Skinny Mini @ Dies to Die for

Hi everyone! I really should have posted this last Friday, but after coming back from holiday with a nasty cold virus I just lost all my mojo at the start of last week. Felt much better at the weekend so I whipped up this.

This was such a fun little project, I found the inspiration for this from Ginger at My Sisters Scrapper and she linked to a tutorial she followed from Papercrafter 45 and that's what I mostly followed to make this, (I've included the link for you).  However the original mini measured 8.5 inches long and I really wanted to use up some of my 6 x 6 papers, so I adjusted the length. So I guess it's a short skinny mini :)

One thing I really loved about this project is that it doesn't use chipboard. I like chipboard but I hate wrapping it, plus not everyone has chipboard to hand or wants to buy it just to try a project, so this is a nice one to try because you can just use the kind of stuff you use on your cards.

Anyway, this is what it turned out like.

It's really difficult to photograph these, so I made a short video to show you the pages a little better.

YouTube Video

I used Miss Teagen Sue from Bazill Basics. I've had this collection for a while and I've made a couple of cards with it so I really wanted to use it up. This project was perfect for that as it doesn't take as much as a regular mini album.  I was a little short on pages though, so I did supplement with half a 12 x 12 page of Bo Bunny Double Dot paper, but as I say I had already made 2 cards with the pack previously.

If you wanted to you could make this mini with A4 card, but you would need to cut the measurements for the width down by a smidge, (a bit more complicated then cutting the length down due to all the folds and the scoring) but I used A3 card so was able to do the full width.

I edged everything with Walnut Stain distress ink.

Miss Teagen Sue 

Memory Box Victorian Frame

La-La Land Birdcage

Prima Say it in Crystals - Corners 3

Prima Say it in Crystals Black/Grey

Shabby Ribbon Light Pink 15 mm

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Cream 20 mm Open Roses
Hip Rose Bud Cream

The tutorial for this mini can be found here

and the original inspiration from My Sister's Scrapper can be found here

That's all from me today but I'll be back on Sunday with another make to share with you. Enjoy the sunshine! :) xx

Add a Charm at Deep Ocean Challenge

Happy Tuesday! Well sadly I was back at work today and still feeling quite poorly, but it could have been worse, at least I didn't fall ill while I was away on holiday! Anyhooooo I'm here because we have a new challenge over at DOC and this time it's 'Add a Charm', dead easy right? I've had this feather charm in my stash for so long that the shop I bought it from doesn't seem to stock it anymore, oh well at least it's getting used now.

This is also kind of my last GDT post for Saturated Canary. We received some images just before I went away on my hols, but while I got her coloured up, I just ran out of time to make a post, so I'm sharing her now, full details on where to purchase her as well as links to most other items used are at the end of my post.

This is called Night Lights, isn't she lovely? She actually comes as a full size image with tree branches and Chinese style lanterns, but I printed her out bigger and cropped her for my card.

I did make sure I got all of that gorgeous hair in though!

I coloured her with Distres Ink and Spectrum Aquatint markers.

Skin: Vintage Photo, Spice (SA)

Hair: Slate (SA), Charcoal (SA), Black (SA)

Outfit: Teal (SA), Pumice Stone & Sakura Clear Star Pen

The beautiful 7 Dots Studio papers came in a mixed box of papers, it's a very cheap way to buy a lot of different paper, ideal if you want to make something quite paper intensive like a mini album, and a great way of trying something different to your usual style. The have all been edged with Black Soot Distress Ink. I used a combination of Pumice stone and Black Soot Distress Inks to make the shadow around the frame and coloured some small gems in shades of aqua, black and grey to add a little sparkle and interest.

Items Used

Saturated Canary - Night Lights Digital Stamp

Mixed Box of Papers
Big Pierced and Stitched Rectangles Dies

38 mm B/W Spot Organza Ribbon

38 mm Phoebe White Guipure Lace

Diamante 20 mm Round Spacer

14 mm Aqua Blue Gems

2 mm S/A Gems

5 mm A/S Gems

The rest of the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the narrow spotty ribbon is from Stampin' Up and was a gift from my crafty friend Susie. The shape of the card was made with a Go Kreate die.

This card is available to buy on my Etsy store



I hope you like my card today and that it has inspired you to join our challenge. Don't forget to check out the rest of the talented design teams makes here, they're pretty amazing!

Enjoy the rest of your week! :) xx

Giveaway at The Ribbon Girl

As there are 5 Sundays in May we don't have a challenge this week, but one lucky reader can win a £10 voucher towards a spending spree in the store.  Just pop over to the blog here leave a comment and they will pick one winner at random on Saturday 6th June!

Good luck! :) xx