MY HOLIDAY 9X9 FOLDING ALBUM ALL PUT TOGETHER

I got my finished pages that I'd been working on glued to my 9x9 folding album. This is one side of the album.  It's hard to see all the glitter and detail on the pages. 

 This is the other side of the album. There's a total of 8 pages to this album. If you want to see the pages up close and personal you can go to my original posts in November 2010. I'm really excited at how well this album turned out!

HOLIDAY 9X9 FOLDING ALBUM! PAGE 8

This is page 8 of the album:

This page took forever to come up with! I was trying to stick with only using one package of DSP & I only had two full sheets left. They both had patterns that I needed to use on the other pages. This is where I said... I have a bunch of 3 x 9 scraps that I can use, so I didn't stick with the scrap mat that I was given by my new Demo friend Tami Black. I knew that I wanted to use the Artichoke seam binding ribbon & some more of the Designer Big Buttons. I used the gathering trick with the seam binding. You take a few strands from the middle of the seam binding and start pulling them while holding the rest in your other hand. It will start to gather. I just moved the gathering down as it got more bunched up. If you move it down too far it will un-gather so you have to be careful. 

I sponged the edges of the Cherry Cobbler card stock, & tab, & the Vanilla mat. I adhered the Cherry tab to the Vanilla mat. Next adhere the Poinsettia piece of DSP to the right side of the 9x9 Vanilla card stock. Next, take your 2-way glue pen and trace the W in WISH, then add the Champagne glitter glass. Do the same to each letter. Add adhesive to the Wish DSP on the left side, left half top, bottom, right side. Leave a slot for the Vanilla mat to go into. Adhere the Cherry Cobbler mat as shown. Put the Seam binding on with Sticky Strip or another strong adhesive. Put hemp through the button as shown and adhere with glue dots or a dimensional. This page can be sprayed or not with Shimmer mist.

I hope that you enjoyed these pages. If so, please post a comment. Once I have the pages put into the folding album I will make another post. 

A big thanks goes out to Tami Black for the album idea and help in getting the folding ablums!

Another big thanks goes to Mitz for helping me cut all the card stock!

I couldn't have done this class without your help.

HOLIDAY 9X9 FOLDING ALBUM! PAGE 7

This is page 7 of the album:

This is one of my favorite pages. I love how the shadowing of the Peace & Love came out. The whole page just came together. It did take quite a while to work out all these pages. I'd say at least an hour or more per page. That's just the designing part.
Start with sponging all your regular card stock pieces with Soft Suede ink. I did the Peace & Love on the Big Shot. I used the Decorative Peace & Cheer word strip. I only used those words on the die cut strip. I put the Vanilla card stock on the Sizzix adhesive 12x12 paper and cut them them at 2"x 4" for the Peace &, then I cut 2 3/4" x 1"3/4" for the Love. I cut one where I laid the adhesive side down on the die cut and that gave me the sticky side facing on the top of the words. I pealed the paper off & then put SU fine gold glitter on the words. The next time I ran the card stock through the Big Shot I put the adhesive side facing up. This left the adhesive side on the back of the word. I sponged a little Soft Suede ink on the Peace, &, love and adhered them to the Cherry Cobbler DSP. I then put 2 way glue on the glittered Peace, &, and love, and adhered them on top of the other ones slightly above the other ones giving it a mirrored affect. Wrap the Cherry Cobbler Seam binding around the edges of the Soft Suede card stock and adhere at the back. Put dimensionals on all four corners. Adhere the Soft Suede patterned DSP at the top, next the Crumb Cake strip. Put adhesive on the 3 edges of the Cherry Cobbler DSP, and some to half of the right side, leaving a slot open for the Vanilla mat to go into. Adhere the Cherry tab onto the small Vanilla mat and put it into the Cherry Cobbler DSP slot. Adhere the Soft Suede piece to the DSP. I didn't use the Shimmer Mist on this page since it had enough sparkle.

HOLIDAY 9X9 FOLDING ALBUM! PAGE 6

This is page 6 of the album:

Start with sponging the Vanilla card stock, the red envelope, & the edges of the Cherry Cobbler card stock with Soft Suede. The little envelope was made with the Petal card punch. Adhere the brown corner pieces to the larger Vanilla mat & add one dimensional to the back of each corner. Adhere the smaller DSP with mistletoe to the top of the 9x9 card stock, followed by the Cherry Cobbler strip. Adhere the brown DSP to the bottom of the page. Put the Victoria lace ribbon across the middle to hide the seam. Adhere the ends around the back. Poke one hole in each flap of the Cherry envelope with a paper piercer. Put the safety pin through the holes and close it. This is a little tricky. If you bend the envelope slightly it will help you close the safety pin. Put a glue dot or a small dot of glue under the flaps of the envelope so they stay down. This little safety pin comes in the SU Vintage Trinkets. Adhere the envelope to the DSP as well as the Vanilla mats as shown. You can Shimmer mist this page as well.

