Shabby Chic Memory Box

Hi there, another little make. Although I'm no good at all at this technique. I work much better with papers

This just a wooden box which has been painted with gesso. I've added some textures, then a little Vintage Photo distress ink

This a die cut, which I've cut twice. The first layer was gesso'd and the second layer heat embossed

I also heat embossed a paper doilie, then added a load of blooms, mostly from Sweet Lilac Flowers and a large bow

The inside is lined with paper from Prima's 'Timeless Memories' paper line

Thanks for stopping by and looking

Vintage Memories Book Box - Sold

Hallo, just sharing a book box and simple mini album made with IndigoBlu's Vintage Memories paper line

It measures 5½ x 8¾ x 3¼. I've used some guipure lace, black gimp braid, silky crush ribbon, a couple of metals and some of my favourite teal flatback pearls

The sides are actually the same colour as the top but using the flash takes some of the colour out. I love the amber coloured glass bead

Inside is a very simple mini album with the word 'Memories' on a tiny wooden heat embossed plaque

The album has 8 pocket pages, each with a blank photo mat,which can hold 34 6" x 4" photos

Thanks for looking, hope to see you again

Shabby Chic Prima Delight Mini Album

Hallo there

I'm sharing today a shabby chic style mini using the Prima Delight paper collection. The album measures 7¼" x 9" with a 2¾" spine. The covers are heavy duty chipboard covered with black card. I've kept the front decoration very simple, just a couple of 'frantaged' die cuts, a few white flowers from Sweet Lilac and a pale green satin bow.

The spine has been covered in ivory cotton lace with a bronze ring brad, lots of lace and ribbon and a crochet style flower with a white button as a centre.

Inside both the back and front covers there is a double pocket with a small card and a tag

All four pocket pages are the same basic design with a journalling spot and a side pocket containing a large photo mat which is cut from textured heavy weight card. I have stuck a small circle cut from the design paper to the edge for a little stability

Page 2 has a flip up triple mat held closed with a magnet

Inside each of the large flaps is either a pocket or belly band with large spaces for photos

I have also added quite a few handmade envelopes, made with the design paper, to hold memorabilia as required.

Each page is decorated slightly differently, on this one I used a Tim Holtz distressed doily die cut and a little chipboard ticket shaped chipboard which I covered with design paper and added the word 'Dreams' in gold. 

All the little tiny words in gold are cut using the Tattered Lace 'Dreamy Words' set. The tags are cut using the Elizabeth Craft 'Tags & More' set 1 - Lace

I've also used the Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Labels 4'

A lot of the little journalling spots on the page corners are cut aparts from the paper collection glued just on 2 sides so that things can be slipped in behind them

The album is also on my 'For Sale' page if you are interested

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day

Graphic 45 Artisan Style 'Dream' Mini Album - Sold

Hi there

This album has taken some time to finish as I sort of ran out of steam, but I think it's been worth putting it away then coming back to it.

The chipboard album was first covered in cream card then the design paper was layered on to black card and stitched borders added

The word Dream is a Tonic die from the 'Inspirations Sentiments' set.

The spine has a ring brad with a chain tassel and a black satin bow. At the base is a small die cut made from another of the Tonic dies which has been cut apart and a HUGE bit of bling

The back also has a a piece from one of the Tonic dies with my little label stuck to it. The braid trim is a vintage piece of gimp braid bought from a charity shop

 Inside the front cover is a pocket with a tag made using an Elizabeth Craft 'Tags & More' die and a little envelope

I tried some serious fussy cutting on this flap & pocket page. I really envy Anne Ronstadt her ability to fussy cut, I wish were only half as good. All the designer papers were stitched on to the black mats before sticking on to the pages.

