Vintage Album for a Man

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Welcome back to my blog...and today I have a new Mini album/ Scrapbook for you all. I am still making vintage themed albums and all of these are made on commission....a lot of vintage themed project fans out there. I have been using Eno Greetings Retro series paper pack along with this awesome paper pad from DCWV called VINTAGE MEMORIES.

 This is a 9" by 7" in size with a 2 1/4" spine and has 4 very interactive pages which can hold 36 to 40 pictures. A variety of picture sizes can be used right from 3" by 4" to 5" by 7". I also added some white photomats so it becomes easy for my clients to know where to place pictures and of what size.....also it gives me an idea about the final thickness of the album....so it doesn't have crocodile mouth. I encourage you to watch the walkthrough of the album to see it upclose.

 The front of this album is decorated with beautiful paper from the 12" x 12" papers from the same collection. These papers come with gold accents and black accents which is beautiful in real. A black chequered lace runs on the front and back cover which is sourced from local stores. I have a shaker window in the front with my clients name and filled with super fun sequins in all shades of gold, silver, clear and back along with some gold sparkle dots. To add the finishing details, I added a pocket watch charm with a chain in the front while keeping the spine simple. Here are some closeups of the decorations in my album.

I am putting this album up at the following blog challenges:

1. Mini albums Makers Challenge -February 2020 Challenge

Beautiful Memories - Gift Box

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Today I have a Big beautiful gift box to share with you all today. This box is custom made for a client who wanted to fit in some beautiful gifts for her beau. This box is huge and measures 15" by 13" by 8" and weights 2kgs as the lid is pretty heavily embellished.

The box is made from scratch using 1500gsm chipboard and handmade paper from ItsyBitsy craft store. I built my entire box using white handmade paper and chipboard and then decorated with the floral linen paper and colorful cardstock (Lilac and Turquoise). To further enhance the look, I gave it all a quarter inch border of gold glitter paper.

To add texture to the box, I did some senticlling using modelling paste and script stencil on all the sides, base as well as the top. I embellished the lid using a lot of handmade flowers, doilies, diecuts, sequins and glitter, cardstock banners, pearls, mdf birdcage and more.

I love embellishing such boxes because it gives me an opportunity to recycle and use a lot of stuff that I hoard. The pearls used are a part of home decor " TORAN " (Hindi: तोरण) (origin: Sanskrit. torana, from tor, pass), which is a decorative door hanging in Hinduism, usually decorated with marigolds and mango leaves, or a string that is tied on the door with the flower on it as a part of traditional Hindu culture which is for decoration and beautification.  They can be made of fabrics, pearls, beads or metals or any other embellishments.

 The MDF bird cage I used here is actually part of a tag which adorned a fancy birdcage lamp I purchased.....it was too good to throw away. A few flowers used here were actually reused from few of the gift boxes I got this year for DIWALI. I hoard a lot of beautiful elements that I get and reuse them.There is some thing amazing when you see the random pieces you use coming together and becoming like they always belonged together....MAGIC!!!!!!

Here is a video clip to see the box upclose..I hope you guys enjoy watching it.
I am putting this box up the following challenges:-

1. UnstampaBelles November Challenge #85 launched: Boxes, parcels or bag.
2. Rhedd's Creative Spirit November Challenge
3. HLS November Mixed Media Challenge - Birds

Merry Christmas!!!

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Today I have a quick and easy card to share with you all. This one is took me just 10 mins to make from start to finish and required just a few things. I made this card as a DT inspiration for Lets Craft and Create Challenge Blog where the theme is Christmas all this month. So come along and play with us by clicking HERE

I am putting my card up at the following  challenges:

1. Allsorts challenge Blog -Week 446 - Cold and Frosty colors - I used snow white and smoke grey colors
2. Craft Stamper Magazine - Anything Goes 
3. Cards and more Challenge Blog - Snow/snowmen/men
4. Polkadoodles Challenge -50 -Anything Goes
5. Scrap and Craft challenge- 10 - Anything Christmas
6. Word Art Wednesday Week 312-313 - Anything Goes
7. The sisterhood of Crafters- All about Christmas
8. Scrapping4fun Challenge 105- Anything Goes

I started with a A2 size standard card base in smoke grey color . I heat embossed some white snowflakes on it leaving 2" from the top. I also heat embossed the sentiment on the upper part in white. Thats all to it...

I finished my card with a white satin ribbon bow and a splatter of sequins. Super fun and super easy. I made 100 of these in just a few hours...comes in handy when you need a lot of Christmas Cards.
List of Supplies:

1. Smoke grey Cardstock
2. Ranger white Embossing Powder
3. Versamrk watermark ink pad
4. Wow heat tool
5. Mudra craft stamps gold sequins
6. ItsyBitsy White Satin Ribbon
7. Mudra Craft stamps Christmas Decor Stamp set
8. ItsyBitsy Clear Stamps  Special Sentiments Stamp set.

I hope you all liked my card. Thank you for reading this post.

Snuggle bug - unisex Mini Album with a Box and 12 onesie tags featuring K & Kompany papers.

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Happy Diwali to all...I hope you guys are enjoying this Divine Festival of Lights.....May Goddess Laxmi bless you all with wealth and prosperity. 

Today, I have a very special project for you all...This is is my very first Unisex Mini Album. I have made this very bright and colorful album as a custom order using the K & Company Snuggle Bug paper pack. Like all my baby albums, this album is also accompanies with 12 onesie tags and a custom made box to hold everything snugly inside.

The album measures 9" x 9" x 43/4" in size and has 6 very interactive pages. so including the front and back covers, there are 14 sides in this album. Each page is decorated and has many pockets and flipouts...I feel all in all it should hold atleast 120 to 150 pictures in here. I also have give 12 big collage photo mats so you can even add collages....12 collages if added on one side. I have decorated my cover with flowers, butterflies and a shaker window in the center filled with cute sequins, i also have diecuts from Imaginisce to embellish my cover.

The box made to house this chunky album and 12 tags is made from scratch using heavyweight chipboard. This box measures 12" by 15" by 6" and has a partition to hold the tags. Also I added a pocket on the inside of the lid to hold more ephemera and pictures. I have used handmade papers to cover the inside as well as outside of the box and the lid is decorated with colorful polka dots from the scraps of the cardstock. To give it a more finished look, I added satin ribbon tot he box and tied it intoa neat bow....looks like a cool gift box.

The 12 onesie tags are very colorful and made to co ordinate with the paper pack. The numers used are foam numbers and are all glittered. A cute charm and ribbons completes the look. There is journalling space at the back...for every month.

I have a video walkthrough of this album...I encourage you to watch it to see the interactive elements in action. However, I am adding a few pics here also.

That's my album...I hope you guys will like it. Thank you for reading this very long picture heavy post...have a great day ahead.