Guy's Rule!

In late December I was cleaning out and reorganizing my studio and came across some really ancient BoBunny paper that I'd been hoarding and decided it needed to meet the 7 Gypsies album that was also in that hoarding stash.  A "Guy" album was born.  I love doing them because they're so unexpected and challenging.  There are flowers and pretty colors galore in the scrapbook world but it's sometimes hard to find paper and elements to showcase the guys in your life.
Here's the scoop. It's got 12 total pages, counting covers, and it measure 8x5". There's room for 17 3x5" photos and there's space for 10 wallet sized as well. I used some embossing folders from Tim Holtz along with some of his other goodies.  See if you can spot them in the photos.
This is a shot of the inside cover.  I popped up a photo mat and made room for 3 tabbed photo mats underneath that will hold 6 photos or journaling spots.

 Cork, gotta love it.  It just says grunge to me!

 The photo-turn swivels out of the way and the page flips up to reveal 2 more photo mats

 Another Photo-Turn that swivels out of the way so the page flips up to reveal 2 more photo mats.

 Inside back cover holds a journaling spot and a mini-envelope for some secret stuff.  We all have secret stuff, right?

Some Love for 7 Gypsies

I admit it, I'm a 7 Gypsies paper hoarder.  I have lots of it and I love using it.  It's timeless and versatile.  I wanted to create a small album, kind of like a brag book, of places I'd traveled to and this is what I came up with.  I just pulled out my 7 Gypsies pile and went through it looking for papers that were fairly neutral and went well together.  It's a combination of chipboard pages and envelopes that serve as both a place to hide journaling of ephemera, and a canvas for more photos.

A few seasons ago, 7 Gypsies produced a series of stickers based around themes.  I think they did one for every letter of the alphabet.  I think I have them all. One of my favorites is titled Gypsy. I love both the colors and the sentiments. I turn many of them into page accents which allows me to customize the album I'm creating just a little bit more. I love this tiny treasure. Enjoy!

7 Gypsies Travel Album

As promised, here's the second vertical 7 Gypsies album I created.  This one's themed for travel and vacations. The paper is from Bo Bunny's Weekend Market line.  Love the vintage feel to it and it lends itself to lots of inky goodness.  The cover is layered with the Tim Holtz distressed doily die, a 7 Gypsies ticket and "Life is Good" book cover that's been misted with Perfect Pearls in Antique Gold.  It's finished with Prima flowers misted with some copper Perfect Pearls, some Prima metal swirls, and my latest obsession: Prima's Say It In Crystals Adhesive Gems. Love them! It's up for grabs on my ETSY site, enjoy!

Life is Good!

Recently, I’ve been playing around with a chipboard album from 7 Gypsies.  It comes as bare-naked chipboard, but really heavy so it will stand up to lots of inking, layering and handling. 

I used lots of 7 Gypsies tags, paper and stickers and the base paper is from Glitz Design.  

What I like about this album is that the orientation is vertical, and I wanted to challenge myself to create something with that as a parameter. It's got lots of vintage, inky goodness. Enjoy!

While I was designing this the wheels were turning (hard to turn that part of my brain off!) with an idea for another album with a vertical orientation. That one's finished too and ready to be put up for sale on my ETSY site, but first I have to find the time to photograph it! Hope to have that one posted next week.  Stay tuned!

7 Gypsies Goodness

I thought I'd show you a Vintage Inspired Photo Tray I'm submitting to the 7 Gypsies Challenge here. It was created using one of the 7 Gypsies Photo Trays (love them!), Tim Holtz Reindeer Flight and Tattered Pinecone dies, some stamping and Stickles goodness.  Enjoy!