Mini Album gift for our band host family

 Its that time again - the WLCMB are off to Carmel, IN to participate in the Bands of America Grand Nationals competition at the Lucas Oil Statdium - and once again - the fabulous Carmel Marching Greyhounds are being kind enough to host our band members.

So here is the mini album which I have made for the host family who will take care of Leo and 5 of his friends.

I used the 6x6 Memory showcase mini album as the base

then used the Lucky Level 2 paper pack to decorate it.

 This the front page with the ribbon undone.

 I made a pocket on the left hand side and added 3 tags for more photos.

 I turned the middle pages into flag pages.

 This last inside page is decorated with Dimensional elements which I have inked, painted and liquid glassed.

 All opened out :O)

The back page has a sentiment which I set up on 3D foam tape so that the photo will fit behind it.

Its taken me all day to make it but I have to confess to being thrilled with the way it turned out.

Hope you like it as much as I do :O)

My Creations Board Book Mini Album

This little book of fabulosity documents an afternoon of fun at Coughton Court in the UK. My dear friend Victoria and I spent lots of time in the gardens and grounds as well as inside the beautiful house. We had so much fun playing hide and go seek in between the hedges and down the gravel paths :O)

 I love these hardboard books by CTMH. Instead of opening it in the usual fashion I turned it through 90 degrees and opened it top to bottom. I used the Lucky level 2 paper pack to decorate it. Along with lots of the new Chocolate strip ribbon.

 I added a Milepost star and squared shape to the 2 pages which I had inked on the flat side. The Bling buttons are great for a way of adding sparkle. I also used the Bingo alphabet. I love the grid that is included in the set.

 Here I added the bronze Glitz Gel Glue (okay I can never say this to abbreviated it to 'squidgy stuff' at a class I taught last week lol) to the ridges of the milepost shapes. and on the bottom page I inked the flat side then stamped on it to. I love the fact that both sides are so versatile. 

 Again more milepost shapes and on the bottom page I added a fold out page - you know how I like to make my pages, layouts and mini albums interactive.

 Lots more ribbon :O)

On the last page I added 2 photos but cut them so that they were very narrow - but they worked perfectly with the photo subject.

Hope you like this little book as much as I do :O)

The 'Banner' Christmas Tree

Here is one of the pieces of artwork which I made for this years Extravaganza class.

It is a Christmas Tree made from 2 sets of the Banner pieces. 

The trunk is covered with cocoa cardstock which I dry-brushed with cocoa re-inker to make it 

look like bark - the paper is from the Lucky level 2 paper pack. I heat embossed the snowflakes 

on alternate pieces of the paper.

I used the Dimensional Elements Ornaments and lots of liquid glass !  

The pieces were tied together with cocoa ribbon and the the whole thing was decorated with the gorgeous roses ribbon from the Pink collection.

Hope you love it as much I do:O)

Marching Band My Creations Display Album

This is the display album which I made using Lucky level 2 paper pack. It features some of the photos from the WLC Marching band from the 2010 season - and my son Leo's freshman year. 

So that shows you both Leo and the Band's journey to become 2010 Flight 1 State Champions at Ford Field.

Hope you love it as much as I do :O)