The Mini Revealing!

     I couldn't stand it!  When I got up yesterday morning I started working on the mini and couldn't stop despite all the OTHER things I NEEDED to do.  LOL  If I don't stay on it when the mojo strikes I'll come back and have forgotten all the ideas I had.  :-)
     So this is the big reveal.  I haven't done the journaling yet and I'll probably put another pocket and more journaling on the back for a kind of summary so it's not really 100% done, but it's ready to share.  And yes Dana, there will be a video for YT.  LOL (video is now up at my YT channel here)
     Here's the cover.

     The whole album was made with one of the $1 chipboard albums from Michaels, Pink Paislees Butterfly Garden collection, and ALL the images used throughout are from A Day For Daisies including the "Flower Frame" you see here.  And of course they're all colored with Copics!  Surprise!  LOL  The frame was printed twice so I could pop the flowers up 3-D style.  For the frame itself, I glued about four layers of thin chipboard together and then glued the image on top.  I wanted the frame to look like wood so I used a sepia Micron pen to add some wood grain.  For the inside of the frame I used some lace that my LSS owner found for me in her stash and graciously added some fusible backing onto so I could use it in my album.  I just ironed it to the page.  Voila'!  I found the acrylic letters at Big Lots for $.25 a pack!  They're colored with alcohol ink.  The butterfly is Kaisercraft covered in Picket Fence and Rock Candy Crackle paint with a little distress ink on the edges.  Ribbon, lace, pearls, and some bead charms I put together finish it off.

     Each page of the album is a reflection of one of my daughters character traits.  More ribbon, lace and pearls and the trait spelled out in the same letters I used on the cover.  Each image is attached to a pocket that holds a journaling card so that I can elaborate on the trait.  Everything is machine stitched in this album too.

     On this page I used some of the newer Recollections flowers out at Michaels.  I also used some hemp cording I got at Kraft Outlet to create the vine and I punched the leaves with a MS punch.  They're painted with more of the shimmery Creative Inspirations paint I mentioned in yesterdays post, and inked with a little distress ink.

     This page has some MS Monarch butterfly punch outs, more of those Recollections flowers, ribbon and pearls.  Each of the images also has some chalking for the background color.  Love those treble cleft paperclips from Staples!

     Yet more lace, ribbon and pearls.  The small roses are the little resin ones Michaels has started carrying.  I added a few MS Frond punches lightly inked and a few little pearl stamens to the flower bouquet.

     My sweet friend Silvia sent me a package a while back with some beautiful Prima bling pieces in it.  I tried so hard to use the looking glass one on the last page but it was just a bit too large.  I did use the key on this page though and tied a piece of peach ribbon on it.  The little butterfly  is a MS punch painted with some pale blue irridescent puff paint.

     This is my favorite page in the book.  I was just so happy with the way the coloring came out.  I added another butterfly I punched from some of the DP.  The little flowers and leaves were all punched and painted with the CI paint and I used some more of the hemp cord.

     The crown is another piece of the Prima bling set Silvia sent me.  The flower was made from Tim Holtz Tattered Florals punches and painted with CI paint (the leaves too).  As I explained yesterday, the butterfly is actually part of the paper.  I just cut around most of it so I could pop it up over the pocket and flowers.  There's a bit of Perfect Pearls on her shoe and some Diamond Stickles to add extra shine to it.

     Sigh . . . my baby is no longer a baby and will probably be getting married within a year or so.  The gorgeous trim came from Hobby Lobby and the little butterflies were painted with Bisque Liquid Pearls.
     So that's my little album.  I hope you like it.  Tammy's images are so beautiful and I was able to find one for each of the traits I used in the book.  Of course my kiddo is a lot more that these and I'm sure she's just going to loooovve the drama queen page.  LOL  I just wanted to make a little something to tell her what I see when I look at her--my most precious gift.
     I found a few challenges to enter this into.

Tuesday Throwdown--non stamped sentiment
Creative Craft Challenges--anything but a card
Craft Your Passion--anything but a card
Make It Monday--anything goes
Paper Playtime--anything goes
Pink Elephant--stitching
Pollycraft--distressing (the edges of all the pages are distressed)
Crafty Pad--cute and girly
Allsorts--anything but a card
The Outlaws Paper a la Mode--anything but a card
Fussy and Fancy--use three or more of your favorite embellies
Craft Us Crazy--anything goes in August
Paper Shelter Challenge--stitching
Cupcake Craftroom--soft and sweet

Have a fabulous week!