Congrats to my sister-in-law and hubby on owning their first house! Heather and her husband Gregg recently purchased a new home in Fresno and we are very excited for them. As a house warming gift for them I put together a little “Welcome Home” Album. I got the house idea from a little store in Twin Falls, ID that had a real cute Haunted House album on display. The album I made for Heather is a lot different from the Haunted House album (and for good reason) and it was so fun to make. I made the front and back of the house out of chipboard and cut out the doors. All the paper I used for the entire album was from a little 8×8 paper pack from my local scrapbooking store. I think the paper was made by Memory Keepers or something like that – our scrapbooking store here every once in a while gives out these packs of 8×8 patterned paper (2 sheets of each pattern and it comes out to about 24-36 sheets) – the perfect amount of paper for this album! I loved the patterns – cheerful colors with cute designs – not too girly and flowery and the patterns weren’t too bold, which was great for this album as I needed to have space for pictures and didn’t want the pattern of the paper to detract from the photos or take up too much space on the page so I wouldn’t have room to put pictures.

Anyway it was a great project and a lot of fun to put together! My husband came up with the idea for the sliding door and after a few trials it came out great! It’s such a great “Welcome Home” gift and a great way for the new homeowners to showcase their new house and decorated rooms!

As always, please don’t hesitate to contact me about custom albums or other projects or cards! I love doing custom work and love to experiment with new ideas, patterns and colors! (Included in the photos below is a LOVE word album I made for a dear friend of mine – she requested the album and the colors and I put the rest together!)

Also, as I mentioned in my previous post, please let me know your thoughts and if you would like to be included in a possible email card tutorial. I have been tossing around the idea of doing a weekly email featuring a card of my design with instructions, sketches, tips and modifications. Please let me know your thoughts and comments on this idea and whether you would like to participate if/when I get it up!

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