New Projects for the New Year

Hello again! Today I accomplished a few things. First, I made a lovely accordion tin album. See below.

This is the front cover. The tin came with a sticker that covers the entire front tin. I added the tag and used puff pieces to give it a 3d look and inked the edges to give it that antique look. Again, I really need to be more aware when I take my photos. Sorry for that shrimp chip bag in the back.

The tin opens up and has 6 pages. See above. Each page is different and you can put pictures on all of the pages. It seemed like an easy project when I started, but 2.5 hours later, I realized it was not as easy as it looked. Overall, it's a very cute gift to give to someone.

Next, I tried making a Valentines day card. See below. I used chipboard and colored it with chalk ink. The swirly twirly line of magenta is a felt sticker. I held the two flowers together with a rhinestone brad. The word "love" is a metal embellishment. The inside of the card contains the definition of the word love.


I had extra materials, so I made a matching magnet. See below. I used this square cork board magnet that I got from Jo Ann's and glued paper on it. Then I added the magenta felt swirly twirly sticker, the "lovely" embellishment, and then the pink rhinestones. I left the space on top so that a picture could be added.


My aunt made this super cute "he loves me, he loves me not" card. See below. It looks simple to make, but it took a really long time. She had to tear the paper in a precise way, cut the flowers, and then individually cut and apply the rub on letters. A lot of work, but it is so cute.


Our scrapbooking adventures continue on tomorrow. Hopefully we'll be more productive, but creativity takes a lot of time. I'm also hoping to squeeze in a trip to Jo Ann's again. Yay!