Pocket Box Mini Album... Stephanie Miller Inspired

In April, the dynamic

bundle of scrappy happy energy... Steff Miller, posted a fabulous Mini Album in a Box that she was inspired to make from a pin by Jenny Dahlqvist. To my sorrow, Steff didn't do a tutorial. I, among so many others, commented that we really just had to have one... please! Well, being the fantastic lady that she is, Steff came through, and last week did her Live with Prima spot showing, step by step, how to make her Pocket Box Mini. I was quite eager to follow along...

Lots of photos,

I know... minis are hard to photograph if you want to show it all. I wanted to use up a lot of scraps and older papers and supplies... so I pulled out... 

Prima's Fairy Belle collection 

Hope trinket: Prima

Chipboard piece: Prima

Transparent Velcro: Michaels

Lace: Hobby Lobby

Eyelets: We R Memory Keepers

Dies: Alterations Mini Tickets, Sizzix Branch w/leaves and Foilage

Punch: Martha Stewart

Ink: Vintage Photo Distress

Flowers: Prima, Petaloo and I Am Roses

Please be sure to

pop over to Steff's blog and see all her amazing mini albums... then watch her create them on her You Tube channel. She is one amazing woman!

I'm linking up at:

Anything But A Card - Dust Off Your Old Supplies

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Have a fun day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Creative Jump Start #6

You may have

noticed that my Jump Start pages aren't in order. I like to switch things up a bit, especially if I don't have the product on hand that the girls are using. Like #6. Nat's techniques were with foam stamps, and I don't own any. So, I just sat that day aside until I determined that I wouldn't be getting any new stamps soon. Then I went ahead and created a page without them...

This background is

done in Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists... Meadow Green, English Ivy and Patina. Did the ghosting technique using my new 12" Crafter's Workshop Paradise stencil.

I used three

different stamps with both Jet Black and Aquamarine Archival ink and applied some soft gel medium in various spots using that same CW stencil. When the soft gel was dry, I lightly sponged Vintage Photo Distress ink over it for just a hint of color.

I love the subtile

texture the soft gel medium gives the page.

I layered on

a little My Mind's Eye Portobello Road paper from a 6x6 pad along with Stella & Rose trims. Hummm... I think that aqua trim is upside down... but that just adds to the grungy look... right? I finished up with tiny wooden clothes clips and Idea-ology Salvage Stickers.

I'm linking up at:

Anything But A Card - Tie It Up

Balzer Designs - Art Journal Every Day

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Pretty In Pink Mini Album

As promised, 

here is the album I created for my sister.

The album is made 

from a combination of Glitz Pretty In Pink and My Mind's Eye Madison Avenue 6x6 papers. The base is a chipboard album I won at CupCards To Go here. It sat in my stash for nearly two years till I finally decided I would make something of it. There really is too much on these pages to give you all the details, so I'll just tell you a few of the items that were used. 

 I Am Roses flowers, Spellbinders Floral Doily Motifs die, 

Glitz Peek-a-Boo & Whatnots  (Things with Wings)

I made several

pages with blank journaling tags inserted for my sister to write her own thoughts.

Glitz Peek-a-Boo, Prima flower, Die-namics Butterflies die, 

Spellbinders Foliage die

Prima Tasha flowers, 

Chiffon Shabby Chic rose trim, Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares die, 

Die-namics Leafy Flourish,

Graphics 45 Staples stickers, Hobby Lobby feathers

 Prima Tasha flower,

pink sheer dotted ruffled trim, French Lace paper doily, white seam binding, 

Momenta metal bird (Things with Wings)

American Crafts trim,

I Am Roses blossoms, Prima Tasha flower, Recollections baubles, 

Alterations Pocket Envelope die

Idea-ology Label Pulls,

Idea-ology Chit Chat sticker, Pink Paislee Artisan Elements, Glitz Peek-a-Boo, 

I Am Roses flowers, lace scrap,

Alterations Sewing Room die, Recollections bling, brown seam binding 

French Lace paper doily,

October Afternoon Miscellany, pink floss, Prima Tasha flower, 

white ric-rack trim, vintage button,

Venise lace heart, Spellbinders Floral Doily Motifs die 

I Am Roses flowers,

Spellbinders Deckled Rectangle die, Prima Tile, Hobby Lobby feather, 

Darice 3-D sticker, Glitz Peek-a-Boo, Pink Paislee Artisan Elements

Prima Shabby Chic Treasures,

Hobby Lobby trim, Bo Bunny Trinket, Glitz Whatnot, 

Graphic 45 Place In Time paper

Large eyelets,

Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares die, Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Black metal key,

large clear acrylic drop, pink & white seam binding

I hope all this didn't

bore you... it's kind of hard to post a project that has to have this many photos.

