Seriously…  This "Toad-ally" Cool mini-album was soooo much fun to make!!!  Of course, I used my Bind-it-All and my QuicKutz, 'cause I can't seem to make anything without them :)  While we were at the lake this summer, we were on the back beach, and the toads must have just hatched, they were tiny, and there had to be thousands of them!!! Everywhere you looked, there were little toads… Kathryn was completely enthralled with them, and wanted to pick them up and pet them… poor little toads :)

Supplies:
Bind-it-All 6×6 cover
Bind-it-All 1" Owires
DCWV patterned paper (from the infamous "Green Stack!!")  Fabulous paper!!
American Crafts cardstock
Creative Imaginations buttons
various ribbons (Mostly Maya Road, I can't get enough of their fabulous ribbon!!)

QuicKutz:
Toad-ally- Storybook
Cool – Vixen
2008 – from the calendar set
scallop frame

plus my Fiskars Threading water and Martha Stewart doily punches

I do want to mention that I purchase 99% of my supplies at The Scrapbooker's Dream in Tewksbury Massachusetts… I LOVE Laurie's store, she always has just what I "need" and also has a new blog… Check her out here: http://thescrapbookersdream.wordpress.com

I so love how this project came out… I read an idea on a message board from someone who said that they created a mini-book for their child using their birthday cards… And I thought, OMGosh!! I should do that with the Christmas cards from this year!! I HATE to throw them away (hence the billions of random cards that explode from every drawer in the kitchen when you're looking for utensils).  I too almost all of this years' Christmas Cards, and kind of arranged them.  I took the photo cards and matted them and placed them on patterned paper that I punched the edges of… then I used a Zutter 8×8 Acrylic cover set (which I cut down to 8×6.5) and decorated.  Bound the whole thing with my Bind it all, added a litte ribbon, and Voila!!! Super quick and easy mini book that I'll hopefully create with upcoming years an it will be fun to look through!!

Supplies:
Zutter Bind-it-All
Zutter Acrylic covers 8×8
1 1/4 inch Zutter OWires
patterned papers by Imaginese
flocked title paper by Doodlebug
American Crafts cardstock
QuicKutz Jolly, Rockstar, and the 2008 from the Calendar set.
Ribbons are mostly Maya Road

I'm so excited about this little book!!  I just love Sassafras Lass papers, and of course the Zutter Cover All's!!!   The alphas are both QuicKutz, Ginger (a recent addition to the "collection") and Merry…. Contained is this year's to-do list… Hopefully scrapping about it will help me to stick with some of them!!!  Check out more fabulous Zutter Cover All projects at the Zutter Design Team Website