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A mini album for Nyla
I decided to take up the challenge over at Hero Arts and do a handmade mini album for my friend Lynn for Nyla’s 4th birthday. I plan on doing a similar one for Kyle to store some pictures, maybe some of his drawings, and anything else that relates to Kyle right now at 4. I was so happy with the way this album turned out and I think Lynn really appreciated the gesture. I hope it becomes a treasured memory of Nyla as she gets older and they can look back on it and see how much she’s changed.
I think I went WAY out of my box with this one for sure. I’ve never done anything even remotely similar and I tried several new techniques for me – bookbinding, handmade flower made of ribbon, using stamps to create my own background, and embossing chipboard. The bookbinding is obvious, and you’ll love the Japanese-style ribbon bookbinding technique Hero Arts has shown. The handmade flower was fun, and I actually broke out my hot glue gun which hasn’t seen the light of day since 2003 when I was making wedding favors for our wedding ;D (I based my flower creation on this video tutorial by Elizabeth Kartchner.) I created my own background of flower stamps from the Green At Heart set (on the same page as the handmade flower in the photos below). And I silver embossed a chipboard piece – the number 4 on the cover. It took two coats to cover it smoothly because it was a textured piece of chipboard (and brown, I might add…), but I’m super happy with it.
Anyway, here’s the mini album (click on a photo to make it larger):
Be back soon with some more layouts that I haven’t posted yet. We’re leaving tomorrow afternoon for a two-week trip to the states to visit family and Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone. I’ll have a few posts scheduled so you won’t miss me much ;D
DeAnna
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Deanna, This turned out really well! I’m sure Nyla will appreciate it (although later probably rather than now!). You did a great job. I love the papers you used. I’ll have to go check out the flower tutorial now.
DeAnna, What a beautiful book it turned out really nice. | bet Lynn loved it. Gonna have to check out how you did the binding that looks really nice. Great job.
Thanks, Gythe! Definitely check out the Hero Arts link – it’s a great tutorial.
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