As some of you know from a previous blog post, my older daughter [DramaQueen] finished Grade 9 and is moving on to high school.
At the end of June, we celebrated at her school with a special Farewell party…which almost seemed to morph into a Prom event! yikes!
After saying NO to a spray tan [among other beautification requests], I gave in and bought DQ a lovely new dress, high heels, a wrap and a clutch.
To commemorate the event [aside from paying credit card bills] I made DQ a Prima mini album, which I taught as a class at The Urban Scrapbook last month.
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| These album covers are originally a plain white canvas with a white resist script that stands out when you colour the canvas. |
I sprayed the canvas album covers front, back and inside with 3 Lindy’s Stamp Gang mists: Tainted Teal, Wild Honeysuckle Coral and Cactus Gold. Then I inked the edges with some Vintage Photo Distress Ink and misted with water so it would bleed a little away from the edges.
TIP: A little spray and a little ink goes a LONG way. Start with small amounts and add more if you prefer darker shades.
The flowers are also sprayed with Lindy’s.
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| Prima crystals & pearls flourish, I am Roses flowers and leaf, die cut bird and window and cheesecloth. |
The bird is from a Donna Salazar Spellbinders die, cut from patterned paper and covered with Clear Rock Candy Crackle Distress paint. Then I inked it with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
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| The window is cut using a Poppystamps die “Grand Madison Window”, and I cut it out from the Prima album packaging instead of chipboard. It’s dry brushed with a little gesso and inked lightly with brown chalk ink. |
I used these beautiful Prima papers for the album pages inside…
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| Songbird “Collage” |
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| Sunrise |
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| Zephyr |
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| Mosaic |
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| Lineage |
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| Tag-It |
Here are the inside pages…
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| Page 1 |
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| The pull-out photo (and another pic on the back) |
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| Pages 2 and 3 |
Page 2 has a little flip book with more photos…
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| Pages 4 and 5 |
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| I made these feathers…I’ll show you how at the end of this post |
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| I will add my private journaling offline 🙂 |
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| Pages 6 and 7 |
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| A little lacing adds an elegant touch… |
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| Page 8 |
I plan on adding a vellum envelope to the back inside cover (thanks to Pat’s suggestion) and include the rest of the photos from that day.
Here is a quick tutorial on how I made the feathers…
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| Supplies: Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap, Scissors, Brown ink, Glue n Seal |
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| Fold your strip of tissue wrap to create 3 layers |
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| Adhere the folded sections together |
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| Cut out your feather shape |
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| Starting at top of feather, snip inwards towards centre at 45 degree angles. |
TIP: Try to snip as narrowly as possible, without cutting off the feathery fringes.
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| Ink edges with Brown chalk ink or Distress Ink. |
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| Here is the finished feather! |
Whew…that was a loooong blog post! Thanks for dropping by 🙂
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