SNOW MUCH FUN WINTER MINI ALBUM | with Conny

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Conny here from The Daily Life of Creativity, and today I’m sharing this 8 1/4” x 5 1/2” mini album created using the Snow Much Fun collection. This album has lots of pages, and the middle booklet uses acetate for a book. It was so much fun to put together using this beautiful wintery collection. Check out the process Video.

Let’s get started! I started with chipboard: (2) covers measuring 8 1/4” x 5 1/2” and (1) spine measuring 1 3/4” x 6 1/2”. Cut (1) 10” x 7 1/8” from each of the following papers:  Snow Much Fun and  Ice Crystal. I turned the paper so the branding strip is vertical, up and down, then adhered the chipboard covers to the 10” x 7 1/8” pieces. I used Snow Much Fun with the images facing out and  Ice Crystal with the snowflake side facing out.

 

I placed the chipboard centered, leaving about 3/4” on all sides, using a cover guide tool and adhesive . I then mitered all four corners with diagonal cuts. If you don’t have a cover guide tool, trim about 1/8” away from each chipboard corner to ensure clean wrapping. I then wrapped all four sides of each cover using adhesive of your choice.

 Next I cut (1) Teal coordinating cardstock or Robin’s Egg measuring 3 3/8” x 8 3/8”.  I adhered the 1 3/4” x 6 1/2” spine in the center, again leaving about 3/4” on all sides. Next I cut (1) 4 7/8” x 6 1/2” from Ice Crystals and adhere the wrapped spine in the center, leaving roughly 1 1/2” flaps on both sides. When adhering the spine to the covers, try to keep it centered. It is roughly about 7/8” from the top and bottom. Assemble in this order: cover, spine, then cover.

 For the inside covers,  I cut (2) pieces measuring 8 1/8” x 5 3/8” from Snow Happy Together and adhered them to the inside covers to cover the chipboard fully.  I then cut (2) white 110 lb cardstock at 8” x 10 1/2” for the pages. They were scored on the longest side at 5” and 5 5/12”. The pages will have a 1/2” spine. These pages were adhered to the spine 1/8” in, leaving about 1/4” in the middle for the booklet that will be added next, and 1/8” in the front and back pages.

 For the booklet, I cut (1)  Let It Snow heavyweight acetate measuring 8” x 10” and score on the 10” side at 5”. I Cut (1) purple coordinating cardstock at 8” x 9 3/4” and scored on the longest side in the middle at 4 7/8”. I Cut (1) 8” x 8 3/4” from Wintery Woods and score in the middle of the 8 3/4” side at 4 3/8”.

 Using a hole punch, I punched two holes along the score line at the top and bottom, about 1” in, and bind using twine. I used the Crop-A-Dile (We R Makers) with the smaller holes. The hole punch was also used on the spine between the single pages of white cardstock, which has 1/4” punch holes in the middle

 For mats and layers, I cut (2) pieces measuring 4 3/4” x 7 3/4” from each of the following papers:  Snow Day,  Ice Crystals,  All Bundled Up, and  Frosted Friends. 

To decorate the cover page, I used one of the cards, then created a cluster inside the little circle with the Penguins pals, Colorful snowflakes, and  Chit Chats.

 To finish the album, I embellished with odds and ends, stickers, and mini icons. Two pages include flip-up pages. For those, cut two pieces of white cardstock measuring 4” x 5 1/2” and score on the long side at 1/2”. One flip page was adhered to the front page, and the second one was adhered to the second page. 

 Thank you so much for stopping by and I can’t wait to see you creating this mini album. If you’d like to watch the process video, head over to my YouTube channel, where I’ll have the video available for you to follow along.

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

8388 ice crystals - double-sided cardstock

8349 snow much fun mini jewels

8386 wintery woods - double-sided cardstock

8379 snow much fun - double-sided cardstock

8389 snow happy together - double-sided cardstock

9008 robin’s egg textured cardstock

8359 snow much fun puffy icons stickers

8381 snow day - double-sided cardstock

8377 Let It Snow heavyweight acetate

8358 snow much fun mini icons stickers

8357 penguin pals doodle-pops

8347 snow colorful shape sprinkles

8372 Snow Much fun - Bits and Pieces 
8371 Snow Much Fun Chit Chat 
8370 Snow Much Fun Odds & Ends 

8387  Snow much fun assortment cards and envelopes

OTHER

White 110lb cardstock
Cutting and Scoring Board

Liquid Glue

Twine
Chipboard

Crop-A-Dile 
Foam Adhesive 

SNOW MUCH FUN WINTER BANNER | with Jen

I like making small seasonal banners for my craft room. I realized I didn't have a winter themed one I liked so I decided to use the Snow Much Fun collection to fix that!

