Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Sandcastle Mini Album














I had told my grandmother and aunt that I would make them an album from our trip to the beach this year, so I have been working on those the past two days. The albums are basically the same, except for a few embellishment differences inside, but I am only going to post pics of the inside of one album. I cut the sandcastle from the Create a Critter cart and I used heavy duty cardstock as the base and then added the papers, etc. For all of the seashells and embellishments on this one, I hot glued them instead of using the zig glue just to make sure they would stay secure on the album. I haven't really made a lot of mini albums, so I was so happy with how this one turned out.

I am also using this for two challenges this week:
Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge is to make a project with an outdoor activity as the theme, so I thought the beach would fall into that. You can check them out here: http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/
Practical Scrappers - Challenge is to use stitching. I have used faux stitching in this album around the pictures on the 2nd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th pages and also have some stitching lines by the sanddollars on the 5th page. These were all done with a white opaque pen. You can check them out here: http://www.practicalscrappers.com/

11 comments:

Melissa said...

WHERES MY SCRAPBOOK AT??? You should make Kaylee one from her trip to the beach!!

Andrea C said...

great work I bet they will be chuffed to bits x

Audrey Frelx said...

Oh, Jean! This mini album is just too cute, it's to just die for!

By the way, congratulations! You won my game time, so you'll be getting the paper pack as soon as you send me a mailing address. I will not publicly post the comment you leave your info on, for your security.

Hugs!

Jean said...

Thanks Audrey, I am sending my info to you now!

Michelle said...

wow what an adorable album, the ferris wheel paper I have I was wondering what I was going to do, thanks for the inspiration!!

BrendaB said...

Jean, this is just awesome! You have some great pictures and I love the way you made them into this mini album.

MoonDust Bath and Body said...

That is such a beautiful album. You did a great job. The colors are very inspiring. Thanks for sharing with us at FCCB

Maria Elena said...

What a great Job !! Congratulations !
Have a great Friday !
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Raven B said...

This project took my breath away. FABULOUS.
Hugs,
Raven

Kate said...

This is fantastic, Jean!! What a great album and your papers are PERFECT!!
Thanks for joining us at FCCB!

Wendy said...

What an adorable album! I really miss the beach now....
Love how each page is so different! Thanks for playing at Practical Scrappers.