October Afternoon Mini Books

Happy Monday everyone. I am fresh off a week's vacation with my wonderful family. We had so much fun swimming, cooking, fishing, and hanging out. How blessed am I!

Before I left for vacation I made these mini books for my nieces and nephews. I thought it would be cute to have them make books of their own. Well, I made the books, but they created the stories.

This is how I made them...

I took an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of white printer paper.

I cut a piece 4 inches high and 8 1/2 inches long.

I scored it in half at 4 1/4 inches.

Then I trimmed it to 4 inches.

I took a piece of twine and tied the paper together to form a book.



I used October Afternoon 8x8 paper for the cover.

Here, I cut a piece of cardstock 1 inch wide by 4 inches tall.

Then I scored that piece at 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch, 5/8 inch, and 3/4 inch.

Then I fold the cardstock to look like the above piece.



I adhered this "book edge" piece to the paper pages.



Then I cut 2 pieces of matching cardstock 4x4 and adhered it to the front and back paper pages.

Now my mini book is created.



I made 6 little books.

The circles in the center were paper punched for the title of the books.



Supplies

October Afternoon "Woodland Park" 8x8 paper pad

found here for $8.75

Hope you enjoyed this little project. It was a big hit with the kiddos. And a fun project for me to make!

"Shop Pumpkin Spice" April Blog Hop

Welcome to the April Pumpkin Spice Blog Hop. Today we are celebrating everything eggs.

I created this egg card for my mother for Easter. It was my time to use some serious glitter!! I don't always bust out the glitter, but when I do...it's amazing! After cutting the eggs using my Cricut, I covered them with Glossy Accents and sprinkled them with glitter. To give them some definition, I inked the edges with dark green ink.

Supplies

October Afternoon "Cakewalk" 8x8 paper pad

found here for $8.75

Glossy Accents

found here for $1.74

Prima rhinestones

found here for $2.10

Blog Hop Order:
June: http://www.simplyelegantpapercrafts.blogspot.com
Lezlye: http://lezlyes.blogspot.com/
Missy:  www.quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com
Saundra: http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com
Marlene: http://scrappincookie.blogspot.com
Carissa:  http://happilyeverpapercrafter.blogspot.com/
Court: http://www.courtscrafts.blogspot.com/
Agnes (FLOWERDISCO): http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/
Tanya:  http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com/
Heather: www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com
Cheryl (Shestamps): http://shestamps.blogspot.com/
Denine www.pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com

We'd love to see you participate in this week's challenge : EGGS. So create something hard boiled or sunny-side-up and link it to the Pumpkin Spice Blog.

Now head on over to the super talented Court's Crafts. I'm sure she's got something EGGactly your style!

"Cakewalk" Card Set

It's so wonderful to see you again crafty friends.

Today is my day to post on the Pumpkin Spice Blog. I am happy to share with you a set of cards I created using the October Afternoon "Cakewalk" 8x8 paper pad. The quality of this paper is just amazing. And I love how the papers are loose, so you can move them around to see how they go together.

When I started looking through these paper I immediately thought of my grandma. These papers are just her style; vintage with a hint of whimsy and pastel colors. So I decided to make her this set of cards. The die cuts are from "A Child's Year" Cricut cartridge. Each image reminds me of something I would have done at my grandma's house ages ago.

 Each of the cards measure 4x4.

 In these cards I used twine as an embellishment. 

All of the layers of paper are popped up with dimensional tape.

It looks really neat in person.

 Here I used enamel dots as my embellishments.

These die cuts really hit home. We would play dress-up and rocking horse all the time!!

And of course, my new obsession...

...making matching envelopes with everything.

Here I made kraft envelopes and used scraps of patterned paper on the edge.

Supplies:

October Afternoon "Cakewalk" 8x8 paper pad

found here for $8.95

Carta Bella linen cardstock

found here for $0.35

Bazzill Kraft cardstock

found here for $0.28

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

found here for $12.95

Twine and Jute Twine

found here

Spellbinders "Lacy Squares"

order via email from the catalog

My Mind's Eye "Enamel Dots"

found here for $2.79

A Child's Year Cricut cartridge

dimensional tape

Be sure to check out this week's challenge : green and 4 of something!! How fun is that!! Then just link your creation here to be eligible for some big prizes at the end of the month. And the prizes are awesome! I'm talking a whole paper line with embellishments awesome.Or a monthly order lottery winner! I would love having my shopping cart pay for itself.

Have a great week everyone!