My banner pieces are 4" x 6" and are layered to create a shaker on each. I used my Cricut and basic shapes to cut my banner and the top pieces. The bases are cut from the coordinating solids so that the snowflakes on the acetate would show better. The tops were cut from the 6x6 paper pad so I could use the smaller prints. 

To assemble each banner piece I added strong tape to the back of the banner piece with the centers cut out. Rather than try and cut the acetate with my Cricut I just cut the sheet into 4" x 6" pieces. I adhered the piece to the acetate and then used my scissors to cut out anything that was hanging over. I then added foam tape to the base piece and added my Snow Crystals Shakers and then finished assembly.

Next I cut my letters using my cricut and cut them from both grey and black and layered them together to create a little shadow. I also cut the large snowflake using the Snow Fun Snowflakes 4 file available in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop. I added two shadow layers to the snowflakes using the offset function in Design Space. 

Finally, I strung it all together using Lilac Chunky Twine. I embellished with Odds and Ends pieces and an entire pack of the Snow Much Fun Sprinkles Assortment. 

Have a great day!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

8374 Snow Much Fun 6x6 Pad
8370 Snow Much Fun Odds and Ends
8393 Doodlebug Solid Cardstock
8377 let it snow - heavyweight acetate
8344 Snow Much Fun Sprinkles Assortment
8419 Ice Crystals Shakers
4813 Lilac Chunky Twine
Snow Much Fun Snowflakes SVG

SNOW MUCH FUN - CIRCLE MINI ALBUM | with Traci

Hey crafty friends! Traci here and today, I'm sharing a cute winter mini album made with the adorable Snow Much Fun Collection and my Acrylic Circle Petal Album. This little scrapbook has a fun shape with cut-outs on the cover that show off all the pretty pattern papers and cool winter colors. They're all so beautiful!

On the front, I layered two circles cut from the gorgeous blue jean paper (Wintery Woods) and the colorful snowflake print (Snow Day). Then, I added the cute scalloped snowman sticker from the This & That sheet. 

Inside the cover, I chose the pistachio print (Frozen Flurry) for the background, then embellished with 2 die cuts from the Chit Chat. And for a little winter sparkle, I added colorful mini jewels to each of the snowflakes.

Next, I cut 4 circles out of white card stock for my pages. This gave me 8 layouts to decorate and add photos to, but you could add more if needed. I also created 1 flippie and 2 fun pockets with journaling cards for extra photo space.

This first page is the one that shows through the cut-outs on the cover, so I used a 2" circle punch and added lots of colorful pattern papers. For the photo mat in the center, I used the Wintery Woods paper.

This next page is filled with cuteness! The Snow Much Fun print in the background has lots of adorable images of snowmen, winter animals, a yeti, skiers, and hot cocoa. I added a square photo mat, then embellished with die cuts from the Odds & Ends and a word bubble from the This & That stickers.

Check out this fun pocket page and the colorful stripes. I decorated the edge of the pocket with a scalloped This & That border sticker, then added die cuts from the Chit Chat and Odds & Ends. Then, I tucked some cute journaling cards inside that are from the 12x12 Cold Streak print.

Here, I created a folding card with space inside for 2 photos, AND ... another handy dandy pocket. I used a 3x4 card from the Frozen Flurry print to create the flippie and adhered it to the page on 3 sides only. This way, I could tuck the Bits & Pieces tags and clipboard in the top to be used for journaling!

I hope you love this winter mini album and the Snow Much Fun Collection as much as I do!  To see my spring version of this acrylic album that's made with Doodlebug's Over The Rainbow Collection, click here. 

If you would like to recreate today's Let It Snow Scrapbook ... the acrylic album and instructions are available in my shop. Have a crafty day! 😊

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

8391 Snow Much Fun Collection 12x12 Paper Pack

8374 Snow Much Fun Collection 6x6 Paper Pad

8370 Odds & Ends

8371 Chit Chat 

8372 Bits & Pieces

8376 This & That Stickers

8349 Mini Jewels

  

OTHER

Acrylic Circle Petal Album by Artsy Albums

Clear Acrylic Stand by Artsy Albums