Hello Creative Friends,
Welcome to another month and a new Challenge over at
Mini Album Maker's as the Design Team bring you inspiration
in the form of handmade books and journals.
This month see's Eileen Hull as our sponsor offering the prize
of a $35 GC to spend in her Etsy Shop for one lucky winner.
Please pop on over to our Mini Album Maker's April Challenge,
be inspired by the Design Team and share your ALBUMS with us.
Here's what I got up to and how it came to be..
There's no measuring this month as Eileen Hull's
Passport die kindly does all the measuring for us.
Shamefully not having a scrap of grey/mount board left to hand I
had to improvise and use a cereal box and corrugated cardboard.
Cutting 2x inside cover's - 2 x outside covers -
2 x spines each glued together to reinforce.
When constructed a mix of fibre paste and pearl medium was scraped on to
those outer covers and painted with acrylics. A gypsy Soul laser cut was
trimmed to size, painted in the same way then glued to the book front.
Cutting another set of dies this time using Kraft Card this helped
hide ribbon used as the journal closure, acts as extra support to
strengthen the corrugated card and neaten everything inside.
Last year I came across this Vintage beaded necklace.
I'd Loved and looked at it but always intended to repurpose it.
With Easter approaching it seemed ideal for this project
and the pendant size was well matched to that aperture.
Measuring the spine I cut an extra strip of card and glued down lengths
of the vintage necklace to add a decorative edge to the spine cover.
Those pre-cut holes give us our thread guides
which hold our signatures inside.
Gluing the outer spine in place I added the last of the outer
detail by edging around the cover with gold ranger liquid pearls.
Spraying Eileen's credit card sleeve die cuts with
Distress Oxide Spray, paint and a dab of gilding wax
they fit like a dream inside the front cover,
holding those small tags to be used as page markers.
Teamed up with Tim Holtz stitched slots they work in harmony.
Three signatures cut from Kraft card simply sprayed with Distress
Oxide Spray I created three notebooks adding a word to each..
Hopes, Dreams and Fears.
If your like me it helps to write thoughts down
and keep them close to hand.
Slotted neatly inside, each signature is
held shut with a decorated paper clip.
Tied closed with ribbon
my April Mini Album is complete...
Thank you for stopping by today
it's always lovely to see you all here.
Please pop on over HERE and see what the
Design Team have created for you this month.
We'd love you to join in with the challenge
Our theme is anything goes... leaving you to create the magic!
Take good care everyone
and look out for one another.
Creative Hugs
Tracey xx
I'm playing along with:
Altered Eclectics: April Challenge
SanDee&amelie's: Anything goes - Steampunk/Industrial
Country View Crafts: Easter and/or Spring.
Paint Party Friday: Wk5 Y9
LTCCB #33 : April Anything Goes
