Hybrid Burlap Mini Album - by Tonya Gibbs

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Hi everyone, I hope you are having an awesome weekend.  I made a little 6x6 burlap mini album in just a few hours, and thought I would share it with you today.  I used  Marion's Scarlet Digitals  along with some odd and end scraps from her Mad Tea Party and Nirvana printed lines.  I love how her printed lines and digi lines compliment each other perfectly! 

 

 

 

I added lots of yummy layers to the cover. A few months ago I shared a tutorial on how to make the flower, and I love how it coordinates with the roses in her papers.

 

 

For the inside I used one of Tim Holtz' binder mechanisms and 4x6 photo sleeves.

 

 

 

 

Pull out those punches and dies for projects like this.  They help to add a little interest to photo mats, and make great layering elements.

 

 

 

The journal pages are from some of Marion's Primrose printable. I fussy cut the rose and added it to the far right so it would match the rest of the papers.

 

 

I love how this file folder serves as a pocket on one of the pages.

 

 

Tags are a great way to add multi-level pages.  Tabs also offer interest sticking out of the margins.

 

 

I used some of the ATC sized note cards from her Nirvana collection to give an extra journal spot. 

 

 

 

The photo sleeves will offer protection for my photos, and give a nice clean finished look to the album.

 

 

This was a super fun project, and I just love it, when you can marry a bunch of itty bitty scraps, to create fabulous layers.   This little mini is going to make a gorgeous gift for one of my scrappy buddies. 

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

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This Makes Me Happy - Layout by Tonya Gibbs

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Hi everyone, today I wanted to share with you a layout that I created of my newest niece and I.  I finally got to meet her this past weekend, and couldn't wait to add her sweet photo to my album.

 

 

My only photo was a small Instagram photo. To keep from over powering the small photos,  I wanted to keep the design simple, yet girly and elegant.    I reached deep into my stash for a few scraps, and some odd and ends products. 

 

 

Since the label on the right mentions "...moment with you"   I decided to frame a Prima Romance Novel Clock inside a Prima Resin Frame. Then flanked it with soft Prima Roses.  It still needed a little something so I went DEEP into the hoard vault and pulled out a Say It in Pearls spray and framed it around the flower cluster.   I wanted my journaling to blend into the layout, so I wrote it along the boarder with a pink pen from Zig.

 

Sometimes the simplest projects are really the most powerful.  I challenge you this week to make a layout with a small photo, and keep it simple.  Share your samples with me on Facebook.

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya 

 

 

Resources:    

• Bazzill - Smooth white cardstock
• Teresa Collins - Family Stories Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Numbers
• Teresa Collins - Family Stories Collection - 12 x 12 Die Cut Paper
• Teresa Collins - Family Stories Collection - Border Strips with Glitter Accents
• Teresa Collins - Family Stories Collection - Sequins
• Prima - Say It In Pearls Collection - Self Adhesive Jewel Art - Bling - Mini Flourish with Roses - Cream
• Prima - Flower Embellishments - Conventry Serene
• Prima - Romance Novel Collection - Wood Embellishments - Clocks and Tickets
• Prima - Resin Collection - Ingvild Bolme - Resin Embellishments - Marvelle
• Prima - Junk Yard Findings Collection - Ingvild Bolme - Trinkets - Metal Embellishments - Rusty Typo Zippers
• American Crafts - Studio Calico - Snippets Collection - Wood Veneer Pieces - Chevron
• American Crafts - Studio Calico - State Fair Collection - Wood Veneer Pieces - Hearts
• Tattered Angels - Chalkboard Collection - Glimmer Mist Spray - 2 Ounce Bottle - Tutti Fruity

Originally posted on http://www.WeAreArtsyAddicts.blogspot.com

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Bare Metals and Tim Holtz Oh My

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So I paid a visit to my good friend Suzanne at FlamingoScraps.com yesterday and she gave me a set of the New Tattered Angels Bare Metal Sprays for my birthday.  I was ITCHING to play with them yesterday.  So I pulled out some Tim Holtz Tags from Ranger and started playing.

 

 

Here is a photo of the tag prior to decorating so you can see all the luscious details in the colors. I love the texture, and the vibrant tones that mixing all these colors brings. When you heat set the Gold and Pewter sprays they bubble and crack which causes the ridged texture that you would find in rust.  LOVE IT!

 

I was so excited that I had to finish the tag - "Tim Style" by using my new mover's and shapers Typewriter die.  The dressform was inspired by Marion Smith's latest Live with Prima where she shared how to make Christmas Ornaments.  I used her technique for the book pages on the mover's and shapers mini dressform die.  

 

 

 

 

I hope you try out these sprays. They are so much fun.  Thanks for stopping in today! 

 

Happy New Year,

 

Tonya

 

Resources:

 

• Tattered Angels:  Bare Metal - Rusty Metal Sprays
• Ranger:  Tag, Rusty Hinge Distress Ink, Distress Markers Barn Door, and Black Soot, Black Soot Distress Stain, Utee 
• Sizzix:  Tim Holtz Mover's and Shapers - Mini Typewriter, Mini Dress form.
• Ideaology:  Tim Holtz Pen Nib, Dictionary Tissue Tape
• Misc:  Book pages, Beaded trim, Seam Binding, Tulle, and tensil
• Prima: Bling

 

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