Altered Christmas Scrapbook: The 12 Days of Christmas

The year my son was born, the family decided to start a new tradition, on the twelve days before Christmas we were going to do one new thing everyday before Christmas; thus leading to the 12 days of Christmas scrapbook theme. This altered holiday scrapbook is made of mini scrapbook pages on 5X7” sheets of cardstock. Each page features pictures over the course of the twelve days and different Christmas activities we did.

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You don’t have to use this theme in particular, but it’s a great way to showcase your photos from a particular time in the year. There are so many family activities we participate in as a family year around the holidays that a nice sized altered book was created from our photos.
If you choose do an altered scrapbook for Christmas choose pictures like:

• Family Traditions
• Holiday Baking
• Gift Giving
• Shopping
• Christmas Lights
• Choosing A Tree
• Santa

Use smaller embellishments to decorate the inside of this scrapbook that will not take away from the pictures you will display. You can print your photos from a home computer program. The computer program I have offers to print your pictures in a fingerprint size or wallet sized, perfect for an altered book this size. A wide variety of Christmas papers, from several different companies were used. If it was a Christmas embellishment we liked it was used somewhere in this book

Just about any theme you can think of for Christmas is covered in this book. We have pages with gingerbread men, Santa Clause, Christmas Trees, Snow Men, Stockings and much much more. With all the Christmas scrapbooking items available the possibilities for a Christmas scrapbook like this are endless.

Mom and I didn't get to play around with the cricut cutter and the Christmas cartridges, but the next one I create is going to feature many embellishments using the cricut cartridge, so stay tuned. 

I love the fact that this book is small enough to do quickly so you don’t get bored, but big enough to display lots of photographs inside. So get to scrappin’ those scrapbooks and keepsakes and we’ll talk to you soon.

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K and Company SMASH BOOK Review

If you haven’t heard about the SMASH book yet after you read this review or post about the new K and Company scrapbooking on the go product you are definitely going to want one. I am extremely excited about it! The SMASH book was released at the end of May and is available for order at the K & Company Website.



The smash book is like an altered book slightly smaller than a piece of paper at 7.75” wide and 10.25” high. This product is great for those of us that do not have time to create an altered book, but want one. Place smaller miscellaneous memories in one place and organize your thought in this cute little journal.
Things to Feature in the SMASH Book:

1. Things you love
2. Things you hate
3. Big ideas
4. Art work and small doodles
5. Diary or journal entries

These are just a few things you can place inside your SMASH book in order to get your creative juices flowing.

The SMASH book comes in four different colors: black, blue, pink and red for the men and women that love to scrapbook on the go, but don’t have time to do it. There is also a line of products K and Company has released, specifically designed embellishments that go with the SMASH book itself to quickly decorate the book. These embellishments have the word SMASH in the product line to let you know they are for the SMASH book series, but could easily be used for other craft purposes. The products are made smaller than most scrapbooking embellishments since the pages for this book are not as big as a standard 12xx12” scrapbook page.

SMASH BOOK PRODUCTS:

1. Date Stamps
2. Pockets
3. Note Pad Pages
4. Stickers
5. Clips
6. Page Tabs
7. Bookmarks
8. Tape
9. Bands

Throw the SMASH book in your pocket book and scrap on the go with the new line of products from K and Company. For those that want to create their own version of the SMASH book, keep an eye out for later on this week. I will be posting a sneak peek look at the smash book that I am creating or altered book I’m creating. I plan on buying the regular smash book when it is available in store, but for right now I’d like to create my own.

Now get to scrappin’ those scrapbooks and keepsakes and stay tuned for more creative ideas.

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Memorial Day Scrapbooking Sales at Michaels and A.C. Moore

We are so excited, this week is starting off as a good week. Not only is it the first Summer holiday weekend, the sales at the local craft stores here are unbelieveable. If you are looking for the best sales or coupons for arts and crafts items, in this case scrapbooking items, always check the Sunday paper for deal from local crafts stores. This week Michaels and A.C. Moore have some great deals you won't want to pass up.

A.C. Moore Sales

• Value Pack of Cardstock - 25 ct. and 50 ct. 5 for $10
• Topload Scrapbook Album with 10 pages - 2 for $9
• Open Stock Paper - Solid, printed and glittered cardstock - 40% OFF
• Scrapbooks and Photo Albums - 12x12 and 8x8 - 30% OFF
• Nicole Stickers - 4 for $3

Fantastic Savings

Papercrafting Clearance - red and yellow stickers - 90% OFF
Cricut Expression Bundle - Cutting mat, machine, sample kit, paper pups and storybook cartridges - $199.99
Cricut Cartridges - Select styles - $34.99
Cricut Cartridges - Select Styles including quarter note, elegant edges, every day pop-up cards and damask decor. Regular $49.99-$99.99 ON SALE FOR $44.99

Don't forget about the fabulous coupons you can find in the Sunday paper or on the A.C. Moore website. There are two coupons for this week: 50% OFF and 40% OFF, as well as another 50% OFF coupon to use next week June 5th through June 11th.

Michaels Sales

Bazzil 12x12 Open Stock Paper - 2 for $1
Value Pack Paper 81/2x11 - 4 for $10
Scrapbook Paper Pads Regular $19.99 - 40% OFF or $11.99
Cricut Cartridges - $39.99
Recollections Stickers and Embellishments - 40% OFF
Martha Stewart Craft Tools - 30% OFF

There are three coupons in the Sunday Michaels ad: 50% OFF one item, 40% OFF one item and 25% OFF entire purchase. Visit the Michaels website or blog to print coupons that you may have missed in the Sunday paper.

Hope everyone has a chance to catch these great sales this week and get to scrappin' those scrapbooks and keepsakes.