Carina Gardner's Best Little Album for Silhouette and SnapClickSuppy.com

IMG_7085_instagramwebThis week I'm leaving for long anticipated trip. It's been a tough week with a lot of sickness and big news so the timing of this trip couldn't be better. If you want to see what I am doing, I'll be posting to all three of my feeds depending on where I am: @carinagardner @carinagardnerpapercrafts @miniloukids.

I always make myself a travel book for a trip like this ( think my Hong Kong trip for MiniLou) and this time wasn't any different. This time, I wanted everything to be tabbed and easy to get to, so I used my Silhouette machine to cut out this book. I did however, get this SPIRAL BOUND instead of using the holes I made for my cutting files. Why? Because I like pre-made holes for regular album making. But for a trip, I think you need a sturdy spiral bound so you can really use the book. Printables are available on Silhouette OR you can also wait until I release them the first week in March for Digital Scrapbooking.

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I call this the "Best Little Album" because I've gone out of my way to make it SO simple that it would work for your trip to Florida as well as a trip to Europe. You can pick and choose from the 12 printables that correlate with the 6 tab system (so you cut out 12 tabs in all). You can also pick from printable or cut-able covers I've provided as well as pockets and accessories. The point is that every piece should work seamlessly so you can mix and match to your hearts content. I know I did.

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For the tabs, the printable is in a separate "tab" file so you can cut tabs out on mutli-colored paper. I'm sure I'll do that in future travel books but for this one, I decided to go all kraft paper.

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I also "laminated" the tabs with moving tape. Sturdiness is important! There's nothing worse than having a tab break off midway through a trip or even later when your kids are handling them to look at it photos.

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My travel albums are always dual purpose. They contain everything we are going to do, addresses, directions, places to eat, flight information, as well as a journal and a place for photos. That way I don't have to come home from a trip and "scrapbook it." It's done. I staple in tickets to events, museums, and instax photos. I'll come home and print a few and glue them into the remaining pages. Done and done.

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Maybe you can guess where I'm going from the activities I wrote here (wink, wink).

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Search "BEST LITTLE ALBUM" under my Silhouette Artist name to find the entire collection of these! I promise you'll use this one again and again!

XOXO, Carina

 

 

 

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