Life - a mini album

Update:  I was chosen as one of the top 3 at Lasting Memories! What a wonderful recognition, especially considering the quality of all of the other submissions (not to mention the design team projects).

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Clipper Street but my Class Card doesn't lie. Thanks to my wonderful friend Jacqui, I ended the learning drought by taking "Tattered memories". The class was a lot of fun as it involved using distress inks, glimmer mist and alcohol inks. Nothing beats getting messy! I finally finished up the album this week by adding the last few embellishments and photos of a recent family vacation to the Calgary Zoo so that I could give it to my parents as a gift.

Pretty well all the papers used in the album are from 7 Gypsies, as well as most of the embellishments. And, of course, there is liberal use of Tim Holtz Walnut Distress Ink. For the book cover, we used heavily distressed chipboard letters, a bingo card embellishment, the EK Success binder border punch and some mica. This was my first use of mica and I'm still not sure of what I think about it. The shine is nice and it is really cool that it can be left thick or peeled into many, many thinner layers, but I can't help but think it looks like old cellophane tape (lol).

I loved using this acetate sheet for a page. I used my brand-new tiny attacher to add the cardstock and then added random strips of word stickers on the back to hide the staples.  The various tags were a fun way to add journalling.The acetate shape on the corner was cut on the accu-cut machine and has been liberally inked with a couple of alcohol ink colours (I think butterscotch, green and perhaps a brown?).
 Challenges: 

• Creative Belli - make your own embellishments
• Do You Stack Up? - chipboard
• Everybody Art Challenge - shapes
• Just for Fun - acrylic
• Lasting Memories - album with a summer theme
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
• Shopping Our Stash - use something from a swap/RAK/won or from a kit (the project itself is a class kit and ribbon is from a card kit)
• Simon Says Stamp & Show - use a flourish

Ezee Pzee product reveal for June

The Dezign Team was given the absolute best collection of Ezee Pzee products for this month's reveal. I had such a great time working with the frames and embellishments that I'm actually sad that the project is done. So, here is what the team received:

We were encouraged to create a canvas - something that we could hang on our wall with pride - so I purchased a couple of art canvases at Michaels (on sale!) and got to work. My plan was to combine a central canvas with smaller framed pieces around it. 

I created the first canvas by painting it with a flat yellow paint. I then layered patterned paper (from Bo Bunny), stickers, and other embellishments to create a collage of sorts. The central Ezee Pzee frame is covered with paper and then I added Basic Grey rub-ons for extra pattern.

So, my first piece was done but it didn't want to be hung on the wall - it really, really wanted to be the cover of a mini album. Well, I wasn't about to argue with the creative muse since she has been absent so many times in the past. I decided to use the two canvases as the front & back of a mini album, with the interior pages nesting inside. This is what it looks like from the side:

I created a series of pages and attached them accordian style using twine:

Open album (inside)

Open album (outside)

I used Bo Bunny papers and stickers throughout the pages, along with Ezee Pzee frames and embellishments. The most elaborate pages are inset into the front and back covers of the album:

First page, inset into front cover

Last page, inset into back cover

The interior pages are a mix of simple (for larger photos) and somewhat elaborate (for small photos or decoration).

Key to heart page: I painted & distressed an Ezee Pzee heart and then overlaid it on a painted Ezee Pzee key. The swirls on the bottom of the key are Basic Grey rub-ons. For the page itself I used some scrap cardboard (I tore the outside layer off to reveal the corrugation, then inked and distressed it).

Birdcage page: The birdcage is cut from a Tim Holtz die and is painted and popped up in the middle to give dimension. The bird and branch are both Ezee Pzee. I love when I can mix & match embellishments from different designers!

Butterfly page: This is my favourite page because it is so subtle. I misted the Ezee Pzee birdcage and butterfly wth a mix of green, terra cotta and pearl mists. I used the same twine to create the bow on the cage as I used to attach the pages in the album. The border strip and small journalling spot are both Bo Bunny stickers.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and looking at my latest Ezee Pzee Dezign project. I encourage you to check out what the rest of the team did with the materials (trust me, you won't be disappointed because these ladies totally rock!).

Ezee Pzee Dezign Team

• Jennifer

• Rena

• Diana

• Dana

• Katie

Challenges:

• Basic Grey Challenge - Shabby chic (& BG rub-ons)
• City Crafter Challenge - Use paint and recycled cardboard
• Fairy Tale Challenge - Anything but a card
• One Stop Craft - Texture
• Papercrafting Journey - Anything goes
• Partytime Tuesdays - Anything goes
• Scrapmaster's Paradise - Colour combo (one of my favourite colour combos as you can see from the album)
• Tuesday Throwdown - DIY embellishments