Wedding Guest Book Part 2

Hi!

I'm back with the second half of the guest book I made for my neice and her husband for their wedding. The first half of the book is in the post before this - keep scrolling down to see it.

Aren't they a gorgeous couple?

I used my binding machine to hold the pages together. Given the amount of handling the book had to take I thought it was the best option.  I prettied it up by tying satin ribbon to the coils.  In black and white of course!

I used my white gel pen and Basic Black marker to draw a border around each of the pages. It's a nice effect and helps to keep the eye from sliding off the page.

The saying on this page was lifted directly from their invitations.  There were three more lines, but this was the final and most relevant to this album - "Our eternity begins here".

Of course, I had to put the photo of their backs on the back cover! To make the covers I covered some chipboard with the textured cardstock after I'd painted it. Nice and easy and gives the book more weight and stability. I also used some Window Sheets on the front and back to help protect the album.

I think that the only damage suffered was the loss of some of the ribbons on the spine.  Easy fixed!

Bye for now,

Tina

Wedding Guest Book Part 1

Hi!

I mentioned earlier that I'd made the place cards for my niece's wedding.  If you missed it you can find that post here.  Today I have for you the start of the Guest Book I also made. Just a reminder that my niece and her husband are MAD Collingwood fans, so it had to be Black and White.  No other colours, just black and white.  It was soooo hard to do, I would have loved to have added splashes of colour here and there.  But by the time I was finished I really loved the black and white, it was so elegant and classy.

I think the front cover was my favourite page.  I scraped some black paint over the textured white cardstock to act as a matt for the photo. I LOVE this photo of my niece and nephew-in-law. I tried to keep the focus on the photo by keeping the rest of the page fairly simple.

The flower is made using some of our new filter paper and is very soft and pretty.

I made the book as a combination mini album/guest book, so every second page had photos of the happy couple together. The pages had to be pretty, but also stand up to around 140 people handling the book in a very short period of time.

I used some rhinestones as embellishments, but I was mindful that they might have gotten in the way of people trying to write on the opposing pages.

I converted all of the photos to black and white to stick with the theme.  I sanded around each of them to help them pop out from the background.

I heat embossed the flourishes on this page to give the book some lovely texture.

Most of the products I used to make the album are from Stampin' Up!, both current and retired.

Please come back in a couple of days to see the rest of the album.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #154: Just Add A Pop Up Card

Hi!

This week at Just Add Ink Delys has challenged us to make a pop up card.  What fun! When I read this I had an idea pop into my head straight away (pun intended!). I'm pleased to say that my card turned out exactly as I'd planned.

Pop up cards scream kids to me, so I just had to use the I Dig You stamp set. It was perfect for the card I had in mind.  I created the sun shape by punching the medium sized scallop circle punch once and then inserting it again slightly rotated and punching again. Easy!

I created the background by tearing the cardstock and layering it to create mud and grass.  Love the effect it gives! The diggers are layered over the top using Dimensionals.

Here's the inside - the diggers pop up off the page when the card is opened.  Funnily enough, I was in an op shop last week and found a book on making pop up cards.  I didn't buy it, but I did sneak a peek inside.  Did you know there are around 7 different ways to make a pop up card??

The method I used was to cut two parallel slits where I wanted each digger to be.  I then folded each strip in the opposite direction to the rest of the card. The diggers were adhered to one side of the square created by this method.  If you don't want to cut your base cardstock you could just make a square with a strip of cardstock and adhere that to your base and pop up element.

I cut each of the strips at different lengths so that one digger would sit a little behind the other.

I had so much fun making a pop up card, something I will definitely try again in the future!

Stamps: I Dig You
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso
Cardstock: Early Espresso, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Other: 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1"Circle Punch, Paper Snips, Dimensionals

See you over at Just Add Ink!

Bye for now,

Tina

Name Tags

Hi!

This week at my Support Group I was asked to run a class so that we could make name tags for ourselves.  We've had a few new members recently as as the group grows bigger it's getting harder to keep track of all the names!

Didn't everyone do a good job! Some of the faster workers made 2 name tags - one for themselves and a 'blank' one for future group members. Next week we're making Easter Baskets. Can't wait!

Bye for now,

Tina

Wedding Words Place Cards

Hi!

I mentioned earlier that my niece recently got married.  I was thrilled to be asked to make the place cards to go on the tables at the Reception.  My niece and her husband are mad Collingwood fans, so everything was black and white.

I kept the design fairly simple, as I had 140 of the place cards to make. I used the Wedding Words wheel for a simple but stylish design.

They looked great on the tables, and I tried really hard not to cringe when I saw a few of them scrunched up at the end of the evening. There was a lolly bar at the Reception and a lot of people used them as bag toppers - a much better end for them than the bin!

Stamps: Wedding Words Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Basic Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black
Other: Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Computer and Printer

I'll be back later with the Guest Book I made for the wedding.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #153: Just Add Colour

Hi!

Yes, it's Friday and the weeks are flying past at a rapid rate! We had a fabulous response to the Hearts challenge last week, which was amazing.  Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with this week with the colours Nikki chose for the new Just Add Ink challenge.

I thought the colours lent themselves well to a masculine card. I struggled a bit with ideas before deciding on a squares pattern.

I embossed some cardstock with the Stripes Embossing Folder and then punched them with the 1 inch square punch.  I cut a bit off the end of the card to fit the squares a bit better, so it's an odd sized card but better that than a weird bit on the end!

Hopefully you can see that I alternated the direction of the stripes. The Midnight Muse stripes go horizontally and the So Saffron stripes go vertically.

I kept the checkerboard type look going on the inside with my stamping.

So, what will you do with the colours? Head on over to the Just Add Ink blog to be inspired by the rest of the Design Team.

Stamps: Sassy Salutations, Clockworks, Topsy-Turvy Celebration
Ink: Midnight Muse, So Saffron
Cardstock: Midnight Muse, So Saffron, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Stripes Embossing Folder, Whisper White Brads, Dimensionals

Bye for now,

Tina

Bloomin' Marvelous Take Two

Hi!

A couple of weeks ago I showed you a card I'd made as a Sale-A-Bration sneak peek.  You can see the card here. I decided to use the card as a class card, with a couple of small changes.

I dropped one of the layers, but I added some sparkle to the butterflies.  You can see this in the next photo.  Ignore my boo-boo, I was going to edit it out (love Photoshop!) but obviously forgot. My class ladies suggested I cover it with some bling, which I will do before I send it!

A bit hard to see in the photo, but we covered the butterflies in a layer of Dazzling Details. It's a lovely, easy and inexpensive way to add a little something to your card. 

But are you a silly duffer like me? I didn't realise until I made this card that there are 3 different Dazzling Details currently available! There's the Dazzling Details and Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details from the Annual Catalogue, and there's also Silver Sparkles Dazzling Details in the Seasonal Catalogue (carried over from the Holiday Catalogue). I thought the two silvery ones were the same but they aren't the same at all! The Silver Sparkles, as the name suggests, is much more silvery than the regular, more opaque Dazzling Details. Guess what will be in my next order?

Stamps: Bloomin' Marvelous
Ink: Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Sahara Sand
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Whisper White
Other: Dazzling Details

Bye for now,

Tina