Just a quick Monday update.
Returning this week from an extended vacation in lovely Utah, with brief detour to Kay in Michigan was this:
Kay was awesome enough to track me down via the 2 Peas Pub board (where I'm embarrassed to say I lurk), when our albums got mixed up upon return. She got mine, I got hers. How great it was to see one of the albums I had admired in the magazine in person.
This is my "73 Days", subtitled "Summer of Fun" mini album. '73 Days' refers to the number of days my kids had off that summer. Seems like a long time but it always goes way too fast! I was prompted to make this mini for a Maya Road challenge/contest. It is about 90% Maya Road product, 10% Basic Grey. It didnt' win but went on to be pubbed by ST. It is one of my favorite minis ever. Here are some detail shots:
The opening page: I cut the sun with my Silhouette then sandwiched it in between 2 clear sheets then sewed around. Left some rays sticking out on top.
I added little wallet photos in before the envelope pages.
Here's one of the envelope pages -' restrained'; not a word I'd use to describe this little book. On these pages, I cut the tops off the envelopes then sewed the bottom and sides. I punched the top with a scallop punch then added photos & embellishments. I made sure the embellishments were pretty flat here, as I wanted this album to close.While I love dimension, I'm not that into lumpy minis & layouts. They just don't store well. Anyway..the envelopes hold more wallet sized photos and ephemera from the event.
(And please excuse my photo experimentation with props - what was I thinking?)
The last page of the book, which you can almost see here, is a calendar page. I downloaded the 3 months (June, July, Aug) from Maya Road, printed them on kraft then filled in the fun stuff with a white pen. I love calendars - I like to write all over them and I save all of them. (I have calendar's back to 1987!) I like to think of them as my 'lazy person's journal'.
When I look at this little book, I remember last summer so vividly. It was a particularly fun time for us and I hope when my kids un-earth this thing 30 years from now, they will remember, too. That's why we do this, right?
Ok, time to stalk the UPS guy who will be delivering my August Studio Calico kit today. Hope he shows early today :)
16 comments:
I love your mini! Those are the kind that make me want to go make several, but they never turn out this well!
that's a great mini !~ thanks for the inspo =)
Wow this is incredible and such a great way to document the summer. Have fun with your SC kit! :)
What a gorgeous album! I love it!
What a beautiful album. So glad you got it back :) :)
Love that mini!
beautiful mini! love all of the little details.
gorgeous album, I love how you've sewn the sun between two pages! xx
So cool!
this is so fun and summery - i bet it was a fun project to put together!
Wow Val-what a fantastic little mini! Congrats on the ST pub too! Love the cover with the "sandwiched" sun-very cool!
i swear girl, you make the coolest things! i really need to get back into scrapbooking again!
The cloud paper you like so much it called Citronella Cloudy by K&Company. It's from last summer though. Will check to see if my LSS has any left.
I'm so glad your amazing album made it home safely, and that I got a chance to admire it IRL. Hugs!
I remember seeing this in ST & loved it! Thanks for the peek of the inside!
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