Kaisercraft Time Machine - Memory Book/Mini Album

Hi everyone, just popping in to share a little something with you I made recently for a favourite work colleague who's just retired.

I do apologise in advance for the quality of the pictures, I did want to take proper pictures and a video of the finished item, but it was very difficult to get it all together in time with people contributing messages and stuff who were spread out over 2 completely separate hospital sites on both sides of the city. So I ended up having to take photographs in situ after it was gifted to the recipient, and obviously that means no video and the photos are not the best and have stuff in the background!  But I hope you can get an idea of what the completed project looked like. I didn't get pics of every page because I just took a few super quick shots, but it should give you an idea

Now as my regular followers will already know, I hate making male orientated stuf...like with a vengance...BUT, because I found this wonderful paper from Kaisercraft called Time Machine, and went almost a little bit steampunk, I really got into making this.

You'll have to forgive the background, as I said I had to take it in a place of work, and had to choose somewhere there was plenty of light! I used a combination of die cut gears, using  La-La Land Crafts Steampunk Heart Cogs and  Cheery Lyn gears which sadly aren't available any more. I also used some Tim Holtz metal gears and sprokets and some little screw heads from Prima.

I used a La-La Land Crafts  Steampunk Border to edge my pockets and I used some gold ink and some Aged Aqua Frantage on them for interest and to make them look a bit like they had a touch of verdigris. I also used this on the die cuts on the front cover.

The inside front cover has a flip out section with magnets and lots of fold outs for pictures and journaling, I used more of the screw heads to decorate and these fabulous wing nut heads, also from Prima as handles

This pic shows one of the pages opened out.

I hope you liked my memory book, it was very well received and I really enjoyed making it, I'm just sorry I ran out of time to make a video. I do have another couple of mini albums on the go currently though, so I should have a video to share with you in the coming weeks.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend! :) xx

I Do Mini Album

Hello everyone, and no the title does not mean I'm getting married again lol. I used a fabulous stamp from Stamping Bella, this is from the Close Ups range. Whilst trying desperately to sort my papers, I discovered that I had 2 of these MME Lost & Found Heirloom pads, both with just a few pages used, no idea how that happened, so I was looking for a project to use them up.  I decided to combine them with this stamp and make a mini album that would be suitable for an engagement or a wedding, maybe even an anniversary.

As I was in a bit of a hurry and didn't want to think too much I used envelopes for my pages. I used a project from Ginger of My Sister's Scrapper here as inspiration for the basic pages, but I didn't follow her tutorial as she used quite a different style of envelope which I could not get in the shape and size that I used, so I just did my own thing and kept it super simple. Basically I glued down the flap to the inside and then glued a square of design paper on top, making sure that I didn't apply glue to the area where there was an empty space, so that it left a pocket. 

I did use Ginger's method for attaching the envelopes to Kathy Orta's Hidden Hinge binding.

The envelopes I used came with matching cards, and I used some of the cards to make booklet inserts to hold photographs.

Even though it's fairly simple I like the way it came out and you could fit quite a lot of photographs in this album.

I've added a list of items used at the end of my post.

I covered my album with some neutral card stock and then matted with the design papers on black cardstock. I matted the image (coloured with Copics) onto some black cardstock also and popped a die cut doily behind, then I used some gorgeous mulberry flowers , a metal key and some beautiful pearl and diamante bling to embellish.

I covered the spine with some lovely ruffled trim and added 3 shades of pink seam binding which I scrunched to make more vintage looking and some charms.

Some pictures of the inside.

I made a little envelope again with my envelope punch board.

On the inside back cover I cut a large heart with a Whimsy die and stamped the sentiment that comes with the image stamp.

It's very difficult to show you everything in photographs, so I have a video below so you can see allthe pockets and interactive stuff better.

Stamping Bella Closeups - I Do

MME Lost & Found Record it - Heirloom 6 x 6 Pad

Double Scallop Heart Doily Die

Die-namites Heart Doily Die
CC Designs Make a Card #3

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

30 mm Shabby Pink Ruffled Ribbon
Seam Binding Siam Pink
Seam Binding Rose Petal Pink
Seam Binding Posie Dark Rose Pink
Ivory White Magnolia Flower
20 mm Ivory Open Rose
20 mm Pale Pink Open Rose
10 mm Pale Pink Open Rose
Beaded Berries Ivory/Cream
Charm Heart with Side Loop
Heart Shiny Silver Acrylic Charm
Key Ornate Large Charm
20 mm Pearl & Diamante Flower Embellishment

That's all from me today, have a lovely weekend! :) xx

Summer Vibes Mini Album

I'm late sharing my make for the new challenge over at Deep Ocean Challenge blog, as I wanted to get this video made first and time and the weather have been against me.

Anyway here it is, our theme is 

Summer

so I decided to use these gorgeous papers from the 6 x 6 Summer Vibes paper pad by Simple Stories and make another mini album.

This one is quite small and fairly simple, very suitable for a beginner if that's what you're looking for this is the one for you.

For those of you who have trouble viewing videos, there are a couple of photos below.

YouTube Link

Products used:

Simple Stories Summer Vibes 6 x 6 Pad 

Chipboard

Bazzill Basics Kraft Cardstock

Dies from the La-La Land November 2014 Club Kit

Summer Vibes Chipboard Elements

Prima Sugardots Anna Marie

Organza Rose Trim

Vintage Style Seam Binding - Iced Lime

Vintage Style Seam Binding - Peach

Vintage Style Seam Binding Rose Pink

That's all from me, I do hope you enjoyed it and that you can join in the fun over at DOC and don't forget to check out the rest of my teamie's amazing makes!

See you soon! :) xx

 

Say Cheese Mini Album Video

Just putting this up for those who prefer to view a video direct from my blog rather than following the YouTube link. 

This mini album can be found for sale in my Etsy store.

Don't forget to check out this post where I'm giving one of my mini albums away!

Happy crafting! :) xx

Say Cheese!

Warning! Photo heavy post.

Hello, I hope you're all having a great weekend and apologies for being rather absent lately. I've been super busy as we're house hunting currently and a lot of my free time has been sucked up searching for suitable houses, arranging viewings etc. Still when we eventually find the right place at least I will have a dedicated craft room yay!!

I have another mini album to share today. This one uses the fantastic paper pad from Simple Stories 'Say Cheese'. I love, love, love this paper collection. I had such a lot of fun making this mini and I'm really happy with the way it turned out.

Love this paper collection!

I've tried to show various pages but it's impossible to show all the flip out pages, interactive parts and photo mats etc in photographs. 

For a really clear idea of this album's design, watch the video linked below.

The only thing I hate about mini albums is trying to photograph them, it's sooooo hard, and no way to show all the photo mats and interactive stuff. SO ....if you want to see more, please check out the video on my YouTube channel, and really, please do because it took me about 10 tries to get it right  as I kept missing a page or running out of time lol!

I used the following items from Dies to Die for

Simple Stories - Say Cheese 

(Ignore the picture of the stamps, this is the link to the 6 x 6 paper pad I used in this mini album)

Die-namics Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax Dies

CC Designs Make a Card #4 Dies

Bazzil Kraft Cardstock

Walnut Stain Distress Ink 

(to edge my layers)

My ribbon is from the  Ribbon Girl, it's the 23 mm width.

You can find the template I used for the Mickey Mouse heads here

That's it from me today, but I'll be back soon! :) xx