Scrapbooking and Mini Album Classes from the Newcastle Craft Show 2012

Hi Lovelies.... It's been a little quiet around here lately... Sorry! I do have a couple of projects to share though....(Picture Heavy Post) I went to the Newcastle craft fair on Thursday and again on Saturday, and got to meet up and craft with Annmaree, while we were there, we did a class together, which was taught by the wonderful, friendly Gillian Lester (who, by the way, is extremely talented!) She also works as a designer over at Live 4 Scrapbooking in Penrith. Anyway, the first class was a scrapbook layout, that was WAY out of my comfort zone! It was a shabby page.... Here is the page we made -

I loved this layout, and it has inspired me SO much, to step outside of my box, and try something different!

On Saturday, I went back with my mum and we did the morning class, which was a mini album - 

This was such a fun little project, that I have more chipboard, calico and photos, and I'm going to make another! Keep an eye out for it!

Thanks for dropping by!

Stampin' Up! Snow Swirled, Tree Trimmings, Dasher and Contempo Christmas create a Vintage Star Album

Hi Guys, I should warn you all now, this is going to be a picture heavy post.... I have created a Christmas mini star album for an international holidays swap... luckily, I only had to make one!

So, this is the front, I used a piece of backing card you get when you order a pack of designer series papers. The album size is 4 inches square. I have covered the backing card using the Newsprint DSP, and inked the edges using Crumbcake. I stamped Dasher is Soft Suede on Very Vanilla, and mounted it on Suede. I added a rhinestone for his nose. The ribbon is non-Stampin' Up! and is almost a perfect match for Cherry Cobbler.

This is just to show you a different angle, the pages are Cherry Cobbler, followed by Soft Suede and Very Vanilla... Now the insides:

I sponged all the Vanilla pieces with Crumbcake, and purposefully left some of the pages blank, so my swap sister can insert photos, or journalling.

 

Other pages, like these ones, I filled with a Christmas quote or picture that I thought was really nice

 

This page, (below) is  probably my favourite...

 

 

Sorry about my fingers in these, the pages wouldn't sit open by themselves... 

 

 

I used only 5 stamp sets and 4 colours to create this entire album, Dasher, Snow Swirled, Contempo Christmas, Tree Trimmings and a Hero Arts stamp I don't remember the name of... The colours are Soft Suede, Crumbcake, Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla. Here is a look at the album open, with all the pages showing.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping