My December Daily Christmas album is finished, at least for now anyway. It's just waiting for December to roll on. :) I've photoed the pages to share the first half today and then I'll edit and do the second half tomorrow. My main inspiration came from looking at things I'd already got and thinking up ways to use them. That dictated the size of the album I made up, sizing it to fit the leftover page protectors I wanted to use. I didn't have many tags for each page so I looked at what I did have and one of the things that jumped out at me most was stamps. My main idea for the look of my book was to make it quite textural but soft so I really wanted the stamps to look like snow and that thought prompted me to get out my {very} old embossing powders and have a play with those. I've got some puffy white embossing powder and some lovely glitter ones. I'd forgotten how much fun embossing powder is! When I was embossing on the page protectors I used lots of little bursts of heat so not to melt the plastic. I've also recycled lots of stuff and used up last little bits of stash to make pages with.Anyway pages.........
First page a page protector with a Sassafras sticker, Thickers and October Afternoon mini alphas and an embossed stamp.
Page 2 stuck down American Crafts envelope with woodgrain tape, a Jenni Bowlin journalling card and cut outs from American Crafts Merry Mint paper
Next page is a piece of Creative Imaginations felt with a felt Thicker and more of those October Afternoon mini alphas
Thicker on red Bazzill with the corners rounded, might add a stamp around the number on this one.
Jenni Bowlin Bingo card with a Elle's Studio tag attached with an eyelet
Page protector with October Afternoon stickers and American Craft Merry Mint glitter chipboard. The paper email slip is just popped inside for now.
More of the red Bazzill card, this time sandwiched with canvas with an embellie made with jenni Bowlin Crepe paper ribbon and an October Afternoon diecut.
Page 9 is a glued down kraft envelope with gaffer tape bindings.
The date I added in with a date stamp and embossed it with silver glitter powder which will not photo but it's much more glittery irl.
Page 10 is a piece of canvas with more of the same felt as before but in brown, that's just stitched on.
Another page protector for 11 with an embossed stamp, those same alphas and a American Crafts Flair embellie.
The 12th is a page protector with Hambly and October Afternoon rubons.
13th is a piece of packaging from some Jenni Bowlin buttons covered with paper. The label is October Afternoon stickers
Page 14 is another glued down envelope with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.
OK that's part one I'll post up the rest tomorrow.
xx Leo
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3 comments:
That album is gorgeous! Can't wait to see how it looks filled in.
What a lovely album! It's eclectic and all comes together beautifully. And best of all, it didn't cost much as you used up what you have. Very, very clever.
Some great ideas....gotta get mine started!
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