Collect Moments of kindness...a shabby mini album 38

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! Today I have a mini album to share featuring beautiful papers from the newly released Pion Design Paris Flea Market collection. 

Along with the pretty Pion papers, I combined a variety of fabric doilies, lace trimmings, fabric and paper flowers to create this shabby mini album:

Each page features either an elegant image from the Tags sheet:

or the Images sheet:

I pulled out lots of lace and trimmings from my stash:

as well as a neglected Flourishes stamps set:

Each elegant lady was stitched to a die cut paper doily:

I embellished with a variety of fabric flowers, rhinestone/pearl stickers and paper flowers:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have enjoyed my project.
Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design Products used:

Paris Flea Market ~ Pink fabric ~ PD5704B
Paris Flea Market ~ Postcards ~ PD5709B
Paris Flea Market ~ Pink lace ~ PD5707F
Paris Flea Market ~ Images ~ PD5711F
Paris Flea Market ~ Tags ~ PD5712F

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my family... 41

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's challenge theme is: "In the family". What family? The family of distress colors? Your ancestors? Friends you feel are closer than your biological family? There are a lot of answers to the question of this week's challenge and how you answer our call to creativity is entirely up to you!

I chose to create a mini album featuring my family members currently residing at home. (Note: my dear son and his wife live in San Francisco and my sweet sister Tina lives in her own home :) 

I invite you to meet my family ~ I started with a photo of my sweet husband Scott and I:

The book was made using GRUNGEBOARD along with WALLFLOWER paper:

Next up is my dear daughter, Angie. Angie's photo as well as all the other photos are centered in an embossed FRAME:

Next up is my dear step-son, Connor:

and last but not least, is my sweet step-daughter, Meredith. I enjoyed embellishing each page with 3-D Roses:

Many thanks for stopping by! Please be sure to visit the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT has created!

Products used: Sizzix BIGZ Die 3-D Rose, Tim Holtz Idea-olgy Nature Adornments Metal Charms, Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits FRAMED SILHOUETTES Wafer Thin Die & Stamp Set, Tim Holtz Idea-ology GRUNGEBOARD BASICS PLAIN Altered Art, 
Wendy Vecchi ART PARTS LEAVES Studio, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash WALLFLOWER 12X12 Cardstock Pack, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die MINI CABINET CARD Movers & Shapers Alterations, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die VINTAGE CABINET CARD Movers & Shapers Bigz Alterations, Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps BITTY GRUNGE Stampers Anonymous, Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD, Ranger White Embossing Powder, Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# KHAKI, Tim Holtz Distress Paint picket fence Ranger, Tim Holtz Idea-ology LOCKET KEYS Metal Hardware Keyhole, Tim Holtz Idea-ology SPROCKET GEARS Watch Parts Hardware, Tim Holtz Idea-ology TIMEPIECES Metal Watch Clock Face, Prima Flowers MINI FLOWERS Sunrise Sunset Vintage Trinkets, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon

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cherish, adore, treasure... 25

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Lately, I have been enjoying creating mini albums of sorts ~ in case you missed the last petite tag mini that I made, please feel free to click here. Today, I have another to share featuring a variety of fabulous Pion design patterned papers and images from the A Day in May collection:

To create this album, I die cut grungeboard and patterned papers, adhered together then distressed the edges. (super easy):

Each sweet image was die cut, framed and layered on pretty die cuts that were made using a variety of Spellbinders dies:

then embellished with flowers from my stash, die cut foliage and sweet little die cut butterflies:

Each tag features an altered Spellbinders Media Mixage bezel:

Up close, you can see the crackled detail on the butterflies:

I'm going to enter this tag mini album in the Word Art Wednesday challenge where the theme is "Anything Goes" and the Craft Hoarders Anonymous challenge where the theme is "Tag, You're It". 
Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great day / evening!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion products used:
A Day in May 6 x 6 ~ Birdsong PD4501
A Day in May 6 x 6 ~ Images PD4504 Birdsong PD4501 front
A Day in May ~ Birdsong PD4501 front
A Day in May ~ Blooming Branches PD4504 front
A Day in May ~ Blooming Branches PD4504 back
A Day in May ~ Writings PD4506 front
A Day in May ~ Beige ornament PD4511 front

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live, laugh, love, blessed... 45

Hi there! I've been hoarding collecting various pieces from the Spellbinders Media Mixage line for quite some time now and I finally got around to putting them to good use :) I made a die cut chipboard petite mini album featuring beautiful patterned papers from the Pion design My Precious Daughter 6 x 6" collection along with small bezels from the Spellbinders Media Mixage line:

To create this album, I cut chipboard and Pion design papers using the Tim Holtz Artful Dwellings die, adhered the coordinating pieces together, stamped and embossed using the brick design rubber stamp from the Tim Holtz Ultimage Grunge set:

Then embellished with die cut chipboard hearts and butterflies which I altered using crackle and Martha Stewart paints:

I layered a little doily behind each die cut embellishment:

I wanted the bezels to appear a bit more shabby, so I applied Tim Holtz picket fence Distress paint, allowed to dry, placed a Tim Holtz sticker sentiment in each, then covered with Ranger Glossy Accents:

Here is what the front of the mini album looks like when not assembled:

and the back side:

For color inspiration, I joined along with the current Scrap Africa challenge which is to be inspired by the mood board shown below and I am also entering Hels, Sunday Stamper challenge where the theme is books. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my petite mini album. I've never made one this mini before and I think I'm hooked! 
Be Sweet ;)

Pion products used:
My Precious Daughter 6x6 ~ Pansy ~ PD5002
My Precious Daughter 6x6 ~ Syringa ~ PD5003
My Precious Daughter 6x6 ~ Anemone ~ PD5006

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A shabby mini album... 33

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! Angie and I have been gathering pretty trims, buttons and embellishments ~ some gently used, some new. 

I put those findings to good use and made a mini shabby album while featuring beautiful Pion design patterned papers from the My Precious Daughter collection. (I apologize that the sentiment tag didn't photograph very well :( it reads: Know in your heart you are loved":

I love all the pretty patterned papers included in the My Precious Daughter collection:

as well as the sweet images:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion products:
My Precious Daughter ~ My princess PD4905 back
My Precious Daughter ~ My princess PD4905 front
My Precious Daughter ~ Alma's dress PD4907 front
My Precious Daughter ~ My baby doll PD4904 front
My Precious Daughter ~ My baby doll PD4904 back
My Precious Daughter 6"x 6" ~ My princess PD5005
Memory Notes ~ My Precious Daughter I ~ PD4810
Memory Notes ~ My Precious Daughter III ~ PD4812

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