Chunky Mini Album

Happy Aloha Friday!!!

Considering Friday is almost over, kind of a moot point, isn't it? :)

I had this really grand notion of posting stuff on a regular basis, but, apparently, that fell through, didn't it???

So, tonight's post was something that I finished a while ago but never got around to posting as I was in an accident and haven't been able to get over the frustration and other issues that has arisen because of it. So, when I got out of bed this morning, I told myself, today is a new day and its going to be different...I'll let you know how that ends up working for me....

Anyway...like I said, I finished this a few weeks ago, before my accident, and, I was just so darn proud of myself, I wanted to share...I have been doing a massive hoard haul of all kind of stuff...mulberry paper flowers, lace, ribbons, trims, Filofaxes (guess who jumped on that boat? That's another post in the near future...)and...Prima goodies! Here's a few pics of an envelope album I made with the Romance Novel collection...notice I didn't use the word mini???

This is the side view....

And this is the front cover

The front and back covers are an idea I got from My Sisters Scrapper on youtube...I put double slider tags on the inside of both. I used modeling paste and gesso, a boatload of flowers, seam binding and some charms. Love, love, LOVE this paper collection and seriously had to stop and think if I wanted to use it or not...but, I bought it for something and why hoard? If you hoard, you'll end up with no space to get new stuff...

Then, I used my Bind it All to put it all together...overall, I'm really happy with it...had a blast making it, too!  Can't wait to start on the next one!

I hope you liked the pics...sorry it's such a short post but I can't seem to keep my eyes open...stay tuned for more pics...

Aloha and have a great 3 day weekend!!!

Nancy 

C'est La Vie mini album

Happy Sunday! I just woke up from a two hour nap - I fell asleep at my craft table...with the way our house is right now, it's the only place I can actually feel comfortable...it's like a big comfy armchair to me:)

As I mentioned the other night, I have some pics of a mini album that I did - the inspiration came from the Prima YT channel...Frank Garcia and designer, Jodie Lee, had taped a class about making this 6x6 album that looked so super easy, I had to try it! 

Here are some of the supplies used:

I did a minimal amount of stamping, using the Established Elegance set and Feeling Sentimental from Stampin' Up! I also used some of the flatback rhinestones, pearls and paper doilies from Stampin' Up! and some flowers from Prima. I had made some purchases from a couple of stores off of Zibbets (Shabby Scraps and Shabby Beautiful) and got some of the most fabulous flowers from them and put them to use in this album.

       Chipboard was used for the pages - 6 pieces total cut at 6x6 - and, the hinge system is just Kraft cardstock cut at 3x6 and scored at 1 1/2" and adhered to the pages to make an accordion like album - super super easy! It also allows you to embellish it as much or as little as you want...love it! I also used Tim Holtz's Tattered Floral die to cut out some flowers using my scraps from the album to embellish the front, along with some brown tulle I picked up from a local fabric shop - it's not the first album I made, but, it was the easiest and since I was able to use only half of a 12x12 sheet of designer paper per every two pages, pretty darn economical it was, too!

I had purchased some Prima Paper, both from online and locally, and, am planning the next albums...Prima is like the Holy Grail of paper crafting to me....every time I open a paper pad to look at the designs, I swear I hear angels sing!

Thanks for letting me share with you and I hope you all have a great night!

Aloha!