Yippee - the Pinwheel Album is finally done.

It seemed like a long never ending project,

but I've finished the first pinwheel album.

It was fun and I think perhaps I'll try

another in a while - maybe with

a travel theme since I have another

cruise coming up next month.

 

Anyway - here are the photos

with the pages and tags

"blinged up".

 

I used stick on pearls and rhinestones

from Stampin' Up - some jewels from

Bo Bunny, Darice, ZVA Creative along
with some unknowns

that I had in my stash...

I also highlighted some of the

flowers and swirls with a

glittery Gelly Roll pen. (that

part didn't come out well in the photos)

 

 

 

The only thing left to add is photos!

Hope you enjoyed the journey.

 

Stay tuned..........

 



 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Bag, You're It!

Found a great tutorial on You-Tube, but now I can't find it again to give you the link :(

Oh well, there are many great tutorials out there and they're very easy to do.

Start with your basic brown lunch bag and go from there. 

One very helpful tip from the tutorial was to fold the lunch bag in half, the long way - making a skinny rectangle - then use your crop-a-dile to make a hole in the center of the flap end - this way you have a perfect template for your other bags!!!

 

I made this bag a couple of months ago as a quickie example for a club project, but have just finally taken some photos.  I used only 3 bags for this one, but you can use as many as you want.

I used miscellaneous papers and stickers that I've had around for eons... and some bling from ZVA Creative.

 

Here's the cover - I decided to go with a "recipe book" theme.

 

So - lots of blanks for recipes to be hand written.

 

I used grommets and rings for the binding and some

ready made recipe cards too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed it!

 

 

 

BLOG HOP - Girly Girls & Macho Men - July 12-13

WELCOME

to the

SPARKLE N SPRINKLE

GIRLY GIRLS & MACHO MEN BLOG HOP!!!

If you arrived by way of Marie Berquist's fabulous blog,
then you're in the right place.

If you think you may have missed some along the way,
 there's a list on the bottom of the post or you can
begin at the Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog.

You must comment on each and every post to be eligible for

some amazing prizes....

I couldn't quite decide on Girly Girls, Macho Men OR both

and then quickly ran out of time.

With two grandsons - Macho Men should be the

obvious choice, BUT I don't get a chance

to do Girly Girl - so decided if I had to choose one

then Girly Girl it is...

Hope you like it.

I was in a summer, beachy mood and since I had so

much fun creating a monochromatic card for a

previous hop using Serena the Mermaid, I opted

to select a Michelle Perkett digital image -

DIGI038 - Eva the Glam Mermaid.

How perfect for Girly Girl!

Eva's colored with Copic Markers and

highlighted using Sparkle N Sprinkle's

Bubble Gum Glitter

&

Orchid Rose Velvet Glitter

using the Sakura Glue Pen to adhere the glitter.

She's further "glammed" up using

stick on pearls from SU

and rhinestone bling from ZVA Creative
with a little touch of lace.

 

 The scalloped circles were die cut using Spellbinders, 

Grand Big Scallops LF249

and the embossing folder was

LifeStyles Whimsy.

Glittery cardstock compliments of DCWV

and their Citrus pack.

Hope you've enjoyed my "girly girl" and the hop.

Don't forget to check back on Sunday to see 

if  you've won a prize!!!!!

Here's the line-up:

Anne Temple

Karin Martin

Brigita Skopas

Dawn Bennett

Barbara Bruder

Shanna Shands

Julie Zippel

Shona Erlenborn

Jackie Smith

Marie Berquist

Brenda Smalle (that's me)

ZVA Creative Blog Hop WIN!!!

I decided a couple of weeks ago to do a blog hop  since I had some free time. (I hadn't done many - mostly the Spellbinder Reveals for a few years).    I looked at the results later and was  planning on my usual "sigh" for not winning anything once again. Much to my amazement - there was my name! I WON!!! I received my FABULOUS loot from ZVA Creative today and I can't wait to play with all my new "bling". If you haven't seen them before, check out their website. Saw them at CHA and they have simply gorgeous crystals and pearls and lots of fabulous colors!

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