Graphic 45 Curtain Call mini album

It's always lots of fun using Graphic 45 paper and the Curtain Call Collection is just soooo artistic. LOVE IT! Got the paper, lace, Glossy Accents, ribbon, inks, glues, ephemera, flowers and punches all other supplies at The Front Desk in Newport, Vermont. They've got it all.

Mini Album September 2011 Life's a Game

I made this mini for my friend, Kim, for her birthday. I'm calling this one  Life's a Game. I filled it with game pieces like checkers and dice, etc.  I used mostly Jenni Bowlin paper and made the front and back covers from a checkerboard game. I put some photos in it but left spaces for her to put some of her own in there too. She's got some awesome photos from her skiing, kayaking and hiking adventures. Play Hard, Kim and Happy Birthday!

I used naked chipboard for the pages and painted them black around the edges before putting the designer paper on  them. The binding holding the pages together is black duct tape.

The tags are held on with brads and swing to reveal photos underneath. Then applied to cardstock so the whole thing becomes a pocket for more tags and photos.

I photocopied some old games I've found in my junque excursions....the Lotto game and the Tiddledy winks game boxes.

Mini album box

I'm sending this album in answer to a challenge issued on my Facebook page calling for someone to make something home-made in exchange for the same. But I thought it needed a proper box to store it in. I hope she likes it. Do you think she'll guess that it's made from a cereal box? Let's just keep that under wraps for now!
Wonder what I'll get??!!!

Crayon Style Box



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for 1st through 6th grade school photos

Inside  "crayon holders" hold photos for each year of elementary school

Side view    See how it steps up in the back row like a crayon box?

"b" is for back, yup, this is the back

Inside accordian style tags for photos and journaling

This is a box pattern from Laura Dennison. She used a Graphic 45 paper collection and it was so darn cute! But I have to use up some things from my stash or I won't have even a corner left to work from....I know, poor me, right? So I used a variety of paper I got a few years back at a Scrapbook Convention. It's a School collection from a company called Diane's Daughters and I like the way it turned out. But check out her Crayon Box using Graphic 45's new release called ABC Primer. So darn cute.

From My Garden Mini album

This is my version of the mini designed by Kathy Orta of Paper Phenomena. http://www.paperphenomenon.blogspot.com/   She's so talented. I changed  the sizing and the way the easel part opens up. The paper collection is called Garden Variety by Cosmo Cricket. It's so cheerful! And I bought all the supplies for this at The Front Desk in Newport, Vermont. Lots of spots for recipes and the flip part can be used to put in those pictures of your vegetable gardens! I know you have some!

I like the way this leans back when it's open so you can see the recipes easier.

Side view of mini with easel closed.

Side view with easel open.

Maple syrup sap bucket as a wedding card holder...

 Erin said she wanted something different for her outdoor wedding in September....and gave me carte blanche to do anything I wanted; to be creative. Her colors are brown and orange.  I had an antique (1901) sap bucket lid and borrowed the bucket for the occasion. (We'll give it back, Roger, I promise.) Then just glimmer misted some dried flowers mixed with some silks and a pretty pull knob from the Tim Holtz stash and a little bit of  hot glue. I sure hope she likes it. When the wedding is over she can release the top from the bucket (and return the bucket with a big thank you to ROGER) and hang the lid as a wall decoration if she wants. Congratulations on your wedding, Erin!!

I got the glimmer mist, hot glue and glue gun, and the Tim Holtz pull knob at The Front Desk, in Newport, Vt.

The video on youtube for the Recycled aluminum can frame is by: happyaur.

Recycled Aluminum Cans Photo Frame

I got this idea from a similar project seen on a Youtube vido. I haven't been able to locate the video again. I added some embossing and some alchohol ink to my project. If I run into that video again I'll post it on this project. This is made using recycled aluminum cans and an unpainted wooden frame purchased from Michaels.  How cool is that?

Cut your favorite graphics from soda/drink cans. Nip the top rim with a pair of wire cutters. Then just cut your pieces out using Tim Holtz Scissors. Those scissors are so slick, they cut the aluminum "just like buttah". Put the pieces in your embossing folders, if you like. I used the Cuttlebug and one B plate with about 5 pieces of lightweight chipboard. (Two B plates were too thick and made little cuts into the aluminum.) Hot glue the pieces onto a wooden frame...I painted mine black first. Then as an option you can use tiny tacks/nails in the corners of the pieces for an added touch. (My hubby did that part for me. He also offered to drink some beer if I would like to make one using beer cans. He's so nice.) Now I need a nice photo to put into my new frame~