Mother's Day Flip Album

Hi everyone, I know you've already had a little look at the Mother's Day Flip album but I thought I would share this in more detail. Now I certainly didn't design this myself - there are lots of examples of Flip albums on the internet but this is the tutorial I used. Here is what the from cover looked like:

I'm using past tense for this as I wasn't very happy with this cover. The flowers seemed too small and out of propotion with the rest of the album. After much thought, I eventually changed it to this:



I know the changes are quite subtle - I used the Blossom Party die and the Big Shot to cut the flowers instead of the Boho Flower punch, and I stuck to using just Calypso Coral cardstock, instead of multi coloured flowers. I also changed the sentiment plaque and used the Oval Designer Frames embossing folder in the same way as I did on the card. I think this works much better - let me know what you think. So, now some photos of the inside:

I've not decorated or stamped the inside too much as it depends on my photos and I'll probably add flowers etc over the photos. I did want to show you the final version, complete with photos but had a bit of printer trouble. I was going to use pictures of my mum with me and my children, and I wanted them in black and white, so the colours wouldn't clash. For some reason my genuine HP ink, when printing black and white, just smudges... I couldn't work out why my cutter and my fingers were covered in black mess! Anyway, luckily I have some extra time as I don't need this till May,so I can sort it and show you a photo at a later date. 

Here are a couple of photos of everyone who did the class. Do you think we need a bigger table? Everyone was really working against the clock but all produced lovely projects by the end of the evening. They didn't all make the album and card for Mother's Day - they're very versatile and can be used for any occasion. If you would like to join us for future classes, please get in touch. x

You can never have too many bags

Hi everyone, I wanted to share this little bag with you all. If you've been surfing blog land you'll have come across lots of these as quite a few demos have been making them recently. This is certainly not my original idea and you can find a tutorial and video on how to make these here.



I used the SAB Everyday Enchantment papers (again) and matched the papers with Peach Parfait and Pool Party cardstock. Here's a side view:

The bag only uses a 6" x 6" square of designer paper so you can make 4 out of 1 sheet. I also used the matching designer brads to hold the gorgeous Pool Party ruffled ribbon handles in place. When you open it up, there is just enough space for a small gift or a credit card gift card:

The bag is held shut with a velcro self adhesive dot and the flower was cut using the Big Shot and my new favourite die, Blossom Party. This die is in the Spring mini catalogue and only available till 30th April, so if you like it, don't delay.

Now, I'm doing a couple of Spring Fairs soon, so I thought these little bags are an ideal way to use up some retired designer papers. Here's my collection. Unfortunately you can't get these papers anymore but imagine how gorgeous these bags would be in the current papers especially the flocked Mocha Morning papers. I may make one soon to show you. In the meantime, I hope you like these.



These red ones are my personal favourites:



Why not have a go. They are really easy. x

SAB to see you go

Hi everyone, today I'm showing you a card I made for work, as a colleague was leaving our team. I've used Calypso Coral for the base card again (seems to be becoming a favourite). I also couldn't wait to play with the Sale-A-Bration FREE papers - Everyday Enchantment, so have used them for this card:



I cut the flag 'freehand' using my trimmer and die cut the letters using the Big Shot and the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet. I was trying to think what word I could use on the flags. Thought of saying 'Goodbye' but it was a bit long, thought of 'Leaving' but it's the same number of letters so ended up with 'Miss U', which I quite like. The sentiment at the bottom has been printed on the computer.

The flower on the flag was created using the Boho Blossom punch and the little flowers in between the flags are punched using one the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. I used some of the other In Colours that match the papers to create these - Pool Party, Lucky Limeade and ofcourse, Calypso Coral.

Finally, I stamped the inside using the matching FREE Sale-A-Bration set Fresh Vintage, to create a border in Calypso Coral ink. By the way, the paper the card is lying on is one of the sheets from the FREE  Everyday Enchantment designer paper set.

 

I hope she likes this. Check back soon for more. x