Dream Street

Thanks to A Million Memories, we also get tons of kits from different manufacturers. This one was from Dream Street. TFL!!

**I loved the thinner quality of Dream street's chipboard because it was perfect for altering! I could easily cut it with a scissors and alter the shape (I included several 'before' pictures). You can see how I cut an organic curve out of the front cover and used it as a small accent/stand for the mini book. I did this with the taller book as well and used two leaf-like shapes to help balance the mini book so that it could stand on its own. The tragic thing about mini books in my opinion is that they get shoved away some where. By making it a display piece as well, the sentiments are more likely to be shared and loved by many.

10th Anniversary Cake

As you can tell by the pictures, I used a magazine inspiration for this piece. I adore quilting and looking at fabrics--not because I sew mind you, but because of the patterns and colors. I am in awe of the coordination and design of textiles when they are used in harmony. I saw this advertisement for purlsoho and couldn't take my eyes of it. I said to myself--hey this isn't much differnt from scrapbooking! So I visually worked at conquering this challenge by playing off the idea of stacking layers. I stacked layers of patterned paper and embellishments. While I was working with it, I noticed it looked like a tier cake...so I went with that! This was a lot of fun.

Winter's White space

December Kit--A Million Memories

Scenic Route--Roxbury

Cosmo Cricket challenge

Hello--Cosmo Cricket sponsored a kit for the design team at amillionmemories.com and this is what I came up with. As soon as I saw the multitude of chipboard buttons, I envisioned a wreath. Here are some samples including the back so you can see how it was put together.

I am also including some pics of the other projects I did with Cosmo Cricket's HEY SUGAR line. I made candy poppers with large flowers (Perfect for valentine candy hearts or tea bags!)

I also made a large photo display card/booklet for our new family photo.
Enjoy!

Rock it like an Art Star!!

This mini book was made after the inspiration of the trendy graphic T-shirts that are hot right now. The Rock Star fashion typically combines splattered paint, wings, words, swirls and the colors black and red. These Tees by Wet Seal are samples that helped inspire me. As you can tell by the first picture, I constructed the star and wing embellishmnets to hang from the book on curtain hooks. I thought it was cool to give a mobile look to the book and it also helps to relate it back to the fashion piece. The swirls and splatter spread out from the main designs in those T-shirts.