August Scraps of Elegance Design Team Reveal

Our August Kit is out and it's a beauty as they all are!

"By The Sea Kit"

You can find our kits here and all the add ons here

I was inspired to create a Tri Fold Mini Album following a tutorial for the base on YouTube by Papercrafter 45. You can find it here. I used the French Riviera Collection found in the Coordinating Paper Add On here to create the base for my album. 

The Seaside Lilies Flowers by Blue Fern Studios are in the Main Kit and I used them along with the French Riviera Flowers found in the Floral Add to embellish the front of my album. I tucked in French Riviera Chipboard and some Dusty Attic Chippies. Our beautiful color add on included Art Alchemy Deep Waters Metallic Paint and I used it along with Stampendous embossing powders in gold to treat my chipboard. You can find the art alchemy paint here and the embossing powder here.

This is a side view tied with some beautiful dark blue seam binding with a jewel dangle.

This is what the mini album looks like opened up.  I created lots of tags with both the Seaside Cottage and French Riviera collections.

I used some fussy cut pieces from the French Riviera collection and added a little wooden embellishment that I had on hand. I also did a little stenciling in the background and added splatters.

A little close up of the fussy cut pieces.

A little close up of the ribbon closure and dangle. 

This is the back of the album. I love the print of this French Riviera papers contrasted with the stenciling and splatters.

You can see the depth of this album with the ribbon tied.

I used a Spellbinders Die for the base then layered my papers and florals over it. Love that lily flower from Blue Fern! You can see my little starfish embossed- a Dusty Attic chippie. 

One more look and another little shell from Dusty Attic!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Gina's Designs

& Scraps of Darkness

Hi Everyone!

Today and I am sharing my mini album display case created for Gina's Designs. 

 I had such a great time with this project and I know you will too! This beautiful piece Gina designed houses four little mini albums. I used my beautiful Scraps of Darkness kit from April "Remember When" to embellish my case. These are the MamaRazzi papers in the kit.

Gina's 

Miniature Bookplates Shapes gave the binders of my mini albums a special touch. I dabbed Tim Holtz distress paints on the chipboard bookplates in two different colors.

 The top of my case was covered in flowers and butterflies! You can see the little feet I added to the case. These are wooden spools I covered in matching papers and the little button acts as a drawer pull.

 I used Gina's Hinge Straps on the sides of the box. I covered them in modeling paste and then went over them with gesso. While the gesso was set I sprinkled on distress embossing powder and heat set it.

This is the back of the display case with a sweet butterfly and some bling!

Here is a photo of one of the little minis! Isn't it too cute!

I hope you enjoyed my project and don't forget to stop by the shop and pick up one of these cases for yourself!

Supplies

Miniature Bookplates Shapes

Hinge Strap Shape Sets

Mini Album Display Case