This has been a work in progress. I think what takes the longest time to do a memory album is getting the photos in chronological order. Once I got the photos in order and set on the pages, actually doing the pages doesn't take very long. Well then why isn't the book finished yet???? I've got my hands in too many other things. But like the other things, I pick away at them and eventually it all comes together and I will have to find new things. I wouldn't want to get bored!! Bored? What's that?
I found this book at the local dollar store. It already
had the holes cut in the front of it. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it or if it was the book I really wanted to use for my memory album. But once I found that quote I used I knew I was glad I spent the dollar on a book I'd never read!!! If you click on the photo it will enlarge and you can read the quote. I think it was a self-help book. I didn't really pay attention to what it was, I just liked the cover. There was a pretty sunset in the large part and the word "Hope" in the smaller part.
Now when I saw these being done on the Internet somewhere they showed you just adding card stock, papers, embellishments, etc. to the pages. And if the book was getting too thick you just took out some pages. That book they were using was a hardbound novel type book whereas this one is a spiral. What I found here was that if you use the new spiral hole punch by Stampin' Up! and then go over each hole with the small square punch it fits the spirals with the square holes. I go over the holes because they are just a little bit too small and the first punch keeps the holes straight. The pages can be removed but are not loose in the book and won't pull out easily. They have to be intentionally removed. I actually removed the pages that were originally in the book and repla
ced them with card stock. I used the Anywhere Glue Stick by Stampin' Up! to glue the pages together when I was ready to put them in the book. I carefully pushed each tab into the spiral slots and the page was finished.
I still have a number of pages to go but like I said I pick away at it now and then and eventually it will be finished. It's fun to look back at old photos. I wanted to get this posted because this decorative paper will no longer be available after June 30th.
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Wanda
Here I made a thank you card using the new "See You Around" jumbo wheel by Stampin' Up! I am really liking this wheel. It gives a really nice background to my cards. Plus it was quick to do! Am just loving quick cards lately! I used the "Sassy Stems" for the flower. I stamped it using Black Staz-on and colored in the flower with Regal Rose and a blender pen. Then I took the marker and added a little more color to the edges. I used Sage Shadow for the stems and leaf and Yoyo Yellow for the center of the flower. I cut the card about 1 1/2" from the top and used the Coluzzle to make the oval to show more of the flower. I added some white grosgrain ribbon to that upper edge, after I sponged it with Regal Rose. Then I made a little bow and glued it in place. The "Thank You" came from the "Happy Birthday" set. I wanted to have something bright and white there to draw attention to that corner. I needed something and that something had to be white. I was thinking about stamping the words in white on Regal Rose card stock and then affixing it to a white oval but I like the white on white with the sponging much better. Again, it was a pretty quick card to make!
