Hello. This is
Celeste here, and this is going to be a big blog! So get comfortable, grab a cuppa, take the phone off the hook and be prepared to be wowed :)
This is an album I made for my sister, who lives in America. We are only 14 months apart in age and are very close. I miss her very much. Anyway this is for her birthday!
In the above picture is the front cover of this album. I have used numerous dies and the paper is from My Minds Eye, Sunshine collection. I used the
Judy's Blooms die for the cover adding a pin and a photo of myself with my sister. Thickers were used for the title.
For the third page, above left, I liked this paper too much to cover it up! So using the
French Flair-Classic, I just cut out one of the nesting dies and popped a photo on and used a rub-on up the top which I will put her name in. To make the fourth page, right hand side, I wanted it to look kind of uniform. So I just cut another of the
French Flair-Classic dies and put a photo on that one too. I added ribbon and some bling because you always need bling somewhere!!
On the seventh page, above left, I made a pocket for some tags and journaling. I used again! the
French Flair-Classic nesting dies and the
Lace Light Deco Border, which is fast becoming another favourite!! I kept this page nice and simple so that the tags could be the focus. They are shown further down the blog. On the eighth page, above left, to keep uniform again, the
French Flair-Classic die was cut and a photo of my sister's dog, Gordon, was popped in. For the corner of this page I used the
Victorian Romance Flourish with the
Olive Branches and the
Large Rose die, popped on top.
For the ninth page, above, I used the
French Flair-Classic nesting dies and used them to make a frame for the photo. I loved the way it turned out and as you can see I LOVE the
French Flair-Classic die. Until it's out of my system you will be seeing it everywhere LOL.
For the back cover, I cut around this bird that was on one of the papers, and just popped him on the back. Seeing as the album will be mostly sitting on this side, I didn't want anything on the back that might get caught.
These are the four tags that are inserted into the spaces between the pages. From left to right, the first tag has the
Tropical Flourish with the
Medium Rose on the front and on the back, photo below left, I used a transparency and some rub-ons. In the second tag,
Judy's Blooms and a
Large Rose die made up the flower, while the
French Flair-Classic nesting dies made for the photo mats. On the reverse is space or journalling. The third tag has space for journalling or small photo, and I cut the
Medium Exotic Butterfly out of gold and popped it onto the black background of the tag. On the reverse of the third tag I used the
Judy's Blooms leaves with the
Miniature Rose die, the
French Flair-Classic die and the
Ribbon Eyelet Border Die at the bottom with yellow ribbon wound thru. The last tag on the far right has the
Lace Light Deco Border up and down both sides with a photo at the bottom and pearls at the top. On the reverse of this tag is a picture and a left over part of the
Lace Light Deco Border that fit the photo perfectly.
The photo below is just a close up of the
Cuties 2 die and how it should come out. I believe Sandy put up a quick tutorial on the blog (which was invaluable) sometime last week. You must check it out and have a try.
And lastly here are the two tags that sat in the pocket on page seven. One was made from the
French Flair-Classic, again! nesting dies. The other tag was made using a shipping tag and covered in my collection of papers.
Well. You have made it to the end of my blog! I thank you sincerely for reading it all and coming on this Cheery Lynn Designs journey of dies. I had such fun making this album and I know my sister will be thrilled with it.
Dies used:
Ok folks, thats it! Please head on over to the
Cheery Lynn Designs blog and look out for the weekly challenge. Using these dies you could create an album like this. Have a go!
Till next time Celeste
