Happy Happy Halloween!

Hi everyone!!  Happy Halloween!!! I hope you have some fun and spoooooky plans for tonight :)  I'm stopping by to share some painted pumpkins, in case you missed them during the Spooky Saturday crop.  I used the materials from the Masquerade Mini Album class kit to decorate these cute little guys.  We're on Chapter 5 (embellishments) over in the class today, there's still time to stop by and catch up on making your mini album by clicking here.

I hope everyone has a fun (and safe!) Halloween today.  I, for one, can't WAIT to see my little one dressed up in his astronaut costume-- I wish this day at work would go faster :)

-Cassie

Fall Decor Layout

Hi everyone! I am still working on scrapbooking *last* year's fall photos, are you guys as behind as I am? I took a bunch of Instax photos last year of the fall decor around my house: pumpkins, fall themed crafts that Charlie made, candy, etc.  I decided to pull out last year's fall kit, Willow Creek, and get to work.  I gravitated right to the Crate Paper tag cut outs and decided to make two banners on either side of my title, "Fall Decor at 16 Germania" (that's my address).

And don't forget to pick up your Halloween kit and sign up for the coordinating mini album class here!  Happy Thursday :)

Cassie

Mini Album Sneaks

Hi friends! I'm sorry my post is so late, I've been very busy working on my Masquerade Mini Album Class!  Here are a few new sneaks for your perusal :) (PS the back cover isn't finished yet as I'm still recording the videos!)

And of course since I'm teaching TWO mini albums in the class I thought it prudent to share some sneaks of the second one as well

This is the class syllabus, and if you have signed up you can expect an email tomorrow inviting you to the Facebook page and also including the Chapter 1 PDF.  The class officially starts Oct 28th so there is plenty of time to sign up, and you can even add the coordinating kit to your regular October shipment (win!)!

Chapter 1: Introduction and supplies
Chapter 2: Constructing your mini album from a cardboard box and creating sturdy pages
Chapter 3: Specialty Pages using supplies like burlap, vellum, paint, punches, etc...
Chapter 4: Flip Albums: two different types of albums and closure ideas for containing flip albums within your mini for extra photo real estate
Chapter 5: Embellishment Techniques: ideas using journaling cards, making your own envelopes, and more
Chapter 6: Designing Your Cover: creating a unique burlap flower and a ribbon closure for your album
Chapter 7: Final thoughts and album walk through

If you'd like to sign up for the class click HERE and you can purchase the kit HERE.  The price is super cheap for both a class (that has 6 videos and 7 PDFs) and a wonderful Noel Mignon kit, so it's a great deal! I've seen classes at Studio Calico, Big Picture Classes, and Two Peas in a Bucket with less content, no coordinating kit, and way more money ;)

Hope you see you all there! The more the merrier :)

Fussy Cutting with Miss Nelson

Hi everyone! I'm stopping by today to share a layout I made using the Miss Nelson kit (Project Life kit is still available!) that uses lots of fussy cutting.

 I loved the MME patterned paper in the kit with the beautiful roses on it so I decided to cut them out and use them on a layout.  Fussy cutting was a technique that took me a while to understand but once I figured out the principle it came pretty easily to me.  The key is to keep your scissors as open as possible while moving the paper through it.  I use a pair of Tim Holtz scissors to fussy cut which are easy to hold and super sharp, they've worked perfectly for me!

  I embellished with some spray mist, enamel dots, bows, and circular photographs

So there you have it! The unique shapes of those flower bunches make my layout look much more dynamic and interesting.

In other news- we still have spots in the upcoming Masquerade Mini Album Class and some coordinating class kits available.  If you're wondering what sort of techniques I'll be sharing with you I'd like to tell you here (photo sneaks are coming soon!).  I will be constructing 2 mini albums in the class: the videos will feature a Halloween themed mini and the PDF instructions will feature a "Summer in Review" mini, both using Noel Mignon kits of course!

Chapter 1: Introduction and supplies
Chapter 2: Constructing your mini album from a cardboard box and creating sturdy pages
Chapter 3: Specialty Pages using supplies like burlap, vellum, paint, punches, etc
Chapter 4: Flip Albums: two different types of albums and closure ideas for containing flip albums within your mini for extra photo real estate
Chapter 5: Embellishment Techniques: ideas using journaling cards, tabs, making your own envelopes, and more
Chapter 6: Designing Your Cover: creating a unique burlap flower and a ribbon closure for your album
Chapter 7: Final thoughts and album walk throughs

And of course there is a giveaway of an Evening Stroll Noel Mignon kit to one lucky particpant who purchase both the class and the kit.  What's not to love?!  Make sure you sign up :)


-Cassie

You & Me

Good morning!

I've got another layout to share with you today using the "Our Summer" kit. 

I have to admit, this one is pretty sappy!

:)

And I am still on a heart-punch-kick!

OK short and sweet from me today!

But don't forget to sign up for Cassandra's fabulous mini album class!!

Just the kit for this class looks spookily delicious!

And Cassandra makes some sweet mini albums so you know that the album you make will be awesome!

You can learn more about her class and sign up for it {here on her blog}.

Do it! Do it!

*****

Have a great day and happy scrapping!