Squash book using the Magical Unicorns paper pack + Tutorial

Hello Crafty Folks,

This is Manu and I'm excited to share a  new cute little mini album with you today.
This album has a different structure and it is a lovely one.

I have used the newly launched paper pack called Magical Unicorn which comes in a 12*12 and a 6*6 size along with the Motif sheet. The best part about this collection is that for those who dislike the fussy cutting, there is an option of buying the die cuts (of course of the motif sheet) as a seperate part and leave the hassle of doing the fussy cutting all the way long.
The die cuts are also an easier way of saving a lot of time, but I do love fussy cutting and I totally love fussy cutting with my scissors.

I also have a little tutotial on how to make the base of this squash mini album and Lets checkout how this album looks like.

Above is the closed look of the album. I have kept the front relatively simple to highlight the pretty colors and the uber cute Unicorn from the die cuts pack. I totally loved the Unicorns from this paper pack.

 And here is the complete look when this album is opened up. The album looks teeny tiny at the first look, but once opened up, it has ample of space for writing down messages and putting up the pics.

The best part, I have put up a little flaps on two of the insides, which once opened up reveals more space. We would look into those later on in the pictures, lets first head over to the part where I show how to make the base structure of this little mini album.

** The list of all the products used have been listed at the bottom of this project and you may want to checkout the complete list. If there is anything you may need an answer for, please drop in a comment and I will make sure to reply back. **

Lets start.

1.

Take 3 cardstock pieces of 8.5*8.5 inches and score at 4.25 and 4.25 from both the sides resulting in a intersecting scoring as in the picture below.

Also score at one diagonal point to another as shown in the picture below ( From end to end).

Now you will be having 3 pieces of 8.5*8.5 inch cardstock as in the pic above. Carefully fold the cardstock inwards where there is a diagonal scoring to make it easy to fold the complete card later on.

Now place your pieces together as in the pic above and tape the intersecting square together. Remember to place the middle cardstock on top of the first and the third cardstocks. 

Once the interesting portions have been glued together, Fold the first cardstock inwards, the second outwards and the third again inwards to fold it together.

Once this base structure is done, run your imagination wild and embellish the insides in the way you wish to.

Here are some of the snapshots of the insides of this little mini the way I did. 

I loved the bubbly colors this collection had to offer and used a lot of die cuts from the die cut element pack to embellish this little mini. 

To peck up things, I also kept  a little flap that opens up and tied it with a funky looking thread. This insert when opens up can hold pictures and looks like the way it looks in the picture below.

The Newly released Dress My Craft dies adds a additional charm to the project.

Now that's a lot of pictures, I loved clicking the pics from all the sides and truly loved the true blue colorful and cheerful look this album has.

I hope you liked this little mini of mine and have been inspired to make one for yourself. 

Products Used:

1. Magical Unicorn 12*12

2. Magical Unicorn Die Cut pack

3. Magical Unicorn Motif Sheet

4. Premium White Cardstock - 240 GSM

5. Foliage & Leaves # 12 - Flower Making Cutting Dies

6.Hugs and kisses die

7. Foliage & Leaves # 7 - Flower Making Cutting Dies

8. Floral Sentiments - Faith & Dream - Sentiment Dies 

9. NESTING CIRCLES - BASIC  10. POINTED DAISY FLOWER -  11. Ultimate Die Cleaning Tool

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Duo of Mixed Media cards with Magnolia's paper pack

Hello Crafty Souls,

Manu here from A Handfull of Art. I'm here with a duo of Mixed Media cards that I have made with the Magnolia's paper pack. The richness of blues and the vintag(y) look of this paper pack makes it very ideal for the Mixed Media as well as the everyday albums. The paper pack has florals in pink hues and is a sure treat!
The best part is that this paper pack is available in 2 sizes and caters best to the needs of a scrapbooker as well as a card maker. The sizes available are 12*12 and 6*6 inches.


Lets checkout the duo of the MM Cards.



The duo uses all elements mainly from the paper pack and the element sheets.

Lets checkout some more closeups of the entire duo of the cards. 

I hope you all liked the cards and would surely want to try this paper pack out. All the embellishments used can be found on the Crafter Corner website which is a one hub destination for all your craft needs.

