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Vacation Memories: Berlin Mini Albums

Once in a while when we have some days off from school and work,  I like to go to Berlin with my son. Most of the time we spend three or four days in this city that we love. And over the years we've found a nice routine of things that we do together: sightseeing, going out for meals, going on walks or just relaxing at my sister's apartment and watching movies all night long. Today I would like to share two mini albums that hold memories of your most recent trip to the city of Berlin in April this year.

Let's start with the larger mini album. I went for a 4x9 inches design for this mini album. And I used a bookbinding tool and golden binding wires for the binding. The cover is made from a thicker sheet of crafter's plastic. I combined it with the backside of the Electric paper from the Wild Heart Collection. I just love the color combination on this paper. 

Basically, I've used patterned papers and embellishments from the Wild Heart Collection in combination with white cardstock to make this mini album.

The mini album is a mixture of pages with photos and just plain decorated pages without any photos. My favorite items that I used to decorate the mini are the ephemera cardstock die-cuts from Wild Heart in combination with patterned papers and stickers.

I also used the complete set of clear stamps on one page of the mini album. And I added some stitching to frame this page of the album.

On the next page of the mini album I sewed the word FUN onto a journaling card with my sewing machine. It's a nice effect to have stitched details on the pages of the mini album.

For the next page I used acetate and vellum and sewed these together with my sewing machine. Between the acetate and the vellum I added a photo, word stickers and lots of confetti. It turned out as a fun shaker mini album page.

On the final page of the large mini album, I used white cardstock and some patterned paper strips. And I did some free-style weaving going above and under the slits with the paper strips. Tipp: I used a cutting knife to make the slits.

In addition to the large mini album, there is also a smaller accordion fold album.

To make the smaller mini album, I used the Wildly Paper from Wild Heart. I cut the top row of journaling cards and then just folded the paper to make the accordion.

Last but not least, to finish off the mini album, I used different embellishments from Wild Heart alongside with some photos to remember our trip to Berlin.

I hope you like my mini album inspiration. Thank you for your time and interest :).

Have a good day!

Supplies: Crate Paper Wild Heart - Wildly (344420), Electric (344421), Palms (344422), Daze (344423), Planted (344424), Jungle (344428), Hustle (344430), Chipboard Stickers (344434), Cardstock Stickers (344435), Ephemera Cardstock Die-Cuts (344436), Thickers Stickers (344438), Standouts (344439), Decorative Clips (344440), Clear Stamps (344443)

Vacation Memories: Wild Heart Layout

Hello!  Lorilei here today sharing a layout featuring Vacation Memories with the Wild Heart Collection!  I must admit up front that I have never been anywhere tropical but that doesn’t stop me from loving the tropical vibe of Wild Heart!  For this layout my journaling and memory is focused on what paradise means to me!  I started out with the striped background and cut papers in strips to look like trees!  I stitched the strips onto the paper with messy stitches and then added a cut file from white card stock on top.

Last year we spent 10 days on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.  The Island to me is paradise.  The old growth rainforest was breathtaking and boasted Lucious huge green leaves!!  I knew the minute I saw Wild Heart is would be perfect for those memories.  I typed up my journaling and folded it up, I tucked it on top of of one of the ephemera cards and attached it to the layout with a leaf epoxy clip!

The chipboard paradise letters are my favourite!!  I love that they are pink with a spotty animal print!  I stitched them onto my layout for more subtle texture.  I snipped the #happy from the cut apart card sheet into a little banner.

I knew I wanted to find a great spot for the pretty lush leaves!  The leaves come in many forms in the collection, so I had a hard time picking between the paper ephemera ones, vellum and leaves on the sticker sheet.  I ended up choosing the variegated green paper leaf since I had used so many of the green papers and I had more greens in my photos!  The vellum leaf was the perfect companion!  For one last detail I topped off the photo area with the gold foil butterfly print on the green card.  It is just so pretty and draws the eye to the photo since I have a very busy background!

Wild Heart is a great collection for vacation memories, you can join me and scrap about your idea of paradise!

Supplies: Wild Heart:  344427 ANIMAL / 344420 WILDLY / 344423 DAZE / 344422 PALMS /  344425 PARADISE / 344434 CHIPBOARD STICKERS / 344440 EPOXY PAPER CLIPS /  344436 EPHEMERA PACK

Interactive Cards: Weekend Get-Away

Hello everyone! Enza here, and today I'm sharing a set of interactive cards that are super easy and fun to make. What I love about interactive cards is that you can “play” with them and discover unexpected surprises.

My main inspiration came from the envelopes in the Here+There collection. I thought to myself... How fun would it be to receive a card loaded with lots of pretty things?

For my first card, I picked an envelope that is fairly large, it has a light background, a wide opening at the top, and a window that will showcase the content of the card. I went with the travel-related theme – it is a sort of invitation to go on an adventure!

