Baby Boy Photo Album

I made this for Mum to give as a baby gift but she didn't like the lower case 'd'!  I don't have capital letters for this set of Sizzix dies so I cut a capital 'D' from the Cuttlebug 'Groovy Chick' dies and put it on instead.  (I didn't have time to take a photo - but I think I prefer it with the lower case anyway ;)

I made the chipboard buttons by cutting just the circle of the question mark on this Sizzix die.  Then punched two 1/8" holes in it with the cropadile and tied some embroidery thread through it.

The elephant is another Sizzix die, cut from chipboard and paper pieced.  His eye is a white pearl, coloured with a black copic marker.  I added green thread behind his trunk to look like water spraying.......but it looks more like grass. lol

The children are going to Bible Club this week so I will have 3 whole hours to myself every morning!  Lots of craft time and I hope to make the most of it and get some mini books finished :)

Thanks for stopping by today.
Sarah xx

Supplies
DP - DCWV Nana's Nursery , Boy
White chipboard
Dies - Sizzix: go slim, elephant, dingbats #1
Punch - Martha Stewart, Zig Zag
Green Embroidery Thread
Black pen

Photo album covered in My Mind's Eye papers

This is another of the covered photo albums for a baby girl.  I absolutely love the My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary collection of papers.  They are excellent quality for covering these albums.  At the end of the post I have a picture of the album before it was covered.  The name 'Hannah' was cut from chipboard using the Cuttlebug and the 'Olivia' dies and inked with rose red versacolor ink.  The butterfly, hearts and swirl are all chipboard, cut with Sizzix dies.

The flower is cut using a Cuttlebug die (I can't remember which one) and I cut it out with patterned paper, again with pink shimmer card and lastly with green card. I replaced the inner petals with the pink shimmer card and the centre with green.  The hearts were inked with versacolor rose red ink and covered with glossy accents.  While that was wet I spinkled them lightly with DecoArt glamour dust.

For the butterfly I covered chipboard with the stripe paper and cut it out with a Sizzix die.  Then cut it again with pink shimmer card.  I cut out just the body of the pink shimmer butterfly and glued it on top of the stripe butterfly.  I doodled some hearts and dots on it with permanent black pen. 

This is the album I started with.  I just took it all apart, covered it inside and out and then glued it back together again.  Hope you enjoy and thanks for stopping by today :)

Sarah xx

Baby Girl Gift Set

There seems to be a baby boom all of a sudden!  I have 4 baby gifts to make, 2 for girls and 2 for boys.  I like to give personalised altered photo albums so I'll be posting a few over the next couple of days! 

Baby Girl Card

The little giraffe is made by Woodware and is stamped using pink paint, then cut out and raised on foam pads.  The glitter detail around the edge of the circle and on the giraffe is stardust Stickles glitter glue. The dots are White Opal liquid pearls. 

Altered Photo Album 

The chipboard letters are cut with Sizzix alphabet dies ~ Slim, and painted with Anita's baby pink paint.  I cut a piece of vellum with a Labels 4 Nestablilities die and painted the edges with pink.  I then glued the letters to the vellum and attached it all to the album by putting tiny dots of glue behind the letters so when it is stuck on, you can't see the glue through the vellum.

The swirls are cut with a Marianne Creatables die (which my lovely friend Meryl sent home with Mum & Dad from Australia) I love these little dies ~ you can cut and emboss with them at the same time. The flowers are Green Tara and I edged them with stardust stickles.

 Gift Bag

The bag is made from 2 sheets of A4 cardstock. After scoring the card, I stamped (Unity) flowers all along the bottom edge using grass green & opera pink versacolor inks.  The giraffe is stamped with the pink ink on spare card and cut out before gluing to the front of the bag.  The butterfly (Unity again!) is stamped twice on spare card in the two inks and cut out.  The green butterfly is glued flat on the bag and the pink one is glued along the centre only and the wings lifted up.  Detail is added with white opal liquid pearls.  The tag is made by cutting a circle in spare card edging it with pink ink and stamping using Studio G baby stamps.

Centre of the Flowers ~ Liquid Pearls

TIP:  If you don't like the little peaks left when using liquid pearls, if you gently flick the underside of the card with your finger the peaks should disappear!!

Milk Carton Box

I used an empty carton to make a template for this box.  The carton I had was too short so I adjusted the measurements to fit a 12"x12" page.  After scoring it, I used a nestabilities labels 8 die to draw around and cut it out with a craft knife (the page was too big to fit in the cuttlebug). I cut the frame using 2 dies and glued it to the front.  I cut a piece of acetate with a larger die in the set and taped it behind the frame. Then I stamped the flowers around the bottom the same as the bag and also the butterfly and giraffe.

With this giraffe I cut off the stamped mane and added some fibres to add texture :)  I also added glossy accents to all his spots but it doesn't show in the photo.

The Complete Set

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today. I didn't intend for it to be such a long post!!

If you'd like the dimensons of the bag or box, just email me and I'll be happy to send them to you :)

Sarah xx

Altered Photo Album using distress ink and matching Bag

Lots of photos today!

Album & Bag...

Close up of embellishments...

Back view...

The bag...

Close up of embellishments...

I was up very late last night finishing this album and bag as a gift for my Aunt and Uncle. I was so tired this morning I could hardly see it to take the photos!! I do love it and I'm going to make one for Mum for her birthday as she loves it too. The Paper Mill has fantastic white mount board in the shop just now and it cuts really well in the Cuttlebug. I cut all the letters from the board and inked and embossed them. I also inked the edges of the doily lace border and the large flower.

Supplies
Designer paper (Sandylion)
Plain beige paper
Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch
Distress Inks – Old paper, Frayed Burlap
Chipboard Flourish – Woodware Chippies
Flowers (Poppicrafts)
Brad (Papermania)
Vintage buttons
Hemp twine
Cotton lace (from Australia)
Clear detail embossing powder (Stampendous)
Versamark Ink
Chipboard letters (cut with the Cuttlebug – Hippie Chick alphabet)

For the Bag
2 sheets 12”x12” card
Chipboard hearts & tag (cut with the Cuttlebug)
Organza ribbon for the handles
Hole punch

Photo Album covered in Bo Bunny papers

Another covered photo album!

I made this for a class in Paperworks craft shop in Dungannon using the gorgeous Bo Bunny papers. The flower embellishment was made using different size punched flowers held together with a bo bunny brad in the centre. I put stickles glitter glue (stardust) around the edges for a little sparkle. The word 'photos' was computer generated and the flourish border was a Personal Impressions stamp inked with Stazon timber brown and cut out. The paper flourishes were cut with the craft robo.

Covered photo album

Just a quick post tonight. This is a photo album I covered for a friend's baby. The papers are Brenda Walton, Small Wonders Girl, twill ribbon, button, stamped sentiment by Scrappy Cat, baby charm by K & Co, crown cut with Cuttlebug and some small gems to decorate. I also made a matching box with the Groovy Duo scoring board.