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

SPRING PASTELS CARD BOX

Hello Blogger,

Today I would like to share with you Meg's Garden new collection 'Spring Pastels'.  It is a wonderful range with so many soft pastels all matching, teamed with the Create and Cut pages.

SPRING PASTELS CARD BOX 

I was so taken with this range, I decided to make a little card box to give as a present.  These are so easy to make and with the right papers and embellishments makes an idea gift.

I had so much fun placing the embellishments around the box.

As you can see the front has an acetate window to showcase a special card.

 I have incorporated a card to show how all things match perfectly.

Well thank you for taking the time to look and be sure to keep a look out next month for more matching cards.  Have a great month creating and until next time.....happy scrapping.....love Liz

Blue Ladies mini book

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I love doing mini books & had started one several weeks ago using the Watercolours in Blue Book papers but was then stopped in my tracks when my website failed to publish;  I then had 2 weeks of computer dramas that stopped my design brain totally.

Finally got back to my mini book but all my original ideas were lost - the only thing I had done was to cut everything & make my pages etc. from pale blue cardstock - Bazzil Petalsoft.

On my list of 'To Dos' was to learn videos so that I could upload projects to YouTube - it was way down on my list but I decided it was time & pushed it to the top; I said sorry to facebook & blog postings & tried out my mini book pics in the software.

Here it is:

Meg's Blue Mini Book

Not sure how the music got into it & still do not know how to add commentary

 but we are in the baby steps phase.

Products Used:

Watercolours in Blue Book papers

Laces - Lace 42 & L2976 on cover, spine & middle pages, L6899W on almost all pages

Pins of Jewels  on front cover

Vintage Trinkets  on front & back covers

 - handle (al 121), corners (al 128) & filigree (al 104)

Flowers & Leaves - throughout the book 

 Celestial White pack (da800) & Organza w pearl (org pearl)

Art prints by Monet -Ladies in White  S131 

All others in the book papers pack

Other notes:

Distress Ink - frayed burlap, Spine was done with the Petalsoft cardstock with the edges torn & distressed, the cabinet cards were made into little books, the laces on each page were designed as pockets for pics.

I have the new book papers Vintage Journal on my craft making desk & I am 

looking forward to making it.

 - lots of papers to cut & ideas to churn through, what colours will I use with it, what embellishments - rough or smooth & textures to investigate.  There will be no laces, flowers or frillies on this one.

Hope you enjoy my little book which I have called 'Blue Ladies' after the Monet ladies & the Ladies in hats by Harrison Fisher .

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Fairies in the Meadows

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I cut out all the papers from the Forgotten Meadows book kit & made up the book with black cardstock for the pages using the stack the deck method & then attached the patterned papers I wanted to use for the book.

After several days of agonizing on what style I was going to use, I found some fairy papers in my stash that should have been in the 'To File" stack ( a common occurrence here in my work room).  There was my solution - not vintage, not really pretty, definitely not grunge - but fairies. I also had some fabulous fairy quotes that I decided to use as well as some new in stock 'Vintage Batik Daisies' that were in delicate pinks & greens but not enough colour to define those colours in the book.

This is the result:

Cover of book with invitation the the fairy ball double mounted, a vintage batik daisy, green leaves, a transparency butterfly & a jewel pin

The Invitation

Inside cover & page 1 using Watercolour Fairies #3352 mounted on lavender cardstock to highlight the wisteria, 

page 2 embellished with a butterfly charm, a fairy quote, white puffy rose & some green leaves

page 3 is embellished with another 2 quotes & a heart charm tied with ribbon

page 4 features a fairy form Little Garden Fairies #3350, another fairy quote, a puffy white rose (distressed to add some colour) & leaves

page 5 uses a fairy from the same paper - this one is double mounted to highlight the roses on the paper

A Fairy Spell from Lady Cottington's fairy book - also double mounted to show up the beautiful pink roses on the paper.
Lady Cottington's Book is an absolute must for lovers of Fairies

Magical Fairy Dust is an absolute necessity for any Fairy Book

page 8 has a little book shut with tiny magnets, embellished with another Vintage Batik Daisy

Inside the little book

Page 9 uses ephemera from the book kit tucked into a black cardstock flap embellished with off white lace

page 10 has 2 fairy quotes & a transparency butterfly

page 11 uses several of the book kit ephemera distressed & torn on the edges tucked into a black cardstock flap the length of the page; another transparency butterfly is attached to the page; a vintage trinket cut in half & tucked at the top & bottom of the vintage lady on top of the flap.

Inside the back cover. Vintage corners are used on the front & back covers

Spine of the book - a stip of lace, a vintage baticj daisy & green leaves

back cover - ephemera from the kit & a Watercolour Fairy

I hope you like my little book - you could easily add some photos into the flaps of the fairies in your life.

Forgotten Meadows Book Kit
Vintage Batik Daisies
Watercolour Fairies #3352
Little Garden Fairies #3350
Butterfly Transparency
Puffy Fowers & green leaves
Pins of Jewels
Vintage corners & trinkets
Magnetic discs

Some Hints:

Transparency Butterflies:  Bend the sides of the body using a ruler & bone scorer.  Make sure that there is a definite crease. Add double sided tape to the body (size the tape to width & length of the body). Attach to your project. The butterfly will stay with wings ready to fly away.

Puffy flowers:  They are made of paper so they can colour the edges of the petals with distress inks or spray the entire flower.  When using the paper leaves, mould the shape over your finger, pencil or similar object sp that they are not flat.

Bye for now
Meg