Success!

I thought I would write a quick update to say the my boyfriends' grandma loved the album I made for her. I'm soooooo glad as it makes all the sweat and tears worth it lol.

I now hope that I will be able to complete an album for myself. I've had the "Once Upon a Time" papers by DCWV since Christmas and I've been saving them for my own album (selfish I know!) but, I just don't know if I can bring myself to cut them up lol. I even bought the mat stack that goes with it to try and make it easier but I don't want to cut them up either ha ha. I need help!

Now I'm going to catch up on some sleep as I couldn't seem to drop off last night and then the kids were up at half 6 (half an hour lie in lol) so I only got about 4 hours :-( I had to stay up and watch Laura Dennisons' Ustream class tonight though... brilliant as always.

Anyway, night all

Vicki

"All Hallow's Eve" album progress

Hi there,

I've been having great fun working on my Halloween album. I've completed the first two pages so I thought I would share them on my blog.

The pocket was made by simply ripping a piece of the paper and adhering it on three sides.

 I've decorated one of the tags with flowers and bling and on the other I have embossed a spider web and highlighted some of the strands with my stickles (you can't really see it in the picture). I also embossed the cat on the back of the page.

 On the back you can fit a photo sized 2" x 1 1/2" (about passport size). I put a journaling spot on the other one. Originally I had stamped a circle shaped journaling spot directly to the tag but decided I didn't like it, so I cut out and stamped this journal spot and adhered to the back. I liked this much better and it also covered up the original stamping.

 This next page is supposed to look like a grave yard. I have embossed the gate on the front and then adhered it on either side and cut it in half.

 Inside, these are supposed to be tombstones. I printed them off my computer, coloured them with Haunted Shadows glimmer mist and then embossed them with clear UTEE. Unfortunately, when I put the UTEE on I lost a lot of the detail that was on the tombstones so I may redo them.

 The backs the tombstone tags I just put journaling spots on by stamping in a silver ink.

This is just a picture of the two pages so you can see how they look next to each other.

Thanks for looking

Vicki

Woohooooooooo!

I just wanted to do a quick update to say I've finally FINISHED the 'Cherish the Moments' album. Yay! I'm soooooo glad it's finished. Now I just need to wrap it and it's ready to go.

I haven't stopped grinning since I finished it and, I actually like the album again now it's finished lol.

Anyway, that's all I really wanted to say :-)

Vicki

Photos, photos everywhere but, not a drop of ink!

Hi All, yesterday my mum took the kids for me so I thought I would crack on and get the photos printed for my boyfriends' Grandmas' album. I've sorted which pictures I'm using and the sizes they need to be so I was ready to just get on with it and print them. Well, I managed to print off three and that was it...my ink had run out! This album is determined not to get finished. Her birthday is on Thursday so I'm going to have to go and buy some ink today. So that's another £30 gone, sigh!

One good thing to come out of it though is I had the perfect excuse to play with one of the other albums I've started lol. I decided to continue decorating the front cover of my Halloween album. I've taken some photos and thought I would share them with you so you can see the progress I'm making.

 In the picture below I've tried to tilt it so that you can see the parts that are glossy, shimmery and sparkly lol.

The roses we're the wrong colour originally so I sprayed them with Haunted Shadows glimmer mist and I was really happy with how they turned out. The title of the album is stamped in Black Soot distress ink and I then embossed it with Enchanted Gold by Papermania. I made a little tag and used my stub corner chomper so it looked a bit like a ticket. For the colour I sprayed it with the Haunted Shadows and darkened it a bit more with Black Soot. I had a stamp that said "You're Invited" but I would have had to make a much bigger tag so in the end I just wrote it on and I think it worked quite well. I thought the tree was looking a bit plain so I got my stickles and lightly "frosted" the branches. It doesn't show up very well in the pictures but, it does look quite effective. Lastly, I stamped the image of a spider with black StazOn and stuck it to a Tim Holtz Fragment and hung it off the spine.