HOLIDAY 9X9 FOLDING ALBUM! PAGE 5

This is page 5 of the album:

This page has a lot of details. Start by sponging all your Vanilla pieces, Cherry Cobbler card stock, & tab, & the Artichoke mat with Early Espresso or Soft Suede ink. Adhere the zig zags to the Vanilla card stock, & Cherry Cobbler tab. The zig zags were made using the new Designer Fabric from SU & the Sizzix adhesive sheets. Cut a thin strip of Artichoke card stock and thread through the red button. Use a few glue dots to attach the button or a dimensional. The button is from the Big Designer Buttons "Deck the Halls" pack. Adhere the tab to the smaller Vanilla mat. Adhere the other size Vanilla mat to the Artichoke mat. Put dimensionals on the back of the Artichoke piece one in each corner. Put one Dimensional in the four corners of the other Vanilla piece. Adhere the 4 DSP pieces to the Cherry Cobbler as shown. Add both of the Vanilla pieces to the DSP as shown. Put a thin line of adhesive on the bottom of the Vanilla piece that has the Vanilla mat with the tab. This way it won't fall out. You can add the Shimmer Paint with alcohol Mist to the page. 

HOLIDAY 9X9 FOLDING ALBUM! PAGE 4

This is page 4 of the album:

You'll start by sponging all you pieces with Soft Suede ink. Tie a knot in the Early Espresso ribbon & adhere the ends to the back of the Vanilla card stock. Adhere the Soft Suede piece to the 9x9 Vanilla card stock. Place the DSP squares & the Vanilla square on the Soft Suede card stock as shown. No dimensionals are used on this page.

HOLIDAY 9X9 FOLDING ALBUM! PAGE 3

This is page 3 of the album:

This page was a quick page. Adhere the Mistletoe DSP to the left side of the 9x9 Very Vanilla card stock. Adhere the Soft Suede card stock to the very right edge of the 9x9 Very Vanilla card stock.

Sponge all the Vanilla & Soft Suede card stock. Put the Real Red eyelets in the Vanilla card stock. Adhere the Mistletoe tab onto the small Vanilla mat. Put a dimensional on each corner of the Vanilla mat without the eyelets. Put a thin line of adhesive at the bottom of that Vanilla mat & adhere it to the Soft Suede card stock about 1/8" from the bottom . Adhere the other Vanilla piece with the eyelets to the top leaving about 1/8" from the bottom. Put your small Vanilla mat into the slot on the bottom.

The pull out can be used for journaling or for another picture. You can fit 2 to 3 pictures on this page.

HOLIDAY 9x9 FOLDING ALBUM- PAGE 2

Page 2 was fun to do.  It also has a pull out using the new Cherry Cobbler ribbon binding & a small button brad from the SU Vintage Trinkets. Always Artichoke was used for the mat & Cherry Cobbler Textured for the center card stock piece. I just love the Deck the Halls DSP! The corner edges were punched out of some scraps from the brown sides of one of the DSP pages. It's hard to tell on this picture, but all the centers of the pointsetta's have pearls. This page also uses the Champagne Shimmer Paint & alcohol mixture. It gives it that little sparkle to finish it off.

For those of you that are putting your kit together, pop up the Vanilla mat with dimensionals.

Put a small line of glue at the bottom of the vanilla mat so that the Artichoke mat doesn't fall through. Put your pearls on your poinsettas. Shimmer Mist your page if you'd like. 

HOLIDAY 9X9 FOLDING ALBUM FINISHED! PAGE 1 OF THE ALBUM

I can't believe that my Holiday 9x9 Folding Album class is finally done and I have all 8 pages photographed.  I had 5 ladies come over to make the album. We went page by page together. It took us 5 hours to complete the 8 pages. We had a short break in between. This was a big project to undertake. It was well worth it after seeing all the pages completed in the album. I also had 3 people order kits. I'm sure that these photo's won't do the pages justice.

This is page 1-There is a pull out for an extra photo or journaling. For those that are doing the kit, the top Soft Suede smooth sheet goes on the top, the textured piece is on the bottom. The DSP goes in the middle. Hold the two Soft Suede pieces of card stock together and adhere the DSP on top of the Soft Suede. Make sure to center it. Put a rhinestone in the middle of the red star burst if one isn't there for you already. Put a dimensional on the back of each ornament (Delightfully Decorations set). Tape the Gold cord on the top part of the ornament & make sure the Gold cord will fold over the top of the Soft Suede card stock. Adhere the ornament to the DSP where it should be and fold the Gold cord over the top & tape it. Do that with the other two ornaments. Put adhesive on the three sides of the Cobbler card stock, leaving one side open for the vanilla mat to pull in and out. *Make sure that the Soft Suede tab doesn't hang over the DSP. Edge everything with a sponge except the ornaments in Early Espresso or Soft Suede ink. Then spray with the Champagne Shimmer Mist solution.

 

The next post will contain page 2