Hello Lovely Album Box Book

Here is an Album Book Box that I made.  It was pretty easy to do and it didn't take very long either.  You could make it in a day.  I love this Hello Lovely paper and instead of hoarding it I wanted to make something out of it that I could look at.  So when I saw the Album Book Box over at Country Craft Creations I knew I wanted to make it with this paper.  I love how it came out.
You can watch this short video on how it works.  Every page has a pocket on the top but I totally forgot to mention it and make inserts for it.  You can bet I will get that done next.  LOL


                  



Her is the box all decorated up.  Everything is Close To My Heart except the 2 white flowers.  They are from Petaloo Textured Elements which I got from Mainely Stampin.
The box measures 5"x 5 3/4" x 1 5/8"

I did all 4 sides the same.  The Box is New England Ivy cardstock, mats are Sea Glass and the pattern paper is Hello Lovely (sorry but this is no longer sold).  Like I said I didn't want to hoard it any longer.

Here is the bottom.  Can you tell its upside down.  The sticker is really on correctly.  I just turned the box over the wrong way.  LOL!!!

You can see the album from the end and now you can tell how thick it is.  You only have 1/4" gussets so you really can do a lot of embellishing.  But that's ok because the paper is so cute.

They first page is a flap page.  There are 3 pages with flaps on them.  I used the Complementing stickers that came with the Workshop Your Way.  They really make the paper come to life and add to the story of the book.

The insert in all the pockets are from the cut apart pages that have 3 4x6 cards and 6 3x4 cards on them.  I matted them on some cardstock that was left over from the box and book.

Every page has a large pocket at the top and a small pocket at the bottom.

Here you can see the last page and the bottom of the box.  The box uses no chipboard at all.  But because of all the matting it ends up with 5 layers so the Box is actually very strong.

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
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Seasonal Expression 2 The New Catalog

I am loving the new Seasonal Expressions 2 catalog.  It is 38 pages of goodness!!!

I love the Blossom Cardmaking Kit.  What fun would that be to give as a gift or to get one of them. You get everything  you need to complete 15 cards with envelopes.  The only thing you will need is your inks.  They have such a fun festive and summery feel to them.

The Blossom Paper pack is great for making scrapbook pages too.  You can even add the Blossom Complements and Assortments too.

The Blossom paper pack makes beautiful invitations as well as cards.  You will have lots of fun with this paper pack and all the fun stamp sets that you can use with it..

Lets see what you can do with this fun paper pack.

Artfully Sent Bridal Shower Card page 32

Here is another Artfully Sent card. It is the Bridal Shower card from page 32.  It is for a fall wedding in fall colors.  I just love the way it turned out. I hope the Bride to be liked it too!
This cartridge is so full of great cards it is hard to pick one some times but this one was easy.  The overlay pocket card is from page 37.  It is backed with a different colored card stock. The leaves were the cut outs colored with leaf green and put back in place. I put some Ribbon from my stash around the stems.  It still needed a little something don't you think?

For the inside it was just a matter of cutting and pasting and folding.  The only thing different is that I cut the umbrella in 2 different colors and hid all the holes on the bottom one.  So simple but beautiful.

Back to the front.  I could not leave alone so I added Congratulations.  I did a search in the Design Space and found it. Sorry but I don't remember where I found it.  It was straight but we liked it better with the curve and it was very easy to shape it that way.

Thanks for stopping by and I will have more Artfully Sent soon.  I you have something you would like to see just leave me a comment.
You can order your Artfully Sent cartridge here.  It really is a must have.