Surf's Up Blog Hop - Damask Divas

Hi and Welcome to another exciting blog hop from the Damask Divas!  This month, we have created projects using the new paper pack, Surf's Up.  This paper is packed with beach themed designs and is perfect for displaying your summer photos.

If you came from Traci Williams' blog, you are in the right place.  If you have jumped here and just discovered our blog hop, feel free to check out the full list of participants on the Damask Divas blog.

My project is a mini album using photos from our recent vacation in beautiful southern California.  It has been a year since we moved to the east coast and we definitely miss the west!  I wanted to create this album so we could look back and remember the fun day we had playing in the sand.

Thank you for visiting today!  The next blog belongs to Shirley Bernal.  I hope you have a great time on our hop checking out all of the creations using the Surf's Up paper pack.  If you get lost feel free to return to the Damask Divas blog to get back on track.  Have a great day!

Supplies used are:

Surf's Up paper

Surf's Up Stickease

Colonial White cardstock

Chocolate and Sorbet ink pads

Burlap ribbon

Family Love stamp

Just Chillin' stamp

My Creations Bookmark album (retired)

Canvas Badge buttons (while supplies last item)

Shimmer Designer Brads (retired)

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"My Sunshine" Mini Album

I finally finished this cute little mini album today and I love the way it came out!  My family was visiting for two weeks around Easter and I wanted to make something cute with some of the pictures I took.  The April Stamp of the Month "My Sunshine" was perfect for this project.

I used the Cricut Artiste cartridge for all of the shape cuts and the pages of the album.  The Artiste cartridge has several mini album projects and lots of shapes that can be customized as pages.

I wanted this album to be very bright and colorful.  The main colors that I used are Lagoon, Sunset, Honey, and Pear.  I used a little Cotton Candy too.  The pages are made from White Daisy cardstock and Kraft cardstock.

The back of the book is covered with one of the B & T duos from the Buzz and Bumble paper pack and the sunset paper came from there too.

You can get this stamp for only $5.00! Just visit my website this month and add it to your purchase of $50 or more. You can also purchase it by itself for $17.95. Pick whichever way is best for you but don't miss out, it is only available this month.

My Supplies:

Lagoon, Sunset, Honey, Pear, Cotton Candy, Brown Bag (nla) stamp pads
Purchase the Adventure Exclusive Inks Mini Pads Set and get all 4 main colors (and Cotton Candy) plus more for only $19.95.

Small My Creations Paper Pouch
Bitty Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems
Bakers Twine Paradise Assortment
Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Blue and Green Epoxy Bubbles
Liquid Glass
Wooden Buttons (while supplies last item)

I hope you enjoyed looking at my "My Sunshine" Mini Album.  Your comments are appreciated!

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Flirty Mini Book

Hello and Happy Presidents' Day!

I wanted to share a mini book that I created using the Close to my Heart Flirty paper pack.  I love mini albums and this one looked fun and easy.  I was inspired by a video that I saw on the Close to my Heart YouTube channel and the Flirty paper was only $1.75 in the While Supplies Last section on my website!  But, sadly it is gone now.  Make sure you check this section often so you don't miss a great deal!

This is the Project Inspirations: Mini Album video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=B4WguqBLxCc

Here is my book

I used the stamp set Love Blooms for the cover sentiment, flowers, leaves and on the inside papers -
It coordinates perfectly with this paper pack.  I used more shapes inside so I could add more pics and journaling.  It made it a little harder to sew in the spine but i made it happen :)

Check out the video and create a fun mini book of your own!

The other products that I used are:
The Flirty paper pack (NLA)
Flirty complements (only $1.50 while supplies last!)
Cricut Artiste
Glitter paper
Grosgrain ribbon-chocolate
Mini medley in colonial white (NLA)
Opaques - mocha
Foundry binder clips
Harvest bakers twine
White daisy card stock
Liquid glass
Exclusive inks stamp pads in Sunset, Chocolate, Slate, Hollyhock, Archival black

*If you are interested in purchasing any of these products, just click on the links or visit my website HERE to browse for yourself.  Don't forget to join my gathering or contact me to create one of your own and earn free products!

Damask Divas For Always Blog Hop

Welcome to my Creating Fun Crafts Blog!

If you came from Sandra Rosario's blog, you are in the right place.  If you have jumped here and just discovered our blog hop, feel free to check the list at Damask Divas blog http://www.damaskdivas.com/bloghopforalways to find the complete list of blog hop participants.

With the For Always paper pack, I made a fun and chunky Love Story mini album.  I used the chipboard pages that came with my Artiste collection, the *For Always Workshop on the Go Scrapbooking Kit (item # G1055) and some other accessories.   

        I decorated each page leaving room for journaling and small pictures.  

 I used liquid glass to add shine and texture to the yellow stamped flowers. 

The items used to make this album are:

Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

*For Always paper packet (x7165b)

White Daisy cardstock

*For Always assortment (z1811)

Sparkles Black & Grey assortment

Dimensional Elements album pages

Bakers Twine Paradise assortment and Neutral assortment

Black striped grosgrain ribbon

Black Tulle ribbon

*Shimmer Trim in black (z1809) and silver

Liquid Glass

Archival Black stamp pad

Exclusive ink stamp pads in Honey, Slate, White daisy

I hope you like my album!  

Check out all of the new products now available to order in the new Spring/Summer Idea book HERE!

  The next blog on the list is Carolyn Canales - 

http://craftingwithcarolyn.blogspot.com/2013/01/for-always.html.  

Hope you have a great time on our hop and checking out all the creations using the For Always Paper Pack. If you get lost, just hop on over to http://www.damaskdivas.com/bloghopforalways for the full list.


 *Exciting new item

Camping Mini Album

My family and I have taken a few road trips over the years and we are about to take our biggest one yet.  We are driving across country from our home here in beautiful Southern California to Virginia.  I plan to take lots of pictures and I want to display them in a fun and creative way.  As I was looking around on the Internet, I came across an album that someone else had made using the Campin' Critters Cartridge.  I decided to do my own version and this is what I came up with!

                                                                           

It has a few more blank pages for pictures and journal writing that I didn't take pictures of.  It is a good size book, I cut the pages at 6" and the decorations at 4".  Once I arrange the pages how I want them to be I will attach them with jump rings and it will be ready for some pictures!