Jodi Geers

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Nov 15 at 09:12 AM

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Iā€™m working on a baby shower gift using Francesā€™ Beginnerā€™s Mini Album tutorial. This is the album I always make for a quick baby gift. Itā€™s super easy to follow directions make it my go-to every time for this kind of giftā€¦however, the mom is decorating her baby boyā€™s nursery in baby safari animals. I didnā€™t have a paper collection that fit that, soooo, I had to wing it. I used Mintayā€™s Playtime paper collection to use the patterns out of, and then ran to Joannā€™s for some solids, along with some Stampinā€™Up solids I had in my stash. Iā€™m hoping it will come together once I add the animals, which I downloaded and will now need to print and cut on my Cricut. Playtime has a circus theme, so I really didnā€™t have a lot to work with. Thereā€™s a lot of repetition, but it will just have to work. Iā€™ll post additional photos when itā€™s completed.

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Nov 13 at 01:52 PM

Me, Marilyn! Me! Iā€™m joining you!!! I canā€™t wait to get started!

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Nov 13 at 01:51 PM

Francės Long, Iā€™ll definitely share the baby book. I canā€™t ever do anything the easy way and pick out and use a paper collection, lol. The new mama is using baby safari animals in the babyā€™s room and I didnā€™t have anything like that on hand, soooo, Iā€™m using Mintayā€™s Playtime paper pack, a few Stampinā€™Up solids, some papers from Joannā€™s, and watercolor diecut safari babies from Etsy. Oh why, tell me why, do I do this to myself šŸ˜–šŸ˜‚

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Nov 13 at 12:17 PM

What year did you release this one? Itā€™s so darn cute and itā€™s one I havenā€™t done yet. Iā€™m super excited to start it!!! I have to finish a baby album that I have to have wrapped for a baby shower Sunday šŸ˜³šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«šŸ˜Š, and then I can start this album. How stinkinā€™ fun!!

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Nov 13 at 12:05 PM

Yay!!! Iā€™m in!!

Nov 08 at 12:47 PM

Francės Long šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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Nov 08 at 12:45 PM

Francės Long, how exciting!! Iā€™ll look forward to seeing what heā€™s making for us!!! Maybe he could help teach part of it šŸ¤­

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Nov 08 at 12:42 PM

Francės Long, yes, it was my nails, at dinner šŸ˜Š. Poor Shane šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£

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Nov 08 at 12:38 PM

My fingernails are long so I can never remove the backing with them šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø. I either use my scissors, or my Tim Holtz pokey tool, lol.

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Francės Long, Iā€™ve been thinking about this question for a few days. Iā€™m not sure thereā€™s a better size than 5x7ā€™s or 4x6ā€™s for me personally. Those are my two favorite sizes to add to my albums. I do like wallet sizes too.

It might be fun to do an all 4x4 album, though. This would be really easy to accomplish using 4x6 photos by just cutting off 2ā€. Then you could do 2x2ā€™s too. Such a cute little album šŸ„°

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