Someone is 3 - Who Can It Be?

My adorable little grandniece, Madelyn, turns 3 today and I made this little photo book for her.

Here are some photos of my creation process followed by photos of each page of this special book/card.

I cut 4 pieces of Rustic Cream card for the pages, cutting them about 1/4" smaller than the size of the cover.  

To color the pages I swiped 3 different Ranger Distress Oxides on my mat,  Vintage Photo, Broken China and Wilted Violet Distress, spritzed with water and dragged the pages through the colors.  I would add more color and water to the mat until I was happy with how each page looked.

Here are the 4 pages (I also colored the back sides!)  This gave me 16 surfaces for photos in the book.  I used a corner rounder on all of the corners of the pages.

I used Eileen Hull's Sizzix Mini Album die for the cover of my book and colored it the same way as the pages -  being a slightly less absorbent material (Cream Little Sizzles Matboard) it absorbed the colors differently - quite a bit lighter looking - but I love it!  I tried not to get any ink on the binding piece - not for any particular reason - just my aesthetic sense!

I also colored the inside of the cover - these came out a little darker!?!  and I didn't worry about getting ink on the inside of the binding area because the pages would cover that anyway.

I folded all the pages in half and punched holes in the pages and the cover about 1" down from the top and 1" up from the bottom.  I tied a piece of Idea-ology Linen Ribbon through the pages and cover, tying it in a knot on the outside of the book.

So here's the story I made using photos of Madelyn.  I trimmed each photo to fit the page and mounted it to a slightly larger piece of Winter Wisteria cardstock to unify the look.  I made all the labels with my Brother Label Maker.

After I took the photos - I decided to add one more sentence at the bottom of the last page to sort of finish the rhyme - so the last two pages said,  Mum, Dad and James.  So now we all know it's Madelyn who's 3 - did you guess the same?

I left a few pages blank at the end so they can add photos of her birthday party.

and here is the back cover.

I'm linking my Someone is 3 book to:

Frilly and Funky Challenge

Count Me In

 And here's a photo of the princes herself enjoying her party -  theme "Frozen" of course.

Her cousins, Landon and Mila in Olaf and Anna hats Madelyn's mum had for them to make.

They all sang along with the Frozen theme song

 Madelyn and Mila

I can't stand how cute they are!!!

A Vintage Journey - April Challenge - The Magic of 3

I'm excited to share with you my project for the April A Vintage Journey Challenge!   Annie is our hostess this month and her challenge is:  The Magic of 3! 

Here is her challenge description:

"It is said that using three of something adds more interest and power whether it is a conversation, art or numbers. Let us see you use three of something in your challenge project (numbers, techniques, stamps, colours, words, products - the list is endless!)  Let us know your magic 3 components and ensure your project is in our vintage; shabby; mixed media; art journaling; industrial; timeworn or steampunk styles that we favour."

I went a little crazy ordering new 'stuff' from Tim's 2017 release so I used a lot of it in my Magic of 3 project today.  I am so in love with my little vignette!  Let me show you how I put this together.  First, let's count the 3's,  three houses, three trees -  a flower, airplane and car - the triangle to make your eye travel around the scene, and 3 sentiments inside the box 
(one's on the floor of the box so you won't see it until a few more pics below!

So I started with a Vignette Box (3 3/8" x 4 3/4"), I adhered a piece of paper from Paper Stash Tidings to the back of the box.  I got out Tim's City Scape/Suburbia dies and cut out 3 houses and 3 trees and all the little pieces that go with them!  I used Kraft Core Cordinations paper and sanded each piece a little bit.

I sponged the edges with Ranger Distress Ground Espresso.

 (I cut one of the Skyline dies but ended up not using it - you can see it in the bottom of the photo)

I die cut a car and airplane from City Scape/Commute.  I sponged all edges with Ground Espresso.  I used  two round pieces of wood from my stash for the legs on my box.

I adhered a Quote Chip to the top along with one little Tiny Tattered Floral!

I adhered the houses to the inside using different depths of foam dots - so one is in the back, one is a little further out and one is half way to the front.  I did the same thing with the trees.  I just glued the car on with little puddles of glue under the tires! 
 (you can still see the glue as it hadn't dried yet when I took the photo but it will dry clear!)

