Monkeydreamz: Tales of a Paper Addict: October 2012

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

8x8 Rooster Provincial Album

Embrace the rooster! Here's my latest creation using a combination of Recollections "Rooster Provincial" and Paper Studio's "Countryside Villa". I went with a French Provincial/countryside look with this one and I can't rave enough about how awesome these papers are! The Paper Studio papers have a nice texture to them and the Recollections papers have many coated sheets and vibrancy. The two play nicely off each other with exciting possibilities.

This album is 8x8 with 14 pages including front and back covers. There's tons of room in there for photos and journaling with an additional 17 pull-out tags. I've designed a few new features for this one including a small booklet, quad-fold feature and double accordion. I've handmade most of the embellishments in this album as these papers had a tag sheet and a rooster page for fussy-cutting individual roosters and that's about it. I've made several fabric flowers and incorporated lots of die-cuts, stamping, embossing and beading to the pages. It's a nice thick and HEAVY album! Lots of fun creating this one!

This album will be listed on eBay tonight 10/23 ending on 10/30.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TWAG-Cathy-8x8-Rooster-Provincial-Pocket-Page-Premade-Scrapbook-Album-/121004842058?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2c735c4a

I'm looking for ideas/suggestions for some paper lines to use in the near future. If there's something you need a little inspiration to use or would like to see, please feel free to leave me a comment. I'll be starting a new one today featuring Graphic45 "Birdsong".

Hope you're having a great week!

Pages 1 & 2

Page 1 Small booklet feature

Page 1 Inside small booklet feature

Page 2 Large flap Pocket-page

Page 2 Inside pockets with 2 tags

Pages 3 & 4

Page 3 Double Accordion-fold

Page 3 Inside Double Accordion-fold

Page 4 Small double flap Pocket-page

Page 4 Inside pockets with 2 tags

Pages 5 & 6

Page 5 Belly Band with 2 tags

Page 6 Flap pocket

Page 6 Inside Flap pocket with 2 tags

Pages 7 & 8

Page 7 Large flap Pocket-page

Page 7 Inside pockets with 2 tags

Page 8 Waterfall feature

Page 8 Inside Waterfall feature

Pages 9 & 10

Page 9 Large flap Pocket-page

Page 9 Inside pockets with 2 tags

Page 10 Accordion-fold feature

Page 10 Inside Accordion-fold feature

Pages 11 & 12

Page 11 Small double flap Pocket-page

Page 12 Large flap Pocket-page

Page 12 Inside pockets with 2 tags

Pages 13 & 14

Page 13 Quad-fold feature

Page 13 Inside Quad-fold feature

Page 14 Pocket with Photo mat

Back cover

Friday, October 12, 2012

Halloween Mini-album Video and eBay listing

Happy Friday!

Here's the video of the Halloween mini:

and the eBay listing:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TWAG-Cathy-Halloween-Pocket-Page-Premade-Scrapbook-Album-Interactive-/120998401715?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2c1116b3

Hope you have an awesome weekend!

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

6x6 Eerie Elegance Halloween Mini-Album

I'm back to share my second Halloween mini this year. This one features Echo Park's Apothecary Emporium collection with a little bit of Teresa Collins Haunted mixed in. These papers screamed elegance to me so I ran with it! I love the combination of spooky Halloween theme with an elegant twist. I used lots of flat-back pearls, shimmery paper, and acetate to glam this up a bit. The best part of all??? I finally found the perfect use for that sassy little witch stamp from Close to My Heart! She's the queen of this little mini:)

This a 6"x6" album with 10 pages including the insides of the front and back covers and will easily hold 40+ photos. There's many interactive elements including a new gate-fold feature I designed with a pocket and tag inside, a waterfall feature, accordion-fold pullout, and pocket-pages with pull-out tags and magnetic closures. I've also designed a few new closures inside with jewelry findings.

This one will be listed on eBay tomorrow night ending on 10/18.

I'll be making a video and I'll post the links to it and the eBay listing tomorrow so please check back if you're interested!

Hope you're enjoying the week so far!