Baby's First Year Mini Album by Giorgia

Hello SRM friends, Giorgia here to share a mini album of a baby: my husband cousin had a little girl almost a year ago, so I decided to make a mini album to document each month of her first year.The mini isn't finished yet, since by niece Greta is now 9 months, but I want to show you what I made so far.

This is the cover: I used some baby themed SRM stickers and glittered hearts die-cut with cutting machine.

The mini is a very small, cute, accordion mini album: to create the structure cut a 12x12" pink cardstock in 3 strips of 4"x12" and score them at every 4". Adhere together two strips, cut the other one in two identical parts and glue them to the beginning and end of the previously made accordion. This is the final result:

For the inside pages, I chose this cute patterned paper with months on it. I cut each month and adhered it onto a piece of patterned paper: this papers measures 3x8", scored in half in the long side, and they will contain the picture inside, on the bottom flap.

Adhere each paper to the structure: you will have 4 pages free from pictures, I decided to place them in the beginning to document Greta's first day of life, between month and in the back cover.

This is the first page, to document the first day of life: I used Baby plans stamps and I added handwritten dates with black pen from Le Pen 4 Piece Set - Dark Colors.

The top flap of each page is filled with SRM stickers: I used Baby's First Year-Girl stickers and Calendar Numbers/Small for the date. 

  In each page I used a lot of lovely baby themed SRM products. I didn't add dimensional parts, because I wanted the mini to stay flat once closed: I only used stickers and die-cuts:

I love the cute "milestones" stickers from Baby's first year stickers.

I adhered some of the stickers to scalloped punched pieces circles to create fun embellishments:

 Here you can see another examples of how I decorated the pages without picture.

My niece is the cutest, isn't she? I love her so much!

I already made also the gift box to contain the album: the mini perfectly fits into a kraft window box A2. I embellished it with a sticker, sequin and a jute twine bow.
I will gift it to her parents at her first birthday.

Until next time,

ciao, Giorgia. 

SRM products used 

Fancy Sentiment/Baby | Sticker/Baby's First Year-Girl | FreeStyle/Baby Girl  | Little Borders/Baby Pink | Le Pen 4 Piece Set - Dark Colors | SRM white lace doily | Clear Planner Stamp / Baby Plans | We've Got Your Border/Pastel | Sentiment/Baby | We've Got Your Border/Birthday | Stickers By The Dozen/Birthday | We've Got Your Border/Baby Girl | Calendar Numbers/Small | Sticker/Baby's First Year-Girl | We've Got Your Sticker/Princess | Le Pen 4 Piece Set - Dark Colors | Punched Pieces - 24 Small Scalloped Circle - 1½" - Pink  | Express Yourself/Everyday Girl | Stickers By The Dozen/Valentine |Jute twine | Kraft window box: A2 | We've Got Your Sticker/Sweet  

2016 Planner/Date Book by Shannon

Welcome back to Shannon Morgan.  She's an artist and a crafter and a lover of all things SRM.  And she's definitely a SRM All Star!  

Now let's hear from Shannon in her own words. 

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Hello!  Shannon joining you today with a date book creation.  Living in the moment, I am not one to look far ahead in the future. I am a procrastinator by nature and I have been known to stay up in the wee hours of the morning to pack for a trip or moving. 

Imagine my delight as I created a sweet little mini album and/or date book for 2016…

Here's the cover, you'll find a doily tucked beneath the layers, some twine, some sticker stitches and a brightly colored 2016 tab.

I used some BRAND, SPANKING NEW SRM Year of Memories Sticker/2016, plus Sticker Stitches (of course), doilies, twine and punched pieces.

Open the pages of this album and you'll see sticker stitches and the months here and there. The focus on this album is "little things"..you can use it for remembering birthdays, dates, or mini month milestones. Click on each image to enlarge to see all the little details.

March and April are cheery and simple:

May and June have a touch of twine and summery zest!

Here's a peek at July and August:

Check out the September tab! Hello October!

 

November and December is very notable, ending the year in a sweet way. ♥

Here are a few of the SRM products that I used on my project!

Thank you for letting me share with you today!  Hope this inspires you to create a date book or planner for your new year!  What a great gift it would make for friends and family!

December Documented Album by Christine

Hi SRM Fans!  Christine joining you today.  I have never done a December Documented Album and have always wanted to!  My December is always busy so I decided to create the base in advance and then I can just add pictures and embellishments as I go.  As I was thinking through my process, SRM Stickers kept coming to mind so I decided to dive right into that! Today I am going to share with you the starting process and some ideas for how to use SRM Stickers on your base pages - especially focusing on the numbers.  And remember, you can create this album anytime and drop your December photos in!  After the holidays would be perfect!

Part of the reason I knew that SRM was perfect for this job was because I knew I had ready made numbers and months that would look good with nearly any patterned paper.  I loved this tree patterned paper and just added the December from the Calender Months Large/Snappy Set. I knew I definitely wanted the year on the cover as well and the We've Got Your Numbers - Small were perfect for adding it to the corner.  We could be here all day if I show you all 25 pages of the album so I am just going to share a few of them that I really love!

To keep things easy I stuck entirely with one patterned paper line.  The line had numbers with it too so for some added interest I used those on a few pages.  To accent this page I used a Merry Christmas sticker from the Christmas Stickers by the Dozen and a Peace Love Joy border sticker from the Take 2 Stickers by the Dozen: Christmas.  As you can see there is plenty of room to add a picture and some journaling for the day.

