Overall Album for that Little Guy

a Sa Crafters Design Team Project

Please check out the complete blog post over on Sa Crafters blog here .  I absolutely loved creating this shaped little boy overall mini.  It's always so fun, and different, to do a shaped mini opposed to one I've created with front, back and hinges.  It's just a whole different animal and so much fun.  I loved decorating each of the 10 overall pages.  In fact it was kind of hard to go back and add the photo spots and tuck ins because the overalls and shirts were just so darn adorable.  But, a mini needs room to add all those favorite photos of your little guy and this one certainly doesn't disappoint.  It always is amazing how many photos a mini like this can hold and this one is no exception, with room for lots of 4"x6" photos.

Because this mini isn't bound it uses rings to hold it together at the tops of each page.  I use round rings to begin with but switched them out for larger D rings that were much stronger and allowed the pages to turn easier.  I adorned the rings with ribbons I'd used on the pages.

There are lots of tuck spots, pockets and areas to house tags, mats and photos.  After all a new baby needs all the room in the world to be shared and shown off.

As always I'm notorious for using fussy cut images and I just couldn't help myself with all these adorable little ones.  So you'll find them climbing up edges or sleeping on ledges, anywhere I could find to put them there they are and they make me smile every time I look at them.

I like to add booklets or waterfalls whenever possible because it just adds to the amount of photos you can place.  Here I have a little booklet that hold photos behind acetate spots as well as on the mats.  This little ones hold 6 photos plus a generous area for jotting down some memories to preserve.

There's lots to see that I won't show here or on Sa's blogpost but you'll find it all on the video below.  I'll also share how I prepped the pages and the supplies I used.  I have an older post that uses the little Girl Dress Shaped Mini that I'd love for you to revisit as well.

From Sa Crafters Store

Baby Boy Overall Shaped Mini

Baby Girl Dress Shaped Mini

Chipboard Shaped Albums

MDF Shaped Albums

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Retro Moments

a SaCrafters Guest Design Team Project

This project had been put on hold while we took a short vacation to visit my family but I've been dying to get my hands into it ever since I saw it previewed in Sa's shop!  I LOVE this Retro TV and knew immediately I had to make it for my middle child, Angi. She and her husband Luke would have been perfectly happy living in the 50's!  This past year they had a family photo shoot done at their house all with a retro theme!  Perfect for this project.  So while home I told her I wanted a copy of all the photos so I could play with them!  This is the result - 

Seldom do I have the pleasure of playing with photos and actually finishing up and album I've made.  This was super fun for me. I hope you'll enjoy following along.

I moved outside on the patio to paint the inside and out of the tv after I'd glued it together. I used a black Krylon paint for the outside and Martha Stewarts acrylic in red for the inside.  I wasn't happy with the black, I'd use something else next time.

Next step was to Mod Podge the box, inside and out and then adhere my paper and cut outs (from Crafty Secrets).  See I really am a 'messy Marvin' when I craft :-)

I die cut from the papers I'd be using to make flowers, at this point I wasn't sure whether they'd be going on the box or the mini but I knew I'd use them somewhere, I've moved to the living room so I can watch tv and make my flowers at the same time.

I found that if I used my magnetic mat and ruler I could line up the chipboard across the bottom to create a straight end as I put the cardstock to the chipboard.

Last step before the fun stuff was to add several coats of Collage Podge (from Aleene's) to the outside of the cover.  This is the first time I've done it before folding to the inside and gluing down.  It worked great and anytime you can accomplish something with the paper lying flat it's a lot easier!

Since I wanted the box to retain it's 'TV' look I shied away from too much bling and left the flowers for the book.  The 50's look always had pearls and I'm sorry how can you make a project with out stickles??????

This sentiment arrow from Sa's store was perfect.  I painted it red, masked off on both sides of the arrow with some washi tape and then painted the arrow black.

A couple of fussy cut aprons from Crafty Secrets, a wooden message and flatback pearls from Sa's store and the back is done!

These Retro people and sayings were just too cute, I had to add a couple to the inside of the top of the box!

And here's the mini front, I added the key and the date (thank you Bunny Bow) and the Heart that says Made With Love (thank you Kathie) on a Tim Holtz chain, tucked in an oval framed photo and used my flowers I'd made earlier to adorn the front cover.

The mini measures 5" x 7" outside dimensions so some spots can house 4' x 6" photos. There are seven pages and each has a side pocket with a mat that tucks in.  I'm sure I could get every photo from their shoot in this little book!

To add interest and appeal I fussy cut the shapes of several of the photos, this one creates a pocket to put photos behind.

So this is my Retro TV filled with a book of memories.  Such a super fun project to make, thank you Sa for allowing me to play with your fun products.  Please check out Sa's store today and come join me on the video for a more in depth view of TV and mini.

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In addition to these products I also used Krylon Black spray paint, black cardstock and chipboard, Mod Retro and Lady Coutour Papers from DCWV, Martha Stewarts acrylic paint in red and cut outs from Crafty Secrets.

