Video of Album for my Mom

This is one of my first Youtube videos.  Please keep that in mind when you watch it.  Hopefully I will get better with filming.  Thanks!

Embellishments for Mom's Album

So I have been working on the embellishments for the family album for my mom.  I have quite a few added to the base pages I posted not long ago.  Tim Holtz was definitely the way to go.  Thanks to everyone from the Frugal Scrapper Yahoo Group for the suggestions.  I used Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and some Stampers Best Stamps as well as some Tim Holtz stamps.  The Sizzix dies awesome.  I love them.  I am very happy with the way this is coming together.  I made rosettes with my Martha Stewart score board and topped them with buttons for the sister pages and Tim Holtz gears for the brother pages.  I still need to add the names and come up with some pictures.  Lots left to do to finish this.  I will post the full album when I finish it.  Until then enjoy pictures of the embellishments.

Sizzix Pro Dies in the Fuse

I got my pro die and accessories on Friday.  I had very little time to play with them over the weekend, however, I did play a little.  Using the cutting plate, die, crease pad sandwich, I was able to cut medium weight chipbard perfectly.  There is no forcing the die through or anything.  The tension seems to be perfect.  I got one of the mini album dies.  It has the 3 page sizes.  I will be using them to create some of my album covers.  I hate trying to cut chipboard covers.  They always seem to end up crooked.  I have been reading about cutters that handle chipboard with no problem.  Fiskars is presenting one at CHA.  I will have to look into it.  I can not wait to get some more pro dies.  I have seen a bunch of them on sale recently.  Maybe this means there are more being released in the near future.  I wonder what Fiskars is going to come out with in the way of large dies.

Mother Goose Mini

This is a paper bag mini I made from some mini Celebrate paper bags from Michaels.  The paper line I used is Nursery Rhyme by Debbie Mumm for Jo-Ann fabric and crafts.  I bought it a while back when I found it on clearance.  I just love all the Mother Goose papers.  There is plenty of space for pictures or journaling in this album.  There are two inserts for each bag plus the pockets.

Retirement Gift

One of the teachers at my son's school is retiring this year.  My boys are ten and a half years apart and she taught both of them in math.  I wanted to do something special for her, so I made her a mini album.  Well its not so mini.  It measures 9 x 11.  I used Kathy Orta's pattern.