Off to the Beach

Here's a second album that my sister, Lynn and I did while she was visiting.

It's an album that we've both done before, but wanted to revisit.

It's called back to back bookbinding and I did one last year

with a European vacation theme that you can find

in a previous posting.

 

This one has a beachy theme.

I used basic kraft CS for my unifying theme and

the papers were from The Paper Studios Beach House collection.

 

 

 

Here's the cover.... it has a magnet closure.

 

I added a band of CS to the top of the pages to give it a more clean look.

 

 

This is a view when the cover is opened.

 

The pull-tab is a stamped & embossed image of

a scallop shell from my collection.

The stamp is from Stampa Tampa (1995)

It was embossed using the "batik embossing" technique

and embossing powders from SNS's Cosmic Collection.

 

My "corner" pocket was created using a stamp from

Stamper's Anonymous, embossed with Antiquities

again from SNS.  The various other palm trees were from

Under the Rubber Tree, Viva Las Vegas &

Rubber Stamps of America.

 

The stamp image on this page was from

Me & Carrie Lou and the buttons were

kind of cool - shell-looking from my collection.

The tag was wood and embossed using the Cosmic EPs

from SNS and overlayed with Magic Speckle and

stamped using the stamp image as on the panels.

Ribbon from May Arts.

The scalloped border is Spellbinders.

 

Here's a close-up of the tag and button.

 

 

The small palm tree embellie on this page was

created with another wooden piece and embossed

the same as the tag above.

 

Here's a close-up - the palm tree was stamped

while it was still molten and the stamp was inked in black.

 

Bling by Zva Creatives and the palm tree

images are by Rubber Stamps of America

and Viva Las Vegas.

 

Buttons from SU and the image

from Viva Las Vegas.

 

Shell tab is the same as the previous tab, but

with the addition of the button embellie.

The image on the pocket is another by

Me & Carrie Lou....   Oval punch and

scalloped border from SU and tab punch by

We Are Memory Keepers.

 

Here's a close-up of the shell tab.

 

Close-up of the pocket.

 

Close-up of the inserts.  Palm tree images by

Rubber Stamps of America & Stamps in Motion (1996).

I think this turned out to be my favorite page...

just love the color combo.

 

The last page....

 

 

Hope you enjoyed a day at the beach.