Hello fellow stampers!! Today's post was inspired by Wendy Smedley's album on page 21 of the July/August 2008 issue of Simple Scrapbooks.
I'm going to use this album to paste 'before and after' photos of household projects done around here, cuz right now the photos are just sitting in a box and I'd like to use the box... :)
This nest (my symbol for 'home') inchie is one of the newest releases from Lockhart! Tiny and adorable. I repeated the Cuttlebug embossing technique on patterned paper from the adirondack relaxation card post, and built up the layers of the album cover.
The Cuttlebug embossed Catania paper was rubbed with a Distress pad in Weathered Wood. I bought the Flower Cuttlebug embossing folder from Joy and Daisy at eclecticpaperie.com.
For the album cover, both heavyweight and lightweight 4" square coasters were used. My Cuttlebug will only punch through the lightweight coasters (one at a time), not the medium or heavyweight ones.
To get around this limitation, I punched a small Nestability scallop square through a lightweight coaster for the outside cover, and a larger Nestability scalloped square into a lightweight coaster for the next layer inside. This is because the coasters are so thick one can not punch two coasters at the same time, and
to prevent mis-alignment I felt it easier to just cut the bottom coaster larger.
Plus, doing this resulted in a nice but unexpected shadow effect!
When the two front punched covers are glued together - the back looks like this.--->
The Weathered Wood Distress pad was applied DTP (direct-to-paper) to the heavyweight coaster prior to covering with the punched layer. This three-layered unit is my album cover. A second heavyweight coaster completes the album back.
A Crop-A-Dile was used to punch the holes through the coasters - a few at a time - and 7gypsies large creme binding rings create the book's spine!
For the nest inchie, image was stamped with a Palette pad in Noir onto a white Inchie Square, then
colored in with Copic markers. The depth/thickness of the matboard Inchie Square really draws attention to the album's focal point. The Inchie Square was neatly edged with the chisel tip of a silver Krylon pen.
For more info on inchies please visit Lisa Lee's wondeful site at www.inchiearts.com - Lisa's site is full of ideas for inchies!!! Thanks for stopping by!!
sources: Lockhart Stamps, Copic markers and Nestabilities dies - Ellen Hutson, LLC
7g binding rings & paper, Krylon pens, coasters - StarLitStudio
