In some parts of the country, Autumn is in full swing..Here in Florida I can only dream of Autumn...
For my first project I createdan autumn themed card that is shaped like a tag. It was
easy to create the folded shape. I folded a rectangular piece of white
100lb card stock and ran it through my Sizzix alterations die placing
the fold of the card on the inside of the die blade as not to cut 1 side,
leaving the fold intact. Then I die cut 2 pieces of patterned paper
Ombre Dreams Paper in Leslies Dream, and adhered it to the front and back
of the card. I left the inside plain white for some handwriting.
I used the fabulous
Fall acorns and
Bits Of Honey
on my card. I painted the acorns with Lindys Mgicls then spread some
crackle paint over it to enhance the colors. I just sprayed the bits of
honey with Lindys Stamp gang Starburst spray after priming them with white gesso.
Here is view of the back of the card when it is open. I strung some seam
binding through the front hole in the card,. I spayed the seam binging
with Lindys Starburst spray in My Mojito Green to match the die cut
leaves on the front of the card.
For my next project I created another mini album in a different style. I
used the Montage Paper Collection using the Wisdom and Fairyland
papers..
On the cover I used the smaller piece from the
Roman Clock Set Large. The butterfly is from the
Royal Monarchs collection. I inked both pieces with Ranger distress ink in Vintage Photo.
I used the Roman Clock Set small on the right hand page, On the left
hand page, I used a left over piece from one of the original Blue Fern
Studios designs. I save everything! It makes a great frame.
I created a tag with the flower on top and a small key from the
Vintage Keys set.
I created small pocket in some of the pages to slide in small tags and cards. The edges were punched using a Martha Stewart border punch.
This is just a closeup of the cover. The jeweled piece is a Recollection
flower piece and I used burlap and some flower buds tucked underneath.
This is the album closed with twine that I adorned with some beads. I punched holes in the front and back covers with my Cropadile and set some wide eyelets into the holes.
For the binding, I used a Tim Holtz Ruler Binding set. You can add many pages as the screws to put it together are pretty long.
This is the view of the inside of the back cover. I love the pattern on the paper and did not want to cover it up.
My next project is a trifold pocket album. I followed a pattern from a
Kathy Orton book on mini albums. I used the Montage Paper Collection,
using the Wisdom and Fairyland papers.Sometimes mixing and matching
chipboard pieces from different collections can match perfectly. That is
what I did here. I used
Manor Hinges and
Damask Flourish to create the design on my cover. I painted them with black gesso.
I added a jeweled brad to complete the look.
When you open the album, you can see there is plenty of room for
pictures and journaling. The waterfall feature can hold many photo's.
This is a view of the back of the trifold. I used black cardstock for
the base. I love the black and pink color combination together.
This is the
Damask Flourish shown on its own.
Here are the little folders and tag cards shown, pulled out of their
pockets. Each one opens up to add more photos or journaling.
Thank You for joining me this week. I look forward to creating with more
of the gorgeous Blue Fern Studios papers and chip board. Until next
time...
xoxo
Lisa