I created three different inserts by adhering ephemera pieces, stickers, and rub-ons to patterned papers cut to size with a scalloped frame craft die. The scalloped edge makes me think of clouds, so I thought it would be perfect for this type of card. I left the journaling card for “Places I want to see” blank, so the recipient can make a list of favorite spots to visit,while the main sentiment/invitation was placed on a separate card that will be visible through the acetate window. To pull the inserts out of the envelope and give the recipient a hint of what to do, I threaded bakers twine through little holes I punched previously.

I also decided to decorate the envelope a bit. After cutting a piece of patterned paper to use as background, I added strips of washi tape on the outside, as well as die-cuts and two super fun and colorful tassels. I love how it turned out!

The second card has the same design, but this time I made my own envelope and opted for a vertical orientation. I used the gorgeous Flourish collection.

I simply cut a 9”x6.25” piece of double-sided cardstock and folded it in half. I liked the scalloped effect on the previous card so much that I decided to use it on this card as well. I created a window and adhered a piece of acetate behind it; then with a smaller craft die I cut another scalloped frame and foam mounted it in the middle. I decorate the front with the beautiful Flower Shop ephemera piece, butterflies, washi tape and two sticker sentiments.

I went with tag-shaped inserts for this one. Each tag has a different sentiment and embellishments from the collection. The cute little tassels work perfectly as pulls here.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you'll feel inspired to create some inteactive cards with the gorgeous Crate Paper collections.

Enza

Supplies: Here+There – Envelopes (344348), Washi Tape (344352), 6x6 Paper Pad (344342), Ephemera Pieces (344346), 6x12 Sticker Sheet (344347), Thickers (344344), Tassels (344349); Flourish – Songbird (344368), 6x12 Sticker Sheet (344385), 6x8 Paper Pad (344406), Mini Tassels (344399), Stickers (344401), Gold Puffy Stickers (344388), #StickerBook (3344868), Dimensional Stickers (344396), Ephemera Pieces (344387), Ephemera Pack (344394).

Interactive Cards: Tea Time

Hello Crate Paper friends! Lorilei here today sharing some pretty interactive cards I made! I remembered that I had downloaded a tea bag shape from the silhouette store some time ago and thought that would be a fun jumping off point for an interactive card!  As I was looking through the Flourish collection I spotted three little tea stickers!!  That sealed the deal for me and made it so easy to pick papers and items to go on each card.

I started first with the Chamomile Tea sticker the white wild roses on the Greenhouse paper went beautifully with the chamomile flowers so I cut the tea card from that paper.  I decorated the front with white and green ephemera and stickers and made sure to include a little bit of yellow!  I chose a Love You sentiment from the sticker sheet.

These little teapots are so sweet!  I would love to have a collection of them!  I tucked in one of the gold foil leaves for a little eye-catching sparkle behind the chamomile tea jar!

Next up is the English Rose Tea card.  I think this one is my favourite!  I chose the Emma paper for it’s delicate little blooms and cut the tea card on my silhouette.  I added  the illustrated black and white ephemera as the base so that the tea jar would show up nicely!  The antique fair ticket is cut from the Always paper, I antiqued the edges with a bit of ink.

The “heart you” sentiment seemed to be perfect for the Rose Tea card!  You can see that I added a bit of machine stitching on the cards for subtle detail.

Oh those lazy days drinking Summertime Tea!  In my dreams!!  I love how fresh and pretty this card turned out.  I trimmed the black and white card into a tag shape to fit the tea card and decorated it with a pretty yellow floral sticker, another ticket from the Always paper and a fussy cut heart from the Poppy paper I cut the card from.

The detail on these tiny tea canister stickers is so lovely!  You can see the stitching under the tea jar (which I popped up on foam dots) and the inked ticket to make it look even more vintage.

These cards were really easy to make, with just a few folds and pretty decorations.  To further customize them I cut the matching tea label on the end of the strings out of the same papers and decorated each one with a tiny vintage ticket.  You can fill the cards with individually packaged tea bags or add loose tea, they would smell divine!!

I hope you enjoyed these cards!  You could easily make the same little tea canister clusters on the front of a traditional card as well!

Supplies: Flourish Emma Paper (344364) Flourish Poppy Paper (344362 )  Flourish Greenhouse Paper (344371) Flourish Always Paper (344367) Ephemera (344387) Flourish Chipboard Stickers (344386) Flourish Cardstock Stickers (344401) Flourish Card Making pad (344406))

Interactive Cards: Here + There Collection

Hey Crate Paper fans, its Bea here with some interactive cards using the incredibly pretty Here and There collection. The beautiful colors and fun embellishments make so easy to create travel themed cards!

