Cowboy Mini-Album #2

Here's a second one I made for my father-in-law!

Supplies used: Wanted & Bronco Buster Stamp Sets (Stampin' Up!); Silver Skinny Tin (Stampin' Up!); Epoxy Stickers (Creative Imaginations); Patterned Paper "Moravia" Collection (SEI); Inks - Chocolate Chip & Close to Cocoa (Stampin' Up!)

Cowboy Mini-Album #1

I love how this turned out! I made it for my dad for his birthday!

Couldn't resist making a matching gift bag, too! :o)

Supplies used: Wanted & Bronco Buster Stamp Sets (Stampin' Up!); Silver Skinny Tin (Stampin' Up!); Epoxy Stickers (Creative Imaginations); Patterned Paper "Wanted" Collection (Cosmo Cricket); Inks - Chocolate Chip & Close to Cocoa (Stampin' Up!)

Rosie's Birthday Gift

Just wanted to share the birthday gift I made for my MIL, Rosie! I really had a great time making this and hope to get around to making one for myself! :o)

Here's the matching card:

All PP used is from Basic Grey "Lemonade" Collection.

"Howdy" Frame

Dang! Feels like forever since I've been on here! :o)

But here's the first of four Father's Day frames - hopefully I'll have the rest posted soon!

Supplies Used:
Wooden Frame (M's)
PP: K&Co
Stickers: (can't remember - will edit post)
Hemp Twine: SU
Letters: K&Co

"My Boys" Binder Album

This is the first time I've ever done an "empty" album... I made this one for my step-mom, and left the pages "blank" for her to add pictures of my step-brothers. The binder album is from Maya Road, and the PP I used is K&Co "Rough & Tumble" line. The letters are AC Thickers, except for the last page, which are Heidi Swapp.

"Family" Accordion Album

This is my first-ever accordion album, and I love, Love, LOVE the way it turned out! This was for my MIL. The album is from Maya Road and I covered the "photo side" with K&Co Que Sera Sera paper.

On the back-side, I covered some Color-boc chipboard letters with the K&Co paper to spell "Family." For the background, I painted each piece in a different MM paint color, then used my Dreamcoat Crackle medium with white on top. Then I did various applications and techniques using glimmer mist and embossed designs to "frame" them out.

This "M" background turned out really neat... after I sprayed on the glimmer mist, I heated it up with the heat gun and it "bubbled" up the paint! Cool!

"MOM" Word Album

Okay! Getting ready to post all my Mother's Day projects!

Here's my first one that I made for my mom. I know, not your standard frilly, flowery m-day project... lol. I did frilly and pretty for her birthday a couple of weeks ago, so I decided to go different on this one. She loves "skullies" - so it was a hit. :o)

I used a Bo-Bunny album and covered it in DCWV "Rockstar" paper. All the Skully stuff is from Creative Imaginations.

My Latest SB in a Box

Here's my latest SB in a Box (yes, I LOVE making these things!). This one was for my mom's birthday.

For the first time, I opted for a larger size (4") and used (almost) exclusively SU products. The paper is their Parisian Breeze specialty textured paper (man, this stuff was THICK and sturdy!). I also went for four levels instead of my usual three.

I used the new oval stamp set ("Oval All") and the new oval scallop punch from the mini catalog to make the date labels. However, I left the phrases in the stamps out by just coloring what I needed with markers and then stamping.

The flower in the middle is from prima (the blue flower behind it is also prima):

Also new - I tried using a different edge punch for the top of each "page", and I love the way it came out!

Here are 2 tutorials I've found out on the net to make these boxes:

http://www.acherryontop.com/article?a=3828

http://imageevent.com/littlecs7/projectofthemonth/srcrapbookinabox?n=1&z=2&x=1&c=5&m=20&w=0&p=0

The main difference between the two are how the box tops are made. I prefer the deeper, sturdier version I made here, but I've also made the shallower version when I needed to show more design on the box sides.