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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Pocket mini album with paint as background

This is my mini album I a couple of days ago. It is inspired by I think annasari on YouTube. This is big envelops I have folded in two and the part you close the envelope I have left open and used it as pockets. Then instead of using cardstock as background I used paint. I used light brown, gold, silver, and a dark pink, which I made by mixing red and white. Then I put patterned paper and, used stamps, brads, ribbon, and journaling paper from a journaling book I have. And for the pockets I put in tags and embellished it with flowers. I love prima flowers. I put it together by using black rope. I learned this technique from annasari on YouTube. I love this information channel, most of the techniques I use and try most often I have learnt from different talented people by watching their YouTube videos.
























Saturday, September 26, 2009

mint green mini album

This is one of my mini albums in mint green, which is one of my favourite colours, it is a calming and fresh colour both nice wearing, and decorating with. Therefore I made two mini albums with this colour but with 2 different themes. This one is a more vintage album with new elements and techniques in which I have not tried before. These albums have been ready some time ago however; I was waiting for my order from simonsaystamp, which feels like the shipping has been too long to wait for. I had same stamps and inks I wanted to use in these albums.

Mint green mini album

Front cover is simple with a cute butterfly and rub-on corners and green and gold ribbons. I put some prima essentials 5 vintage flowers on with a pearl in the middle. The smallest flower i sprayed with tattered andel glimmer mist vanilla breeze. It gives it a nice shimmery effect but the green color is still noticable. Page 1-2 with another shade of the green colour. In it, i put some small tags in postcards shapes, postage and tags with words, friends and favourite. I put pearls on and the words precious memories are in distress powder by tim holtz peeled paint. Page 3-4 with an antique page from the book (1901) I bought from the second hand store. I added a stamp, remember, and but a page from a journaling notebook by prima. I love how it turned out ­. Page 5-6 I kept basic with some prima flowers and brad, and button and a place to fold up for putting pics and journaling on. Page 7 I did a mini album pocket using Marion’s technique with a sticker on the front and distressed edges, in it I have some tags and a little heart charm saying made with love. Also 2 nice old-looking buttons. Page 8 another pocket by Marion which I love how it turned out. On the back of it is a picture I used from the old reading book from 1901 that I bought. Love how it looks in contrast to the greenish background colour.
Then it is a transparent halvpage with damask, when you wipe your hand over it feels like felt. Next page 9 is a journaling page from a journaling book I just glued on and put some prima flowers with pearls on to make it more dimentional. Page 10 is another page torn out from the antique book from 1901. I think it is really neat and looks vintagy. Can put pictures there. Next page has a stamp which I used versa mark and pearls powder on which is in fact, old eye shadow powder pearls. I find ways to substitute pretty much, right! I got inspired by mybutterflykisses 12’s Altered Tag Tutorial.
Page 12 with patterned paper covering the half page with flourish stamp in pearls powder again in green. It looks really shiny, I love it. And half of the page is cover in beige paint similar to acrylic paint, inspired by annasari. The 13 page is also painted in beige with a photo from the old antique book. Between pages 12-13 I have a transparent page with some flourish and butterfly rub-ons. The page is a simple overhead-sheet. I love to find ideas to replace techniques with :).


















































Thursday, September 24, 2009

Order arrived from simonsays stamp

Ok here is my received package from simonsaysstamp.com. I ordered a lot because i was in need but also because they have a good deal, all orders over 120 dollars they will ship free internationally. And in us the free shipping starts at orders over 60 dollars, which is just great for all you ladies that spend a lot on scrapping items, right.

This is exactly what i would like to see more of from all online scrapbooking stores.

The package included:

Heidi Swapp Clear Acrylic Stamp 64299 Damask

Heidi Swapp Clear Stamps 64297 CLOCKS

Hero Arts 24 Flowers VINTAGE COLLAGE 2009

Prima Collage Flowers Essentials # 5 VAGABOND

Prima Essentials # 5 PULSE Tube w over 60 Flower

TIM HOLTZ Ranger DISTRESS INK PAD ~ FRAYED BURLAP ~

Prima Flowers LARGE Clear Stamps JOURNAL FRAMES

Prima Flowers CLEAR The Goods JOURNAL STAMP

Hero Arts EMBOSS SPARKLE Ultra Fine EMBOSSING POWDER

Prima Paper Art Scrapbooking PASTIES Sticky Notes

PC Clear Stamps ANCESTRAL Vintage Art

Tim Holtz DISTRESS EMBOSSING POWDER Emboss BLACK SOOT

Hero Arts EMBOSS CLEAR Ultra Fine EMBOSSING POWDER

Tim Holtz Ideaology FLOURISH MASK Reusable Stencil

Embossing Rubber Stamp Pad Emboss Clear Ink Tsukineko

252 MINI GLUE DOTS 21 Adhesive Sheets Clear Adhesive

Tim Holtz Ranger DISTRESS INK PAD ~ BLACK SOOT ~

Tattered Angels Spray Glimmer Mist DEWBERRY Glitter

Tim Holtz DISTRESS EMBOSSING POWDER TATTERED ROSE

Tim Holtz DISTRESS EMBOSSING POWDER PEELED PAINT Emboss

Prima Flowers Clear Stamp TICKER Collage

Tattered Angels GLIMMER MIST VANILLA BREEZE Glitter Spray

Tim Holtz DISTRESS EMBOSSING POWDER DRIED MARIGOLD

Prima Flowers CLEAR The Goods CORNER STAMP 3 #3

Heidi Swapp Clear Stamps 64062 FAMILY CORNERS

Prima Essentials # 5 PEACHES Tube w over 60 Flowers!

Prima Flowers JOURNALING NOTEBOOK Super Fabulous Notes

I have never ever ordered so much online before, i did not know iof you time and order things you wanted. I can assure i changed the items many many times before I sent in the end just so I will not change my mind anymore.





























some items did not turn out they i expected them to be, but overall i am happy with my purchase and cant wait to start use everything in my scrap mini albums.







Monday, September 21, 2009

Trii-fold Mini Album











Wow it feels like i have not been writing for ages, but it is not because i have not done any mini albums, no, it is because i have not recieved my order yet and i am waiting to use all tools, and stamps an dink etc on two really cute mini albums i have made, they are just waiting for me to be more creative with them :)

so, i decided i will upload one small mini today, it is a tri-folded mini inspired by a lady called cardinspired on youtube. i dont use same measurementa but use the same concept.