Hortensia Perpetual Mini Album

Hi Crafty Friends I'm here today to share a project for Clare at My Creative Spirit using Stamperia's Hortensia Collection.  If you aren't familiar with it please check out the links at the bottom of this post.  If you love flowers, especially hydrangeas then this is truly the collection for you.  Hydrangeas have always been a favorite for me.  Growing up Momma had huge ones growing outside our dining room window.   I remember one year she picked a large bouquet and dried them for a centerpiece.  My goodness they lasted forever.  So pretty, so many memories....

Isn't she beautiful?  She's dreaming of peace and contentment and a world free of Pandemics, less stress and turmoil, oh wait, I think that's what I'm dreaming of.  

This book has a hard front and back with accordian pages that open to the right and left.  A fabulous design Clare made!  It allows you to view the complete front or back all at one time.

Your best look at the mini is through my YouTube walk through video.  In it I will share each page and all the tuck ins, pockets, hidden treasures etc.  The link is at the bottom of this post.  

These are the first two pages.  As I said, it's stunning paper don't you think?  Stamperia never disappoints.

For those of you that have followed my creative journey you know I love repurposing things.  The parchment bag and the pink doily with the flower cluster were all one bag gifted to me by my friend Paula.  I cut the bag top off so I could use bits on both pages.  It's the perfect complement to the papers. These are pages 3 and 4.

Pages 5 and 6 share one of the lovely purple hearts my friend Manuela (Bunny Bow on YouTube) gifted to me many moons ago.  I've been hoarding but I thought it time to share with whomever purchases this book. Things are always better when shared don't you think?

I have created a playlist for anyone wishing to know how I created any of the elements you see on these pages.  Each two pages are a separate video so it will be easy for you to find the correct video without having to wade through all the things you may not be interested in.  These are pages 7 and 8.  Here I created an acetate window which eventually could house a very special photo.

And as all good things this one ends with pages 9 and 10.  I hope you've enjoyed this little visual of the book and pages.  Please join me over on YouTube so you can see the whole book, start to finish.  

Have a wonderful crafting day my friends!

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Post Bound Albums

 Hi Everyone I'm sharing today another kit I did for Clare at My Creative Spirit.  Check out the bottom of the post for links to her store and social media, my social media and the two videos I made sharing the finished project.  Enjoy!

I'm just going to share a few teasers here so you can get a feel for the book

You'll want to check out the videos

to really get a feel for it!

This is a post bound kit, meaning you can replace or

extend the posts to give you all the 

expandable room you want

to add more and more

photos.

My mini has 9 pages 

plus the front/back covers

I used black cardstock that

Clare had sent me for the

inside pages.

narrated walk through

photos only

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Winter Mini Album using Stamperia's Make A Wish

Hi everyone, I'm sharing my Winter Design Team project for Crafty City using Archana's Make a Wish Kit which features Stamperia's Make a Wish Collection.  Gee I love their paper collections. 

I think I'll just post the 5 pages and then you can pop over to the video to see the complete walk through.  I used muslin fabric to hinge several of the pages together.  Something I'd not seen before and something I know I'll do again.  Because of the give of the fabric the mini lays so flat and has so much bendability and flexibility.  It's great. 

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My Creative Spirit's Flip Flap Album and Box - My Opinion

Hi everyone, several weeks back my friend Clare Charvill of My Creative Spirit sent me some of her MDF kits to play with along with some rolls of her black assembly tape. I used Prima's Flirty Fleur collection on my box and album.

I've got to admit I was so skeptical that the black tape would be durable and strong enough to really provide a great way to assemble the box and mini.  Well check out my video (link at the bottom of this post) to find out what I think now.

Just click on Clare's photo above to go to her store for the kit. 

You can also purchase an instant download PDF if shipping is an issue for you

or you'd like to use your own papers  PDF LINK

This was a great little mini with the box that Clare designed.  Of course when you start adding your own paper and embellishments it begins to change it up.  I tried to follow Clare's instructions to the T so the basic construction of both are exactly as she had them.  You had two options to use glue and tape or only tape for the construction.  I chose the tape because I really wanted an honest opinion to give you of what I thought.

This is called a Flip/Flap because it has identical pages on both sides that flip in and flap under the preceding page.  Great idea and great use of every inch of the album's space.  You'll be surprised at how many photos this little gem will hold.

The box comes with a precut heart.  I added acetate to make a shaker.  Loved how the glitter (Chunky Glass Gitter from ReneaBouquets) and colored sequins look as they move about.  The flowers and other bits were all Prima.

