Today I want to share a mini album I made.
Before I made cards I was a scrapbooker and have over 20 completed albums made over the years.
But I also liked to dabble in mini albums and altering items and I think that is where the transition into card making started.
Every now and again I like to take a break from cards and go back to playing with books :)
This is one I made this week.
As it has a lot in it there will be many photos but I hope you like it.
Also because of all the work I thought I'd enter it in a few challenges too ;)
Challenges:
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Anything But A Card
Paper Romance - Anything Goes
I Did It - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Friendship
Rainbow Lady - Shabby Chic
CCEE Stampers - Distressing
Anything Goes - Distressing
Patties Creations - Make Your Own Embellishment
Some Odd Girl - Handmade Embellishment
Allsorts - Homemade Flowers
Thrilling Thursday - Ribbon
Fresh Brewed - Ribbons and Bows
The Shabby Tearoom - Buttons and Bows
Tellens Place - Buttons
Frosted Designs - Metal (used brads)
Southern Girls - Brads, Gems or Dewdrops
Sisterhood of Crafters - Ribbons and Brads
Crazy 4 Challenges - Flowers
Stampin B's - Flowers
Bunny Zoes - Flowers Everywhere
Creative Cottage - Fabulous Florals
Crafty Creations - In The Garden
Fussy and Fancy - Embossing
Incy Wincy - Punches or Dies
4 Crafty Chicks - Photo Inspiration
Crafts and Me - Anything With Wings
Project Recipe:
Paper - K and Co Bailey
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Paper Flowers - Prima
Punches - Martha Stewart
Doilies - Wilton
Flat Back Pearls - Queen and Co and Michaels
Pearl Beads - Offray
Sentiments - Crafty Secrets, Colorbok, Autumn Leaves and Memories Complete (most discontinued)
Embossing Folders - Sizzix and Cuttlebug
Die Cuts - Sizzix
Chalk Ink - Cats Eye in Chestnut Roan
Scoring Tool (for rosette flowers) - Scor-Pal
Now this book is on eBay and if you'd like to see more photos (each page individually) then be sure to Take A Look Here
I hope you've enjoyed the trip around my mini book today and keep checking back as there may be more in the future :)
Katie
It is the 1st Anniversary over at A Gem Of A Challenge and we are celebrating with a Blog Hop!
As it is the challenges birthday we thought we'd have fun with our blog hop and so along the way you must find the Birthstone of all our team members!
You should have to come to me from Sharon, if you didn't then please go back to the start at A Gem Of A Challenge and start hopping along so you don't miss any of the chances to win!
Remember you need to gather the name of the Birthstone of all the Design Team Members to be in with a chance of winning the Grand Prize!
After looking at my card and commenting be sure to hop over to Caroline to carry along with the fun!
Now my birthstone, I could make it easy and tell you but first I'll give a few clues:
My birthday is in November
In it's purest form it is colorless but....
It is sometimes Blue....... but can be other colors too.
The Orange version is the state gemstone of Utah and the Blue version the state gemstone of Texas (luckily I live there as I have one on my finger!)
But making it even more eerie is that the one on my finger is called a "London" ***** (see it has 5 letters) and I'm English and London is the capital city of England!
If you haven't worked it out yet then CLICK HERE FOR THE ANSWER
OK of course there is also our challenge and this week we'd like to see GEMS on your card along with the wonderful sketch that you can find on the A Gem Of A Challenge blog.
Also over there are all the details of the hop and you can see the wonderful prizes on offer!
Challenges:
Stamptacular Sunday - Whateva/Anything Goes
Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Girlie
Paper Play - Stamp It Out (use an image)
Some Odd Girl - Scallops
Southern Girls - Dry Embossing
Phindy's Place - Embossing
CCEE Stampers - Punches
CRAFT - Die Cuts
Belli Challenge - Jewelry (I used Gems)
Card Recipe:
Image - Moon Baby by Pink Gem Designs
Paper - Cutie Pie Digital Set
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Fairy Dust by Pink Gem Designs
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Embossing Folder - Snow Cap by Basic Grey for Sizzix
Gems - Treasures by Shabby Chic
Die Cut - Labels 3 by Spellbinders
Ribbon - Michaels
This is a brand new stamp and one of the cutest baby ones I've seen in ages! My next door neighbor is pregnant right now and as soon as I find out what the little one is going to be I'll be coloring up another card right away!
Now it's time for you to hop over to Caroline and carry along with the fun! Be sure to keep looking for the Birthstones along the way :)
BTW If you didn't click the link above my Birthstone is a TOPAZ!
Simply add your name to the Link Gadget below to enter my draw to win 2 Pink Gem Designs digi stamps OR 1 set of Pink Gem Designs Digi Papers. My winner will be drawn at random on 19th Feb. All winners will also be announced on the Challenge blog on the 20th Feb
Good luck!
Katie
