Here is a coaster album that I made using the Simply Scrappin' kit
~ Secret Garden. I know that it is retired now but you can easily substituted it with the new Rose Cottage Simply Scrappin' kit.
These are very easy to put together. For this album I used my Bind-It-All with the 3/4" coils and 7 coasters.
The first thing that I did was to used my Always Artichoke marker and color all four of the edges of each 4" medium weight coaster. When you do this make sure to color over the edge and onto the top and bottom of each coaster about 1/8". This will ensure that no white peaks out from under the DP.
For the cover I used Always Artichoke textured card stock cut at 3 7/8" x 3 7/8" layered with a piece of 3½" x 3½" DP that I used the ticket corner punch on. LOVE is from the stamp set So Many Sayings (level 1 hostess set from 2007 Fall~Winter Collection) and was stamped with Always Artichoke ink onto Groovy Guava textured card stock and then punched out with the large oval punch. The oval was distressed by dragging it across the Always Artichoke ink pad and then attached to the front with an oval frame from the Pewter Hodge Podge Hardware kit. The ribbon is Always Artichoke ¼" Grosgrain and Whisper White Taffeta that I dyed using my Groovy Guava re-inker.
Here are photos of the inside pages and of the back cover. They are pretty straight forward as I wanted the photos to be the main focus.
If you would like to create a coaster album similar to this one sign up for my monthly newsletter (in the left column) and I'll let you know when the next class is, I hold several classes each month in my Laconia, NH home.
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Have a wonderful day and keep stamping!
~ Michelle
Great book!
Posted by: Beth A. | June 13, 2010 at 02:38 PM
Congratulations, you did it ! over 25000 hits !!!
Claudia
Posted by: Claudia F. | January 04, 2008 at 05:58 PM
Wow,Love it!!! Great work!
Posted by: Diane Lapointe | January 03, 2008 at 10:36 PM
This is so pretty and elegant, Michelle, even without photos! What a lovely gift for someone.
Posted by: Mary Davidson | January 02, 2008 at 09:38 PM
Michelle...this is simply AWESOME!! I love the colors and how elegant it is! It definitely looks like one I can re-create. You did a fabulous job on each page and I love how you created "2 page layouts". Thank you so much for your inspiration and your wonderful blog! Happy New Year to you!
Lorraine Rowe
www.lorrainerowe.blogspot.com
Posted by: Lorraine Castellon-Rowe | January 02, 2008 at 04:48 PM
This is absolutely beautiful Michelle. I keep forgetting about my Bind-it-All and it's about time I use it. I ordered a couple of the Scrappin Kits before it retired...so perfect!
Thanks for sharing and I love your blog.
Sheila
Posted by: Sheila Pavelec | January 02, 2008 at 04:31 PM