Vacation Mini Album Part Deux

This is the second mini album from our trip through New England.  For this one I decided to use the Kaisercraft Ticket Mini Album.

 For the front cover I used a picture of one of the many fun store signs you'll see in Portland Maine.  Lobsters Love Guinness apparently.  I inked around the outer edges of the board and glued on paper in the middle section.  I used some super cute Tim Holtz measuring tape ribbon and Jenni Bowlin Studio letter stickers.

 For this embellishment I used a metal tag that I have had forever and attached a Making Memories Flower onto the tag.  I added more Making Memories gems and some green cord wrapped around the tag.

This is a great shot of Bubbalouie jumping onto the bed.  Looks like he's flying.   On this page I used my My
 Little Shoebox tiny type stickers with Studio Calico paper and Making Memories gems.

For this page I put together a fun grouping of embellishments with a brad, clip, resin flower, gems and twine.  

Basic Gray paper with chipboard embellishments and ruffled ribbon on the bottom.  A few orange pearl gems to give it some zing.  

This is the Cremesicle page; inked in orange with cream and orange patterned paper.  I added a chipboard flourish on a frame with a pretty butterfly embellishment.  I attached Websters Pages Bloomers ribbon on the bottom.  Delicious! 

I love vintage anything.  Here I attached a cute 50s lady picture onto a frame with red backing.  I had inked the page a muted blue, added brightly striped paper and attached eyelet ribbon on the bottom.  More of the My Little Shoebox tiny type too! 

Our last stop on the trip was York Beach Maine.  I went bright pink with the page inking, added bright summer themed paper, can a journal tag.  Thickers and K&Company letters on the journal tag really pop.

And that's our trip in a nutshell.  I'm hoping we get back to New England again someday soon.  (But only in the summer.  I don't think I can handle winter in New England.  Brrr!)

Thanks for stopping in!
~K

Vacation Mini Books

I adore putting together mini books.  If you're thinking about starting to scrap, I would highly recommend trying a mini book first.  Today I'm sharing one of two books I did for the same vacation.  I made one for myself and one for Bubbalouie.  I still have both... I couldn't part with either of them!  Today I'll cover the first book. :-)

 Zach & I went on a week long trip through New England.  Zach was living in Boston at the time and I had an opportunity to stay in the area for a month.  Boston is an amazing town.  I loved being able to explore that city and see Zach almost every day.  Zach enjoyed Mom taking him out to dinner, movies, shopping.  All the things he had missed the most when he moved away.  We had a ton of fun.

The first minibook was a simple square shaped 5 pages of chipboard.

 I used Jenny Bowlin lettering, Basic Gray Office tabs, and other goodies.  I sized and cut the paper to fully cover the chipboard.  I then 'roughed it up' along the edges to give it a rustic feel.  I also used some Basic Gray Bloomers on the bottom right side of the page by the fun canvas tag.

 Lunch at FINZ in Salem Mass. This cod is the best I've ever tasted.  I had no idea what a cute town Salem would be.  Its a beautiful town to walk around and explore.  I added some K&Company embellishments to this fun foodie page

 I love the canvas flowers (Jolee's) and the crocheted flowers (Websters Pages).  I added a Prima flower and a Making Memories gem on top of the crocheted flower.

 Zach was cracking me up in this one.  Here we're in Portland Maine, a super cute and funky town.  I added a snapshot of the market prices for the seafood.  It will be interesting to look back at this years from now and compare the prices.  I'm in love with using tags on my projects as you can clearly see in this shot.

I love how this little fishy charm paired up with the epoxy stickers looked together. 

 Next stop, York Beach Maine.  We lucked into a ridiculously awesome hotel room.  This is the first floor of the room we stayed in that night.  We were steps away from the beach.  On this page I went crazy with bling.

 On this cluster of embellishments I used a silver glitter tag frame, sliver key charm, vintage button and a Jenni Bowlin chipboard button with green ribbon.

 Mini books are super easy and fun to make.  They're chunky and grab the eye.  I sit them on bookcases around the house for anyone to check out.

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~K