I enjoy making cards with unique openings or designs. I feel like it makes the card stand out from store-bought cards. My first card is based around the yellow Express patterned paper which I folded in three to create this fun fold design. I adhered a cardstock sticker and a puffy sticker to the left side, and an ephemera piece to the right. I adhered only the half of the stickers to the card, and backed the other half with patterned paper which I fussy cut around. This technique results a really fun effect when you open the card!

My second card begins with a piece of green paper that I trimmed from the Scenic View paper. This card is very similar to the first, but I instead folded the card vertically. It’s a great way to create an unexpected card fold! I decorated the front with a globe puffy sticker and a ‘travel’ sticker from the sticker sheet.

To make my third card, I began by choosing the Check In patterned paper, and trimmed into a card base. For the front of the card, I used a combination of the cut apart sheet and some cute embellishments. I trimmed three small cards from the cut apart sheet, and stitched them to the front of my card to create an interactive surface. To the bottom of the tiny cards I adhered cardstock stickers and a flair button. I love the tiered tassels in this collection, I hand stitched an orange one to the top of the card.  

I really hope you got inspired to create some cute interactive cards with the stunning Here and There collection. Until next time, happy crafting!

Supplies: Here + There Scenic View Paper (344339), Here + There Check In Paper (344336), Here + There Express Paper (344337), Here + There Tour Guide Paper (344331), Here + There 6x12 Stickers (344347), Here + There Chipboard Stickers (344345), Here + There Adhesive Flair (344351), Here + There Ephemera (344346), Here + There Ephemera Envelopes (344348), Here + There Puffy Thickers (344344), Here + There Tiered Tassels (344349)

Teacher Appreciation : How-To Handmade Card

Hello again! I'm back to share with you two handmade cards I created for this week's topic on Teacher's Day. Before I became a stay-at-home-mum, I was a preschool teacher for more than 10 years. I loved teaching little kids and they were fun little people to be around. So yeah, good & dedicated teachers are the most awesome people that I honor & respect! Making these cards sure brought back all those sweet memories. 

These cards really simple to create. I used the same "sketch" that I have in mind to come out with these designs. If you observe closely, the floral die-cut is on the left and layered on a rectangular die-cut shape. And I added paper doilies at the background for texture. Lastly, I added the handwritten sentiment along with the mini stickers. 

To create a little dimension, I adhered a few foam dots behind the die-cuts. 

Hope these cards inspire you to create one today! Thank you so much for coming by!

Xoxo Jessy

 

Supplies : Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Flourish - Rose Garden (344359), Grandiflora (344374), Ephemera Cardstock Die-Cuts (344387), Sticker Book (344868), Cardstock Mini Stickers (344401)

End of Year Gift for Teachers

Hi Crate Paper Fans! The school is soon over and summer vacation is coming, so it's perfect time to get ready with teacher’s gift. Today I am sharing some ideas what are very easy and inexpensive so you can make multiple copies. I chose the brand new Wild Heart collection for my DIY projects. Let’s check them!

First, I grabbed few succulent plants with ceramic pots. I decorated the first plant with  re-sized wood skewer along a chipboard stickers with glitter heart. I stabbed into the soil and added a little table on the pot with a gorgeous glitter leave.  For the second plant I couldn’t add wood skewer, so I adhered the embossed puffy parrot on the front of the pot. Next to it I added a phrase table from 6x12 Sticker sheet. I am so happy to find matching sentiments in Wild Heart collection. This proves perfectly that even this jungle themed collection can be used in many ways.

I also created another gift what is more useful for teacher’s everyday life. They always need good quality pretty pens and other office supplies. I trimmed a scrap from Wild Heart Daze paper and backed with a heavier cardstock to hold stronger. I fixed the pens with tiny stripes of double sided tape. I cut two gaps with crafts knives on both sides and slide through a teal velvet ribbon what I got from Carousel Ribbon Pack.

On the left side I cut three gaps and slipped in three awesome paper clips from Wild Heart. In the end I added thanks title using these cool alpha stickers. The whole design coordinates so well together. I love the result so much. I hope you find useful today’s post. If you want to try something new this year, feel free to use my ideas.

Thanks for stopping by today! Can’t wait to see what you will create with the stunning Wild Heart collection.

 

 

Supplies:

Wild Heart 12x12 Daze Paper, Wild Heart 12x12 Chipboard, Wild Heart 6x12 Stickers, Wild Heart Paper Clips, Wild Heart Puffy Stickers, Wild Heart Glitter Thickers

Book of Memories for Mom

Hello CP friends! This week, we are honouring mothers. This time round, I decided to bless my mother-in-law a special gift by creating a mini book for her. Over the years, I have been blessed with a kind & loving mother-in-law. She's indeed a beautiful person inside out. 