Enjoy your Sunday!

I so appreciate your visit... love sharing my projects with you!

I'm linking up with:

Anything But A Card - Things with Wings

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Soaring Along

For a change of

pace, I created a tag using some older Graphic 45 papers... Communique, Steampunk Debutante and Le Cirque. I'm a huge fan of Graphic 45, but actually don't have many of their papers in my stash. I think I'll be changing that fact in the near future. Here's what I made...

I have a ton of

elements on this little piece of manila paper... the focus being this black bird with the light bulb.

However, I think he 

may have gotten over shadowed by the pen nibs. What do you think? This chipboard piece is sitting on top of a die cut from Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles.

The mini gears, 

fasteners, and pen nib are all Idea-ology. I love the quality of their metal products and usually reach for their brand over the others... and I always purchase them on sale or with a coupon making them the better buy.

The clock is a 

scrap of Core'dinations embossed cardstock that I sanded. Beneath it is a pocket cut with Alterations Pocket Envelope with the top flap folded to the inside.

The #5 tag is lined

with Idea-ology Filmstrip ribbon, a Graphic 45 Staples tag and a Steampumk chipboard clock. Mays Arts black burlap string and wrinkled seam binding are tied through the holes in the tags.

I'm linking up at:

Anyhing But A Card - Things With Wings

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

A Little Stitchery

On Tuesday the

Penmaker and I took a trip to Berlin in the heart of Amish country. It's about a 25 minute drive on back roads mostly through farm lands. We love it! of course, I just had to run into one of my favorite shops... Country Craft Cupboard. I purchased some wool to make something special for Valentines Day, and they gave me a FREE pattern. I'll post it when I get it completed. For now, I want to show you some of the snowmen ornaments I've made for our tree.

I did a bunch of these

cute little guys with green, dark red and red with black flecks backgrounds. CCC does a lot of their own hand-dying and I absolutely adore their wools. It's usually hard for the Penmaker to pull me out of the back room where all the bolts of wool and floss are. To make matters worse, they sell smaller pieces and little squares of these gorgeous goodies which make it even more tempting to spend all the money in your purse. You can even fill a plastic bag full of wool scraps and pay by the pound... which I've done many times! Perfect snippets to have on hand.

Oh... and the lower

level is filled with rubber stamps, primitive type frames and needlework books. Ah... a crafters dream!

Now, back to work!

I'm linking my snowmen to:

Anything But A Card - Celebrating the Light or Seasonal Holiday

Thanks for the visit!

Hugs!

Linda

If Music Be The Food Of Love

When I saw that one

of the challenges at Bird is the Word was to use the word "MUSIC", the verse from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night came to mind. So I made this...

I adhered a piece 

of Imaginisce DP from their fall collection of last year to my page with gel medium... then some torn scraps of music sheet tissue paper. I rubbed on a little Yellow Ochre acrylic paint with my finger and covered it all with Clear Rock Candy crackle paint.  A random layer of molding paste using the Mini Tile Texture stencil from Crafter's Workshop went on next. When it was dry, I applied a bit of Red Ochre acrylic here and there.

I cut a heart with

my Spellbinder's die and stamped it using my Love Set from Rubber Stamp Tapestry and Jet Black Archival ink. I stamped the center of the O with a rose peg stamp, then the leaves. I went over all with a crackled effect stamp, then scrunched up the heart in my hand for some wrinkles... applied it to the page with gel medium and rubbed on some of the Red Ochre and some more of that crackled stamping. The shadowing is done with a black soft charcoal pencil. I rubbed some Jet Black Archival ink on the horn charm and added it using Glossy Accents.

I printed the verse

on my Mac, added Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge Distress Ink, applied the words to my page with gel medium and finally did more shadowing with the black soft charcoal.

More of the Jet Black

ink went around the edges of the page... then I called it quits! A very enjoyable project.

I'm linking my page at:

Anything But A Card Challenge - Incorporate Black into Your Project
Balzer Designs - Art Journal Every Day

Bird is the Word - Music

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs!

Linda