SUPPLIES:  Patterned paper: (Breeze, Flower from Blue Hill collection) Crate Paper  Specialty paper: (Pop Culture Flower Child White die cut) KI Memories  Clear Stamps: (sentiment from Quilter's Sampler Sentiments set, flourish from Silent Night set) Papertrey Ink  Solvent ink: (white) Tsukineko  Color medium: (purple, blue markers) Darice  Accents: (brown rhinestones) Kaisercraft  Rub-ons: (brown birds, floral spray) October Afternoon  Fibers: (pink ribbon) Papertrey Ink; (blue rickrack) Making Memories  Adhesive: (foam tape)  Templates: (birds & swirls, polka dots, butterfly swirl embossing) Provo Craft  Dies: (Blackletter alphabet, label, butterfly) Provo Craft  Tools: (die cut/embossing machine, decorative-edge scissors) Provo Craft  Other: (acrylic sheets) Creative Acrylics   Finished size: 5" x 3 1/4"

PREPARE

Die-cut album pages and cover from acrylic sheets.

COVER

1   Emboss cover using birds & swirls template.

2   Die-cut smaller label from acrylic sheet; ink back.

3   Die-cut title from patterned paper; adhere to inked label. Apply rub-on, adhere rickrack and rhinestone, and adhere to cover with foam tape.

4   Die-cut and emboss butterfly from acrylic sheet; color edges. Bend wings, adhere rhinestones, and adhere to cover.

PAGES

1 Trim photos to label shape; adhere. Cut strips of patterned paper with decorative-edge scissors;    adhere. Trim and adhere die cut paper.

2 Stamp sentiment and flourish. Apply rub-on and adhere rhinestones.

3 Emboss final page using polka dots template; adhere patterned paper to back. Write journaling.

4 Punch hole in each page and bind with ribbon. 

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Appeared in:

May/June 2009