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?

Inspired by The Gentleman Crafter

I love it when I read a blog and it inspires me to go create.  That's what happened when I read Jim's post using the T!m Holtz Petal Drop Die.  I've had it for a while and hadn't used it.  I can tell you that after Jim's post, I'll be using it a LOT!  Here's what I came up with, only because the paper and do-dads were still sitting on my desk from Halloween.

                                             
This is an idea that you can transform for any holiday (or non-holiday) you want to celebrate.  You can visit Jim"s blog here to see the original idea and steps to put it together.  I changed mine up a bit. Covered thin chipboard with the paper, cut it out, made structure strips out of black card stock and hinged it together from the inside.  The rosette is from T!m's Mini Rosette die. I used the smaller of the two.  Check out how to add the glitter to the edges here.

Halloween Potion Bottles

I love Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint - especially around Halloween.  This October I made some potions bottles and used the paint to age and distress the bottles.  I love how they turned out! Take a look.

Some of he bottles were already colored when I started, some I used StazOn Ink to add color, some I left clear.  The ribbon around the bottle necks was created using seam binding and cheesecloth that I cut, inked and frayed.  

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!

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!

Dream Album

I'm still exploring album ideas and covers.  This one was made using the rest of the papers from my daughters wedding album!  Love the colors and patterns - modern and vibrant.

Cover was created using Wendy Vecchi's Large Creative Covers, scrapbook paper and sticky-back canvas that I inked with Distress Stain and stamped with paint. This cover comes together so quickly and can be altered to suit any type album. The sentiment was done using my Cricut. It's closed using a 7 Gypsies elastic and a Tim Holtz knob.  It's embellished with a Holtz Muse Token.

Binding is with Holtz' Ring Binder (love those!)

Pockets were created using tissue tape on the edges of folded paper, so simple.  Some are side entry and others enter from the top, its just a matter of where you place the tape.  I used Holtz' Tiny Tabs & Tags for the tabs on the pages.

Flowers were created using the Tattered Flower Garland Die.  They were assembled with brads. 

I used large eyelets to re-inforce the page binding.  Love it, it's for sale! Check out my ETSY Shop.