Raining Cats and Dogs - Mini Album

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog.  Today I have my creative inspiration project share for Mad About Scrappin.  

 You may remember my mini album from a few posts back....you can see it here.  Well I have another one of these super quick and super easy mini's.  This one is created much the same, except I've added a 1/4" inch gusset to the scalloped flap to allow room for the mini to expand.

I have created the inner pages from some plain white card stock.   These pages measured roughly 4"x 8".  I folded them in half and then with some crochet cotton I sewed them to the inside of the card.

 Once my little book was constructed I mat all my pages with what was left of the Graphic 45 paper pad "raining cats and dogs". Once again I have  printed out some black and white photo's of our newest furbaby and  I alternated each page with a photo and a pocket with tags for journalling.  Again, I was surprised at just how quickly this little pocket mini worked up...I had it done in no time at all.  I tried really hard to not over embellish and to keep it "flat" but as you can see by the pics...I wasn't overly successful at doing that :) I have used a Creative Memories tag punch through out and fussy cut the images from the paper collection.  As usual readers here are all the pics...

I hope you have enjoyed this week's project.  As always guys....please check out the links below to see what other happenings have been going on over at Mad About Scrappin.

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Two Little Layouts

Hello crafty peoples!  I have a couple of layouts to share with you all today.  These were created from the Graphic 45 paper collection - "Raining Cats and Dogs".  I thought this year I would branch out and try my hand at creating some layouts in this 8x8 size and also A4....Just for something different.  So guys here are my layouts.....

and here are some of the close ups.  Well readers, would you believe I have drawn a mental blank?!  I always get stuck for words when it comes to describing how I created my projects...but I will do my best...so here goes.  The first layout is of our little princess Tash.  The photo is about wallet size and I have offset it on some scraps leftover from last weeks mini album.  I have used a large doily that I have sprayed with some Tibetan Poppy Teal from Lindy's Stamp Gang and embellished it with some flowers from my kitd and little tags from the paper pad...oh and some bling...every princess needs bling right????

 One of my favourite techniques is distressing the edges with just a pair of scissors and adding a few rolled tears here and there.  I have tucked under some  small scraps to match the layer on the doily.

My second layout is of our newest furbaby... Cosmo.  Again I have used another wallet sized photo.  I have also used black cardstock to mat with.  I wanted to make the papers pop just that little bit more.

I have also used more Lindy's Stamp gang sprays - Red Hot Poker Orange to brighten and blend in some of the little paper blossoms.

...added a little twine to the banner

and I'm not sure if you can see it....but I punched a border and edged it with some Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink.

Well readers I did my best.  There really isn't much to tell. I hope you have enjoyed my layouts.  I actually quite enjoyed working on this scale and plan to do a few more.  I do hope you check out the links below to see what other happenings have been going on with Mad About Scrappin and my fellow team mates.

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Quick "n" Easy Mini Album

Good morning everyone, welcome to my Monday project share and just as the title says it is a quick 'n' easy mini album.  I have used one of these scalloped edged cards that I received in this months kit.

I scored a 1/4 inch spine. 

 from some cardstock I cut some inner pages.  These pages measured roughly 4"x8". 

  I folded them in half and then with some crochet cotton I sewed them to the inside of the card.

Once this was done I then matted the whole booklet or mini with some black cardstock.  I then started cutting some mats from the Graphic 45 - Raining Cats and Dogs.  I also printed out some black and white photo's of my sons dogs and cut them to size.  I have alternated each page with a photo and a pocket with tags for journalling.  I was surprised at just how quickly this mini worked up...I had it done in no time at all.  I tried really hard to not over embellish and to keep it "flat" but as you can see by the pics...I wasn't overly successful at doing that :) I have used a Creative Memories tag punch through out and fussy cut the images from the paper collection.  As usual guys here are all the pics...

I hope you have enjoyed my little mini this week. These little mini's would be perfect for holding all your instagram photo's or as a little brag book of your children or grandchildren. I do plan to take this back to the drawing board - or should I say scoring board and re-think this.  I think it needs some room to grow  .... keep an eye out for the revamped or re-thunk version in coming posts....annnnd as always....please check out the links below to see what other happenings have been going on with Mad About Scrappin.

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