Completed Mini Album

Yayy!! My mini album is finished!  I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out and, more importantly, so was my dear friend.  She was delighted with it.  Made my day.

 I fussy cut a few flowers from the paper to make a pocket for a tag on the inside cover.

This mini pocket page is one I made from a tutorial, again by Kathy Orta.  The original one turned out too thick for my mini so I split it up and ended up with two nice little booklets.

 

This is the other half of the booklet I mentioned before. 

 

Punched out a Magnolia dragonfly and fussy cut some more flowers for the inside back cover.

I put in quite a lot of different tags but not much in the way of embellishments because I felt the paper was pretty enough to stand on its own.  I only added the odd flower or ribbon to some of the journalling tags.

That's all for now.  Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and, if you feel inclined, please leave a comment and let me know what you think. I would love to get some feed back. Take care and God bless.

xx Margy

Mini Album Cover

Just a short post - I finally finished my Mini Album cover.  It didn't quite turn out how I first imagined it but I think I'm happy with it.

 

 The lace flower is one I constructed myself as are the charms.

I used my tattered clock again although you can't see too much of it because I layered a postcard tag over the top of it.  I sprayed the clock with Sugar Plum Fairy Glimmer Mist which is a really pretty colour.

The large flower is one I made myself , the beige rose  is from Prima and the rest are all Kaisercraft.

I added some small gem sprays and some gold spirals.

I love this butterfly, it is so delicate. I couldn't remember where the die came from but the lovely Sandie Edwards from Delightfully Crazy left me a beautiful comment and told me it is a Memory Box die.  Thank you Sandie - you're the greatest.

Here is a closeup of the charm strands. I think I made it  a little too long so the next one will be shorter.  It should look better that way I think.

The album itself still isn't quite finished, I still have a couple of photo mats to make.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.  Take care and God Bless.

xx Margy

'Rondelle' Mini Album

Hi everyone! Wanted to show you a few pages  of a mini album I'm working on.  It's for a close friend of mine.  We don't  'do'  birthday presents so I'm giving this to her instead of a card.  She is the most amazing person.  She had polio as a child and now has to wear a caliper but she doesn't let that slow her down.  She is always busy  helping others (she bakes cakes for me) and never thinking of herself.  I love her to bits.  

The base album is made from cardstock along the lines of   Kathy Orta's  envelope album but with a couple of my own ideas incorporated into it.

 

    

The papers I've used are mostly from the Prima Rondelle Collection  (love these papers, they are really beautiful)  but the black spotted one is from Graphic 45's Olde Curiosity Shoppe and the orange spot is from their Nutcracker Suite  papers. I needed a couple of contrasts and felt these fitted in really well. All papers are distressed with Kaisercraft Bark Stamp Pad.

 

The small journalling tags I'm using are from various sources.  Some are Kaisercraft, some are free printables from the net and some are from my stash.

The charms are ones I put together myself.

It's not quite finished, I'm having problems working out how to decorate the front and what embellishments to use  inside.  Doesn't help when you're not feeling well but I'm sure it will all come together eventually.  I'll show the rest when it's all finished.

Thanks for visiting. Take care and God Bless.
xx Margy

Masculine Cards

Hi everyone!  Thought I'd  show you some masculine cards I've made. Feminine or girly cards are so easy to do, you just pick the colours and add flowers and swirls and butterflies, but masculine cards I find more difficult because there is not a lot of embellishments that you can use although I must admit companies are getting better at producing more masculine embellies.

This card was for my eldest son.  He's an avid gamer as well, loves Dragons, Sword and Sorcery, etc.  Bit like his Mum actually.  I've had the mesh in my stash for quite a while but could never work it into a project until this card. I'm quite pleased with the look of it.  The dragon and the shield I downloaded from the net, the swirls are a die-cut and I made the little banner from a strip of paper.

 

 This is the card I made for my brother.  He's a bachelor so I felt the pin-up was quite appropriate.

 

Distressed the edges of the papers and put a pocket behind the main image for the Birthday tag.
I coloured the tattered clock (love this die, I use it a lot) with a black stamp pad.

 Last, but not least, is the card I made for my eldest grandson.  He loves Metallica so I downloaded pictures of their guitars and picks.  The papers are from my stash and I distressed them with Versa Color charcoal.

Punched out the label from kraft card, distressed the edge, stamped the greeting on it and attached the small charm.

That's all for now.  Thank you for visiting and God Bless.
xx Margy

Trinket Boxes

Hello everyone!  Thought I'd show you some little trinket boxes I altered for the girls in our family.  I made three altogether and they are pretty much the same, just different colours.  The papers are out of my stash, I've had them for quite a while and don't remember where most of them came from.

For the top of each box I die cut some swirls and leaves, then added a mix of  flowers. Some are Kaisercraft, some are Prima and others are from my stash.

This first one was for my granddaughter so it had to be pink of course. I added a few gems to the swirls and also added a little heart charm.

 I glued some lace around the bottom and added more flowers and a Doohickey butterfly.

I also lined the inside of the boxes which finished them off quite nicely.

  This one was for my Daughter-in-law. Decorated pretty much the same except I added a gem sprig which is a bit hard to see on this photo.

I used Craft Smart craft glue to glue all the papers down. It's not the strongest glue around but works very well for this purpose.

  

  Last but not least is the one for my second Daughter-in-law. She loves steam punk so I used some Graphic 45 paper for the top and, although the box is certainly not steam punk, the paper lends itself quite nicely to the more girly look. I added some gem sprigs to this one as well.

As I said, they are all decorated very much the same just with different colours.  Luckily they were all well received.

Just a quick thank you to Diana's Creations for the images I have used as dividers and footer and also to Sweetly Scrapped for the welcome sign at the top.

That's all for now.  Thank you so much for visiting. Take care and God Bless.

xx Marg

More Cards

Hi everyone!  Just a few more cards to show you.

This is a card I made for a close friend who lost her Mum. I'd never made a sympathy card before and found it rather difficult emotionally. The background paper I obtained as a free printable from Diana's Creations. She creates some lovely things.  I kept the card fairly simple with lace, Kaisercraft flowers, a Magnolia Heart Swirl and corner stickers.

This card I made for friends having their 50th Wedding Anniversary. I'm pretty sure at least some of the papers are Kaisercraft. The large flower is Prima and the rest are Kaisercraft again, as is the birdcage.

This card I made in class. I know the beige patterned papers are from Diana's Creations but I'm not sure where I got the others from. The clock is a wooden flourish from Kaisercraft.  I love these kinds of interactive cards with multi folds and pockets.  It's almost like unwrapping a little present.

Any of you, who have visited my blog before and looked at the things I make, know I use a lot of Kaisercraft products. You may have heard that they are closing their outlet in Adelaide.  I think it is a great shame. I know their products are sold in other stores but this was the one place where you could find all of their product all in the same place. Not only that, but the staff will also be missed. They are lovely and talented people and I wish them all the best in whatever they undertake in the future. Good luck guys. I for one will miss you.

That's all for now.  Thank you for visiting and God Bless.
xx Marg