Guest DT post - Mini Album using White Flowers on Green

Hello everyone, it's Patti here coming back for a guest spot on the Design Team.  Meg kindly shipped me off her new collection White Flowers on Green.  It evolved into a lovely mini that I'm just dying to share with you today.

I've added a few bits and bobs from my stash that coordinated well with Meg's papers, like the Eiffel Tower and the metal flowers.  The fan is fussy cut from the paper, pleated and inked on the creases with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  I also used Rustic Glimmer Glam from Tattered Angels on the outer edge.

The clock and lady are both from the collection and I also tucked a butterfly from the butterfly transparency sheet Meg sells in the store .  I love these butterflies!

This is a 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" book with a 2 3/4" spine.  The book itself is created using chipboard with four cardstock pages each sporting a side pocket which holds a tuck in mat measuring 5 1/4"x 7" So lots of room for even your larger photos this time.

There are lots of pockets with tags and mats to house numerous photos and memorabilia.  On the right I've taken the center out of this gorgeous frame from the paper and replaced it with acetate.  I slipped a little place holder behind to show where to put your photo and adorned the space around with lots of fussy cut pieces from the collection. 

 

Butterflies seem to pop out all over these papers from the large one fussy cut from the paper on the left belly band to the acetate on on the right hovering on the frame.  

The mats are all cut from a cream cardstock from Spellbinders.  I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in shades of  Olive Vine, Sun Sisters, Crushed Shells and Baby Girl pink, spritzing until I got the look I liked.  All these colors lend themselves to the gorgeous shades in Meg's papers.  To give the mats a little more eye candy until photos are placed I stamped them with and old flourish stamp from a collection from Kaisercraft called Magic Happens.  Once the photos are down I know you'll only see the borders but it makes it mighty pretty until them or a great background for any spots that are going to just house journaled thoughts.

Because of shipping costs from Australia to the US Meg and I decided to just have her send the papers and not embellishments.  As hard as it was for me not to not get my fingers on some of her store lovelies I did discover I had a whole boat load of embellies tucked away that went well with her collection.  Imagine that I already had things on hand!!!  So here you'll see from my personal hoard, oh I mean stash, I added some Prima flowers, a Webster's resin flower in the middle and a Prima butterfly.  On the opposite page I had found these cool butterfly paper clips.

In amongst all the other goodies I'd stashed away I found these wonderful stickers that my friend Paul DiGiovanni had sent me.  They are the most marvelous find.  They are kind of rubbery and seem to melt into the page and give a wonderful dimension.  I asked here where she'd found them, wait for it, are you ready, yep you guessed it the Dollar Store.  Trust me I'll start looking again but I've never found anything like this at any Dollar Store I've been in.  I love how Meg combined the luscious greens with the pinks and whites such pretty pretty colors to play with.

I hope you'll come join me on the video since there is so much more to show you and I want to share how I did the outside of the book as well.  It was one of those OHHH OHHH moments when I pressed too hard and cracked the spine.  I then had to figure out how to save the book itself. Sometimes mistakes lead to the most wonderful solutions as was the case this time.  I'll share the details on the video.  Thanks for letting me share with you today, and thank you Meg for letting me play with your papers!

Patti's Video: https://youtu.be/jTOBRodX3Zw

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A Parisian Gardens Card by Margaret Mifsud

Hello everyone and welcome.  So pleased you came by for a visit.

I have a card to share today which was made with the gorgeous  Parisian Gardens Collection from Megs Garden.  These papers are absolutely stunning.  They are available in different sizes and you can purchase them as a printed pack or as a digital download.  As well as the beautiful papers the Collection also includes lots of ephemera which beautifully compliments these lovely papers.

The small fabric buds are from my stash but all the paper blooms below are available at Megs Garden.

Some pretty lace and a piece of gauze as the base for the flower cluster ..

.. and, of course, I had to add some prills.

The chippie is from 2Crafty Chipboard and the leaves are a Cheery Lyn die.

The inside .. don't you just love these papers .. so pretty.

The papers I've used here are from the A4 digital pack.  I love the fact that I can print them out as I need them and, as I don't scrapbook, the A4 size is ideal for the cards or mini albums I make.  I simply print them out and cut them to size.  Depending on the size card I am making, I usually manage to get 2 or 3 cards out of one sheet which I think is really economical.

Megs Garden Products used
Parisian Gardens A4 Digital Pack
Puffy Paper Flowers 
Paper Lillies
Cherry Blossoms

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look, we all really appreciate your visit and I hope I have inspired you to acquire some of Megs Gardens gorgeous products for yourself.
Why not take a further stroll through the Garden and check out what the rest of the Team have created.  You will find lots of inspiration here.

Have a wonderful, scrappy day!!
Take care and God Bless.
oxox Marg

White Flowers on Green Mini Album

Hello Bloggers

Finally finished this album which ended up being very 'wide' & as you go through the pics you will know why.
I used vanilla cardstock inside the book & green cardstock for cover.. 

There are 7 pages in total that are 11 3/8" with the 3/8" score & fold in the centre at 5 1/2" in from each edge. Each page has an outside front 5 1/2", an inside left 5 1/2", an inside right at 5 1/2" & an outside back 5 1/2".

