From My Kitchen Recipe Album

Another great design by Kathy Files of Paper Phenomenon, she's "phenomenal". Kathy's designs are not only fantastic looking and functional, they are also much easier than they look.

The paper is DCWV Nana's Kitchen Stack and the Cricut cartridge for the cover is "From My Kitchen"

Cricut Cartridge Storage

After trying various storage ideas (first I just had the boxes on a shelf, then I moved to the Plano Flip Up thingy, then to a binder with baseball card pages - that one was a really bad idea!) I think I have finally found something that works for me. (I have a Gypsy but I still use DS quite a bit, so I need easy access to my cartridges)

Here's a view from the side

and here it is from above

I bought a clear flat storage box @ The Container Store and made boxes for each of my cartridges.  I got the idea for the boxes from Okie's blog (okieladybugsscrapnmore.blogspot.com WOW that's a long blog name!)  I made a few adjustments so that the labels were visible from above. The box will hold up to 84 cartridges and it fits perfectly on the shelf above my Cricut.



these are the boxes for the cartridges



Exploding Envelope Box

This is my take on the Exploding Envelope Box inspired by Laura (Following the Paper Trail).

 I used her instructions for the "paper" version (not the envelope version).

Finally Finished the Back Pack Mini

It's taken awhile, but I've finally finished the BackPack Mini from Kathy Files' Ustream class.

 

I had a really hard time when I was attaching the pages to the album cover. Finally I just added a couple more pages and it worked OK.

In the end I was pretty happy with how it turned out.  Kathy's classes are great!!

Brad Setter??

When I first saw this tool it seemed a little silly...do I really need a tool to set a brad?

But, honestly, after I tried it, it really is very helpful.  I don't know how many times I've been poked under the fingernail trying to open a tiny brad, this tool does it for you.  Is seems simple, and it is.  It's made by We R Memory Keepers and sells for about $6.99, but I've seen it at most of the places that have coupons. 

ZEN GARDEN

Since I think I'm having withdrawal from not having a PaperPhenomenon UStream class for a couple of weeks, I decided to look at some of Kathy's recorded classes from the past few months.  Here are some photos of my take on her Zen Garden Mini Album.  I used her Gypsy file for the cover and the paper is DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies Stack.

This mini is unique in that all of the pages are cards!   Kathy always amazes me with her creativity.  The photos aren't very good, but I think you get the idea.

 

You can see the waterfall card on this page

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This next one is a Criss Cross card.

 And this last one is a gatefold card.

 There is also a Tri-fold, a top fold and a side fold that I have not included photos of.  This mini was great fun to make.

Hooked on Minis

These are a few of the minis that I've been working on.  This first one is a Flutter Album that I found instructions for in a craft booklet called "Passion for Paper" by Catherine Mace.  I had photos from a trip to the Butterfly House that seemed perfect for this album.

The next two are Flip Albums (I found these instructions online by Scrapbook Eden).  They are addictive!!  And so easy.  The one trick I have found is to use lightweight cardstock or they won't fold together as well.

The really great thing about these Flip Albums is that they each hold at least 17 photos.
Hope you like.