Wood TV box Flat back pearls trims Arrow Sentiments Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Collage Pauge Instant Decoupage Matte

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Lock Box Note Holder

a SaCrafters Guest Design Team Project

Today I'm sharing SaCrafters wooden Lock Box that I've altered with Prima's Devine  papers, elements from Sa's store and a few items from my stash. This is the most darling little box that slides open on the top and allows you to hide a secret collection of goodies inside for the recipient.

The box has been painted with Martha Stewart Acrylic Wedding Note paint and then I tried, catch that word tried, to spray my Lindy's Starburst in Shabby Turbine Teal over the top.  It just didn't want to nicely cover that acrylic paint.  I was so disappointed and upset, I thought for sure this project was a goner.  After stressing for over a day a friend said, 'Step Away'.  I did just that, left it alone and tried not to think about it.  When I came back sure enough it just came together, not how I had originally thought but perhaps even better!

I lightly sanded through the Lindy's and revealed more of the white, I loved the Shabby effect it gave, even leaving a little of the raw wood showing here and there.  I added a cut out from the paper for the top trimming it with Sa's flat back pearls and covering it with a heavy coat of 3D Crystal Lacquer by Sakura.  HINT:  Do not touch it after applying the lacquer, set it aside and go watch tv or read a book for a few hours, just the voice of experience speaking!!

I added some of Sa's 9 row roses that I'd misted lightly with the Teal and a couple of Webster's flowers that were almost the same shade. The peachy flower in the middle is a snippet of a flower swag I'd bought on super super super clearance and salvaged all the good stuff off of it.  I tucked one of my heart charms (thank you Kathie) under the flower.

To  finish the front I glued the dyed flowers around the cut out frame and adhered the little girls from the paper to the middle, leaving some of the netting (which is the flower backing) show around the edges of the little girls.  I then added a coat of the 3D Crystal Lacquer and set it aside overnite to dry.  The next day I added the altered Bliss arrow from Sa's store and the little Believe charm and key that dangles (you can see it in the photo below on the left hand side under my thumb) - these were gifts from Bunny Bow - thank you Manuela!

I'm a horrible 'Just do it for the fun of it' type of person.  I always need a purpose or a reason or a thought of whom I might give it to and what they'd use it for.  That's why I created the little note cards for the inside.  They are 5" x 2 1/2" strips cut from the paper and scored in the middle.

I made envelopes for probably a third of them even using my new scallop Corner Chomper.  This was a fun project and will make a lovely gift for someone.  I hope you'll take a look at my video, I'll share a lot of the assembly process as well as some more still photos. Please check out Sa's store and use my personal discount code for you PATTIFANS - that will get you a 5% discount on a $30 purchase.

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~~~ Supplies ~~~

Wood Lock box Prima paper pad-A4 Divine collection White 9 rows scallop flower trim Flat back pearls trims Arrow Sentiments Shabby Turbine Teal Crystal Lacquer Beacon Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive

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SaCrafters GDT - Framed!

a SaCrafters Guest Design Team Project

Hi Everyone!  I'm here with another Guest Design Team project for SaCrafters Zibbet Store.  If you've not visited her store yet you're missing out!  She has everything you could possibly want to make cut either from wood or chipboard, prices are fantastic and quality exceptional.  So go visit her today and don't forget for all my visitors Sa is offering a 5% discount when you spend $30 - just enter the discount code PATTIFANS

I wanted to make this set of frames for my youngest Granddaughter Brynnie, she's having her 5th birthday real soon and I thought the two picture frames, in pink and purple of course would look cute on her bedroom walls.

Here's a photo of Brynnie and I when she and Mommy came to visit last year.  The frames were painted with a coat of Martha Stewart multi-surface satin acrylic in Summer Linen.  After that I used a combination of Silks Acrylic Glaze in Pink Anthurium and Grapefruit topping the hearts with Stickles, glitter and Glossy Accents.  Bordering around the photo is a row of the Scallop Flower Trim from Sa's store, I tinted it a light pink.  I added a glittered Fairy and Butterfly also wooden pieces from the store.

It's hard to get a good photo to share with you what this looks like hanging, but this will give you a rough idea.  I took several different ribbons and fibers and tied some beads, a heart and a charm onto them at various lengths.  I thought it would look nice hanging down from the frame giving it almost a dream-catcher look.

Here's a photo of Brynnie and her Mommy, my youngest, Amber.  The second frame, the flowers, is the one I'll walk you through the start to finish process on the video.    The flat back pearls (from the store) were colored with a purple Copic marker.  I love things that are white you can change them up to match any project you're making!  

I used a couple of flourishes at the bottom to give this frame a different look and added a word tag saying 'perfect moment' above them.   The flowers are from Recollections and a few of the lace trim flowers from Sa's store were snipped individually to tuck in here and there, I like the addition of the single colored pearl in the middle.

Supplies from Sa's Zibbet Store:

Wooden hearts photo frame No.1 Wooden flowers photo frame No.2 White 9 rows scallop flower trim Flat back pearls trims Wood mini flourishes no.5 Wood mini fairies Mini butterflies Momento Sentiment

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