Another Dog Mini Album

I love making mini albums!

Once again I used the Raining Cats & Dogs collection from Graphic 45. This is an older collection that I've had for awhile. I created two books that you can see here and here. This latest book is made from all the scraps that were left over. I thought I'd have enough to make at least two smaller books, but that's the not case. To make all three books I used a 12x12, 8x8 and 6x6 paper pad and embellishments from the collection. Since I still have quite a few embellishments left, I might try to find another 8x8 paper pad so that I can make a cat album the same size. I have a few sheets of 12x12 paper left and tons of scraps. I can probably use them for making cards. 

I left the cover (above) very simple.  I used one of the cut-aparts mounted on black cardstock that I hot glued to the front. I knew this would be a small book. Once I decided on how large the covers were going to be that helped me to determine the size of the binding, pages and spine. This book is four inches wide by five inches in height. There's a lot of room for photos in this little book.

On the spine (below) I used one of the chipboard pieces. I also used Ranger Sticky Back Canvas on the spine.

On the back I used one of the stickers from the collection.



There are six pages. Each page has a pull out mat on the side.

On the inside front and back cover I added a diagonal pocket and a few photo mats along with some cut-aparts from the collection.

I added pieces from collection throughout the book. I only partially adhered them so a photo can be tucked behind them.

This page flips up for more space for photos.



I added one of the pockets and tags from the collection to this page that flips open.

This page has a belly band with photo mats tucked behind it. I took one of the cut-parts and mounted it onto chipboard and added it at the bottom to help keep the mats in place.

I love the colors in this collection.

That's it. It turned out nice and chunky. There's still plenty of room to add more items that are dimensional. I made the gussets a little bigger just for that reason.

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Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Cat Mini Album

I finished the cat album I was working on using the Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dog collection. It's very similar to the dog album I made using this collection. I did change up a few things so it's not identical.

I love the dimension on the cover. The flowers are from the collection, I just added some ink and water and broke the fibers down to get the dimension I was going for. The others are flowers I had in my stash that matched the color scheme. I still had some ribbon I had dyed left over from the dog album so I used it on the rings.

Below are photos of the inside pages. There are lots of mats for photos and interactive flaps that open to hold photos.

For both this book and the dog book I used quite a bit of the paper in the collection from the 12x12, 8x8 and 6x6 paper pads. I also used other items from the collection. I think I still have enough odds and ends to create some smaller books and/or cards. I'll have to wait and see what inspires me.

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Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

I finally created an album with this gorgeous Graphic 45 pet collection! I don't know how long I've had this paper line sitting on a shelf. Too long, that's for sure! 

I buy the collections I love and then I just can't get myself to cut into them and start a project. I visualize it, but don't make it a reality. I'm not going to say how many collections of paper lines I have just waiting for me to make something out of them. Not all are Graphic 45, but quite a few are!

For the cover I did use some of the flower cardstock die-cuts from the collection along with flowers I had in my stash. I think they are from Petaloo and some others I picked up somewhere. I used some bling I had on hand for the flower centers.  

There are fourteen pages total including the front and back cover. I had planned to use some black book rings I have but the book ended up too chunky and I had to go buy some larger rings. 

I love this paper! I tried to coordinate the pages that open together.

This page has a pull out photo mat.



This flap opens up for room for more photos.

The page to the left has two pockets that hold two photo mats and two tags.

The page to the right holds a frame. I pulled out an old Sizzix die I've had forever to make the frame. The white cardstock can be pulled out and used as a template to cut a photo to slide in it's place.

I love the patterned paper on the page to the left!

This page opens up to add photos and there is another pull out photo mat.

The page to the left has a booklet that opens (shown below). I also added one of the cardstock pockets and a tag from the collection. The page to the right has a pocket that holds a booklet (shown below).

This booklet opens to the right.....

.......and to the left.



The booklet inside the pocket opens up to hold more photos.

The page to the left holds two photo mats as does the page to the right.

I added another frame to hold a photo. This time I changed the orientation on the page. The page to the right holds two more photo mats.

The last two pages. The right page has a photo waterfall.

I love the colors in this collection.

It's quite a chunky book.

I love creating the books that don't use binding rings, but for some reason books with rings hold a special place in my heart. They are my favorite to create!

Love the paper I used for the back cover!

I hand dyed all the ribbon for the rings. I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink to coordinate the colors.

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Love Blooms

 

No challenge for this card.  I was just playing around with a older Woodland Park background stamp from October Afternoon and several colors of Tim Holtz distress ink. I also wanted to use a flower die from Heartfelt Creations that I picked up awhile ago and haven't had a chance to work with. It's called Arianna Blooms and I love it!

For the background I stamped the Woodland Park image with versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I then inked the watercolor paper the six colors below below.

Here's a close up of the background and the flowers. I used Graphic 45's Bohemian Bazaar patterned paper for the flowers. This Arianna Blooms die is so versatile and can make so many different variations of flowers. I can't wait to play around with it some more. 

The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps called Bloom & Grow. 

I've been using my new MISTI and I love it! I think this will be very helpful for me because with my Rheumatoid Arthritis sometimes I have a difficult time stamping a good image. Just from trying it out with various stamps I think the purchase of this product was well worth it!

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Fusion One Year Anniversary Celebration Challenge

This is my second post of the day. That usually doesn't happen, but I have been scrambling to get some cards finished for a few challenges. I have another one ready for tomorrow. 

For this card I just used the sketch for the Fusion Challenge. You can use either the sketch, the photo or both. My base is white cardstock from PaperTrey Ink and the patterned paper is Bohemian Bazaar from Graphic 45. I die cut doily using a Prima die, some foliage using a Spellbinders die and the sentiment was cut using a Fancy Die by Hero Arts and cardstock from Simon Says Stamp. The green leaves and the flowers are from Recollections. 

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Fusion One Year Anniversary Celebration Challenge

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