My Birthday Mini Album Part 2

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm back with the second part of my mini album that I made with the Relatively Thoughtful Happy Birthday and Magic of Childhood collections. It's for my granddaughter's first birthday party next month, but I've added some recent photographs of her just to show how it will look.

This is the inside of the folio. Last time I showed the left side, so today it's the turn of the right. I've followed a tutorial by Paul Lang-Ford of Papercrafting With Paul, and I've added a link at the end of this post.

If you would like to see the first side please click here.

I also made lots of embellishments! There are tags, journalling strips, buttons, and lots of elements from the Magic of Childhood collection which goes perfectly with the Happy Birthday papers.

The top and bottom flaps open up.

Then when you close them the pages swing to the left. Then they open up. 

And up....

And up...

And up! It's 5 sides long when it's all open but unfortunately, I can't show them all open together. Try to imagine the two photos above joined together lol. I love how the rocking horses tie everything together

In the middle there is a pouch. I've made some tags and added white card to the back to write some details on.

This folio really does keep on giving! Just when you think you've finished you find another flap and more photos lol.

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I hope you like my album. I can't wait to fill it with photos of Hallie's first birthday party.

Take care, have a wonderful day, and thanks so much for looking x

Happy First Birthday

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Next month my granddaughter turns one. Where has the last year gone! She's having a birthday party, so in anticipation of the hundreds of photos that I will be taking, I've made a mini album. I've used the fabulous Happy Birthday collection from Relatively Thoughtful, together with embellishments made from the Magic of Childhood collection.

Again I've used a Paul Lang-Ford tutorial (Papercrafting With Paul). It's the basic 8x8 album and I'll put a link at the end of this post.

Whenever you use one of Paul's tutorials you know that he will use every scrap of designer paper, and, the most important point to me - it will take lots of 6x4 photographs. I don't print my own photos so I need an album that will take the standard 6x4 format.

This is the bare album. The covers are made of chipboard, and as it's a folio the pages are built onto the base. It doesn't look much here does it, but the papers will make all the difference!

And this is how it looks with the Happy Birthday papers. The left-hand side is a waterfall, and both sides are held in place with magnets.

I've added some photos just to show how it looks, but I will be filling it with the ones from her birthday party.

The waterfall lifts up to reveal this double-page spread. The embellishments have just been laid in place. They'll be stuck down when the other photographs go in.

These are the photo matts. They are 4.25 x 6.25, so just ready for the photos. The album holds 23 photos in both landscape and portrait.

I cut a double matt for my shaker for the front cover.

Here's my gorgeous girl!

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I'll be back later this month with the second side of my album, so I hope you'll join me then.

Take care and have a very happy week x

A Happy Birthday Anniversary Card!

Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Can you believe we are now into September, where is this year going??

Today I'm sharing an anniversary card that I made for my Mum and dad with the Relatively Thoughtful Happy Birthday collection.

I started by cutting my layers, this is a huge card so it almost took a full A4 length.

Yes I do know how to spell anniversary lol, I'm just trying to work out the spacing.

 I've cut the longer work first then I can centre the shorter one above it. I've also made sure to leave a gap for the duplicated letters (phew!)

Here we have all the letters safely cut out, and just about straight.

I also cut out a full set again in really thick card so that they would stand out a little when I put them back into the card.

Of course I'm always going to try and sneak some stamping in somewhere.

There's also a cut-apart sheet for sentiments. Do you like my shabby bow? I'm really proud of this 'cos my teamies are the queens of shabby bows!

If it's not stitched it's not finished!

The bunting is also part of a cut apart sheet.

This wasn't a difficult card to make, but it took AGES. I think it was all the measuring, die cutting, and sticking. Also when it's quite a plain design it has to be just right doesn't it - there's nowhere for anything to hide. Also stamping and embossing 16 letters then losing and finding then losing them again takes time.

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We Want You!

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing a top folding card made with the beautiful Royal Navy Heritage collection.

I started by choosing and cutting my layers. I love the gold splodges on the stripey card, so added some more gold splashes of paint myself.

I used the 'sailor' word from one of the atc sheets in the collection, and made a button from the papers. Then it was just a case of layering them all together.

It's not often that I make top folding cards so I'm really happy with this one.

I LOVE the postcards in the collection.

And the ATC words make great embellishments.

It's a really lovely collection, and as always it can be found here in Sally's store in both digital and physical papers.

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Dreams At The Beach

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Well it's almost as if Summer has come back, so this card made with the Dreams At The Beach collection from Relatively Thoughtful feels very fitting!

It's a triple stand up card that I've made following a tutorial by Paul Lang-Ford of Papercrafting With Paul. If you click on the link it will take you straight to the tutorial. This was such an easy card to make, but I think that the idea is amazing, so effective!

I started by making my layers and stands. I used a 8x6 top folding card as my base to make it easier to stand up.

These are the papers that I've chosen, the postcards are 6x4 and are all from the Dreams At The Beach collection.

The layers are all cut. I've also used the title from the front sheet from the collection.

And this is how it looks when it's all layered up.

Just look at the dimension here! It has such mantle-piece appeal, yet it comes together really easily. Paul has done all the hard work with the measuring - his tutorials really are excellent.

I was looking for a die-cut for the front, but I really like how the title looks here.

And of course, it all folds flat for posting.

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In The Navy

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. 

I've just received some beautiful new papers from Sally at Relatively Thoughtful, and this one is The Royal Navy Heritage Collection.

Once again I've made a pinwheel tower card as I think that these really show off the papers beautifully.

The collection comes with these beautiful 6x4 postcards so I knew that my card needed to be big enough to take them.

Here's my template. The base card needs to be 10.25 x 6.25, and it's folded at 1, 2, 3, and 4 inches and glued. You also need 3 pieces cut to 6.25 x 4.25.

I always use a good wet glue to make my tower. You'll find this in the store.

Then you just glue the other pieces of card to the tower.

So my postcards are 6x4, and my base card is 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 That means that my matts must fit in between them, so they are cut at 6 1/8 x 4 1/8. The maths is very precise, but my eyesight and trimmer - not to much lol. 

There's also a really lovely ATC cut apart sheet and I've used some of these too.

So in no particular order, here's side 1.

Side 2.

Side 3, -I'm loving these ATCs on the left hand side.

And side 4.

The obligatory shot from above lol.

And it all folds flat for posting.

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