Valentine Micro Mini Album

Hello!  It's Susan today with a sweet Shaped Edge Micro Mini Album to share with you today.  I'm not much of a Valentine's gal myself, but I do love a good paper and Kaisercraft's "Sweet Nothings" put me in the mood.

First things first: Punch holes.  I used a ruler and marked a hole 1/4 inch from the edges, then used a Crop-A-Dile to make 3/16" holes.

From there I used the top panel to mark hole positioning for all other panels.

The most time consuming part of this project was selecting the papers for each side.  I traced the panel on papers and cut them by hand.  Fine tuning happens later when the glue is dried and I can sand the edges to match the chipboard.

I used Mod Podge to adhere the cut papers to both sides of the panels, then let them sit and dry while I had lunch.

After lunch I sanded the edges, then inked.  I used white glue to attach the layered bits.

I've been meaning to play around with white dots and dashes, as I've seen on so many projects.  I like the look and will practice more to get better at it!

Thanks for your visit today!

Cheers
Susan

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts
Shaped Edge Micro Mini #D101R

Additional Supplies
Kaisercraft "Sweet Nothings" 6x6 pad
Mod Podge
Fine sand paper
Brown ink
White glue
Sharpie Poster Paint pen
Stickles "Frosted" glitter glue
Assorted fibers

A Small Book of Butterflies (and a couple of ladies)

When I saw this tiny, cute little Shaped Edge Micro Mini album, I knew I had to play with it. About the same time, I was given Prima's Forever Green 6x6 paper pad and everything fell into place. Love all the tiny butterflies and illustrations in the pad and it turns out to be perfect for the wee album that was forming itself in my head.

This was a pretty straight forward project. I started out painting the back of the album pieces with black acrylic paint. And cut all the paper backgrounds I needed for each page, front and back.

 I played with the papers, cutting out the images that appealed to me and looked about the right size. I'm not sure how it happened, but the ladies wanted to get in on the act......
I started composing the pages, playing with the shapes and when things fell into place the gluing began!

After things dried, I began embellishing, first with a Sharpie paint pen. I used the poster paint one as it dries very quickly. (and everyone knows I have no patience!)
I love the contrast of the black backgrounds and the white dots.

I added little touches of metal findings and a bit of sparkle with some Swarovski flat back crystals.

One of the ladies looking quite fetching with her orange butterfly.....

I also used a black permanent marker to make contrasting dots on some of the lighter papers as you can see above on right hand page.

The Punch Elements Deco labels were a fun addition and adding some micro beads to the page gave it extra dimension.

These ladies just keep fluttering by.

Supply List
Shaped Edge Micro Mini Album
Punch Elements Deco Set(coming soon)

Additional Supplies
Black acrylic paint
Binder rings
Metal findings
Dresden Trim
White Sharpie paint marker
Swarovski flat back crystals

Thank you for dropping by!

Glassine Bag Mini Album by Monica

Hi everyone Monica here with Simply Monica and I am sharing a glassine bag project from Gina's designs.  These awesome bags come in 3 different sizes so they are perfect for almost anything.  I did something a little different and made my bags into a mini album but I used pieces from Gina's Shaped Edge Micro Mini album for inserts as well as the spine for the glassine bags.

 The front page has a bubble globe and I popped in some buttons

This page has an oval cut frame and you slide the photo down inside

This shows how the glassine bags are attached to a paper binding system and then adhered to one of the cuts from the Shaped Edge Mini.

I hope everyone has enjoyed my post for today and be sure to check out Gina's Designs she is constantly adding new items and she even does CUSTOM orders shipping is uber fast with her being in the US!!

Supplies Used:

Glassine Bag Assortment

Shaped Edge Micro Mini