Magpie Wire: mini album

Monday, January 11, 2010

One of my earlier posts, I mentioned a New Years Resolution of finishing off unfinished projects in between new ones.

After the family layout, I finished off a KA&Home Retreat Project, 'little book of texture', that I have worked on bit by bit over the last month to finish. I sort of changed it a little and added extra pages - in all 8 pages.

First page a fav pic of Aimee age 7 - on canvas

The reverse side - a few details

Corrugated cardboard page - Aimee 6 weeks

The reverse corrugated page - Aimee at 3 months - I used textured paste here also and stamped an image in both corners.

A transparent page - Aimee at 8 weeks

A transparent page covered with fabric - Aimee at 4 months

Another transparent page - Aimee at 6 months

The revers of the transparent page - Aimee at 8 months

Cardstock page - Aimee at 10 months, Xmas Dec 1988

The reversed cardstock page Aimee at 15 months -

there is a page that opens here with another pic.

Another cardstock page - Aimee 1st birthday - you can see I added some Rob and Bob Mod thingys on a keyring and joined to the ring.

Cardstock again - Aimee aged 2

Cardstock covered with pp -Aimee aged 3 - I made the little outfit back in my sewing days....

Plain Cardstock - Aimee aged 4 at Pre-School

Cardstock covered with pp - Aimee aged 5 with our Cavalier King Charles Tinker

The last page with a tag in a zippered pocket with a tag. I added Aimee's

birth bracelot to the tag.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

New Years Resolution

I think I'm in that mode where I don't really know what my New Year's resolutions are...

I'm still thinking about priorities. Trying to figure them out. Some I do know are.

Try and keep hubby healthy.
Enjoy life and be happy - focus on important stuff.
Cherish time with BT, teach him the important stuff -
Spend time with my grandchildren (3rd one due Feb )
On the scrappin front...Will particpate in Craft a Live regional scrapbooking exhibitions just NSw and ACT
Finish off all unfinished projects in between scrapping new layouts. So today I finished off a mini album . Something I started a while back. Random pics of Braedon as a toddler. He was so gorgeous.... still is I mean,,, take a look.

Firstly a different take on the paper bag album which is what I made - unfortunately no pics of the album under construction, but its as simple as..

I used three paper bags.

Fold them in half - so the bottom half folds up to the top. Undo your fold and placed double sided tape down each side (left and right). Refold the bag up. Fold the bag in half now from left to right. Now you have a number of pockets in your album to place tags, other photos or other bits and pieces. If you album is going to be lumpy and bumpy you will need to bind the pages on top of one another.

I filled the pockets with the journalling on different tags. one tag are his fav things at age 2. The other tags are really just stories about the things he used to do.

Caution...If its not going to be lumpy bumpy you can fit the pages inside each other. Decide before you start making your album or your pages may be in the wrong order.

Lesson learnt...... ummhhh the hard way... mine was toooo lumpy

Front cover