Oh how I love SRM's 4 inch doilies!  So they made lots of appearances in the album :)  I also used a Merry Christmas round sticker from the Take 2 Stickers by the Dozen: Christmas to add a pop of red.  The border is from We've Got Your Border Christmas.  I was surprised how much I liked that against the polka dots!  The 6 comes from the We've Got Your Number - XL Black set.  These numbers in black and white area simply awesome... perfect for adorning everything from layouts to pocket pages to mini albums!

The new punched pieces are also a fabulous addition to mount your numbers onto!  More from the We've Got Your Border Christmas helped to trim this page along with a cute little gingerbread from the Stickers by the Dozen Gingerbread Man set.

This last page that I am going to share gives you one more idea for mounting your numbers and that is to use SRM Labels. Since my patterned papers had black in them I opted to use some of the Black White Labels by the Dozen.

Now that you've seen some of the base how about a look at some of the finished pages!  Yes, this mom of four has managed to get some pages done already!  YAY!

If you make an album using some SRM Stickers make sure to share it with us!  I'd love to see some of your ideas too!

December Daily by Shannon

Hello!  Shannon Morgan here with a special weekend blog post all about making a December Daily.

Beautiful to look at...ooohing and aahhhing at everyone's delightful creations (except for when you look down at your own desk of chaos), that December Daily Album... it simultaneously creates joy and anxiety in the hearts of paper crafters everywhere! 

Did you know there's really no wrong or right way to create your December Daily? You don't have to document everyday...notice I started with the 2nd? You don't have to have amazingly perfect pages...the point of the December Daily is to create memories for your family...don't forget the true reality of what the DD is. Don't fall prey to comparison, do it your own way. ❤

I'm sharing with you today my December Daily page for 12.2.2014...it's perfectly imperfect. 

I have an odd sized December Daily album this year, but it's ok, it challenges me to scrap in a new way. 

I began with a misted card stock base. The fun part? You can use things from your December experiences and ventures to add directly to your pages...I'm sure you can figure out what this page is going to be about! You'll find SRM We've Got Your Sticker/Merry along the lefthand side, an embossed glassine bag (Chevron 4.75" X 6.75") and We've Got Your Number Extra Large Black to get this page started.

I am a fan of the layering, you may not be. You can continue to add layers like I did, or you can stop here and add your picture. If you want to continue layering, you need a "lighter" layer. SRM Glassine Bags work awesome for this, they're hearty and can take a beating distress wise, but are airy and perfect for a layer feel. I added some Sticker Stitches/Christmas to the Embossed Glassine Bag. I finished off by overlapping a 3 X 4 punched "card" to the layout as shown.

I am ready to add my picture and some love and bits here and there. ❤ You'll find that SRM's Punched Pieces are a perfect fit. I tucked a tag behind the black, large scallop on the left side.  I have a sweet bit of Bossy Joscie Flair too. The Starbucks logo is actually a red cup cut out and corner rounded, I wrapped it with some Charcoal Twine. 

All this December Daily needs now is some final touches and journaling. I added some more Peapod twine to the tag and used some clear adhesive to glue it down. I added a punched heart with a foam dot. There's a sweet Santa (We've Got Your Sticker/Christmas) peeking out at you and some sequins for holiday sparkle! I also added some journaling with tiny alphabet stickers. 

Here's a few close ups of the SRM goodness throughout the layout.

Thanks for letting me share part of my December with you! I hope it inspires you to document your December too! ❤

Mini Calendar Star Album by Christine

You just can't go wrong with making someone a calendar for a holiday present. Just add pictures to it and you've got the perfect personalized gift to share with special family and friends.  Christine joining you today with a little Mini Calendar Star Album that I made special for one of the grandparents.

I used a cut file from former SRM design team member Jamie Cripps to create the album.  Her instructions can be found here. I love that it can easily set up on a desktop just like this! I used the Mini Calendar/Decorative 2015 stickers for my calender part.

Look how cool it is from above!  They can easily check out other months or leave it on the current one.

It folds down like this so it looks just like a normal mini album. I kept the cover simple, just adding a 2015 sticker (how is it almost 2015????).  You can get a whole selection of 2015 stickers from SRM's Year of Memories 2015 set.

I decorated each page with a month and then a picture that I punched out.  If it was there birthday month I made sure it had their picture on it, but otherwise I just went with cute pictures.  I kept each page pretty similar so that the assembly wasn't too time consuming.

Have you been busy making calendars for presents too?  We'd love to see what you have made!  Share your SRM Mini Calendar on our FLICKR.

Don't forget to hop on over to Paper Issues where you can join the SRM Linky Party fun!

Back to School Coupon Book by Laurel

A couple of years ago Laurel Seabrook made her husband a 'Date a Month' coupon book for their anniversary.  Included with each month was a date and the money to pay for it (dinner, weekend away, lunch, etc).  Her oldest daughter really liked it and said she wanted a coupon book too.  In preparation of her daughter heading off to University in the fall Laurel decided to make her a monthly coupon book.  We all know that students don't have a lot of extra cash so each month Laurel included something fun; a pre paid Visa card, some movie tickets, a restaurant gift certificate, etc. 

Enjoy looking at all the wonderful little details on each page of Laurel's Back to School SMASH style Coupon Book. She's used lots of SRM Stickers on almost every page.  Can you spot them all?

 Laurel has been slowly filling the book and has just a few months left to create before she gives it to her daughter.  

 SRM's school themed stickers were perfect for adding some extra little details.  She also used SRM's Large Sleek Calendar Months stickers to label each month and then added little extra bits from SRM's School and High School Express Yourself sets.  And as a nice finishing touch, some Twinery twine.

Here are the SRM Stickers that Laurel used in her project. 

WOW!  Thank you Laurel for such great inspiration for a fabulous gift.  The beauty about this project is that you can change up the theme and create a coupon book for any special occasion!  It's a gift that just keeps on giving!