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paver2

"Ah, that's how they're made! I remember making pinwheels like this when I was a kid but I couldn't remember how to attach the pinwheel to the pencil. I did remember using a pencil, though! So I am going to have to make a few for the 4th of July. Is there a way to make them so they would be safe for kids to play with?"

paver2

"These are definitely funky and fun flip-flops! And they look like they would be fun to make, too. I bet my granddaughters would get a kick out of these, or something like them, anyway. Since she used a bandanna, I think any cotton or cotton fabric would do just as well as long as it isn't too limp."

Crafty Suz

"I totally love this idea. It is an excellent way for me to display some of the wonderful messages from t-shirt graphics out there. I love a lot of these messages but feel like I'm getting to an age where they aren't what I want to wear. Carrying bags with funny or meaningful quips is a lot more desirable to me."

paver2

"That would make a great Christmas gift, too, and not just for Mom! I have two daughters, a daughter in law and two granddaughers (the ones old enough) who would appreciate this. You just made Christmas a little bit easier for me this year. And I will make some for myself, of course."

paver2

"The link takes you to the "home page" of the blog, but I couldn't find the colored glitter pencils on the site. I looked for awhile but gave up. It's either a bad link or the page isn't there any longer. I thought the granddaughters would enjoy these pencils but I may never know! )"

Christmas Chipboard Albums from FabScraps

Christmas Chipboard Albums
Gifted by FabScraps
www.fabscrapsusa.com
Reviewed by Jessica Nichols, Editor of AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com

Commemorate your Christmas festivities with holiday chipboard albums that are so adorable they can do double duty as decorations. Christmas Chipboard Albums from FabScraps are made in your favorite holiday designs, so you can frame your photos in cheerful Christmas shapes. Preserve your holiday memories in the Music Album, the Star Album, or the Christmas Holiday Album.

The Star Album chipboard set from FabScraps is an elegant five-pointed star shape with intricate curlicues filling in the outline of the star on the cover of the album. The album includes three chipboard stars and three rings for holding the "pages" together. Although the Star Album is large enough to hold several photos and embellishments, it's also small enough to hang on your Christmas tree as an ornament. Making a Star Album for a friend or family member with photos of memories made together would be a lovely Christmas gift. Your friends and family will love hanging these miniature personalized albums on their Christmas trees!

If you'd like to make a larger album with room for more photos, stickers, and embellishments, the Music Album has 5 pages of chipboard to hold your memories. The cover features a die-cut treble clef set inside a circle of musical notation. This is a lovely album to commemorate Christmas caroling or to make as a gift for a music lover. Fill the pages with the lyrics to your favorite Christmas songs, holiday-themed scrapbook paper, and Christmas memories. The big, circular pages have plenty of room for you to create whole pages of photos and designs.

The Christmas Holiday Album is exactly what you imagined in a yuletide chipboard album. It has neat square spaces for all of your favorite photos, set off by frames that make them look like filmstrips or photo booth pictures. To give this album a festive feel, the cover has sever squares filled with cheerful Christmas bells. You'll even get a pair of die-cut chipboard bells to use as embellishments wherever you choose. The layered feel of the cover of the Christmas Holiday Album gives your flip-book added dimension and texture.

With FabScraps Christmas Chipboard Albums, you have everything you need to get creative with your holiday albums. Plain chipboard die-cuts give you a blank canvas to add your own paint, printed papers, and other embellishments.