Guest designing for October Afternoon & a winner!

I so excited to be December's guest designer on the October Afternoon blog!  Each Friday of this month I will have projects to share over there.  Here is a link to my introductory post.  And here is the cover to my December mini album that I have been working on.  More on this later...

This in my intro page.

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In other news.... I have a winner from the Pretty Little Studio blog hop that started on Monday...

Congratulations, Jullie Tucker-Wolek!!  You have won a set of this sweet Santa Flair for leaving a comment on my blog!  Email me your mailing address at malika.kelly@gmail.com and I will make sure that goes out to you!

 

product swapping with Heidi Swapp!

All week long on the Epiphany Crafts blog we have a product swap with Heidi Swapp products!  Heidi was so generous with her product, I couldn't help but make two projects!  The first one is a mini album that was inspired by Marcy Penner.  I loved that she made a little book for her kids to help document the days leading up to Christmas, so I decided to use her idea and make my own.  I have used Epiphany Crafts tools and epoxies to make a whole bunch of Heidi Swapp Christmas embellishments to put under my cut out tag.  

I have dangled a couple of charms from the spine of my mini album.

The inside pages just have a number cut out and some patterned paper peeking through.... and lots of machine stitching!

My second project is a layout with a picture from a few Christmases ago.   Stop by the Epiphany Crafts today and all week long for more Heidi Swapp projects and inspiration.

In other news... Chic Tags and Freckled Fawn area also hopping this week.  Stop by the blog to read more about it.

princess tea mini album

Hello!  I have been MIA this week it seems!  With the long weekend, back to school and my baby girl's birthday, my blog seemed to get put on the back burner.  That is OK.  I am back today with a little mini album I made for Epiphany Crafts during our product swap week with Punky Sprouts.  The two companies have great products that really compliment each other! 

I had a bunch of pictures that I had taken of my daughter at a Princess Tea Party put on by a local high school.  This fun Punky Sprouts album was a perfect fit!  I used Punky Sprouts parchment paper circles to make my flowers and topped them with Epiphany Crafts epoxies.   Click here for a few more details on this mini album.  

Here are my inside pages:

 I will be back soon with more of my creations!

Fold It In Workshop

And here are the details!


Fold It In is a brand new workshop from rukristin papercrafts! 

Make your own mini-book in minutes with an amazingly versatile accordion album. Learn this technique once and use it to make dozens of unique mini-albums. With over 80 pages of inspiration from 10 different contributors there is an style for everyone and a theme for every occasion.

Workshop Cost: $12

What's included:
*A 30+ page workshop with Step-by-Step instructions for creating an accordion album from start to finish.
*A supplementary .pdf with albums from 10 amazing contributors, each with a different perspective and unique style.
*Tips & Tricks for using your stash to complete an entire album from several contributors.
*A private facebook group for questions, community, and a place for participants to share their  albums.

 Click here to Purchase the Workshop

Pick up the limited edition Fold It In Kit with awesome products from Dear Lizzy, Freckled Fawn, and more. Details here: http://rukristin.bigcartel.com/product/fold-it-in-mini-album-kit

If you have any questions about the workshop or the kit; please contact rukristinpapercrafts@gmail.com

As an affiliate with Rukristin Papercrafts, I do receive a small commission when one of my readers buys a workshop through the link above. There is never any extra cost to the reader. 

Fold It In workshop

Good morning!  I have some exciting news today!

 I am one of the contributors to this awesome workshop coming May 1st!  Check back in the next week or two for more details, sneak peeks of my album and information on how to sign up!  I would love for you to join me and learn how to make these awesome versatile mini albums.  We have a super talented group of designers that will be sure to inspire you as you create.

More on this workshop coming soon!

Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm + Epiphany Crafts

Happy Monday.  I have been working away on my This is ME class that I am taking this month at Studio Calico.  I have some of the pages ready to share with you today.  I am using Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm collection and of course making some of my own embellishments using my Epiphany Crafts tools.  I really like how I can make my own little bits of embellies to match my paper or my style.  Check it out:

And stop by the Epiphany Crafts blog today to see more details of my This is ME album.

more december daily

And as I promised, here are days 5, 6 and 7.  Like I said, in my previous post, I am keeping it simple this year.  A picture, just a few notes and some embellishments.   I made all of my little number tags in advance, so that helped with making it easier.  Each number tag is like an embellishment for the page.

Thanks for stopping by!

a december daily update

Well, I am finally updating my blog with some of my December Daily pages.  I am trying to keep it way simpler this year...since I have other projects that I need to keep up with.  And I have to say, I am struggling to keep afloat.  It is easier for me to do a couple pages at a time because of the printing of the pictures.  I want to print a couple of days worth at one sitting... Anyway, I am making it work.  I love this project.  I love to pull out the previous year's book and read about our lives!  I also love all of the Christmas papers and goodies.  What better excuse to have to buy it??... a December Daily.  So here are some the pages I have completed...

Every once in a while, I have thrown in a 4x6 page protector just as an extra decorative page.

I've got more pages for tomorrow's post.