Wedding layouts

 These were the pages which I made for my friend Nancy's daughter Brittany and her new husband Derek when they got married in May last year.

I used the Bliss paper pack and added smoothie cardstock and ink for a touch of color. 

I stamped the roses and then cut around them to give a lace effect.

Cocoa ribbon added a nice touch and contrasted nicely with the Grey Flannel cardstock which I had dry embossed and sanded to give it an even softer look. 

Again I dry embossed and sanded the smoothie cardstock. I liquid glassed the roses which I had stamped and cut out. 

 I added the Bliss net flowers to these pages which were so pretty and added paper to the dimensional element heart.

I used the corner rounder to form the scallop border on these pages 

Hope you like how it turned out - both Brittany and Derek were thrilled with it :O)

Notre Dame Memory Showcase Mini Album

I have been going through some online photo albums and came across another piece of artwork which I made to teach at CTMH Extravaganza 2011.

It features the photos I took in Paris of the Notre Dame Cathedral - one of my favorite building in the world - it is absolutely stunning.

 This mini album started as the 6x6 My Creations memory Showcase album.  The first thing I had to do was to reinforce the entire album as I knew I was going to be adding a huge amount of weight which the cardstock pages weren't designed to carry. Clear packing tape and cardstock did the job !!! LOL

I used the Dreamin' Level 2 paper packed and matching stickease and lots of embellishments including the blue buttons and the wooden buttons. Bronze Glitz Gel Glue added sparkle :O)

I added 'gate fold' sections with lift up flaps. On the left hand page below I stamped the design on a Canvas Button and attached it over layered circles cut with the 2" scalloped circle punch. I used the corner rounder to make the scalloped edges of the pages. 

 

 The left hand page again has a lift up page and the right hand page below has a pocket formed behind the photo for another pull out photo.

 

 

 

Here you can see the 'gate fold' pages opened out. 

Here is the back of the album - quite plain in comparison with the front but I didn't feel it 

could take any more weight. 

Well I hope this inspires you to make one of your own - make sure you reinforce it if you do!!

Julie & Adam's Wedding Mini Album

 Our friends Julie and Adam got married last fall and this is the 9x9 My Creations Memory Showcase Album which I made for them. They had a beautiful fall theme with gorgeous sunflowers. The fabric flowers on the album came from Michaels but I found a retired stamp set which was just perfect for this project. I added Dimensional Element Hearts - stamped in Sunflower and Indian Corn Blue ink and added silver Glitter Glitx Gel Glue (squidgy stuff for those of you who know me)

 I used the blueprints from 12x12 scrapbook pages and scaled them down to fit the 9x9 pages of this album

 Here I tore and rolled and ink distressed the edge of the stamped piece then tore the Outdoor Denim cardstock and used the paper piercer and the ruler to make evenly spaced holes which I then threaded sunflower waxy flax.

 Here I used hemp and one of the travel themed jounalling spots under the cut out sunflower.

 More hemp and another journalling spot.

 I made a fun pocket with a pull out photo mat - there was room to add more photos to the pocket if they wish to. Brads finished off the rows of 3 flowers on both sides of the pocket.

 I dry embossed the 'envelope flap' and then put goldrush brads in the centers of all of the little flowers.

This is the back cover of the album.  I was so happy with the finished result and I know they were too :O)
I hope they both ' Live happily Ever After'  xxxx

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