A Tilda Mini Album for Spring

Good Sunday morning, everyone! Easter is only a week away already and Springtime has arrived in Southeast Texas already. We have already had to cut the grass, for heaven's sake! It didn't even seem like we had a winter as I only had to turn on the heat a handful of times and, of course, there was no snow to be seen anywhere close to here.

If you recall, I am a guest designer for Marker Pop this month and today I have my second project ready for you. I made a cute mini album with several Tilda stamps and some paper towel rollers that I flattened and cut to the size of toilet paper rollers. There are 14 pages in all and each of the 7 tubes holds a tag that can be used for photos, journaling or additional embellishment.

The Tilda on the front of the mini is from a stamp I bought at Marker Pop called Tilda with Little Pocket. Isn't she a cutie? The other Tildas were stamped and sent to me by my card-making friend and colorist extraordinare, Tracy Valure, about a year ago. I used some of the ones she sent me on cards and other projects but I still had a few left over and thought this would be a great way to use them up and make something really cute while I was at it. WARNING: There are a LOT of pictures... even more than I normally post. It is a mini album after all! LOL So here we go!

 

 

  

  

The products I used in the creation of this little mini album are listed below:

Designer Paper – Garden Party by Dovecraft

Kraft tags – Creative Tags by Recollections

Front Cover Stamp – Tilda with Little Pocket by Magnolia

Flourish on Cover – B117 Fanciful Flourish by Cheery Lynn Designs

Doily – DL229 Chasing Rainbows Doily with Angel Wing by Cheery Lynn Designs

Die Metal Cutting Adaptor Plate by Cheery Lynn Designs 

Stamps colored with Copic Markers

Butterflies – Martha Stewart Punch

Flowers – made with the petal-shaped punched out pieces from the doily die listed above

Pearl Centers- Bulk White Half Pearls by Want 2 Scrap

Glitter on butterfly wings – Opal Glitter Glue by Craft Essentials

Rose – Wild Orchid Crafts

Large White Eyelets – Recollections

Postage Stamp Embossed Die Cuts – Cuttlebug by Provo Craft

Ribbons, trims, buttons, netting, stickers and binding rings– from my stash

I am entering this project into the following challenges:

TBD

That's all for now! Please stop by Marker Pop's Blog to see my post there and I'd appreciate it very much if you'll leave a comment on their blog. They're also having a blog hop tomorrow with C.C. Designs that you won't want to miss! Thanks for visiting today. I hope you have a wonderful week and a blessed Easter next weekend. Until next time...

Happy crafting!

Anniebee

  

WOW Embossing Powders meets Graphic 45

Hello, Wow fans! Anne here.  It's the last day of November and soon Christmas will be knocking on our doors. I'm sure a lot of you industrious people have already put up your trees, decorated them, adorned the exterior with lights and lawn ornaments and have all your shopping done and packages wrapped. Well, guess what... I haven't bought the first gift yet. Truth be known, all of my gifts will be hand made this year as money is awfully tight and there's no room in my budget for shopping. 

I have for you today a mini album I made featuring Graphic 45's A Ladies' Journal collection and lots of WOW! Embossing Powders and Clear Stamps. I'm going to cut right to the chase and show it to you as there are several pages in this little book.

This collection by Graphic 45 is absolutely gorgeous.  I have been wanting to do this for quite some time and when I was assigned to do a mini or scrapbook layout, guess which one I chose!

Below is a waterfall feature where the recipient can put photos, journaling or anything else she wants. There is a tab hidden under the layers of photo mats. When you pull the tab, the layers flip up one at a time to reveal the one underneath it. I don't know who came up with this idea but she/he is a genius! It's a very clever design.

As you can tell from the photo below, all of the envelopes, pockets and waterfall flips work... they aren't just for looks. 

Below is the back of the album.  The graphics in this G45 collection are so elegant and feminine and remind us of a simpler time with their Victorian and Elizabethan flavor. 

The embossing powders I used were: Metallic Gold Regular, Metallic Copper Regular, Neutral Ultra Shimmer, Opaque White and Primary Ebony. The stamp sets I used were With Love, Simply Amazing, Brocade and Make A Wish. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing this little book. I have a little more embellishing to do and a few tags to make before I can say this project is complete but I'm really happy with the way it turned out. It's going to a special person on my Christmas list. Mini albums are a lot of work but the results are usually so eye-catching it makes all the extra effort worthwhile. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

TBD

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I hope you'll pop over to the WOW blog too and check out some of the lovely projects made by my teammates. Until next time....

Happy crafting!

Anniebee