Products used:
1. Magnolias collection kit
2. Sequins family Set

Pregnancy journal with Floral Symphony paper pack

Hello Crafty Souls,

I hope you all are loving the pretty awesomeness the Dress My Craft design team members are bringing to you with the newly launched paper pack 'Floral Symphony'. If you are a flowery person, then this pack if a perfect one for you! With blues and purples as the major hues, this pack brings in a perfect harmony such that the papers can be used for a wide variety of projects such as Albums, handmade cards etc.

Floral Symphony comes in two sizes, a 12*12 paper pack and a 6*6 inches paper pack along with the motif sheet. I'm quite hooked onto this paper pack and after trying my hands on a 3D pop up which you can checkout here, I thought of trying these paper for another album which was based on the pregnancy theme, and I was absolutely thrilled at the outcome. This paper pack is a complete bundle in itself and I loved the result of the album's completed look.

I'm sharing the same album today and I hope that you will love the album as much as I loved making the same!
I love making albums and always on a lookout on the pretty papers which will transform the albums into something very much cherishable.

I totally loved that the flowery papers gave a superb backdrop to the cover page of the album!

Lots of mulberry flowers from Dress My Craft add more glory to the album.

The purple and the blues hues are captivating and the flowers brings life into the album. I loved how the flowers can be fussy cut and adhered in the whole album!
Lets checkout some more gorgeous pictures from the album.

Hope you liked the album and would love to play with this paper pack.

Products Used:

Mulberry roses
Floral symphony papers
Floral oriental cardstock 
Mudra Chipzeb

Magnolia Explosion box + tutorial

Hi Friends

I am so excited with the reveal of Magnolia papers at DressMyCraft. They are such a delight to work with ! The blues and the pinks with some garden papers are such a beautiful mix of colors along with the jaw dropping images , the car loaded with flowers, dream catchers, window panes with flower buckets..ooh .. simply droolworthy <3 <3

There are also co ordinating motif sheets that are absolutely amazing for some easy fussy cutting when you do not want to waste the paper and also gives you a very good size of the image.

Another new introduction are the flower pearls, these are gorgeous colored beads that can be used in so many ways , especially with mixed media madness, they are a must have !

Moving to my creation for today, I made an explosion box in mixed media style ! The papers, motif sheets and a lot of fussy cutting are really the highlight, the papers and prints do the ,agic and combine it with flower pearls and DMC sequins, viola ..its done ! I have a step by step process for you to enjoy !

Here is what I made , following this would be how I made : )

For me, the cutest image was this car and I just kept thinking of a spring wedding when I looked at it ! Luckily I had a sentiment that conveyed exactly how I was feeling .

Like I said, the flowers and all other motifs from the paper itself , stole the show :P

Instructions:

Step1:

The explosion box measures 12x12 inches when open and 4x4 inches when closed with a lid, like a box. So I started with a 12x12 inches sheet of white cardstock and scored at 4" & 8" on both the sides of the paper.

The squares marked 'X' at the 4 corners were removed and I scored rest of the lines to form the box.

Step2:

Next I have cut a plain pink cardstock as a base on the white cardstock , just to add some interest and layered it with Magnolia papers

Step3:

Step 3 was to start putting together each of the 4 squares and embellish with some fussy cut images, I will post a separate picture of each square so you can notice what I have done

I have distressed the edges of pattern paper with a scissors and added some cheesecloth sprayed with Lindy's mist.

This fussy cut image from the motif sheet has the windows opened using a cutter so later I can add some sequins/ glitter/ beads.

Fussy cut flowers and a heart shape form the center of this square.

And the 4th one has a fussy cut dream catcher from the motif sheet again along with flowers cut from one of the papers

Step 4:

To each side I now added a sticker/ rufia/ pollen and for that mixed media finish, I added flower pearls and sequins

Step 5:

To make the center of the explosion box, I took a piece of thermocol a little smaller than the center (4x4 inches) and wrapped a fussy cut fence around it from the Magnolia papers

I made some cuts in the thermocol with a cutter and added thinly cut transparent sheet to which I wanted to add some fussy cut flowers.

Here is how it turned out

Step 6:

For the lid, I used a 6x6 inches paper, score at 1" from all four sides.

I did some fussy cutting and added flowers , leaves from DMC to complete the lid

Here is how I finally arranged it

Ta da ..!! Its done ! I hope you like it, do check out the supplies list below

Magnolia papers
Flower pearls
Leaves
Roses
Sequins
Fairy flowers
Magnolias motif sheet


Ciao

Shubhra