"UP" Movie-Inspired Birdhouse Mini Album with BALLOONS!

A birdhouse mini inspired by the balloon house in the movie "UP" i made for Robin for a swap on minialbumscraps.ning.com. A shout out to Jaz for the inspiration! :)


Take a look at the vid if you will, to see a run down of all the pages, with gorgeous photos of Robin and her beautiful family. I cal tell ya honestly, the mini won't be half as pretty if it wasn't for the beautiful and happy photos taken by Robin during Mothers' Day! You can literally feel the love!



And here are the high res close up photos of all the details :)








Thanks for looking! And Robin, hope it reaches you safely!! It's really a pain in the behind to package and send something this dimensional lol

September Scrapbeach Colors of Royalty Charm Swap

Wow it has been a long time since my last scrapbooking update. The previous 2 posts don't count since I didn't upload new creations. Have been busy with the renovation of my new home so pardon my absence!

So let's cute to the chase! Charms for the monthly charm swap that JoAnn hosts on the scrapbeach. For September, theme is Colors of Royalty... so we were supposed to use blues, purples etc and here are my creations!

Fairly simple. Made a pull out tag for the charms, which the ladies can reuse on their minis or something. Ink the edges, glitter the flower and adhere a rhinestone on the crown.


I used shades of blues for the charms itself. With a jeweled crown charm too... So that the theme on the tag follows thru to the charm.

As you can see, the charms have slightly different beads though the colors are the same... I erm... kinda ran outta beads hehe and shipping for the new ones take too long to arrive so I just used other similar ones. I doubt the ladies mind anyway so yea... Here's what i have for now! Hopefully I'll be updating again... soon? hehe

Checking Items Off My Wishlist

Yayyy!! The CHA releases arrived! Well, at least part of it!

I got my BoBunny, Graphic45, Prima Papers (I still have not gotten the flowers and resins yet booooo!). Now... O Webster's, Webster's! Wherefore art thou Webster's?

MY CHA WISHLIST

Well... I don't have a very large wish list (thank goodness for my pockets). Anyone wanna buy me something? hehehe. I can make stuff for you guys in return? hehe. Naahhh I'm kidding. I can buy them when they hit the stores locally (hopeflly)... Just hope that they are not outta stock the moment they arrive (it happened with prima and webster's!) I don't expect anyone to send me goodies, especially not since postage cost more than the price of the items. But if anyone do... I will honour my word! I'll send a 12x12, or mini, or altered something back?!

anyway here goes!

BO BUNNY ET CETERA COLLECTION


GRAPHIC 45 ABC PRIMER COLLECTION


PRIMA ROMANTIQUE AND PRINTERY COLLECTION
and LONDONERRY FLOWERS + SHABBY CHIC RESIN AND METAL EMBELLIES





WEBSTER'S PAGES WESTERN ROMANCE COLLECTION


See! I'm so not greedy right? Not THAAAAATTTT much that I want from this CHA right? Self control! Must practice self control!

The Good Life Carousel Shadow Box Pop Up Mini Album

EDITED ON 25 JULY 2011: Ok I have had multiple requests literally everywhere for a tutorial of this album. Well... I don't think a "tutorial" is necessary, since each and everyone of you have your own style on how to doll up an album. BUT... I've made a template for the base of this album and it is available for DOWNLOAD HERE. Just input your email and a link for the PDF download will be sent to your mailbox. Hope that helps! Also, a shout out to Merdrey for the inspiration on the carousel roof! :)

Please note however, that the template is for personal use only. Strictly not for sale and please do not re-upload it anywhere else for others to download it. If anyone wants it, please direct them to my blog to download it. Thank you and have fun! :)


Ok I'm done with the 2-part mini album swap that I hosted and here's what I came up with for my swap partner! It's a carousel-style shadowbox album!
And why do I call it a carousel album? well here's why! it opens up into a "carousel", complete with "roof" and multi-layer "shadow box" like pages! See see! Each page has 3 layers, one inch apart, and photos can be placed at of the layers to create a multi-dimensional look.


As you can see, each page has LOADS of embellishments... which is the whole point of why I designed the album as such. Well, I told the ladies to send enough embellishment to cover one 6x6 page (2 sides), but I think each sent enough to make HALF AN ALBUM! So I had to design something that allows me to expend as much embellishments as I can, yet still allow space for photos and journalling...



Well.. I love photos... And I suck at making videos honestly... But I think a video "tour" can better give a feel of the album so here's one!



A couple more photos... Hope ya like it!

G45 Magic of Oz Bottle Cap Swap on The Scrapbeach, with a Double Slider to go!

Here's the set of 3 bottle caps I made for a swap on The Scrapbeach.


Wanted to have a cooler presentation than the usual standard tag, so I made these double slider tags instead. Made a video to better show the double slider tag.

I must say that I am mighty proud of myself! Isn't it neat!?!? Just pull one of the tag and the other slides out simultaneously!



The bottle caps are on glue dots, so you can just peel them right off, leaving the top tag intact. And the bottom tag has this cute illustration by Skittie Young with space for journalling. Can recycle use them on a mini album page.

Decorated the scarecrow with lace, Dorothy with a pop up of her per dog and some blings and the lion with a blue bow. Also matted the image with the same blue checkered fabric as Dorothy's outfit.

Also, check out the illustration on the bottom tag by Skottie Young! Cute much!?! Finds his style familiar? He is a graphic novel artist that illustrates for Marvel, on titles such as X-Mem, Spiderman and wonderful Wizard of Oz! And he got nominated for the Eisner Award recently!

Hope the ladies like it!

August Scrapbeach Beach Theme Charm Swap

I am super duper early! It's June and I'm already done with my August charm swap. hehehe. Anyway, here are my August charms. The theme set by JoAnn is "Beach"... and i created a dolphin tag for my blue/aqua charm.

"A Dolphin totem can show you how to enter
the waters of life and then with breath and sound
call forth what you most need or desire."

The presentation tag is based on a tattoo designed by Halie Tee. It combines a dolphin with a treble clef. I glimmer misted the tag in blue and yellow... representing the ocean and sand, with tinge of pink to accent.

I then crackled the tag with rock candy distress crackle to get that sea glass effect.

and included some half pearls and dew drops.

Honestly, I think my creation for this month is very different from my July's. This month's focus is more on the presentation tag than the charm inself actually... hmmm... but i hope the ladies will still like it?