Butterfly Tube Mini Album

My neice and nephew are staying with us for the month.  I found some time yesterday to do some papercrafting with my neice, who's turning 11 on the 20th. 

I had saved some toilet paper tubes with this project in mind, and we created this Butterfly Tube Mini Album.  It's the first time I've made a mini with tubes, and I was surprised at how quick it all came together.  The most important part is that she really seems to like it.  :)

Hoping to find more time to create with her while she's here.

*** Edited for clarification:  I've had a few questions posted here and emailed to me about the tubes I used.  They are just empty toilet paper roll tubes.... basically just cardboard that I flattened out.  When you bind them together on one end, each tube creates its own pocket perfect for pull out pages.  I hope I've explained it well now. 

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):
Paper:  White Daisy, Blush, Chocolate CS; Rebecca DSP (retired SU)
Stamps:  Flight of the Butterfly (might be retired - SU); Framed Moments
Inks:  Blush, Chocolate
Punches:  Butterfly (SU), Butterfly (Martha Stewart), Mini Tab (McGill), Scallop border (SU)
Embellishments:  Paper flowers (Prima), Hollyhock stitched grosgrain, Adhesive Pearl
Other items:  Bind-It-All (Zutter), 1/2" Silver coil (Zutter), Toilet Paper tubes (other), 3D foam tape

Baby Boy Cover for CTMH 3 ring chipboard binder

I can only laugh at myself... I thought I had ordered the new CTMH 3 ring chipboard binder (5 1/2" x 8 1/2") from the Summer Idea Book, but yesterday when I finally got my way-so-very-delayed-been-waiting-like-forever-for-it personal order I had placed, I realized that I hadn't even ordered it. LOL (((blush)))

I made this for the front cover of the little ablum in anticipation of having the binder to attach it to and well, I guess it has to wait a little bit longer. I wanted to work on the inside pages, too, so I guess I have to see if I can find out the dimensions for the inside. If I keep screwing up, I will have everything completed and it should make for a quick project to put together when it does arrive, though! ;)

I got my inspiration for this from a card in the May/June 2009 issue of Paper Crafts, where she used felt and stitched square pieces of patterned papers onto it. Adorable! It gives it a real quilted feel. In case you can't read the words on the MyStickease, it says: A baby is teddy bears, rattles, and pins, meals at midnight, giggles and grins. It's easy to read in person, but didn't photograph very well.

A good friend of mine is expecting in August and she recently found out that she's having a boy. (NO PEEKING - YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!! lol) So when I do get this project done, I'm planning on giving this to her as a gift for her baby shower.

Oh, so much (I want) to do and never enough time! I swear that's my biggest complaint in life! :)

What I used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):
Snips & Snails Level 2 and MyStickease (retired)
White Daisy Ricrac
Sweet Leaf, Heavenly Blue and Buttercup buttons
Magnolia White Acrylic Paint
Create-A-Shade Paint
Heavenly Blue re-inker
Paint brush
DE heart from Dazzling Die-Cuts
Chipboard Wings (Tim Holz)
White felt (Walmart)
Sewing machine (Kenmore)
Pinking shears (other)

While I was away...

I went away last weekend (Fri-Sun) to a local scrapbooking retreat and I feel like I got a lot done, so I'm pretty happy about that! These retreats are always so much fun! Although I come home tired and needing a little break. Now I can't wait for the Fall one... ;o)











The last pic is just the cover of our class project. It’s a pressboard book and our teacher, my friend, (the owner of our local scrapbooking store who hosted the retreat) designed the inside pages. (The cover was shown on the packaging of the pressboard book.) I thought she did a great job and it turned out really nice. But then she always does great class projects! ;o)

Valentine for my son...

I totally CASEd this card from a blog, so I really can't take credit for it's design, and I wrote the blog name down somewhere, but can't find it now. So if and when I come across it, I will definitely update this post and add the info so you can see the one that inspired me.

I used my only dragon stamp I have (so far). It's from an old retired SU set called Dreams & Dragons. I love dragons, castles, and pretty much anything magical! Cole seemed to really like it, so that's good. It really gets a little iffy as they grow up! LOL

Ribbon Tubes recycled...

I recycled a few of my CTMH ribbon tubes into Valentines gifts for my close friends. I filled these with Hershey's kisses for two of my friends and for the one who doesn't like chocolate (what??? who does't like chocolate?! LOL ), I filled hers with cinnamon hearts and one white chocolate.

Christmas in a Box...

A very talented CTMH sistah created a Christmas in a Box. This is my version of her creation. I first have to say thank you to Lisa Stenz for sharing her Christmas in a Box (Memory Keeper) and her instructions to make the inside divider. Lisa, you're awesome! ;o)

I am doing a Christmas card workshop at my home this coming Saturday and will show my guests this cool little project. It will give them some ideas as to what they can do with their leftover B&T papers from the card workshop.



For the Pointsettia flower, I took some pink Big Pinks flowers and trimmed two of them to have pointed petals. I sponged ink onto one with Cranberry and the other with Garnet. I took another pink flower and cut 5 petals off, cutting to the center point of the flower and creating a point - the curved end is hidden under the main flower piece. I sponged New England Ivy ink on them and used them for the leaves. I took my left over pink flower remnant and used my 1/2" circle punch and punched out 3 circles. I sponged Honey ink onto those and pop-dotted them and used them in the center of my flower. I then covered them with Liquid Glass and then sprinked them with Prisma Glitter.