I added 3 Clippings Stickers inside the vignette (one on the floor of the box seen above).

  I adhered Industrious Stickers/Frames and Trims along the front and side edges of the box.  You can see the 3 foam stickers I used behind the house in this photo below.

Here's a view of the legs.

I'm really pleased my little scene showing the Magic of 3's! 
And so happy to use a lot of my new 'stuff'!

Please join us this month and show us your interpretation of 3's!

Our Sponsor this month is : Emerald Creek  www.emeraldcreek.org

You will find details of the prize as well as lots of 'the Magic of 3' inspiration from the rest of the Creative Guides over at A Vintage Journey.

I'm also linking my project to:

Frilly and Funky Blog Challenge 

Count Me In - using numbers

Paper:  Idea-ology Paper Stash/Tidings, Kraft Core Cordinations Nostaligic Collection/Sizzix.

Ink:  Ranger Distress Ground Espresso

Accessories:  Idea-ology Vignette Boxes, Industrious Stickers/Frames and Trims, Clippings Stickers, Quote Chips, Thinlits Dies - City Scape/Suburbia, City Scape/Commute, Tiny Tattered Florals, mini sander, foam dots, Tombow Glue, wooden circles, black Stabilo Pencil.

Prayer Journal - Heartfelt Dies Collection

During the month of April, Eileen Hull's Creative Team will be posting journals using new dies from her Sizzix Heartfelt Dies Collection. 

I made a Faith Journal out of kraft cardstock.

I used her awesome Journal Die which includes the kraft label on my cover, the branch from her Birds and Butterflies Thinlits die set and her Eyelet Lace Embossing folder on the black Paper Leather panels.

I added some golden charms from my stash with jump rings to the elastic cord bindings.

A few photos to show how I put this together

First I assembled the 2 cover pieces.

I used Newsprint Paper for my pages.  I cut 12 pieces of the 8.5' x 11' to 8" x 7.5", folded them in half to measure 4" x 7.5".  I divided them into 3 signatures, each with 4 papers folded in half giving 8 pages in each signature.

I cut three 15" pieces of white Round Cord Elastic and laced them through the holes, tying the knots on the outside .

I used an Idea-ology Elastic Loop in the middle hole for the piece that will hold the journal closed when not in use.  It has a metal piece on one end of the loop that you can see in the photo above.  You can also just use a piece of elastic cord for this.

I embossed two black paper leather panels  and adhered them to the front and back covers.  Then I decorated the front cover as shown above.

I opened up one of the 8 page folded signatures to the middle and slipped it under the left cord.

I did the same with the second signature under the middle cord.

And the 3rd signature under the remaining cord.

Then I stamped lots of faith themed stampings on the pages leaving plenty of space to journal.

The tabs are part of the Journal Die and I made labels for them with a label maker.

Here is the journal held closed with the Elastic Loop.  It will easily expand if I add things to the pages.

Please be sure to check out Eileen Hull's blog all month for lots of Journal Inspiration!

Stamps:  Inspired: Prayer, Inspired: Faith, Journaling Lines, Walk by Faith, Beautiful Blessings - Papertrey Ink, Creative Worship sets - Sweet N Sassy, Beautiful Scriptures - Clear Dollar Stamps, Bible Verses - Verve, Trust God - Stampin' Up, The Stamp Pad Co., Verses Rubber Stamps, Our Daily Bread, Journaling Art - Clear Art Stamps.
Paper:  Kraft, White - PTI, Black Paper Leather - Sizzix, Newsprint Paper - Wendy Vecchi/Stampers Anonymous.
Ink:  True Black - PTI
Accessories: Journal Die, Birds and Butterflies Thinlit dies - Eileen Hull/Sizzix,  Prayer Die - Inspired Prayer - PTI, Word Window Punch - SU, Idea-ology Elastic Loop and Jump Rings, ScorTape, Eyelet Lace Embossing Folder - Eileen Hull/Sizzix, Micron 01 fine black Pen, charms from stash, White round cord elastic - Dritz.