DT PROJECT FOR BEE HAPPY CRAFTS: Wedded Bliss

Hi there! I have wanted to show you the mini that I made for my friends who got married last November 2nd, but I had been so busy. I don't like how the box turned out, but I love the mini. I actually want it for myself. Heh.

Anyway, I made a walk through video of it (Thanks to my sister who recorded the video while I flipped through the pages.) You can find it on my Flickr account.

Just like the one that I made for Ate Nadia (If you haven't seen it, you can check it here.). I employed the same techniques that Cathy McGrath utilized on her video tutorial. I got to use the Martha Stewart Edge Punch from the package! The edges of the pages are so pretty because of it. I still followed Cathy's ideas on how to make the pages interactive, but I decorated mine to be more like me. I used light molding paste which I must say is such a cool product. It is very light yet it builds texture and dimension. Awesome!

For the cover, I cut a piece of chipboard and adhered a length of thick double sided tape on the folds and covered the surface with tissuestock. I then coated it with Modge Podge. After drying, I covered the base with one of my wrapping papers (the white side up) and again coated the whole thing with Modge Podge. Then I added the patterned papers and brushed another coat of Modge Podge. You see there are a lot of layers of paper and Modge Podge.

I did not embellish the front heavily like I usually do with my mixed media projects.

Instead of decorating the pages with the pockets like Cathy did, I left them alone. I placed embellishments on the pages with photo mattes. Some of the embellishments were made from shrink plastic (the small love gears) left over from the first package I received for the Design Team.

I made photo matte inserts out of the pale cream cardstock and stamped on them using distress ink. For the pull tab, I made several dieccuts using the Die-namics Mini Doilies dies which also came in the first DT package.

There are tags on all the pages. They are from the paper pad that I used for the mini. I just tied lace and rickracks on all of them to add more interest.

Before we go to the box, there is one other part of the mini that I need to talk about. Okay. That would be the detachable charm that goes on the spine of the mini. You have seen it a couple of times in my previous projects. It is one of the staples of minis. I put together several metal charms and beads from my stash to make it.

I haven't met with the couple after the wedding ceremony so I haven't given this yet. I am still thinking of changing the box because I really do not like how it turned out. I haven't made another one yet since I cannot find the right box. Tsk. I thought I had found it, but when I came home and saw the old box, I realized that it was too big. Hmf. Oh well, I will just try something else.

By the way, the photo above is how I was to package the gift. I will cover the box with white organza. That is, if I have the right box. Tsk. I will make an update here what the final packaging would be. I hope you visit my blog from time to time. Thank you for stopping by today!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Paper bags, Elit Board Paper Vellum Pale Cream, Chipboard, Eno Greeting Paper Pad 12"x12", Daisy D's 12"x12", Martha Stewart Edge Punch Floral Lace, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps It Is Written, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Botanical Odyssey, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Distress Ink Mini Bundled Sage, Iced Spruce, Crushed Olive, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick and Ripe Persimmon, Eno Greeting Resin and Wood Embellishments, Eno Greeting 3D embellishments, Rouge de garance Chipboard Embellishments, metal charms, shrink plastic embellishments, self-adhesive crystals, pearls, beads, paper flowers, paper doily, organza ribbon, lace trimmings, rick racks, Reeves Poster Color Gold, Elmer's White Glue, Stanley Glue Gun, Ranger Heat It Tool, Spellbinders Nestabilities Captivating Squares and Fleur de Lis Squares, Die-namics Mini Doily Circles, Spellbinders Shapeabilities D-Lites Fancy Framed Tags One, Cuttlebug Machine V2

BOXED MINI ALBUM

Hi there! I have posted about the wedding gift I made for a friend last December on my tumblog, but I have made some changes to it. Since I haven’t given it yet to her (Gaaad, it’s almost March!), I decided to change the photo folio into a mini album.

If you might recall, I received a commission for a guestbook last month and I made something like a mini album to hold some photos of the event as well as doodles and what not from the guests. I loved working on that particular project which got me to think of making a smaller version with more pages for Miss Karen. I was done with the original photo folio, but I didn't quite like how it turned out so I made a mini album. Hah! It doesn't look that good (hey, I only started making them), but it is way better than the folio!

Okay. So I had made the box first.

I altered a box from my stash of Papemelroti boxes. I coated it with several layers of gesso until I was satisfied with the coverage. I then stenciled the sides of the bottom with molding paste and used a different stencil on the lid. After which, I applied distressed crackle paint on the sides of the lid. When everything was dry, I inked the edges of both the bottom and the lid. I also used an ink pad to color the stenciled brocade on the lid. Before putting the decorations, I stenciled some dots on the surface of the lid with different colored ink pads.

I adhered wooden flourishes to the corners and put down the embellishments one by one. Of course it wouldn't be complete without the pearls and the crystals. I just love it! Maybe I’ll also alter the round boxes that I've been keeping for almost two years now. Hmn. Perhaps I’ll do it this weekend.

As for the mini album, the page assembly was the same as the one I used on the guestbook. If you haven’t seen it yet, I got the idea from Brenda Bliss on one of her video tutorials. You can find it here. 

This is the back part of the mini album. I didn't put anything else so as not to get in the way when writing on the pages.

The cover, though, was a bit different. Instead of using patterned paper to cover the chipboard base, I coated it with gesso, added a length of lace trimming and coated the whole thing again with gesso. I stenciled on the spine (the same one I used on the box bottom). Like the guestbook, I also wanted to add a detachable set of charms on the spine which I did by affixing a piece of lace trimming with a jump ring on the top part of the spine.

I made a video of the different parts of the mini album so you can also see what the inside looks like.

Thank you for looking today! Have a great weekend!

*NOTE: I've written this post a month ago, but then I missed to publish it that's why the side comment on the first part of the post says 'It's almost March.' I hope you don't get confused. Thanks again for stopping by!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: (For the box: Papemelroti box, Marie's Gesso, Golden Molding Paste, Ranger Distressed Crackle Paint Rock Candy, ColorBox Cat's Eye Queue Pigment Ink Stucco, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, The Crafter's Workshop Stencils Mini Brocade, Art Is and Mini Swiss Dots, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishments, wooden flower, paper flowers, metal charms, self-adhesive crystals and pearls, Kaisercraft Pickled Pear Collection Sticker Sheet, Graphic 45 8x8 Secret Garden Collection, paper scrap, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Botanical Odyssey, Elmer's White Glue, glitters, Stanley Glue Gun, glue sticks, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Framed Tags One, Cuttlebug Machine V2); (For the mini album: Multi-purpose board, Elit Board Paper Pale Cream, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two 6x6 paper pad Blush, Kaisercraft 12x12 Forget-Me-Not Collection, Bo Bunny Etc Collection, The Edwardian Lady's Diary, stationery sets, ColorBox Cat's Eye Queue Pigment Ink Stucco, lace trimmings, paper tapes, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisecraft Clear Stamps Botanical Odyssey, double sided tape, Glue Stick, hot glue)