Happy Wednesday!

Today I have a video for you demonstrating making a mini card with a hidden surprise, along with a fabulous scrapbook page using mini photos.

First…the video!  When you open this 4″ x 4″ card, a gift card pops up.  (And, again, I used a non-holiday stamp - the ClearDesign Birds and Branches bird - for a holiday card.)

Size: 4″ x 4″
Supplies:

• DesignBlock Flourish
• Clear Design Birds and Branches
• Clear Design Holiday Gift Tags
  
• Sparkle Clear Holiday Messages
• Christmas Colorbox Ink Queue
• Black Memories Ink
• Felt Poinsettia and Leaves
• Hero Arts Pearls
• Hero Arts Clear Gemstones (the tiny ones are good for eyes…try coloring them black!)
• Other: Bo Bunny patterned paper, craft knife, circle punches

Now, I couldn’t do a “mini” week without talking about mini photos on scrapbook pages.  So I asked a scrapbooking pro who is the expert of using mini photos: Leslie Lightfoot.  Leslie said, “I really like being able to fit a lot of photos onto a one-page layout. I often use collages in order to get several mini photos together in a neat and tidy fashion. Mini photos on a layout are nice when accompanied by a larger ‘focal’ shot like the one I used here of myself with my children. I think that by using several photos on a page, you support the theme of your layout and better tell the story through the photographs.”

Size: photos are 1.75″ x 1.75″ except for the larger focal photo which is 3.5″ x 3.5″
Supplies:

• Bird on a Branch
• Assorted Clear Circles
• Card Buttons Spring
• Felt Poinsettia and Leaves
• Pink Memories Ink
  
• Other: Patterned paper, flower punch, circle punch

And, of course, Leslie was kind enough to also do a matching mini card…

Size: 4″ x 3 1/2″
Supplies:

• Clear Design Birds and Branches
• Clear Design Memories
• Assorted Clear Circles
• Pink Memories Ink
• ArtPrint Brown Memories Ink
• Other: KI Memories patterned paper, Stickles, cardstock
  

Thanks for visiting again today!  We will be back tomorrow with the winners of last week’s challenge.  See you then…

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