Travel Mixed Media Album

Hello, I've lost track of how many of these very addictive albums I've made lol, this one in particular just arrived to it's destination at the house of one of my dear TST friends, it started as a regular vintage inspired album but took life of it's own and turned out to be a travel journal.

For the cover I used a 7 Gypsies Board Book, some Prima flowers, brads, a tag and a cute camera charm. 

The chipboard shapes are from Jenni Bowlin, paper from Glitz.

I also used paper from Heidi Swapp and Teresa Collins. The ATC cards and  Tab pages are from 7 Gypsies.

I used Washi Tape to cover the edges of the ATC cards that work as journal cards.

And finally another tag and a coin envelope.

For the binding I used ribbon, but that can always be substituted for rings, in case the book gets fatter.

Hope you all have a nice and warm summer day.

=Di

Mixed Media Album 3

Hello, today I have another Mixed Media album. This album is a Basic Grey dark chocolate Eclectic mix & match, it has very cool page styles, I've used some of the pages on other projects, but with what was left I decided to make a mini to put photos of our spoiled Sammy.

The part of an album I always enjoy working on is the front cover.

The paper line is also from Basic Grey's Max & Whiskers collection.

I only covered the chipboard pages with pattern paper,  I'll decorate and embellish once I am ready to add photos to the album.

The heart shape pages are my favorite part.

I mentioned in a previous post that these mixed media albums are very addictive, I still have 2 more to show you but I'm sure I'll be making more. What I like about these albums is that they are perfect for an all year theme, they only need photos that can be added as the months go by and embellishing.

As always I hope I was able to bring some inspiration to your day :)

=Di

Mixed Media Album 2

Hello! a few weeks ago I made a Travel Mixed Media album for a dear friends, and liked it so much that I decided to make one for me, even though I do not have any travel plans in the near future I could not resist the idea of making an air mail inspired album.

I gathered some supplies to make the body of the album, but ended up adding more and more pages,

The paper collection I used are Abroad by Studio Calico and Boarding Pass by October Afternoon.

Here are some shots of my fav pages, lets start with the cover:

I can't wait to have an opportunity to fill this up with photos, I really need a vacation :)

Have a Great Day and till next time.

=Di

Mixed Media Album 1

Hello, Diana here; this is the week I share a mini album tutorial, but because of the simplicity of this album  I'd rather not call it a tutorial.

Every time I see Mixed Media albums I am inspired by there uniqueness, that is the reason I decided to make not one but several :)  

The beauty of this type of album is that you can use scraps from other projects, I coordinated a bunch of my leftover papers with some envelopes and a plastic zip bag I got at an office supply store a few years ago.

For my front and back covers I used two chipboard pieces from a 7 gypsies album, and a few other chip board and manila pieces to go inside the album.

Once I had selected the quantities I was going to use I covered them with pattern paper.

Here are all the pages.

All it needs is photos and some embellishing.

The HERE tag is from Ormolu, I used some Wood Veneer shaped from Studio Calico and a Flair from American Crafts.

I have to warn you that these albums are very addictive; once I started to group and coordinate papers I just could not stop. More on those on another post :)

Have a great day!
=Di