Two pockets and another Elizabeth Craft Tag

This is an idea of what the inserts look like. The colours haven't come out as vibrant as they are in real life, I think the best word for this album is decadent

More flaps, the one on the left is held closed with magnets, the right hand one is tied with white cord through eyelets. Lots of little die cuts on the pages, love the dragonflies! I didn't put any bulky embellishments like flowers in this album, they seemed superfluous to requirements

The left hand page has a little notebook held shut with a magnet flap

The right has pockets and another Elizabeth Craft tag, I love these

Although I love the look of waterfalls once they're done, I hate making them. I'm really bad at getting them straight.

The bottom flap is closed with magnets behind the label die cut 

which folds down to open a gatefold 

which opens to reveal a large photo mat with a vertical pocket on each of the 'doors'

The final page has a full page flap held closed with a magnet. This holds in place a card.

The card slides inside a full width belly band then folds over the front flap to secure

The inside of the back cover matches the inside front

With another tag and envelope

This album has been put up for auction on ebay.co.uk

Thank you for looking and I hope to see you again

Prima Marketing Delight Memory Box

Hallo, another little memory box, this time a book box

This one is for a little girl called Grace who arrived about 4 weeks ago. The front has designer paper and a little banner picked out with glossy accents. It says 'Delight in the Little Things' There is a paper doily (which you probably can't see) some cheese cloth, some roses and blooms from Sweet Lilac Flowers, some flowers which I made from hot glue and a silicon mould then dusted them with mica powder. The picture is a cut apart from the paper collection which I've edged down one side with the same white lace that I made the bow from. There are a few tiny white pearls dotted about and one large one on the bow knot

Inside I've made some plain white envelopes and stuck a cut apart on each one as a label. There are 2 different sizes so 2 different bundles.

The box is also lined with designer paper

Thanks for looking, I hope to see you again soon

Tim Holtz Wallflower Memory Box

Hi there, I've just finished a couple of little projects. I'm calling them memory boxes. Although I've seen quite a few online, they're always empty, and as you may know, I think boxes should always have something in them

This one was made from an old recipe card box, painted black and covered with the Wallpaper collection from Tim Holtz. I've used a few metals from my stash and a couple of chipboard elements from Graphic 45 and Prima.

I used a couple of grungeboard hinge elements, heat embossed in gold, a leafy flourish (can't remember which die it was) embossed in green and some lovely brown lace with sequins and beads

There are a few blossoms and a couple of gardenias from Sweet Lilac Flowers, a handmade stick pin, a string of pearls looped and a piece of cheesecloth for the corner embellishment.

Inside it's quite crowded, but I think I've left a bit of room to add more stuff

There is a small twine bound notebook with a chipboard cover, a couple of pockets made from the designer paper, some file folders made from manilla, and a little batch of envelopes, made on my envelope punch board using designer paper

I also included an empty box. This was an idea I got from my niece Chloe who said she had kept her husband Rich's tie from their wedding. Got me thinking that maybe another box might be good idea inside a memory box.

Well, thank you for popping in and looking 

Mums 80th Birthday Card

Hi

My lovely mum will be 80 on Thursday and I've made this 'card in a box' for her

I used the First Edition Botanical Notes paper pad. It has a lot of flowers, birds and butterflies. The pad has textured, foiled and pearlised papers as well as pretty prints. The heavy chipboard box was covered with kraft paper, then panels of pastel green card layered with the designer paper. It has a magnetic closure. I've added some guipure lace, white half pearls, a Tim Holtz grungeboard element which has been heat embossed.

The corner decoration has some cheese cloth, some May Arts silky crush ribbon, Sweet Lilac Flowers roses, a HUGE bronze butterfly, a white heat embossed rose made from air dry clay and a couple of tiny white lucite flowers.

The inside of the box is lined with a lattice foiled paper and the box corners have some bent metal filigree elements for decoration

Inside is a tiny twine bound book which is held closed with seam binding. The '80' is heat embossed chipboard. The cover paper is a lovely linen textured paper with botanical images and there are a couple of layers of lace down the spine, with a bronze dragonfly hanging from the twine

The book has metal corners and 4 envelope pages with a tiny birthday card in each pocket

Thanks for looking