Thanks for looking

Vicki

Two posts in one day!

Hi again. I thought I would upload the photos of the new albums so that you could see them progressing.

The first photo is of the toilet roll mini. Obviously, I still have a lot more to do to the cover and the rest of the album is blank. You can just see from the photo that the bats have been highlighted with glossy accents by Ranger.

 You can see that I've used two rings but there are 3 holes punched. This is because, originally I was going to put just one ring in the middle but I found that the album moved around too much so changed it to two rings. The middle hole will hopefully be covered when I put the papers in. With the pages being constructed from toilet rolls there is a pocket where I will be able to put a photo mat.

The following picture is the 6"x6" pad that I'm using to decorate the album. It is called "Eerie" and is by BasicGrey. I think this paper has been around for quite a while and I got this one off Ebay.

The next pictures are of the paperbags that I have put together using Laura Dennisons' method. The first little flap will be what I use to connect it to the chipboard cover.

The next two photos show how the rest of the album will look, with a larger page and a small flap in the middle with a pocket. There are also pockets at the end of each paperbag which can hold two large photo mats but, I forgot to take a photo.

The next picture is the paper pad I will use to decorate this album. It is an 8"x8" pad called "Spring Feast" and is by First Edition Paper. I purchased this pad back in November when I first started scrapbooking and I got it from WHSmith.

Thanks for taking the time to look.

Bye for now

Vicki

Still plodding on!

I've waded through yet more photos for the on going battle with the "Cherish the Moments" album. I've now selected the remaining photos and which pages they are going on. Now to print them all out (sigh). I just hope my printer has enough ink, lol, as I've left it a bit late to have to start messing about buying more (a lack of funds also plays a part).

I have managed to start putting together a new paperbag album. So far I've stuck all the paperbags together using Laura Dennisons technique @ Following the Paper Trail, so I'm looking forward to getting it decorated up.

I've also put together a toilet roll mini which is going to have a Halloween theme. I know it's a bit early for Halloween but, judging from how long my other mini is taking, I think it's wise to start now lol. I've put the front cover on and highlighted some of the bats with glossy accents by Ranger and I'm pleased with how it's looking so far.

I have had to stop myself doing any more on these new albums though, otherwise I really won't ever finish the Grandma-in-laws' album! I am really disliking the photo part of things though...argh. Never mind eh? The finishing post is almost in sight.

Thanks for dropping by. Hopefully I'll have some photos of the new albums soon.

Until next time...

Vicki

Easter Fun

I haven't managed to do any more scrapbooking this week but I did have a lovely day out with my boyfriend and our children. We went for a nice walk through our local wood and then to the park. I've taken lots of photos that I'm hoping to put into a scrapbook (if I ever finish the Grandma in Laws' album lol).

I hope everyone is having a fab Easter (or a fab bank holiday if you don't celebrate Easter)

Vicki x

Making cards

Hi All

I've decided that I really need to start making my own cards but I'm really struggling for inspiration :( I've never actually made my own cards since I was a child lol. I think I might have to set up a card making session with my 2 year old and see if reliving my youth will help me gets some ideas... If not then I'm nicking my daughters and sending it from us all lol.

If anyone has any suggestions please feel free to leave me a comment.

Vicki

Just a quick update

I've managed to put some more photos into the "Cherish the Moments" album for my boyfriends grandma. It's sooooooo slow going! It took me over 2 hours to complete 3 pages. However, I mustn't be too upset as I'm putting in loads of pictures. I managed to put another 22 pictures in those 3 pages! Each page is 6" high by 8" wide lol. I've wasted a lot of photo paper though as I hadn't picked out all my pictures and what sizes I needed so I ended up printing a tiny picture on a full photo paper instead of trying to fit 3 or 4 in the same size! Oh well, I will learn for next time.

Has anyone else had problems with actually filling albums with pictures? Let me know in the comments.

I'll be back soon with more updates...hopefully!

Vicki