Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi! Nora Anne here today :) I hope you are all spending the day with family today and that you all have a lot to be thankful for.

I'm sharing a quick project today that can be made in minutes. The pages were a free download from Bella Blvd. I will be passing this around the Thanksgiving table today so we can all record some memories from this Thanksgiving.

I started with 8x8 lightweight chipboard pages and cut them down a bit to fit the printout pages. Now I have extra chipboard pieces to die cut some other little embellishments for the cover. After punching holes with my Crop A Dile, I held it all together with 1" Album Rings. One of my favorite parts in putting together this album, was the ease in which I could do so using the Killer White Tear-able Tacky Tape. I am addicted to this stuff, the fact that it's tearable makes it so easy!

I will be back next week to show you the finished inside after we all share!

Have a wonderfully Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Creative Sea Life Album

Creative Cuts and more has some great albums. This project was actually a kit called Sea Life Mini Album. I used Killer Red Tacky Tape to construct my album.

 

The front with an Acetate cover.

There were so many fun die cut shapes and stickers to start decorating with.

 

 One of the extra pages I wanted to share. I chose to make an accordion pop out so I could add little pictures that would fit nicely here.It was made with the card stock included in the kit.

 Pg 1 & 2                              page 3 & 4

There were so many products in this kit: gems,stickers,die cut shapes,pockets, and tags to name a few.

Some items I added to my kit was this sticky mesh, some twine, and ribbon. Page 4 is a small page I made with some of the card stock and designer paper.

 Page 5&6                                  Page 7& 8 

Page 5 is the back of the extra made page. Pages 6 & 7 are an Acetate page. It was hard to share a good picture that would show the acetate.. My favorite page in this album is page 8,I placed a Magnolia image I colored  and also made a shaker with the cup from Stampin Up. I used a sticker to show thru the window and added some glitter.

Many of the die cuts were added with pop dots-I always love  dimension.

 Page 9 & 10                                        Page 11& 12

The clam shapes were so exciting to use-There made out of a 

Pearlescent Swirlette Cardstock.

I added pop dots and curved them-they look so realistic.

Pages 10 & 11 are Acetate...I chose to mirror the waves and fish on each side.

Page 12 is another page I made on my own from the paper included. The envelope has a star fish I added glitter to.

 Page 13 & 14     Back Page

The Acetate  Cover protects that page and embellishments.
Page 13 is the backside and I added grommets and twine. Page 14 I added some Really Reasonable leaf vine.
I really love the last page because those pockets are perfect for pictures and the tags for journaling.

Well, that is my full album from the Creative Cuts and More store.Sea Life Mini Album is a great project to work on.You might also be happy to know I had much product left over for some other projects.

The 2nd half of my last 8 x 8 album

Hi everyone, it's Noelle posting today!  I almost forgot it was my turn!

In July we did a joint blog hop with Stuck On You Sketches.  The first half of this album can be seen on my personal blog HERE.   I did 2 albums for that hop and didn't get them finished.  I LOVE this 8" x 8" Album & Chipboard Set I ordered extra pages in acetate as well.

                                      

My Daughter made the rainbow cloud from the Hello Kitty Cricut cartridge,  the kite is only a quarter so I ordered 3,  I paper pieced it on the other side, just to make it a little different. 

The Decorative Label is one of my favorite dies! 

This turtle will be coming soon!  Isn't it cute? 

This turtle will be available soon as well, the Tag #02 - Small is perfect for journaling!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Happy Shopping!

Marie Antoinette - 3rd Post of 8x8 Album

Hello & thanks for stopping by today!

I was really hoping that I would have a finished project to share with you today, but I'm afraid life interrupted my progress on this one! But I do have a few more pages from my 8x8 Window Album to share with you today & I hope to be able to spend some time in my studio this week & at least finish the last few pages!