Every year on her birthday, we will gather all the grandchildren to take a photo with her. It is so fun to see the grandchildren kept adding as the years go by. The best thing is she also changes her facebook profile photo every year with these photos too! And that sure gave me the idea to compile all these photos and surprise her with a Mother's Day gift. And coincidentally, her birthday sometimes fall on Mother’s Day too.

For this mini book, I kept it very simple for each page.This album is simple, fun and pretty easy to put together. I used only a piece of patterned paper called Provence. The back of it has lovely paper tags that I cut them out and used them as my base. I just used mainly stickers in all shapes and sizes + some die-cut pieces as embellishment on the photos. 

 

And the best thing about a ring-bound book is that you can continue to add pages as you go along! I can keep adding pages for her as the year goes by. That would be fun!

 

I made sure that I wrote down the month & year so she could revive those fun memories on her birthdays!

 

 

I absolutely love small photos. They are not only cute but they are perfect size for mini project like this!

 

Just love how lovely this mini album has turned out to be! And I truly hope that my mother-in-law would love it as much as I do! 

Xoxo Jessy

Supplies : Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Flourish - Provence (344377), Cardstock Stickers, Chipboard Stickers (344386), Ephemera Cardstock (344387), Standouts (344396), Cardstock Mini Stickers (344401), Embossed Puffy Stickers (344398), Maggie Holmes Sticker Book (344868)

Mother's Day Mini Album

Hello and welcome to the Crate Paper blog! It’s Bea here, and I’m so excited that this week we’re celebrating Mothers! Being a mom is all about family, and Mother’s day is a great time for creating a mini album about me being a Mom and a daughter. I used the beautiful Flourish collection by Maggie Holmes to document our most favorite family photos from last year.

This mini album is so easy to create, and filling the pockets with tags and photos is really fun! When I gathered all the supplies, I started to construct the base.

The cover is made from the Songbird paper, I trimmed 12x9 section and simply folded up the bottom to create pockets.  I adhered a tag ‘With Love’ as the title, added an ephemera flower with gold leaves to the top and the album is tied shut with ribbon.

I then created some tags for holding photos and journaling. Layering has always been my favorite technique. It definitely gives a lot of depth to my project. On the left side, I incorporated ephemera pieces, gold alphabet stickers and puffy stickers on my tag. On the right I used the beautiful rose gold vellum sheet as the base of the tag, and embellished with stickers and paper clip.

I decided to add hand stitched details to my album to make it more personal. I decorated the flowers with French knot stitching and the top of the pockets with Chain stitching. I also added a tiny piece from the gold decorative trim.

I placed photos, tags into the pockets, and finished my album with adding my journaling.

Do you have any scrapbooking traditions for documenting Mother’s Day? I hope you’ve found some inspiration in today’s post for your next project!

Supplies: Flourish Songbird Paper (344368) Flourish Primrose vellum Paper (344381) Flourish Ephemera (344387) Flourish Thickers Fleur Alpha (344389) Flourish Cardstock Stickers (344401) Flourish Decorative Trim, (344405) Flourish Puffy Gold Thickers (344388), Flourish Tiny Tassels (344399), Flourish Standouts (344396)

Cards for Mom

Hi! It's me Sandra here on the blog today with three Mother's Day cards. Moms are special. And they deserve special cards. Not just on Mother's Day, but on any other day too. Let's celebrate best moms, wild at heart moms or happy moms with this trio of whimsical cards. Being a mom myself I sure know that handmade cards will be appreciated and treasured.

For the first card, I used a white cardstock base. And then step by step, I added different layers of Ephemera Cardstock Die-Cuts and Stickers onto the card. I combined green, gold and black layers and I'm quite satisfied how this combination of colors adds a special touch to the card. The butterfly is definitely the eye-catcher on this card. I attached foam pads under the wings to make them stick up. That way it seems as if the butterfly is about to fly away any minute.

The Planted paper from Wild Heart is the perfect base for the second card. Like the third card, this one was really effortless to make. First, I adhered different heart stickers to the centre of the card. I made sure to use an odd number of hearts for the card. It's just something I like to make. Afterward, I added the title 'best mom' with two different alpha sets. I mixed the Copper Glitter Thickers Stickers and the Charming Alphabet Thickers Stickers to make the title more interesting.

On the third card I combined two different patterned papers. And I tried to achieve a Polaroid look on this card. As the top patterned paper is rather wild, I only added a copper glitter palm leaf and the title 'wild at heart mom'. This card is really special to me because I like the unexpected and wild design of it. 

I hope you like my card inspiration. Have fun creating today.
Supplies: Crate Paper Wild Heart - Planted (344424), Jungle (344428), Chipboard Stickers (344434), Cardstock Stickers (344435), Ephemera Cardstock Die-Cuts (344436), Alphabet Thickers Stickers (344437), Thickers Stickers (344438)