Paper Bag Mini Album

Well This little Paper bag Album has been on the go for almost a year.

I finished the Album then took awhile to find the right photos to go into it and make the mats for them all.

Its been sitting finished on my craft table for the last 3 months waiting for me to take all the photos and blog about it.

Well I had to move my craft room yesterday and bring everything from our spare bedroom down to the front room ( I will blog about the move tomorrow, with photos)

So I had the Album in my hand and thought Wendy Do it now before I forget again

So here it is

Front cover Handsome guy with the hat is our grandson Keaton.

Flower I made by cutting the petal shapes onto Brown card joining 4 layers together with a gold brad

Then spraying with gold shimmer spray and sprinkling with glamour dust.

The frame was cut on the cricut using a Penny Duncan file

 The paper I used for the Album came from DCWV Blossoms & butterflies stack.

I have made two pockets on each side to pop some mats with photos of Keaton on both sides

 Again I have made some more pockets to slip in photo mats staring Keaton trying to stand on his head and helping Bampy sweep in the garden 

 Another pocket added to the page with slip in photos and tags, the other page has another if Penny`s frames with my two sleeping beauties , Keaton and his daddy worn out after playing on the skate board that you can just see in the first photo

 More tags for Journalling and a little fold out button envelope

 More photos Keats with his lion puppet frighting  someone with a loud roar, the other after his bath

 Keats in the bath with bubbles on his hair and riding his train out the back last summer, since then he has moved up onto a bigger balance bike

 Mor pockets with him sleeping again, and him in his first summer cap like his daddy, he did not take it off all day

( very like his daddy whose hat is permanently stuck on his head  even in the house)

 Back view and the bottom photo shows the double sided mats that slip inside each page opening

These have some of my favourite winter photos of Keaton in his first snow just before Christmas.

Thanks for looking

I know this is a long post
Challenges entered
Craft us crazy - Anything goes
Crafting purple frog- anything but a card
Crafts and me - Anything goes
For fun challenges- Anything goes
ginger snap creations- babies and toddlers
Kelly kid`s- anything goes
7 kids college fund- anything hut a card
The sister hood of crafters- simpy handmade
Paper take weekly - Anything goes

Mini bag & display box

Here is a little bag that I have made using cardcarousel templates. I printed then traced the card into some embossed pearlescent card, easy to follow instructions to put together.

I them made the matching display box, again easy to follow instructions, but a bit fiddly when glueing, there is not much card on the sides to glue together as the box is very small, When I make this again I think I will make myself a deep box with my box maker and put acetate panels in both the top and bottom sections
Just to show you how small both the bag and the display box are I have taken a photo of them in front of an A 5 card, when finished they only come about half way up the card, but still very cute.
I might enlarge the bag pattern and make it a bit bigger next time

please take a look on carousels web site they have some lovely designs, I also have a carousel with horses on to make ideal for new babys gifts, so watch this space