My first top note mini album

Hi Everyone,

This afternoon I finished off my first ever top note mini album. Consisting of 10 pages, in very vanilla & melon mambo, this album is the perfect size for a brag book or similar in a handbag (your's or grandma's) or a gift for a friend.

I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out. I saw the idea on Gardenia's site but I've made this with my own colours and layout.

I've left the final page plain, I thought it would be good to write a little message or similar on it.

If anyone is interested, I would love to make you one of these in a colour scheme of your choice....


Thanks for looking,

Floral Fusion Flower Pot

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I've been a little bit lazy with the blogging lately, but I do have something new to show you...

I've recently bought the Floral Fusion Sizzlit Die for my Big Shot and wow, what an easy way to cut out flowers - 3 different sizes in 1 go!

So this is my first attempt using the flowers - I've tried a technique called "inset embossing".

And this is my 2nd card, a cute little flower pot:

The flower pot was simply a scrap of real red card cut to the size I needed and a rectangle cut to make the 'lip' of the flower pot. The flowers each have rhinestone brad inserted (by using the crop-a-dile, I could punch the hole in all 4 layers of the flower) and then it's able to hold my flower together.

And isn't the little skinny ribbon cute - this is one of the NEW ribbons available in the 2010-11 Idea Book. I'm sure I'll use a lot of this in projects to come!

Thanks for looking,