enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: tutorials
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Back again! I am still up in Sacramento with my parents so I am still sort of working "on the road." I always feel out of sorts when I am not at my desk with my stuff, but so far, I am keeping up pretty well. I added a clothing tag right into the book…
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I'm just cruising through all the old school crafts I can find this year apparently. I saw a rad tye-dye project here a few months ago and then patiently counted the days until I was visiting my parents and had full access to a garage and a utility sink. Some folks dream about beautiful backyards…
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Moving right along. I filmed a video for this next update that walks through the pages. One thing that I mentioned in it was how for me it's important to not re-invent the wheel with every new page spread. You'll notice a few "repeats" in photo and text layout this time around. I like that…
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Moving along… lots to include these past few days. I added letter/number stickers from an office supply store to both sides of the grid transparency to represent how many miles I ran in the half-marathon. I like these letter stickers because no matter what letters you're working with, they are the same size. This was…
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Moving along with this album… I reformatted my "hello june" graphic from Wednesday into a 4×6 image and printed it out on plain white paper. I backed it with the orange patterned paper from the album (it was further back and I just pulled it up) and part of a photobooth strip taken at the…
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Hooray! More progress! I talk about this a bit at the beginning of the video, but I want to mention it again : I am putting no emphasis on “daily updates” to this album. Whatever says “SUMMER” (in all caps) gets in. And whatever doesn’t say “SUMMER” stays out. This is keeping the pressure off…
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Check plus. Moving right along. Just one page to share this weekend but more to come soon! scalloped circle card from elise blaha on Vimeo. I filmed a video to share how I used the scalloped circle card in my own album and to offer a troubleshooting suggestion in case you mess yours up on…
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Making progress. Just a few additions these past few days, but two of them lend themselves well to videos. I'll walk you through the new pages below. First, I added a BBQ invitation for my friend Megan's pharmacy school graduation. It was about 5×7 and I trimmed it down to 4×6. On the backside, I…
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DUDES! I had promised a new living room post this week. But FAIL, I didn't get it together. Look for that MONDAY. What I do have though is a video. It's sort of an introduction to the summer mini books and then talks about how I made the first four pages of my book. Like…
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I was working on something completely different this afternoon when I came up with an idea for our presents this year. Super simple gift tags – and best ever, I had everything on hand. I choose colors that match the wrapping paper I am going to use. I wrapped strips of washi tape around a…
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