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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Enchanting Mini Album using Graphic 45 Enchanted Forest

Hello and welcome as always! I had made a boxed album base using my Boxed Album Cover and Stand Tutorial a while back and wasn’t sure where I wanted to go with it. The beautiful jewel tones of Enchanted Forest were perfect for my ‘royal’ boxed album. I love adding feet to really make it look like a trinket box from the outside, so it’s a fun surprise to find a mini album inside to store memories in photographs. The ATC Policy envelopes make the perfect storage for ticket stubs, extra photos, notes or any other small memorabilia you may want to add.

If you like you can check out my walkthrough of my album here:

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Enchanted Forest 8x8 Paper Pad

Graphic 45 Enchanted Forest Cardstock Stickers

Graphic 45 Ornate Keyholes

Graphic 45 Door Knockers

Graphic 45 Staples ATC Policy Envelopes- Red and Black

Petal Sugared Flowers and Prima Bella Rouge Flowers

Chipboard

Kraft Cardstock

Tim Holtz Arrow Turns

Small Metal Knobs

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Mother's Day Box and Tag Mini

With Mother’s Day coming soon, I was inspired by the elegant ladies in A Ladies Diary Collection to make my mother a beautiful gift using a Staples ATC Book Box. I love how easy it is to put together a project with a Graphic 45 Staple and a Deluxe Edition Collection. The tag mini inside is the perfect size for inspirational quotes, tiny photos or coupons. I hope she likes it!

Supplies:

A Ladies Diary Deluxe Collector’s Edition

Graphic 45 Staples ATC Book Box
Graphic 45 Staples Ornate Keys

White Cardstock

Doily Edge Punch

Prima Tales of You and Me Fabric flower and bow

Gina’s Designs Feather Chipboard

Gesso

Cameo

Chain Tassel

Foam Square

Check out the Graphic 45 blog for more inspiration from Belly Lau and her elegant Hat Box and Album. She even has a tutorial!

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Scraps of Spring Tag Mini Album

With Earth Day this month, I was inspired to make a tag album with bits and pieces of different collections that had a Spring feel for pictures I had taken on Easter. I wanted it to be super feminine and soft as I was making this as a keepsake for my daughter. Botanical Tea, Precious Memories, Sweet Sentiments and Gilded Lily all came into play for this little mini!

Tip 1: Don’t throw away your precious Graphic 45 paper scraps. Graphic 45 Collections, new and old, blend well with each other and just a little of this and that can be just enough for the perfect project.

Tip 2: When blending the different collections, I loved various embellishments, but the images didn’t quite “go’, so I tucked the pocket/tag/chipboard behind another element just enough to hide what I didn’t want shown but far enough out to show a pretty border and add dimension and shape to the page.

Below I have a video tour and photos :)