Graphic 45 Cityscapes Mini Album

Happy Thursday! Today I have an album to share and as you know, I love making mini albums and I knew Cityscapes would make the perfect album to store photos of my family’s travels. Using a simple album page style, I was able to make the most of this gorgeous paper to frame the photos that will go in it. When I saw the new Graphic 45 Policy Envelopes I knew how fantastic they would coordinate with my album. They added the perfect pockets for our travel mementos and additional space for more photos and journaling tags. I just slit the bottoms open to attach to my album binding and they fit my album like they were made for it and came already perfectly coordinated!

Tip: A great way to add charms to the spine of your album is to use a Graphic 45 Ornate Label Holder. Punch a hole in the pull towards the edge with a heavy duty hole punch. Add a chain and some charms with some jump rings.

Tip: Don’t have the perfect matching charms? Make some by fussy cutting your favorite images from your design paper. Back them with cardstock or another fussy cut image that matches the shape to make it sturdier. Similar to what I did with the stamps on my album spine. Punch a hole in the corner and add a jump ring!

Check out my album tour here:

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Cityscapes 12x12 Paper-

Cityscapes, Map the Past,

Global Odyssey, Street of Dreams, Well Traveled,

Passport to the World, Crossroads

Graphic 45 Regular Red Policy Envelopes

Graphic 45 Regular Black Policy Envelopes

Graphic 45 Ornate Keys

Graphic 45 Ornate Keyholes

Graphic 45 Ornate Label Holder

May Arts Ribbon- Black

Medium weight chipboard

cardstock- black

adhesive- wet and foam

Prima charms

Rare Oddities Halloween Tri-Fold Brag Book and Tutorial

Graphic 45 outdid themselves with the Rare Oddities Collection. It has one of my all-time favorite patterns- paisley, along with skulls and potions and amazing colors! Since Halloween is fast approaching I felt the desire to make some fun pieces to get my home looking festively spooky.  Since I love to take pictures of my kids in their costumes but don’t take a lot, I created this tri-fold brag book that will hold just enough photos and can be stood up and displayed as a Halloween décor piece year after year, as well. I love double duty projects! I hope you check out the tutorial I put together for you and try one out for yourself. Change up the collection and it’s perfect for any occasion and is so quick to put together that they make great gifts, too!

Follow this link for written instructions!

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities Paper:

Brews and Potions

Articles of Antiquity

Charmed I’m Sure

Random Relics

Cabinet of Curiosity

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities Decorative Chipboard

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities Cardstock Stickers

Black Cardstock

Medium Weight Chipboard

Scoreboard/ bone folder

Adhesive

Ribbon/Twine

Petaloo Flowers

Tim Holtz Charms, Ring Fastener and Tab die

Web die cuts using my Silhouette

Graphic 45 Gilded Lily Boxed Mini Album and Tutorial

Happy Friday! Today I have a boxed album to share and a tutorial to go along with it!

I love making boxed mini albums and Graphic 45’s Mixed Media boxes make it so easy to whip up a quick album base with just a few alterations. I used the Gilded Lily Collection to make a fancy and feminine album perfect for adding my daughter’s dance pictures or birthday pictures. If you’re looking to try one for yourself then grab a Mixed Media Box and I’ll share with you how to make your own boxed mini album base ready for decorating in a jiffy!

Tip: Mixed Media boxes come in Ivory, Kraft and Black. Want a different color, paint it! You don’t need to paint the whole thing if you’re adding paper, so just paint the edges that will show. I especially like metallic paint like gold to match the Christmas Carol Collection or deep bronze for Steampunk Debutante.

Supplies:

Gilded Lily 12x12:

Royal Gardens, Her Majesty, Crème de la Crème, Tres Chic, Lavish Lifestyle

Gilded Lily 8x8 Pad

Gilded Lily 6x6

Gilded Lily Pocket and Tags

Gilded Lily Decorative Chipboard

Gilded LilyJournaling Chipboard

Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Brads

Graphic 45 ShabbyChic Keyholes

Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Keys

5”x5” Mixed Media Box in Ivory

White Cardstock

Corner and Cloud Corner Chomper

Adhesive and Foam Dimensionals

Flowers, seam binding, wood frame

Mini Album using Graphic 45's New World's Fair Collection

Hi, all! It's an exciting day today! Today is the start of Graphic 45's sneak peeks of their brand new collections for Summer 2015!!! Preorders will be available soon after the Sneak Peeks of all the Collections!

First up is the super fun and bright World's Fair. I love how versatile this collection is- inspirational projects, kids projects, summer fun- the possibilities are endless. 

This Collection was a blast to work with! I loved all the images and, especially, the hot air balloons. I went through 3 sheets of Balloon Bouquet in order to get all the hot air balloon images I wanted, as I decorated my mini everywhere with them! I even put away my go-to tab punch and used the fussy cut hot air balloons as my tabs! It was a fun way to change things up and it gave the album such a fun and unique look that just added to the whimsy of the album!

Here is a video walk through of this fun mini and pictures galore below!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Graphic 45 World’s Fair Collection

Graphic 45 Stamped Metal Brads

Color Box Decades Ink- Venetian Lace

Color Box Ink Applicator

Seam binding and Crochet trim

Copic markers (to color the seam binding) in B02, B24, YR04, YR07

Kraft cardstock

Chipboard

Scrap-Perfect Adhesive

Foam dimensionals- black

Wide Eyelets

Scallop edge punch

Big Bite hole punch

Circle Punch

Boxed Mini Album Using Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs

HI all! I have a Graphic 45's Team Project to share using Raining Cats and Dogs. I have used the Mixed Media Box to make it into a boxed Mini Album and I love how it turned out!

When I first saw the Raining Cats and Dogs Collection, I immediately thought of my good friend who loves animals so much she became a Vegan! I knew I wanted to make her a mini album to house the special photos of her with her fur babies, so I altered a Mixed Media Box to turn it into an all-in-one Boxed Mini Album.

Tip: For each album page, try focusing on two main colors with a pop of a third color to ensure a cohesive look that is not too busy and enhances the focus on the photo.

I have a Video Walk-through of the Album and TONS of photos. At the bottom, I put together a list of everything I used to create this mini!

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs 8x8 Paper Pad

Raining Cats and Dogs Stickers

Raining Cats and Dogs Banners

Raining Cats and Dogs Journal Chipboard

Raining Cats and Dogs Decorative Chipboard

Graphic45 5x5 Mixed Media Box- Black

Graphic45 Metal Brads

Graphic45 Ornate Metal Keys

Graphic45 Ornate Metal Label Holder

Color Box Antiquing Dye Ink- Decades in Photogenic

Color Box Sponge Applicator

Twine

Prima Bella Rouge Flowers

Metal Filigree Pieces

MFT Doily Die

MFT Layered Leaves Die

Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper

Cardstock in Cream and Black

Wet Adhesive

ScorTape