My Life

I have a new File Folder Folio to share with you today!

This folio is designed to be different for the other five I've designed. This one is for more journaling and is meant more for an individual to keep quick notes of their life, past, present, and future. You can however, add as many photos to it as you would like, they would just be smaller.

Teresa Collins designed a collection that is perfect for this project - "Hello My Name Is..."

It can be for yourself or given as a gift to someone else for that same reason.

For each month there are about 3 to 4 tags to pull, add notes to, or a photo to it with a quick note.

There are two policy pockets holding 4 x 6 cut-a-parts, or note cards. These are to record your dreams, goals or bucket list for the future in one pocket, and childhood, or past memories that may come to mind, in another.

Here you may view the project in a walk-through video of the project.

To purchase these instructions, please link to my online store at Zibbet. Thank you.

So next I want to ask you something. I've now completed the six folder folios I had initially had planned to create to fit inside the box for this series. However, I have had requests to keep designing more of them. So I'm am interested in finding out if more of you would like the same thing. Please leave a comment letting me know if you are interested in me continuing with more future folios.

Thank you for stopping by and having a look. And, happy papercrafting everyone!

Travel File Folder Folio - Come Away With Me

With Summer soon turning into Fall, and Summer vacations coming to an end, having a Folio to feature your favorite photos of your Summer fun is a great project to make. Using Graphic 45's "Come away with Me" 12 x 12 paper collection and a few file folders, I've come up with a folio to show them off to family and friends.

This project will first be taught in a class here in Victoria, BC, September 20th, and then the instructions will be available for purchase to all. In class we will be using a better colour of folder to go with this paper collection.

In the meantime I thought seeing this video would show you what the folio is like, and later I'll post a few more details. So watch the video, mark your calendars, and then come back to see some more.

This "Come Away With Me" travel folio can showcase up to 55 photos and journaling spots!

You will have to put up with music that did not cut off when programed to; something happened when uploading it. Sorry. But you can see the project, even if you can't always hear me.

Thank you for stopping by, and for watching!

Canvas Encased Hidden Mini - Botanical Tea

It has been a while since my last post. A number of things have kept me from doing so. But, I'm finally able to now share with you the latest project I've created for Paper Architecture With Sabrina.

Some of you will be familiar with the class "Hidden Mini" that I taught a while back in 2012 using Graphic 45' "Ladies Diary".  Some have asked since then that I make instructions for a similar project. And here it is!

This time, rather than the 8 x 8 stretched canvases used for the first project, I'm using 7 x 5 canvas frames from a 'dollar' store, and Graphic 45's 8 x 8 Botanical Tea paper collection.

Here are a few more photos of the framed canvas casing of the mini...

...and the mini album within...

Here is a walk-through video showing you more details of this beautiful and unique project.

If you are interested in purchasing the instructions to make yourself a similar project, link to my online Paper Architecture Zibbet store to find the instructions there. The latest set of instructions are always the first one listed.

Thank you for stopping in for a look, and Happy Papercrafting!

File Folder Scrapping #4 - Limelight

Hello Everyone!

Today I'm sharing with you the 4th in the File Folder Scrapping series! I think each unit I make gets better and better. For this folder I used Kaisercraft's Limelight paper kit. Two packs actually, but I have enough left to make something more with it. The folder has four magnetic closure spots, and can hold a lot of photos!

The paper would lend itself well to photos of vacation, camping, hiking, gardening, graduation, tropical, family reunion, and more. So here we go!

This is what it looks like from the front...

 ...and from the back...

 ...and in the box holder with the others.

Now for the inside!

Lifting up the envelope flaps on each side reveals three accordion-like pockets holding photo tags.

When we close the envelope flaps again, we can lift up the flap that they are on to reveal...

...two center panels for photos and journaling. But there's more...

These panels are actually center folded pages tucked under. So when we unfold them we reveal layout variations! See them as I unfold them creating different layout configurations.

I didn't take photos of the tags in the pockets, but if you want to see a few more details you can watch this video walk-through of the project.

Hope you enjoyed today's posted project and are inspired to use this gorgeous paper by Kaisercraft. The instructions for this project are available on my other blog, Paper Architecture with Sabrina if you are interested in making this project.

Happy Papercrafting!

Exploding Mini?

The sneak peek is now revealed! An exploding Mini-Album! I decided rather than posting all of the  many photos I have of this project, I would just feature and few and let the video show case the whole exploding mini-album. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words, right! So here we go.

So let's see the rest in the walk-through video.

Hope you enjoyed seeing this project. The instructions with video tutorial link is available on my other blog - Paper Architecture with Sabrina.

So was the sneak peek what you thought it would be?

Thank you for joining me today, and happy papercrafting!