Paper crafting... ocbrandy style!

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I listed a couple albums on eBay tonight...and thought I'd share :o) The first is a paper bag album with a poem on the front by Oliver Wendell Holmes. "We don't quit playing because we grow old, we grow because we quit playing." I've always loved it :o) It's perfect for the man in life...young and old! There are lots of little places to jot down some memories. Second is another paper bag album fit for photos. I think i have had these papers forever..I don't even know where they came from ;o) I made many of the tiny roses in it, after watching a few tutorials on you-tube. The front took many tries and tons of rearranging..lol... I finally got my way with it! The last one listed tonight, is probably the last Halloween album I'll list on ebay this season. I used up the last of my Cosmo Cricket Haunted scraps from last year for it. I love love love this line :o) I am trying to get into the holiday spirit enough to start shopping for Christmas/wint...

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I made an album yesterday- start to finish- in the time it took my youngest to take his nap! It is only 4x4 inches, but I am still pretty proud :o) Could I be getting a teeny bit more efficient??? I'm waiting on three new paper collections...seems like it's taking forever. What to do... what to do...LOL :O) One of my fellow PFOPers, was talking about trying to use up some papers from three years ago... so I gave myself a little dig through my older bits and pieces. I found my extremely old bag of Cosmo Crickets Jitterbug line! Though most of it was cut to finish a 5x5 mini album one day, I chose to use some chip and acrylic shapes I had cut on my cricut a couple months back. So here is what I created! It is so cute and so tiny. A couple of the mats will hold a cropped wallet size picture.. the rest need about half that. I stamped and cut out a few journal spots to put them on the acrylic pages. I'm going list this on eBay one of these days...but here...

As much as I try to be a more regular blogger, I just find it really hard to get my butt on here and get it done! That being said..lol..I have new albums listed on ebay, so what better time to post :o) Oh and you probably should get a little comfy...this ones going to be bit lengthy!  I made this first album a week or so ago, and finally got it listed!  It's a Maya Road Binder album, the first one I have ever made. My albums are usually quite fat, and to fit all that in a binder album takes a bit planning and cramming :O) I used Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird collection...they are still ever so intimidating to me...I just love 'em anyway! To keep it all closed up, I used a yellow hair tie around stacks of buttons that I tied though the heavy chipboard covers. Works great :o) I tried to be extra creative with the flowers on the cover. There sooooo fun to make. I think the only con with them is they are too thick to put many other places throughout albums :o(  ...

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I just love the quote on this album! "The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough." by Rabindranath Tagore.  What a great title for a few beautiful pictures.  I love the soft colors of this DCWV collection called The Linen Closet. Despite all the sanding I do on these mixed shape albums, lol, it was very fun to make... pretty sure it just flowed right out of me! :O) Album number two this week is made from the Basic Grey Offbeat collection. This was VERY tricky for me! So many colors and patterns.... I think it turned out pretty nice though :O)  I used a Mellisa Francis envelope and tag album for the base, so each page has a pull-out tag for journalling. I finally decided on "lighthearted" as the title, I knew I needed something a little quirky! :O) I used the "horseshoes and lemonade" font, printed it out on cardstock and cut out each letter. The "rolled" flower on the cover is my second or third attempt at these...they...

I finally have a couple new albums listed on eBay :O) Seems this month has been all starting albums and no finishing them! I finally got some gumption and finished up two new ones. Both albums are made with Basic Grey papers, that I must say I got an awesome deal on from Crafty Steals . Check them out and sign up your email, or you can fan them on Facebook to find out which "steal" they have to offer everyday! I got four 6x6 Basic Grey pads for $15! :O) The first album is done with the Granola line. I used a paper bags for the base, and the cover features weaved strips of paper, and flowers I cut from one of the pages. The second I made with  the Eva line and made lots of the flowers included in it. Below I'll show you how :O) I made the wrinkly little perfectly coordinating flowers, by hand cutting random flower shapes. Then I sanded all the edges to accent the different "petals". Then I crumpled them up and made them into little balls while rolli...

Too many times throughout my paper crafting adventures, I come across a new idea... or a better way of doing things...maybe just perfecting something I have been battling and think to myself, wouldn't this make a good blog post??? Then time gets the best of me and feel like I missed my opportunity! Though I used this nifty little technique at least a month ago, and someone else probably thought of it before me, I wanted to share it now while I am thinking about it! :o) I know there are different colored book binding rings for sale somewhere....maybe 7gypsies....Tim Holtz.... You know something distressed and simply anything other color than those same old silver rings! Since I have been experimenting with the Tim Holtz alcohol inks, I knew I had to try it out on them shiny rings. It is suppose to stick to just about anything so I applied some of the natural colors set, and it worked great! Don't forget to protect your work surface! I use the cellophane packaging my papers come ...