Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Guest-Designer-Lala-Palooza Carri ~ Abusybee

I am so honored to be a guest designer today for Alex at You Had me at Craft! I have been a follower of Alex since the start and learned how to do chalking  when she posted a video for "LEARN A TECHNIQUES"  BLOG HOP back in June 2010! (Thanks Alex!) Time sure flies when you are having fun!

Today I wanted to share how I make a mini scrapbook using only one sheet of 12X12 Paper.

Take one double-sided 12X12 paper


Score top at 3/4" - 4 1/2" - 8 1/2"
Turn paper once to the left and make cut lines at 4" and 8"

Turn paper two times to the left; 1st 3/4" square mark as discard
2nd box mark # 2
3rd box mark # 1

You do not have to mark up your paper, you can just score and cut as you go, I just marked mine to show what it would look like.

I score my lines first using my Martha Stewart Score Pal


 Then Fold the score lines


Next cut along the 4" and 8" marks discard the top left 3/4 discard piece


 Now adhere strip # 2 to the strip that had the discarded strip


Then adhere the entire strip to the # 1


 Then fold!

Now you have a mini book! 18 pages long! Each page appx 3 3/4" by 4"

Now for the fun part! Time to pull out all those scraps and start decorating!

Here is my completed Halloween book! I hope you enjoyed my mini tutorial and project!

Thank You Alex for inviting me to be guest designer!

Entering into:
Really Reasonable Ribbon: Halloween + Ribbon

Tuesday Throwdown: Halloween 


More Than Favors: Purple Orange Green Black
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27 comments:

  1. Dr Sonia S VOctober 5, 2011 at 2:44 AM

    Carri Congrats on being featured at Alex site

    Cheers
    Sonia
    http://cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

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  2. Sunshine HoneyBeeOctober 5, 2011 at 5:06 AM

    Congrats on Guest Designer. Like your Halloween mini book. There's a challenge at Tuesday Throwdown #69 Halloween that you can enter this in. There are some color challenges that you can ck out to see if you have the correct color combos: Paper Playtime Ch#57 Cricut Creations use black, orange & purple and More Than Favors Wacky Wed #54 use purple, green, orange & black. Thanks for tutorial. I'll have to try to make one.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"
    http://CreatedbySunshineHoneyBee.blogspot.com

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  3. JulieKOctober 5, 2011 at 5:52 AM

    Congratulations on your Guest Spot!! Your mini is such a great idea- I'll have to try one!

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  4. JovanOctober 5, 2011 at 6:54 AM

    SUper cute! Congrats!

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  5. DocerelaOctober 5, 2011 at 7:28 AM

    Whoohooo!!!! Congrats on being a guest designer. I love all your projects. Thank you for sharing this card. Great Job!


    Catarina

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  6. LucyOctober 5, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    Just found you via your guest spot with Alex. You do awesome stuff! I'll be sure to follow from now on! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Creations by ShirlOctober 5, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Congrats on being a G/D - well deserved Carrie!
    love this mini scrapbook - great idea....
    You are sure cranking up your projects....
    Love it!
    Oh yeah - I'll be adding more candy to my bin by end of this week....

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  8. DixieOctober 5, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Congrats on your guest designer spot! Your mini book is wonderful, and so is your tutorial. I love that you can make it from just one 12 x 12 sheet!

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  9. Pat N.October 5, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    Love your mini-album, Carri! It's adorable! TFS your instructions for that!--Pat

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  10. GloriaOctober 5, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Congratulations on Guest Designing! Great project and thanks for the tutorial.

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  11. JeanOctober 5, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    Love this album. All of the papers you used are great. Congrats on the guest designer spot.

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  12. Sandy from UkiahOctober 5, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    Very very cute mini album.. Congrats on being the GT... very nice tutorial.. you made it looks pretty easy to do...

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  13. Yoshiras time to craftOctober 5, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    congrats on your guest designer.love the mini album.Like your tutorial also.tfs

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  14. Audrey FrelxOctober 5, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    Congratulations on your guest spot over at "You had me at craft" and your mini is just adorable!!! Great job!

    Thanks for taking the time to come over to visit with me; I truly appreciate your friendship and support!

    Hugs!

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  15. KarenOctober 5, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    Well deserved guest stop. Fabulous project!

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  16. DIANA L.October 5, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    Congrats Carri great job on your project love that little album. Those are the cutest little ghosts on the turquoise paper. I see why Alex picked you.
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogsot.com

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  17. DOctober 5, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    What a great way to use up some scraps. Your mini is adorable!

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  18. MiamiKelOctober 5, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    How charming this is! What a creative book :) And how fun to be a Guest DT _ they are lucky to have you - love your work! x0x0

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  19. Stacy H-WOctober 5, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    Carri, this is awesome! I will have to try it. Maybe this weekend when Denise is here visiting. When is your camping trip??? Find any hotels to stay at??!! LOL My trip is coming up and I can hardly wait! WOO HOO!

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  20. CelyOctober 6, 2011 at 3:14 AM

    wow! this is so super cute! thanks for the pics, i need to try this one!

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  21. TaraOctober 6, 2011 at 6:45 AM

    This is fabulous! Thanks for the great tutorial!
    Tara

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  22. Sherrie K.October 6, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    Congrats Carri on your GD spot!!! I love your project~need to make one sometime:) Sorry, I haven't been around a lot...super busy since I got back on Sun. My life needs to settle down. I miss my crafting and blogging:( BAD!!
    Have a good night my friend!
    Sherrie K
    http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  23. AnonymousOctober 8, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    Such a fabulous project!! I love the fun Halloween papers!! congrats on your GDT!! Thanks so much for joining with us at the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge this week!! Hope you will join us again! *Vicki* - Oct GDT

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  24. LisaOctober 9, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    Congrats on your Guest Designer spot, Carri - you did a fabulous job! The papers you used are so awesome and your tutorial rocks! I love this!! :D

    Lisa
    http://indymermaid.blogspot.com

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  25. flowerdiscoOctober 9, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    your mini is adorable and the pp's so pretty. :)

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  26. Connie M.October 12, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    This is such and adorable mini! Thanks so much for playing in the Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge! Connie

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  27. KateOctober 15, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    Congratulations on your guest designer spot! That album is amazing! I couldn't believe it when I read it was just one sheet of 12x12 paper! Fantastic! Love all your scraps, too! What a fun little album!

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