Mini Album for Deanne at Mini Album Scraps

  This is a coin envelope mini I made for my friend Deann in a swap over at http://minialbumscraps.ning.com/ .  I used the Out of Print paper by Basic Grey and the printed recollections flowers as well as some Wild Orchid Crafts flowers to embellish.  The tags are 7 Gypsies and Maya Road and the mirrored butterflies are from the dollar store.  This Mini was quite the challenge for me making for someone else that wasn't family, but in the end a lot of fun.

  I covered the flaps of the minis with patterned paper that had a decorative edge cut on my Big Shot using my Tim Holts Bracket Die.  The black cardstock was punched with a Martha Stewart edge punch. I did half the pockets horizontal and half vertical in this mini.

Twilight Tag Swap

  I've discovered a great new site and a fabulous way to get my craft on over at http://minialbumscraps.ning.com/ .  They have really fun swaps and a great group of ladies who are always there to chat or answer questions.  So this is my first swap over on the site and it was a Twilight Tag swap.

   I chose to go with a woodsy theme as the pic takes place in the trees, plus I had this great leaf trim I'd been dying to use.  I made the flowers using white satin and the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die.  I cut 2 of each of the layers then melted the petals with my heat gun just till they curled a bit. Use a brad to hold all the layers together then colour with your fav dye ink spray.  The leaf was cut out of two bonded layers of canvas that I then painted with Glimmer Mist to hand dye.   The twohearts charm was coloured with 18k gold pen and then distressed with alcohol ink.

  I had so much fun putting these together and can't wait to start my next swap.  I encourage you to check out this site so you too can join in the madness of swapping....lol.

Snip 'n Fold Swap mini

  This little mini was made for my friend Valentina based on Laura Denison's 12 days of Christmas tutorial.  We were to make a vintage inspired mini using the colours brown, cream and blue.  I added a bunch of gold as well as I loved the gold glittered motif on the paper I chose for my covers.  This is my first swap and it was so much fun I'm sure to try more.  I already received my beautiful little mini made by Valentina and flip through it each time I go to my craft room.  Hope she will enjoy mine.

  The roses on the front cover are made using Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die and the grunge flower method.  I edged the flowers with gold pigment ink and added clear glitter.   Silk flower leaves left over from a wedding and inked in gold add the perfect backdrop to these pretty blooms. The closure is a piece of grungepaper covered in the same gold ink, and the brad was teal and silver so I used a gold leaf pen to colour the metal.  I love the antiqued little bird house I found at my local hardware store. 

  The inside pockets are created by the folding method used to make this mini and the strips of patterned paper that close the open edges.  Because these pockets are already sooo tiny you would not want to glue that edge together.  Each of the little pages has either a gold or teal glitter bird which I cut out on my cricut.  I added glossy accents to the glittered shapes to prevent the glitter from coming off and to add dimension and shine.

  I loved the colour of these gorgeous Webster's Bloomers which was the jumping off point for the colour choices in this album.  The trim is hotglued to both the front and back cover and hides the spine as well as preventing the tags from coming through.

  I created the tags in my Design Studio software welding two of the same shape together.  The stamped image is one of my favorite Stampin' Up wood mounts that I'd been hoarding in my craft room for sometime waiting for the perfect project.  The images are heat embossed in gold and the edges of the tags are inked in that same gold pigment ink.  The tags are rather tiny with just enough room to jot a tiny note.  This tiny mini would be fun as a brag album housing cropped wallet photos.

  I saw the tutorial for this Tri-Fold card on Splitcoast Stampers' YouTube and scaled it down to fit with the tiny mini.  The finished size is 3 by 3 and it opens up to 3 by 9.  I love the bright springy colours and the Stampin' Up image on the front is another of my favorites.  The Organza ribbon is another from my Stampin' Up stash...no I'm not a representative, I'm just an avid buyer LOL!

  Sorry about the lighting in these photos...its been rather dark in the mornings and a couple of my lights were burnt out!

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