Halloween House! I didn’t get to this challenge last year but really wanted to make this. I did pair down the interior some since it’s for my grandson who loves to draw and journal. So I filled it with stickers and mini Halloween note journals. Bags of candy will fill the middle when I ship it off to Virginia tomorrow. This was fun!

Made a fun note holder for my 8 year old grandson. He loves writing so I am sure I will be making more of these for him. Already thinking of one for Halloween!

Here are my Kindful Flipbook Father’s Day cards for my son-in-laws. I will say I always struggle when making masculine things. My ephemera is roses, sparkly accents and pink ribbon! But it was really fun. And yes, I cheated using the same sentiment but it was so true for both of them.

**Update…so my addition of an extra waterfall did not work very well. The book just felt heavy and awkward. New appreciation for what it takes for Frances to make such amazing projects. But a shout out to Walgreens for saving the day and offering collage prints. Yay! New photos below.

I feel like I have been MIA for a while, but I am so busy watching my grandson I rarely find time to craft. He is a joy, and I know that he will be off to preschool before I know it so I am just enjoying it all! They had a new house built and just moved in so I made this album for pictures of the process from dirt lot to final home. I used the Minni-sota album for inspiration. I had so many pictures to include I had to substitute an extra waterfall. Thank goodness Frances makes it easy to customize her albums! 😊

Just a shout out to my new tape runner. I had been using Tombow but they were so expensive and had started to become unreliable. Took a chance on this one from Amazon and I am so happy! Love it!

My Veleeta Christmas Album! I had so much fun with this paper and making my first ever shaker window! I still cannot believe how Frances took all our ideas and made such a beautiful album. This is a gift for my 90 year old mom and as much as I wanted to add the belly band and Christmas bow it would have been too difficult for her to get open. Can’t wait to add photos from Christmas Day!

My daughter eloped last week so I decided to make the Hidden Treasures project to showcase the photos from their special day. This was challenging but really fun to make. However, I am still puzzling over how that inner mechanism works…is someone secretly a design engineer???

Watched the Gatefolio Recipe tutorial and decided to make one with just recipe cards. I made a flip tab inside so I could add all my favorite recipes. I used up every scrap of Frances beautiful paper (x2) and had get more recipe cards from Amazon. Found some pretty leaf design that I think works well. Thanks again Frances! You are truly inspiring.

Finished the Good ‘Ol Folio challenge. And it was challenging for me but worth the effort! I went to Scotland last year so this was the perfect album. I found some fun Scottish Folk Art paper on line and some fun stickers. Can’t wait to fill it full of photos from my trip. I left all the photo mat sizes so I know what to order. 🤪

My daughter, her fiancée and his son took their first real vacation together and went to Florida. She sent me so many wonderful photos I decided to maker her this summer album. It’s the Beginner Mini V2 with the Echo Park Endless Summer paper. This was so much fun and came together in just one day. Thanks Frances for making this so easy!