Mini Photo book

Inspiration for this project came from a gift I received a while ago from Felicity Hawkins. I enjoyed making this inspiration photo album for a friend who loves her animals, bikes, dogs and horses.

The front and back covers are made with 6"x6" cardboard and wrapped with patterned paper.

The inside pages are black cardstock decorated with quotes and scrapbooking papers with room to add your own photos.

 I have stamped images from the Horse Frontier and Feel Goods over the top of the Designer series paper and a few gorgeous grunge mud splatters too.

To hold it closed I've used some Baked Brown Sugar stretched ruffled ribbon. The flower is made with tissue paper and brown paper and smooched with gold ink.

Would you like to make a version of this as a class at your place? All products can be ordered through my online store at Stampin up! Or by emailing me Nerida_carter@hotmail.com

Horses for courses

 Here's a card I made at a recent cardmaking session with my friend Teresa.
This stampset is one that I don't own.  It is a true art stamp though, and is a great stamp for all those people who love horses and the country. "Horse Frontier".

 I have made a simple background with the horse-shoe stamp on River rock cardstock.
And used the Apothecary die cut shape as a canvas for my horse.
I am practicing simple layouts here... no stitching, no Big shot embossing... possibly it could have done with some twine and metal brads but I am practicing restraint!

 Instead I tied a piece of baker's twine around Mr Edd's neck as a halter ??? ...lead rope - thingy (insert technical horse term here).

 You can see the holes I punched through the paper with the 2mm handheld circle punch. (check it out on page 184 of the Annual catalogue).

Mr Edd is ready to ride off the page......