Blog Candy Submission 2(a) - Guest Stamper - Cheryl

Hey Everyone! I wanted to show off Cheryl's submission. She decided to try out the Accordion File tutorial.

Click here for the tutorial

I think she did a splendid job! I love all the bright colors. . .if you don't know me by now, I love bold and bright happy colors.

Cheryl is a blogger as well! Her blog site is called "Engineered Expressions" name after the fact that she was an Engineer turned SAHM. She's relatively new to blogging. . .she started in April. Her blog site is moving along really well with her great card creations and scrapbooking projects. Give her your support and visit her blog site.

Bloggers need your support. . .just say "hello". Sometimes we need encouragement to keep going, especially the newbies.

Anyway if you want to participate in the blog candy. . .Click Here for the Details!

Hope you participate!

Daily Special - Anything But Cards - Envelope Accordian Album

***UPDATE***

CLICK HERE FOR THE TUTORIAL

Sorry I didn't post the tutorial sooner. I could not get the template to print to scale. Annoying! When printing the template, the face of the envelope pattern (meaning, not including the top and side flaps) should be approximately 3 7/8" x 5 1/2". You may want to reduce the top and bottom margin of your printer to zero. Because of the size of the pattern, it may print on two pages. . .you will need to cut and attach the end piece to the first page. The pattern in whole should fit on to an 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock.

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Today's Daily Special is "Anything But Cards". I call this project "Envelope Accordion Album". I didn't really use an envelope but I used an envelope template to create the base that looks like an envelope but has a cardstock quality. I suppose you could use an envelope but I wanted the base to be a little bit more sturdy. This album fits into a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2" square envelope.

I'll add a tutorial of this project tomorrow. I need to work on it. It's a very simple project. It don't even have to be a scrapbook album. You can create it as an accordion card rather than an album. If I have time this evening, 'll make a few more of them and post it maybe tomorrow. Scroll down to see the whole project. . .

Don't forget to participate in the blog candy - scroll down for the post. Drawing will be on Wednesday, May 2nd. Good luck!!

If you want, once the album is opened up, you can take the ribbon at the top and tie on to a hook and display the album opened.

Until later. . .

Daily Special - Anything But Cards - Hanging Envelope Organizer

**UPDATE - Click Here for the Tutorial**

I had bought a box of those large greeting card envelopes a long, long time ago. I, initially planned to make cards for those envelopes but found that they were too big. Yuck. It's been sitting in a box and I did not know what to do with it. I learned a technique a long time ago in which envelopes were glued together in a series to create an envelope book.

Well, I took the concept and created this organizer instead. The first picture shows the project without anything inserted inside the pockets and the second pictures shows the pockets with the contents inside.

The back of the organizer is an 7 x 11" chipboard and the envelopes or pockets are approximately 3 x 6 inches. You may also use a poster board and cut it up to create a larger organizer or a series of organizers attached to the poster board.

I'll make another one and do a tutorial on this project. If I have the time, I'll post it tomorrow.

Until later. . .