*French Country* Mini Album

Good morning friends!
This is my first project working with Graphic45 papers.
They are beautiful, inspiring and such great quality.
My inspiration for this album came from one of my favourite paper crafters, her name is Anne Rostad, she is one of the designers for Graphic45, you can have a look at her wonderful projects and check out her tutorial for this album here.
There are so many pictures to show you, so I will do 2 posts, here goes with the first one.....


These are the papers I used
 *French Country*

Front

The album measures 9.5 x 6.75 inches.  It has a flap at the right side that holds in place with a magnet

I used the *stack the deck* binding by Laura Dennison at *Following the Paper Trail*.  Here's the video tutorial for this binding.

Inside front cover and first page

Each page has many flips, flaps and pockets & holds tons of pictures. They each have a large photo mat too.

Inside the flaps of the first page.  

2nd Page
The piece at the left is a fold out (below)

This is a frame.
It is open at the top so that a picture can be inserted, then it slips under the side pocket on the right.

Back of the frame has a pocket

On the right is a torn paper pocket which holds a photo mat.  The small frame is open at the top to hold a photo.

3rd Page
On the left is a side pocket which holds a fold out insert, (below) it also has a belly band with a large photo mat.  On the right is a country scene (inspired by Anne Rostad) with a fence and barn.  The barn folds out & can hold 2 photo's. (below)

Page 4
The pocket on the left holds a photo mat and an insert, seen below.

 back of the insert has a pocket

The black pages of page 4 (above) open up at each side.
This is the left side

Right side

When you lift up the black page, this is what's underneath.....lots of fussy cutting on this album

 Okay, I'll end this post here, and do another post soon to show you the rest of the pictures.

Thanks for being here.

His 'n' Hers

Took a little break from mini albums today to make this anniversary card for our friends.

The towels and *Happy Anniversary were cut out with my Cricut *Sweethearts* cartridge, then I embossed the towels in my Cuttlebug.

Thanks for looking,

A New Style Boxed Album

Hi Everybody,

Thanks for dropping by.  

I have a new boxed album to show you today.  It is the latest design of Cristi at *Paper Hoarder Disorder* The template and instructions can be purchased at her Etsy store.  It has 12 pages and each page is a pocket which holds a photo mat.  (The instructions also include a 14 page and 16 page album)

I used the  DCWV *Collage Art* paper stack.  

(picture heavy post coming up :)

 Top of the box

Open box, the pages are on each side of this one.

                       

Inside of the box top.

Now here's some of the pages

The butterfly is glued at the side & bottom so that the photo mat can slip in behind it

Flip up page

 Corner pockets

On the left is a flip up page, the right is a flip up insert in a pocket

Back of the insert has a pocket

The photo mat on the left is held in place by the metal corners

 The base of the box

Some of the inserts

Thanks for looking, have a great day!

*Memories Documented*

Hello friends!

I have another Boxed mini album to show you today.  It is from a pattern that I purchased from Cristi at *Paperhoarder Disorder*

There's lots of pictures to see.....

This is the paper stack that I used, *Memories Documented* by Recollections.  It has lots of cut aparts of various sizes, which are great to use for inserts and tags.

A closer look at the top.

I prefer not to add too many embellishments to the front of my albums.  Some of the papers are so gorgeous that it's a shame to cover them up.   

I made the roses with card stock.  Video tutorial here

The box opens to reveal the pages, each page is a pocket which has an insert, so there's lots of room for pictures.

The *remember* tag is just glued partway so that a tag can slide in under it.

A side pocket on this page

this one has a flip up

This page has a side pocket at the left which holds a 2 pocket corner insert

Another pocket page

Flip up page

The last page on the left has a belly band and picture mat.

Here are some of the page inserts

 Well, time to start another one! lol

Next I'm going to be making another boxed mini, but with a difference this time.  I'll be back to show you when it's done.

Bye for now & have a lovely day!