Clare designed the hinges so they move and allow the mini to lay almost flat when open, it also allows the pages to intertwine when closed.  So clever this lady is!

I also have to give a shout out to my friend Paula who sent me the paper, flowers and some of the embellishments to add to my own stash.  Gave me lots of things to work with. 

I'll be using up the scraps in another video making some cards to share with you.  I'll also have a little process video, I won't share the whole construction since this kit and/or PDF is available from Clare's store and she did all the hard work designing it.  I do want to share in that video some of my decorating since it's different from hers and may give you more food for thought.

Thanks for popping in.  Be sure and check out Clare's links below, tell her I sent you over to have a look-see.  And don't miss the video walk through of my own box and album.  Huge hugs and thank you's across the pond to my friend Clare.  

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Paradise in August - Mini and Tutorial

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a collaboration between ReneaBouquet and Crafty City Design Teams.  I made a mini using ReneaBouquets Treasure Box 1 and Crafty City's Mintay Paradise Paper collection and Prima flowers to match.

There are blog posts on both ReneaBouquet and Crafty City so I won't repeat myself here.  What I did want to share is I have a 3 video tutorial series uploading to YouTube as I write this.  On the videos I'll share the how tos of creating this project.  I hope you'll take a look at the playlist .

Let's have a look at the videos included on the Playlist

The Walk-Through of the finished mini

Video 1 - Construction and Coloring

I also wanted to tell you about using Sookwang Tape in the Construction of this mini.  It's wonderful.  (There's a link and discount code at the bottom of this post to the Sookwang Tape Etsy store).

I used various sizes to adhere my pages and flips, flaps, mats and tags

When construction the outside I used the Sookwang tape to adhere my cover cardstock to the chipboard, I've not found a stronger tape!

Mitering the corners cuts down on bulk and results in a much nicer finish

I used the same color to mat the inside, Bazzill Smoothie Ocean Breeze

Video 2 - Construction of the flip and flaps throughout.

Video 3 - The Finishing Touches

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Crafty City Design Team Summer Mini

Hello everyone, I'm back today with a new Design Team Project for Crafty City using the Summer Blush Kit.  This fun kit includes beautiful decorative papers from Blue Fern's Blush Collection as well as bright, lovely flowers from Prima.  Also included are some soft blue buttons from LemonCraft.  When you watch the video you'll see I used all the packaging materials from the flowers and buttons as well.  Since this kit has only 8 designer sheets I supplemented the designer with solid Bazzill Smoothie cardstock.  

This is an 8"x9"x3" mini with a chipboard outer and a four page inner.  The pages expand and open to reveal lots of places to place photos in size from the smallest Instagram or Iphone photo to large 5"x7".

The front cover has this gorgeous double frame, included in the kit, from Scrapiniec.  I used several kinds of Glimmer mists, along with white Gesso and Deco Art Glitter Paint to bring it to life.  The top left is free to insert your own photo behind the acrylic liner.  I've shared this lovely heritage photo of my Grandma and my Aunt so you can get an idea of what it would look like with your personal photo.  The frame has been decorated with an assortment of embellishments and flowers both from the kit and my own stash.  The butterflies were metal and I again covered them with white Gesso and after they were dry brought out the colors of the kit with my own sprays, inks and paints.

Here's some snapshots of the page spreads, you can check out the Crafty City Blog post for a much more extensive review or better yet hop on over to YouTube and watch the cover to cover walk through.  There will be a tutorial series following sharing how to construct the pages and some decorating ideas.

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Retro All The Way - Mini Album

Hi everyone, I was contacted a while back from one of my viewers asking if I could make a mini for her.  She'd purchased some bits and pieces of collections but then gathering them all together she was so hesitant to cut the paper and start on this journey.  

So here I'd like to share what I created for her.  It's a six page mini measuring 6"x8.5"x3".  I wrapped the book and constructed the pages with Artisan Black Cardstock.  I used Carte Bella's Metropolitan Girl and For the Record along with Authentiques Saucy.  I threw in a few pieces here and there from Retro collections from my own stash.  

I've used lots of glitter and glossy accents to create glittery pieces of fun throughout the book.  The corners are capped with Tim Holtz corners and I added a Door Plate and Glass Knob to loop the elastic closure around.  This is by far the most convenient type of closure if you aren't sure how large you mini will grow once you begin adding photos and what nots.

There are lots of mats and tags throughout the pages along with numerous pull out journaling booklets.  One thing that was requested was lots of space to capture thoughts and memories.  Here's a little show and tell of some of the pages

I have a complete video walk through posted below, I hope you'll join me there to see all the pages with descriptions of what I've used, punches, paper etc.

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