There are 2 pages tied with ribbon that have an additional inner set 
- pages 3 & 5.

Video of Mini album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqhmnnUwxko

Front Cover with green cardstock, vintage trinket corners & handle, butterfly transparency, silk flowers
& crown jeweled pin.  The Life was torn, distressed & curved with foam mounts.

Spine with vintage trinket, puffy rose, champagne tassel, key charm & bottle

Back of book with vintage trinket, puffy rose, green leaves & charm

Side view of book. Inside pages were 11 3/8" - scored with 3/8" at centre.
In addition, there were 2 pages  towards the centre that  were tied together with ribbon as seen above

Cherish side is attached to back of front cover. The rose is fussy cut & a foam mount added inside to keep the rose open for the tickets.  The back of page 1 is left as is

Inside page 1. Ephemera added on both sides with lace belly band

Back of page 1 & front of page 2 used ephemera, lace, heart doily & vintage trinket with pearl

Inside of page 2 - corners torn to open for ephemera, tickets & flowers

Back of page 2 - ephemera & doily tucked behind ephemera on green.
Front of page 3 on the right is the 1st of the double pages. The ribbon was attached to the back of page 3 with ephemera tucked into the ribbon.  This page is  16 3/8" - 3/8" at centre with 3 1/4" folded in on each side.  The inner piece  is 8 6/8" with 2/8" at centre. 

View of page 3 with ribbon untied.  The edges of the flaps & the inside smaller page were deckle edged & the same matching paper used on the outside & inside of the flaps

This one shows the left flap open, the inside of page 3 & the outside of the smaller insert - the lace allows ephemera to be inserted

Back of the insert page & right flap

The back of the insert page is  on the left, the right flap is open & the inside of page 3 

The  inserted page is now open & shows the embellishments

The back of page 3 & front of page 4 sere just decorated

Inside of page 4

Back  of page 4 has a fussy cut wreath which is decorated with green tassels & ribbon.
The left page is the front of the second page that has a mini insert tied with ribbon - page 5

Close up 

Inside of page 5 & front of the insert page. There were no flaps on page 5. The insert page had green cardstock to allow ephemera/photos/journaling to be tucked in.  The insert page has vintage trinkets folded over the edge for turning

Inside the insert page - same size as inner of page 3

Back of insert page & inside of page 5.  All the pages had the same papers used on them

Back of page 5. The front & back of page 5 has a small vintage trinket & pearl in front of the ribbon.  On the right is outside front of page 6 with a lace belly band

The insides of page 6 were simply embellished

Outside of page 6 with 'non white' flowers.  Ont the right is the outside of page 7. The fan ephemera was fussy cut & folded to appear as a fan

Insides of page 7 has matching pieces to tuck in notes, pics, journaling. The frames were fussy cut & could have pics in them

Back of page 7.  The right side is the back of the back cover with the rose fussy cut to allow tuck ins which fell out when photographing

All pages were glued directly to the spine.

Hope this has given you some ideas for mini albums.  The embellishing can easily be used on cards, scrapbook pages & more

Bye for now

Meg

News Updates

Hello Bloggers

Several items to update you with:

1.  Butterfly Transparency A4 is back:
Looks fab with the wings ready to fly - attach the body with glue or tape & bend the wings up using your bone folder tool
on either side of the body.  The background is transparent


2.  Design Team Changes

Leaving:  Debbie Hawke-Wareham,  Julianna DeLumen

Back with us:  Cathy McGrath,  Alena Hudacova

New to the Team:  Fiona Knobben

Status change:  Marg Mifsud to Guest Designer

Spaces available for paper artists


3.  12" x 12" Papers are back

Digital downloads are available for:
White Flowers on Green
Lavande
Printed papers are available for Lavande only
Ephemera packs for both are available printed & digital download


4.  New Paper Collection:
Japanese Garden
This is only available as a digital download A4 size

18 papers - 12 background + 6 ephemera
Ready for a style change holiday?
Could also be downsized on your printer for a mini album

http://megsgarden.com/contents/en-us/d10793_Japanese_Garden_Digital_Papers.html

For More Info  What's New

More Info on Digitals  I must have these digital papers

More info on Printed    I must have these printed papers

Attention Aussie Paper Artists - join the Design Team & you can start 

playing with these papers - email me for details

Bye for now

Meg

Hello bloggers and those who love Megs garden gorgeous papers...today i am sharing the white flowers on green collection

Hello bloggers Trish here today using Megs white flowers on green collection

I have used a photo of my grandparents wedding which was in 1912

so I have just called this LO 1912

I started with white cardstock and cut 4 pieces of the A4 papers to make a smaller

square ,I have to have a square,maybe I am a square ,LOL.

I just love this fan that I cut from the cut and create sheets

The brass trinket is from Megs Garden along with the flowers,

laces and ribbon

I added some stickles and sprinkled with glitter on the snow drops

that surround the clock

More stickles above  to outline the roses on the pretty papers

 My card I used some of the papers from the collection plus the

vintage lady from the cut and create sheet

The Trinket is also from Megs garden

The embossing folder is a Sue Wilson

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my creations and don't forget to drop in

and see what the other Design Team members create