Day three of the Spring Blog Hop!

So today I have an album to show you, I guess you could call it a mini album, but its not real mini. Its a gate folded album I made out of chipboard and it will hold quite a bit of pictures. It has lots of tags and pockets.
I covered the binding with grungeboard. I used my Lindy's Spray to color the grungeboard to match. I also colored my flowers in the same spray. I used My Mind's Eye paper through out the album.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and check out my projects! To be entered in the giveaway, just remember to make sure your a follower on my blog and leave a comment. You can be entered everyday if you leave a comment everyday . . . That could be a total of 8 entry's!

Now be sure and go visit the other blogs in the Spring Blog Hop and enter to win on there blogs too!

Bea ~ Amazing Grace
Liz ~ Scrapping Lizzie
Mindy ~  Pretty little paper love
Veronica ~ KitsnBits

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Paper Niche January Monthly Kit

I'm back to show you what I created with the Paper Niche January Monthly Kit. I tried something new in this kit although I'm not much of a card maker, I ended up making two easel cards, which was surprisingly really easy to make and I do believe I've caught the bug! I'm sure you are gonna see lots more cards from me in the near future!

OK, so we will start off with a graphic 45 chipboard box that I purchased at the Paper Niche. It comes plain and ready to alter with an accordion album inside.

For the inside of the album I wanted to keep it simple since it was small so all you would have to do is add your pictures. I just distressed and inked all the edges of the papers and machine sewed around the edges.

Ok, here are the easel cards I was telling you about, I love the way you can sit them up for display but yet they close flat for an envelope.

And lastly here's a layout I did of my sister-in- law who passed away last October, Destiny. She loved her horses and thats what I wanted to convey in this layout.

Here's a close up of the chipboard letters we received in our kit. I inked them with two different colors of ink then I covered them in glossy accent to give them some dimension.

You can visit the Paper Niche Blog to see what the other designers did with there kits!

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Envelope Album

Here's an envelope album I did using a combination of the 6x9 office envelopes and no. 6 coin envelopes. I used several different cutting and folding techniques so the pages aren't all the same. I hope to do a video soon showing how I made it. The flowers were dipped in Utee which gives them the glossy effect. the album is pretty thick with lots of tags and pockets.

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Cherry Pie Album

Here's a class description and some pictures for those of you are interested in taking my Life is Sweet, Cherry Pie Album Class. I'll be teaching it at the Hilltop Memories Annual Winter Retreat.

Life is Sweet, Cherry Pie Album

In this class we will be making a pie, but don't worry no baking skills required, our pie will be made out of paper!
When you lift up the top of the pie you will have 5 scrapbook album pages. The box underneath that the pie sits
on can be used to hold anything you want! This album is so cute just sitting on your counter for decoration.
In class I will teach you how to make the top of the album, your crust and filling then I will be giving you a pictured
instruction sheet and all the supplies you need to finish the inside of the album (the five pages) on your own,
outside of class. The hardest part of course is the outside. The inside is easy as pie! :-) Punt intended!

Supply List:

Paper Trimmer
Favorite Adhesive
Tim Holtz mini stapler
Distress Inks: Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy
Distress Ink Applicator

Optional:
Glossy Accents

*Note: if you don't have something on this list, don't worry you can use what I have!

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