(Marie dolls compiled from a digital collage sheet)

This is my favorite page from this grouping. I just love that so many people think that Marie actually said "Let them eat cake!" The paper dolls were made from a digital sheet I found on Etsy & the cake is cut from a Cricut cartridge. The gold embellies are actually imported German Scrap. (The text is cut from a book.) The background paper was stamped & clear embossed with a cupcake stamp & then sprayed with Glimmer Mists (wiping the mist off the embossed images). I also used Stickles to highlight some of the flowers on Marie's dress & in her hair.

Do you ever get to working on something & it just doesn't seem to come together like you wanted? Well, that's what happened with these two pages! They were supposed to be all about Marie's "Pouf" (hairstyle) & fashions. But I couldn't quite get it to work, so this is the result...

One, super busy page of collaged images:

And, another not quite completed page that will hopefully get some more stuff on it soon!

the green "fan" piece swings up to reveal an empty spot at the moment!

These two may end up being tossed out when I get the whole book finished! I'll just have to see how it all works together!

That's it for today...I really do apologize for not having the finished book to show you! Hopefully in by the end of the week!

Thanks again for stopping by & don't forget to visit the CC&M shop for all your mini-album needs!!

- Becky

Designer: Becky Voth

More Marie Antoinette Pages

Hi all, Becky here again today to share some more pages from my Marie Antoinette 8x8 album from Creative Cuts & More that I am currently working on! (First post here)

I am about halfway done & hope I can finish it by the end of the month!!

Page one - what you see through the window of the cover!

Page 2

close up of LABEL & FRAME

Page 3 & FLAG

(I forgot to take a close up of the flag, but I embossed the "pole" with gold & used Copics on the flag.) I didn't include pages 4-5 because they are a double layout that wouldn't fit on the easel! But you can see them on my personal blog, here.

Page 6

Close up of TAG CARD

Page 7

Page 8

I may still add a little some thing to this page, as it seems a little boring to me! Ha!

Close up of Petite & Small LABELS

That's it for today!

I hope to have the rest to share with you in a couple weeks!!

Hope to see you soon!

TTFN!

The Beginning of Decadence - I hope!

This may seem a rather strange post from the norm you usually see here, because it is only the beginning of a project I have just started...a book all about

Marie Antoinette!

There is just something about her that seems to inspire artists all around the world to create or re-create her life of decadence & fashion!

I know that I have been obsessed with her for a while & I am finally going to attempt an artistic journey (if you will) with her!

So, I ordered the Four Pane 8x8 Window Album from Creative Cuts & More in the Neenah "Whitestone" cardstock for the pages, but I also ordered several HEAVY chipboard pages to integrate because I hope to do a lot of painting as well as collaging on the pages & I don't want them to buckle under all the mediums!

So here's a look at some of my supplies:

As you can see, the album is upright in the back, with the cover on top of a paper pad & my source of inspiration - "Marie" published by Somerset in the center of all the goodies.

I have a smattering of the Vintage Labels in different colors & both sizes to play with. I also ordered the Elegant Large Frame in two shades of metallic gold; a couple of gold crowns (not on the site yet), a Flag, one of the tiny Dresses in blue velvet; the Tag Card to incorporate somehow; as well as some other misc. banners & shapes to work into the book.

I wanted to give myself plenty of options to play with on this one!! Plus, I have been collecting all sorts of odds & ends for embellishments to add to the dies!

It should be a really fun book to work on!

So far, all I have started on is the cover...

I painted it a deep turquoise blue & then smattered some gold metallic paint here & there. When all that was dry, I added a couple layers of crackle.

My plan is to have an image of Marie behind the window (like here), but I don't think I'm quite done with the front...I want to build it up a little more somehow - maybe with some sculpty clay, ribbon & more? Who knows, the possiblities are endless! I plan to test my limits on this one!

So be sure to keep checking back to see what I've done!

My next post here will be on July 19th; with my goal of finishing the album by the 30th! But be sure to check out my blog now & again, as I will try to record some of the progress or techniques there as well!

But of course, there will be many posts in between from our other talented designers!! So, you should really be checking in EVERY day to see what they've all created for you with the many dies & albums from Creative Cuts & More!!

See you soon!

- Becky