MINI BOOK & BOX by Annette

Hello All,  Annette here wishing you

a very warm welcome to Meg’s Garden Blog …

 Today I’d like to share my little album & box set created with 

The Butterfly Garden Collection 

A beautiful & delicate collection.

a gorgeous book kit available printed or ready to download

a mini pack totally ready for the lovers of mini papers

5 papers 12x12"+4x12" strip for the scrapbookers 

a Cut & Create Ephemera for all

The box was originally a MP3 player box with magnetic closure …

 I covered the box with striped paper

the top is trimmed with calico, tea died muslin &edged with cream lace& cream pearled lace.

 A bouquet of white rose buds ,vine, brass butterfly trimmed with pearls 

are all held in place with a brass trim bent into shape & a large pearl brad. 

The side has a brass knob trim …

 the lid is lined with ‘Les Papillons”paper and the base with cream calico & edged with lace.

I was inspired by a book created by my friend Julianne McKenna de Lumen, thanks Jules xx

The little book is held with a paper ring.. created with a die cut doiley, circle of paper machine stitched , fussy cut flowers, satin roses paper flowers, I embossed a silver butterfly gold added pearls to enhance, gold lace, hat pins & metallic Hope tag. All edges are inked & machine stitched. 

 The front cover of the book has no adornment..

 Pgs 1& 2 

 Open pg 2 to reveal centre page.. with frame, fussy cutting doiley, muslin & butterfly

& pg 3 with key hole, clock & butterfly

Pg 1 flips up revealing pearled heart & silver key 

trimmed with flowers & skeleton leaves, lace & paper doiley.

Lower page is more fussy cutting ,a photo corner & vine.

 

Pg 3 flips down to show photo corner, vine, brass trim.

Lower page has lined paper for journaling with butterfly &inked doiley 

photo showing all pages opened out

PRODUCTS USED :

 the Butterfly book kit 

P1003

The collection of papers is designed for all butterfly lovers.
Flowers & butterflies drift into colour, illuminating spring.
The pages have been prepared so that you can mix & match the papers as you like by using contrasting or similar styles. Each individual page is 5.5x8.5".
The cover & cover liners are 11x8.5"

Handle/knob al 108

 Dodo Vine Wire..dodo

 Skeleton Leaves - natural skel

 Mini Rosebuds - white gt-wh
 Cherry Blossoms cherry

Emporer pins 

Thanks for visiting Meg's Garden Blog 

stay a while & admire the work of my fellow team mates 

I'm sure you'll be inspired by their creativity

Happy Scrapping 

Hugz Annette